The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-11-16
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
.'''ton Newspaper Union News Service


OF pastor of the Episcopal churches
In Howard and Madison.
Rev. w X. McNier, for some time
pastor of the Congregational church
at Vienna, has accepted a call to the
pastorate Of the Congregational
church in Lake Preston, and will as
sumo his new duties in the near fu.
ture.
A fire which broke out lat at night
completely destroyed the Milbank
steam laundry, operated by Fred A.
Williams. Little could be saved from
the burning structure. The loss is
about $4,000, with insurance of only
81 l000
Mrs William Marquette, 20 years
cid. living near Crandon, dropped
dead of heart failure while feeding
the pigs on the farm. When found
by her son, some time late:, the pigs
had eaten part of the booy, which
was horribly distigured.
Edna Whited Dubois, wife OF former
United States Senator Dubois of Ida.
and increased pork production in sew
eral South Dakota cities. Mrs. Du-
bOis is on an extended speaking trip
in behalf Of the food administration
The convention of the manufactur-
ers and employers association of
south Dakota opened at Aberdeen with
addresses of welcome by Gov. Norbeck
and Mayor 4. n. Aldrch. The at
tendance is encouragingly large and
badges bearing the inscription South
Dakota Goods Good for Everybody"
are conspicuous.
Thinking the road clear, Charles.
the 4year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w
". WOOdman, of Mitchell. was struck
down and run over by car, sustain.
ing a broken right leg and severe
bruises. The car it is claimed, was
driven by Clarence Walrath. who IN
an attempt to save the boy, tried tC
push him with the fender.
A. conference of number OF mill
ers of South Dakota. held at Aberdeen,
resolutions were adopted expressing a
Sear that the wheat supply OF South
Dakota will soon become exhausted,
leaving the millers of South Dakota
with no grain 10 grind, and proving a
serious detriment. and possible depri-
walton to the people of the state.
William Hauf, prominent home.
6teadcr near ColOme, was one OF the
men from this section who have been
required to serve in the army under
the selcctive draft He had grounds
any He was compelled TO leave his
corn crop Unharyested. and it would
have been ruined had not his neigh
bors turned out in aid OF his wife
The recent freezing weather de-
6troyed many thousands OF bushels of
potatoes in the Hayti territory Some
OF the potatoes which were frozen are
in the ground while others had been
dug and were awaiting shipment. In
the case of the potatoes which We're
not dug and which were frozen in the
ground. the farmers were too anxious
10 complete their small grain thresh-
ing 10 give any OF their time to dig.
weather came.
The residents Of western Sui !,
county have been excited by the kid.
naping" Of a small colored boy by his
mother The boy, about years old,
has been in the care of his aunt, Mrs.
W U Smith, ever since babyhood.
Last summer his mother visited him
at the Smith home in Little Bend, and
Tuesday came TO Pierre. hired an auto,
claiming she wanted to 20 out to the
Smith home When near there she
askeG tie driver to stop at a school
house and called the boy out, and
told him 10 get into the machine to
ride home. She then ordered the driy.
er to return at once to Pierre, and lef'
within few minutes after reaching
there for ner home in Chicago. taking
the hoy with her
A. Z. Chamberlain. Of Aberdeen, on
nected with the Dakota Farmer. has
evolved method Of helping th= sol.
diers ant sailors. to keep their lives
insured for the benefit of their de
pendent relatives or families that is
thought Ia be practicable. He has writ
ten President Wilson, members of the
'5ar insurance board, Secretary Me
Adee. Quartermaster General Crowder
md others. suggesting that instead of
the price of the insurance on the lives
Of soldiers and sailors being taken out
OF their pay. as the soldiers and sailors
insurance law provides. American citi.
zens be granted the privilege OF keep
ing up such insurance. BY the terms
OF the law. SS pays for 81 900 of life
insurance for a soldier and sailor. Mr.
Chamberlain himself expresses de-
sire TO pay for a, least $4,000 worth OF
insurance each for two soldiers. and
ne suggests that enough other Ameri.
cans would be willing and even eager
TO do the same ihing, to keep up the
life insurance policies of every soldier
and sailor in the service of the coun
try, or at least cf those who, for lack
sof means outside Of their pay, might be
hard put to it tc spare the necessary
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