The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-11-30

guard are spending thel. spare time
preparing for a regimental indoor
meet scheduled for this winter.
Leverne Murphy. the 4-year-old son
Of Thomas Murphy, jr., ranchman
living near Reliance, died from inJur-
les received when he was kicked In
the head by a colt The skull bone
was broken and an operation failed
TO give him relief
In the Turner county circuit court
Jacob J. Nogt, a prominent resldenL
of Marion, who recently was convicted
by jury on the charge OF wife de
sertion, was denied new trial and
was sentenced to a term OF six months
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary.
Martin Gunderson and Stanley
Brown members of the |. w. w. phos-
phorus gang who set fire to an Aber-
deem barn and who transported phos-
phorus through the mails, were fined
$1,000 each and given two years in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
Not content with leading every 9th
er town in the Rosebud by oversuD-
scribing its Liberty loan quota Of S56.-
00O. the town of Fairfax has again
placed itself in the lead of all other
Rosebud towns by overcontributing its
quota on the Y NJ. G. 4. drive. The
excess will be almost 80 per cent.
Residents of Chancellor and vicin-
ity have been greatly alarmed by the
1
of Mr. and Mrs Folkert Popens.
Death developed from a well devel-
oped case of infantile paralysis, this
being the first death from this dread
disease in the Chancellor territory.
William Lynch pleaded guilty in
circuit court at Huron to charge OF
transporting liquor into South Dakota
and was fined $500 and costs by Cir
cult Court Judge L. Taylor. Lynch
was arrested some time ago by the
Huron police, who confiscated Is 10
90 gallons OF liquor which they
thought belonged to him.
/ Hog cholera, which has been rul-
/ ing in Dawson county Tor d week
! past, has already cost the farmers
/ $4,000, according to a statement is
sued by County Agent w NJ. Brennan
here. Improper disposition Of car
| cases, he says, is accountable for the
rapid increase during the past three
days OF the deaths.
Fred Little. for a number of years
manager OF the G. l.. Colman lumber
yard at Artesian, died at the home OF
! his mother of tuberculosis. He has
been in failing health for number
of years, going west year ago III
! the hopes of relief. Recently he re-
turned for a brief visit to the home
folks when he was stricken.
Fire practically destroyed the busi-
ness section of the town of Lennon.
on the North Dakota line, and caused
a loss estimated at 100000, accord
ing to a telephone girl in Lennon,
who reported that the flames had
reached the building in which the eX-
change was housed and that she was
about to leave. Communication was
cut Off.
A few months ago il was consid'
cred quite a record breaking event
when the 500 hog was reached in
South Dakota. Now, however, w j.
RYAN, farmer Of the DeSmet terri
tory. has greatly exceeded this record
by marketing in this city hog weigh
ing 7S5 pounds. for which he received
the sum Of $12210. The animal was
1ta years OF age. Ryan mas seventy
other hogs which he will market
later
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Bowles and Mr.
and Mrs. w w Dennis, the former OF
Miller and the latter of St Lawrence
recently celebrated their golden wed
din anniversaries together. Mr. Bowles
and Mrs. Dennis are brother and sis
ter Wilson w. Dennis and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Bowles were married or
November 7, 1857, at Batavia, la. Or
November 10. also at Batavia. Johr
r. Bowles and Martha Ellen MahaffeJ
were married.
Corporal Parker of the army re
cruiting station at Sioux Falls enlist
ed 18 men at Madison. Six were sen
to jefferson, Mo, and the rest will
leave as soon as their business affair
are in shape The six were: Clar
cnce f. Wilson, Ellis, quartermaster'
department; Singurd c. Sandbere
Bere sford. infantry; Will r. KopI
= Tracy, Mimi coast artillery; Osca
r. Ronning, Hendricks, Mimi, coas
, artillery, and Carl r. Willings, Wi
T ford aviation corps.
Four young Danes, of Wakonoa
who have been in this country for TIL
past six years and who have don
we'll financially, decided TO return Z
Denmark. giving as reason tha
they were afraid the time would com
4 when they would be forced to enlis
< in the American army to fight Gel
/ many The men are Jens and Chri
e Nelson. brothers, and Chris and Pete
| Madison. also brothers. They took
), train for Centerville on the first stag
q of their journey home, attended b
/ practically the whole population c
= Wakonda, who sang patriotic songs I
l. the departing Danes. Signs wer
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