Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-30

Tho state game department 70
spreading out in its activities, and
is not only building up the game
supply Of the state. but 10 locking aft
or fish as we'll. One Of the features
of thar work is in the matter Of
diverting flood waters Of streams into
lakes and ponds. making attractive
bodies of water Of what has been in
some cases weedy sloughs in dry sea-
sons. In this work the department
has purchased steam shovel, which
was this week unloaded at Dolton, and
will be used to dig a ditch to turn
the flood waters Of q stream into Sill
YER Lake In Hutchinson county, right
Of way having bssn purchased for
the work on this ditch.
County registration agents through.
out South Dakota are reporting prog.
ress in getting the emergency farm
reserve under way. They are seek.
ing to enroll in every community in
the state, those able mon who have
ever done any farming and will spare
a few hours or days this summer to
help cultivate and gather big crops.
The work is being assisted by local
Councils of Defense and county agents
and it is planned to be able to meet
the extra needs of every farming Sec
ton by the men In the towns who
know something about farm. En-.
rollment is voluntary but the work il
important.
A. G. Granger, Of Kadoka, owner
Of the Watch Key Hereford ranch,
sold the polled Hereford bull King
Wilton 18th to Hughes Bros. for 81, 1000
to head their herd Of pure bred polled
Hereford cows. The deal also in.
cluded nine registered Hereford COWS,
three of them with calves at foot.
This addition will give Hughes Bros.
fine start in the pure bred Here
ford cattle business Hereford cat
tie are great 1avorites in Jackson
county and the prospects are that
number of pure bred herds will be
started in the next few years.
A number of the counties of the
state took advantage of the new law
authorizing county appropriations for
Red Cross and war relief purposes.
This plan is used to spread the cost
on the people of the whole county in.
stead Of piling it upon the few willing
ones, and allowing those who are slack
in such work to get OF free, or with
very small payment. When all the
taxpayers of the county are included
1t is not drain upon any one of them,
but all must pay share.
The eight-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Canif Of Douglas county,
met = tragic death by lightning. A
storm was approaching and he asked
permission to go into the pasture aft.
er the cows, riding his pet pony.
The permission was granted and he
had gone but short distance when
q fash Of lightning struck down the
little fellow and his pony, both be-
ing dead when the terrified father
reached them within few minutes.
The class of law graduates Of the
state university who were given diplo-
mas on their certificates by the su.
preme court. is: Donald G. Cotton,
Parker; Clinton j. Crandall, Pierre;
Carlos w. Goltz, Laurel, Neb.; WILL
lam F. Hansen, Springfield; Herbert
G. Hepperlee, Eureka; Paul ]. Ma
loney, Aberdeen; Everett d. Roberts,
Parker; Carl E. Scotchbrook, Yves.
sington; Alan w. Williamson, Aber.
deem; Eugene ]. Wix, Hetland.
The Custer Peak Mining company,
which owns valuable mining property
near Custer, announces that it will
resume operations. It is expected
the mine, which is a copper PROPOSE
ton, wifi be developed into one of
the great copper producers of the
country. The chief stockholders are
Pittsburg, Pa. men. Preliminary to
the resumption of mining operations
about $4,000 will be spent on i'm.
provements.
Information has been received from
Senator Sterling in Washington stat.
ing that he had secured large supply
ct bass, croppies and wall-eyed pike
for distribution in Big Stone lake.
The placing of these fish in the lake
will maintain the lake as one of the
finest fishing resorts in the northwest,
The enforcement of the vital stats.
tical laws of the state has been neg.
lected by local authorities in many
instances. and the matter of such VIC
(; lations and neglect has been turned
over to the department of the state
sheriff. who will look after such Of.
tenders in the future. '
Hart Duxbury, wealthy farmer .liv.
ing nine miles north Of Spencer, was
tarred and feathered by a crowd of
fifty farmers. Duxbury. it was said,
was previously ordered to purchase