The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-11-09

OharleS Meyer, q well known resi-
dent of Burke, dropped dead in the
Burke railway depot where he had
strOlled to await the arrival of a train.
Death resulted from heart failure.
John Molitor, a Meade county farm
err was killed by the accidental dis
charge Of a shotgun while out hunt
ing The body was found in a corn
field where the accident occurred. The
top of his head was nearly blown OFF.
The county commissioners Of Ham
lin county, at meeting held in Hayti,
agreed upon a fye-year good roads
building plan for Hamln county. The
plan is to make the highways of the
county among the best in South Da-
kota
Details of the fire which destroyed
a large section of the business por-
tion of the town of Sisseton show the
loss was very heavy, estimates rang
ing from 100000 to 100000. with
the average insurance carried estimat-
ed at so per cent of the actual value.
Hitchcock is In danger OF losing its
electric lighting plant. according to a
news item in the Hitchcock News
Leader. which quotes the manager, +.
l.. Cotton, as stating that the plant is
not paying expenses, and that although
two annual meetings of stockholders
have been advertised, not a single
stakeholder appeared at either meet
ing
The highest price ever paid for land
in the Rosebud country was that OF
$1S7.50 per acre when Charles Mashek
a well known rancher near Fairfax,
bought the J. w. Johnson farm near
Fairfax, The land is well improved
and is but a sample of the high prices
that have been prevailing in this part
Of Gregory county this fall.
IL n Welch, a heavy owner OF farm
land near Carthage. has returned 70
his new home at Hollywood, Cal, with
his profits from his share of the crops
raised on his land this year. II is said
that his share of the years production
amounted to more than $4,000. His
farm land holdings amount to hun
dreds of acres, most of which is oc-
cupied by renters on a profit sharing
plan. The renters on the farms also
made large profits.
Letters from Deadwood boys who
have been at the training camp at
Camp Greene, n. c., for several weeks
state that they are moving north, and
that the boys are all expecting that
their next orders will take them
across the waters TO the training
camps in France. Several companies
of South Dakota boys are in this con-
tingent. They do not know where
they are going, but they are on their
way and report themselves glad to
be moving little nearer the battle
fields.
James Coppege, a farm hand arrest
ed in Hiland township, Hand county,
! for failure to register under the Sc
lective conscription act, when taken
| to Miller, was found to have been an
| inmate of the state insane hospital
in Oregon, and his appearance and
behavior indicated an unbalanced
mind. It was found that he had left
Beadle county farm without drawing
his wages. and that he had spent his
last dollar to buy revolver, not hav-
ing enough left to buy ammunition for
the weapon
The accidental drawing OF a sand
bur into his throat caused the death
of Clarence McClelland, a prominent
Fall River county rancher While
shocking corn a sandbur became fast
ened ito one of his fingers. He at
tempted to extricate the sandbur with
his teeth. Ii became loosened inst an
he took deep breath and the sand.
bur was drawn into his throat He
could not dislodge 1t, and was rushed
to hospital, where an operation was
performed, but too late to save his
life.
Judge Youman, Of Sioux Falls, in
United States court, overruled the mo-
ton for a new trial in the cases OF
the 81 German-Russian farmers OF
Hutchinson county and ali the defend
ants were sentenced to terms vary
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth.
Kan, and fined sums varying from
$500 to $1,000. August Friedrichs, tho
alleged ringleader OF the 81 men who
were convicted OF violating the espion-
age act by resisting the selective draft
law and threatening the governor and
other officers charged with it's enforce.
ment, was fined $1,000 and sentenced
to term OF five years in the Leaven-
worth prison.
Oil drillers who are sinking test
wells in the vicinity OF South Shore
are reported to have struck promis-
ing indications OF oil at depth OF
about 1900 feet. and as a result there
is great excitement in that territory.
The drillers have been at work on
this project for about year and will
continue until the we'll reaches q
depth of about 1000 feet. The COM
pany, which is made up OF Pennsyl-
vania men familiar with oil develop
ment projects, already has expended