The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-04-05


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The $4,000 government postoilice
| at Madison has been completed and
! is now being occupied
The appointment of George 4
Duthie as forest supervisor OF the
| Black Hills has been announced
Wilmar Simmons, aged 6, of Sioux
| Falls. suffered the loss of his right
| leg between the knee and the thigh.
when he jerked away from a sister
who was holding him and fell beneath
| a street car.
The German State Bank of Wolsey
will hereafter be known as the First
State Bank OF Wolsey. The change
in the name To one OF more Ameri-
can tone was adopted at a recent
meeting of the officers of the institu.
| ton
David Farlinger. son OF Mrs. Robert
| Harvey, of Huron, a member of a
British cavalry regiment, and who
was captured by the Germans at Cam.
brai last November is faring well
among the Germans, according to a
letter received by his mother.
During the month of February the
| kimball mill at Kimball sold around
| $4,000 pounds OF -four TO the United
States government for shipment to
| France. A similar shipment has just
been made and the mill is still busily
engaged on government contracts.
In spite of the war which has
caused very noticeable decrease in
the enrolment of most schools in the
country, the Northern Normal and In
dustrial School at Aberdeen, will grad
uate larger class this spring than
ever before In the history of the
school. The membership OF the
graduating class will be about 2S0
The largest class ever before gradu.
ated was the class OF 1917, which num-
bered $50
Mrs. Mary c. c. Bradford, OF Den
yer. superintendent OF public instruc-
tion for the state Of Colorado, presi-
dent of the National Education Asso-
citation and the most eloquent woman
speaker among the educators of the
United States. will give two addresses
in Aberdeen, Tuesday. June 4, in con
nection with the greatest joint coun-
ty institute ever held in the state
and in the nation The public will
be given an opportunity to hear this
gifted speaker on this day
The following rule relating TO the
amount of wheat -four which may be
sold to farmers in South Dakota has
been promulgated by G. n. Herreid,
federal food administrator for South
Dakota: The more stringent wheat
conservation rules just recently is
sued from Washington, providing for
a maximum of one-eighth barrel (24h
pounds) OF wheat -four TO city Gus
toner at one time and maximum of
one-Quarter barrel (49 pounds) to
rural customers. II was feared, might
hinder spring work on the South Da-
kota farms by forcing the farmer to
go very frequently To town for the
small amount of -four which ne was
permitted TO purchase at one time un-
der the Washington rule. The rule
which follows gives rural customers
an opportunity to purchase "A larger
amount OF -four (up to 98 pounds) at
one time. and ranchers west of the
river. excepting Gregory county, up TO
full barrel at one time. City custo-
mers, however. are not permitted TO
buy more than 241h pounds at one
time. The substitutes, OF course,
must De sold with the -four in every
case: On account of the spring farm
work now in progress that part of
the recent order which limits the sale
Of wheat -four 10 rural customers in
South Dakota 10 One-quarter barrel
40 pounds) quantities at one time
excepting west Of the Missouri river.
outside OF Gregory county. is hereby
suspended until further notice. There.
fore in this state wheat Hour may now
be sold as follows: TO residents OF
towns. villages and cities in not 20
exceed one-eighth barrel quantities
car pounds) 20 rural customers in
not TO exceed one-half barrel guam
titles. excepting in that part of the
state west Of the Missouri river. out
side OF Gregory county, the sale of
-four to rural customers is not 20 ex.
ceed one-barrel quantities.
large crowd attended the funeral
Of Private James ". Silver at Huron
Private Silver died OF pneumonia at
Fort Smelling
No arrests have yet been made and
probably viii not DC IN connection
with the burning by unknown stu
dents OF the Groton public schools OF
all the German text books which were
in the schools. The students went 70
the school building at night. gathered
up all the German text books and car
ried them to the sidewalk In front
OF the school building and totally dc
stroyed them by fi1e.