The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-06-28
NEWS OF THE STATE
RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGS OF THE
WEEK.

Thomas Murphy, OF Fairbanks. was
held for trial in the Sully county cir
cut court on a statutory charge He
was unable TO furnish bond and was
committed to the Hughes county jail
pending the convening of court.
The first harvest of alfalfa around
Pierre shows the crop is excellent.
with a heavy yield. The rains OF the
first part OF the season have made a
heavy growth and boosted the hay
crop. The question OF a seed crop
depends upon the weather from this
time on With rains to start the new
growth and a dry fall the seed corn
Is good, but with fall rains it does not
amount to much.
Armed home guards at Sioux Falls.
responding to Gen Crowder's work or
fight order, made raid on local pool
halls, suspected roomins houses and
other places where idle men are ac-
customed to loiter, and rounded up
more than 80 men on the charge OF
boing labor slackers and not having
place during the busiest time of the
afternoon, when the streets we're
crowded with shoppers. and created
much excitement
Walter Varland, residing eight miles
north Of Sisseton, tells of his success
with alfalfa Last year he pastured
30 head of hogs, IA sheep and II
calves on 10-acre field during the
entire season. June 10 he cut seven
tons Of hay and in September thresh-
ed % bushels of chefce seed The
seed brought him $3.50 and the hay
had market value Of S105, making
a total of S765 from 10 acres of land
To this should be added the value of
pasture for 7G head of hogs, sheep
and calves for the summer.
That there is too much JOY riding
being done in some parts of the state
with state-owned autos, Is the view OF
State Auditor Handlin, and he has
sent out letter in which he says:
Believing 1t to be for the best inter
ests Of the state, | would suggest that
you have the words State OF South
Dakota printed upon both sides OF
any auto or autos your department
may own. Failure to comply with this
request may mean the questioning OF
any gasoline or repair bills presented
by you in the future 10 this office"
What is believed to be something
Of record is that which N. f. Lewis
has reported as having been made on
his farm a short distance east OF Gro
ton. He has three sows there which
are Of the Duroc Jersey strain, which
are believed to have set pace which
will be difficult for others OF their
species to follow. During the last 12Is
months these three animals have pro
duced for their owner III pigs, actual
count. With hogs at SIS and better
per 100, it can be readily seen that
there is a nice profit in his bunch for
their owner
Menonites OF the GAINESVILLE colony
In YanktOn county will lose large
quantity Of home made wine and may
be prosecuted for having liquor in
their possession, because they took
steps TO catch men who stole SO gal
ployed AL Scott, OF Mitchell an own
Or Of bloodhounds, to find the thieves
rhe dogs picked up the scent and a
confession has been obtained from a
young man who is to go with the Jrne |
lraft contingent and who implicated |
wo others. He told the officers, Il
wanted to have a rip-roarin good time |
before | went OF to fsA"
The attention Of the federal officers
" South Dakota has been called To |
he case Of Alber ReIdering, an al. |
eyed pro-German f-rmer living in |
Douglas county who was summoned |
,efore the DouglaI county council Of |
License to answe TO charge Of alleg- |
ID dsloyalty ag inst him. His father |
Ives in the vicinity The father is a |
ierman by birth, lille the son says |
le is a subject of Holland Evidence |
vas presented before the council OF |
License that the younger Reddering
lad told a ncighboring farmer that If |
he government took him as a soldier |
Ie would desert to the Germans with.
n three days
A number Of the farmers over the !
tate are preparing TO meet a condi- ,
ion which confrOnts the farmers OF |
he northwest. The war demands have
rawn many OF the younger men from
very section, and the work on the |
arms will largely have to be done by |
lder men with families These men
o not care to take up farm work u
ess they can have their families with
hem and TO meet this need farmers
I'LL have to build houses on their
arms to house the labor which they
,ill have to depend on. In the cen.
raj part OF the state a number OF
uch houses are being built, and mon
nth families are being accepted for
arm work. One man near Pierre
ays he has two such houses on his
anch and will build another soon.
Hundreds OF Sioux warriors and |
lembers OF their families from the |
Inc Ridge reservation were among
hose who attended Red Cross cele- /
ration at Inlay. There was an auc-
lon sale OF donated articles, and this /
esulted in several thousand dollars /