Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-09-13
Happenings Of the Week in All
Sections Of the State.
MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Events chronicied in Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid PerusaI.

j. OF South DAKOTA a CnaIialu
in the army with the rank OF first
lieutenant.
l. w. w. members are blamed for
placing pieces of iron in grain stacks
on the August Ortman farm near DIAL
ton, which wrecked the threshing ma
chine.
The state exemption beard SO far
has certified LAO South Dakotans for
war service under the draft, that be.
ing more than half of the states 200
quota.
Paul A. Johnson Of Ravinia have been
appointed to West Point military acad-
envy. They will take examinations
next March.
u. S. G. Cherry of Sioux Falls was
elected a member of the executive
committee of the American Bar asso-
citation, in annual conference at Sara
toga Springs, N. Y.
A storm, almost cyclonic in velocity,
broke windows and swept the resi-
dence district of Sioux Falls. A large
tent show was completely destroyed,
but no lives were lost, This was the
first serious storm reported In South
Dakota this season.
The condition of the state treasury
at the close of business Aug. 81 show.
ed cash in all funds at $1.210,692, or
this d large part was In the common
school income fund. which will be dis.
tributed this fall, and amounts to
$S45, 1863 at this time.
South Dakota this year will produce
new wealth to the amount of $685., 094,-
600, of which live stock, corn and
wheat are the principal factors. Min
eral products are listed at $4,000, 900.
This statement was issued by the
state immigration department.
Frank Polotzke, a farmer, drove his
automobile upon a double track rail-
road crossing near Nassau, avoiding
a train that vas approaching on one
track. and vas hit by a passenger
train on the other. His automobile
was smashed. but Polotzke may live.
The commissioners OF Brown county,
at d session held at Aberdeen recent
~. voted approximately 10000 to be
expended in the coming year on the
rural highways of the county. In addi-
tion to this sum s33.s22 will be ex-
pended on county bridges, Rearly dou
Bile Of what was spent last year.
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new national army from South Da-
kota will be assigned to the Three
Hundred and Fortieth machine gun
battalion, according to a plan made
public at Camp Funston, Kan. by
Major General Leonard Wood, In ON
mand of the Eighty ninth division
The people of South Dakota are
facing an anthracite coal shortage,
according to Senator Sterling of this
state. who has taken up with Judge
I Robert s. Lovet at Washington the
subject of issuing i priority order for
such shipments. Judge Loretts re.
3 II order affects only bitunninous
coal.
Governor Norbeek has named a com
mission % investigate the coal posi-
btlities on the state lands In the west
ern paxt of the state which provision
was provided FOR By the 1ass legisla-
tire. The selections arHO. s. Thomp.
SOn III Mfnnehal,a county, G III. &
Woodland of Rasineid and Fred III
Hugg. Mayur ok Rapid City.
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Leo A Borah graduate or Huron
epIlege4N5th the class of 1912 aud fos
several pears head of the EngIish Ses
paxtEneIt IL The Huron high school
has let Tor Alton. I'LL. to accept i
position NJ heal ofthe Engassh depart
ment IN Wessera MILITARY zeadesns
there The position aisc casrseE arsta
! captain csrafnisszon lin the aala
n0tS national guard
The forest ssrs1cs II DesdEocsG re-
ports TING since JuIy l thess have
been tWenty@nve forest Sres startes
son fhereserye, The ARIA burned owe.
4 az them being z07 acres. Ths
saep Iookfng After the work MAJ
NEpulpIIlFplxifnatesy $500. The country j.
sfnaEII xlcsely watched from the diFsr
Ml(t aiSo0k0utl stations ana fire ii mo-
znkIcMed Inuch headNay before tie hi
a6Ixtuk forces ay0ut.
bxa been recefv8d ny ths
lI911f xherifs md thu state sheriR,
sp6FsDns attempkine Il
Sefine 1 Gathertns which Il
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