The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-08-23

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, a farmer living
eight miles southwest Of Hayl, sur
fered a heavy loss from lightning. The
bolt struck his barn and set fire TO
it, burning it to the ground Seven
horses and a bull were burned to
death, and a large quantity OF hay
and grain and other property was con-
sumed.
A son of Frank LawnO. living on
a farm near Waubay, was badly hurt
as the result of team OF horses rum
ming away. The team was hitched
TO a 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.
Threshing has been resumed in Da-
yisOn county, after a delay Of nearly
a week due TO wet weather. The yield
Of wheat on the Glen Smith farm,
near Riverside, averaged % bushels
10 the acre On the j. +. Wells farm
it averaged % bushels to the acre
The average yield in the county prob
ably will exceed 90 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. NJ. j. White, pioneer
residents. was observed at Beresford.
Mr.. White formerly was a marble cut.
ter and aided in carving Lincoln's
monument at Springfield, H. The
Whites were married in Pennsylvania
in 1868 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
very satisfactorily with that perform.
ed by the male farm help
Several times recently high water
has carried out the spilIway at the
outlet 10 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 a 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, Mimi, as her home. An examina-
tiOn disclosed that she was insane and
she now has been taken to Benson,
MINI, and turned over to the authori-
ties there. She was very bitter in
her anti-American sentiments and
harsh in her criticism of President
Wilson, the Red Cross and the govern,
ment generally, but because Of her
mental condition could not be held un.
der the espionage act
Grams Forsell, who for some months.
has been serving with a gun crew
with the American troops in France.
according to a letter received by his
father, j. T. Forsell, of Philip, has
been severely wounded in action.
While the battery was hurrying to the,
front the horse he was riding became
entangled with the leaders, and in the
mixup young Forsell received a severe.
cut on one Of his feet One of the
horses fell on the foot. smashing it
to such an extent that it will be nee
essary for him to spend some time
in the hospital
Irrigation systems for some OF the
smaller streams in the northwest DOR
tion OF the state are being discussed
the latest plan to be put forward be-
Ing the storage OF water on the forks
or the Grand river for use in irriga--
tlon OF the valleys of that stream.
The upper reaches of the Grand. the
Cannonball, Little Missouri aud Mo
reau rivers are all available for such
development, and it is only a question
OF time until these streams will be
developed by use of water stored in
stead OF being allowed to run into the
Missouri and be wasted as an asset
for crop growing
The national board OF fire under.
writer's is making a careful inspection
or all elevators in this state as to,
hre risks before the storage of grain
Tor the coming season is commenced.
IL any elevators are found in a con-
dition which would favor fire in any
way they will not be allowed to open
for the handling OF grain until the
risks are removed. Outside this first
inspection a specially close watch will
be kept on all grain elevators in the
state for the next few months. to see
that every possible precaution is taken
TO prevent the starting OF fires in any
OF these storage houses.
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