Sioux County pioneer., 1918-08-22

from the BartelS farm about hfteen |
miles south of Fort Pierre, where a
field Of fifty acres threshed outea lit
tie better than 33 bushels to the acre,
| and this is said to be about an aver
age field for that section of the coun-
try.
John Polykangas, farmer living
eight miles southwest of Hayti, suf-
fered heavy loss from lightning. The
bolt struck his barn and. set fire to
it, burning 1t to the ground Seven |
horses and bull were burned to
death, and large quantity of hay
and grain and other property was con.
sumed
A son of Frank Lawno, living or
a farm near Waubay, was badly hurt
as the result of team of horses run
ming away The team was hitched
to binder, which the boy was operat
ing. He was thrown from the seat
and had several teeth knocked out,
in addition to receiving numerous
bruises and cuts.
l Threshing has been resumed in Da.
vison county, after delay Of nearly
week due to wet weather. The yield
of wheat on the Glen Smith farm.
near Riverside, averaged 80 bushels
to the acre. On the j. F. Wells farm
it averaged Is bushels to the acre.
The average yield in the county prob.
ably will exceed 20 bushels.
An Austrian farmland, whose name
was not given out, was the first VIC
tim of sunstroke during the present
harvesting period in South Dakota
He was employed on the farm of Mrs.
Laura Lindsay, near Carthage. He
was overcome by the heat in the mid.
die of the afternoon while engaged in
harvest work and died that night.
The golden wedding anniversary Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. White, pioneer
] residents. was observed at Beresford.
, Mr.. White formerly was a marble cut
t ter and aided in carving Lincoln's
) monument at Springfield, III, The
Whites were married In Pennsylvania
in 1858 and came to South Dakota in
, 1873, having resided in the state con.
tinuously since that time.
That Webster girls are patriotic is
shown by the fact that seventeen
> young women of Webster chartered
!. two automobiles and drove to the
!. country, where they put in many good,
hard working hours. shocking grain
for farmers. The farmers state the
!. work done by the girls measured up
i very satisfactorily with that perform.
ed by the male farm help.
Several times recently high water
has carried out the sptllway at the
outlet to Lake Norden, AND great guam.
. titles of water and thousands Of fish
). escaped from the lake. Petitions are
! being circulated asking the state game
and fish warden to take charge of the
= matter and have permanent spill
way constructed so there will be no
: further escape Of fish to the more
shallow lakes of the vicinity, where
" they will freeze next winter.
/. The Milbank authorities took into
. custody woman, who claimed Apple
|. ton, Minn, as her home. An examina-
tion disclosed that she was insane and
{ she now has been taken to Benson,
r Minn., and turned over to the authori-
( ties there. She was very bitter in
her anti.American sentiments and
4 harsh in her criticism Of President
y Wilson, the Red Cross and the govern.
q ment generally, but because of her
mental condition could not be held un.
!, der the espionage act.
/. Grams Forsell, who for some months
Q has been serving with q gun crew
< with the American troops n France,
7 according to letter received by his
d father. ]. T. Forsell, Of Philip, has
l. been severely wounded in action.
+ While the battery was hurrying to the
J. front the horse he was riding became
entangled with the leaders, and in the
/ mixup young Forsell received severe
cut on one Of his feet. One Of the
horses fell on the foot, smashing it
to such eG extent that 1t will be nee.
essary for him to spend some time
in the hospital. r-..--,-.-.., -
Irrigation systems fer some Of the
smaller streams IN the northwest DOR.
tion OF the state are being dis6ilssed.
the latest plan to be put forward be.
, ing the storage Of water on the forks
Of the Grand river for use in ifrieaia:
tion OF the valleys Of that stream.
The upper reaches of the Grand, the
Cannonball, Little Missouri ana Mo.
reau rivers are all available Tor such
development, and It IL only question
OF time until these streams will be-
developed by use Of water stored, in
stead OF being allowed to run into tho
Missouri and be wasted as an asset
for crop growing.
i The national board Of fire under.
4 writer's is making a careful inspection
of all elevators in this state az to
fire risks before the storage Of grain
for the coming season is commenced.
II any elevators are found in con.
sditfon which would favor fire in any
way they will not be allowed to open
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