The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-03

the army, and, not knowing that there
was a recruiting station there, he con.
tinued to Omaha. He walked 126
miles.
The Federated clubs of Huron have
subscribed 500 to the war victory
campaign to be used TO erect furlough
houses in Europe. A draft for that
amount has already been sent to the
national headquarters for the war vic.
tory commission.
To show his patriotism and at the
same time aid so far as possible in
increasing the wheat supplies for the
United States and its allies. Albert
Ellwein, a German farmer living near
Roscoe, has devoted 300 acres of his
land to the raising of wheat.
Brooding over the action of some
of the young men of Bryant in apply
ing yellow paint to his carpenter shop
because he did nothing for the Red
Cross or Liberty bonds, Claude Hack
4 carpenter, has become insane. He
is a bachelor, is As years of age and
is we'll to do
f. NJ. CARRIER, superintendent of Low
er Brule Indian school. reports that
Miss Louise Rencountre, a 20-year
old Lower Brule Indian girl attend
ing the Pierre Indian school, opened
the Third Liberty Loan drive with q
voluntary subscription of $1,000. Miss
Rencountre's brother, Albert. is a vol
unteer in the army.
Albert Stroman was near a railway
track when a passenger train passed
him near Lennox The pilot of the
engine struck small rock and hurled
it with great force. The rock struck
Stroman and injured him so severely
that it was several days before he
recovered. Had it struck him in the
head he would have been killed.
Cores pondence courses at the Uni
versity of South Dakota are now stand
ardized with similar courses at Wis
consin university, Chicago university
and other leading schools and col
leges. A faculty ruling has been an
nounced to go into effect next fall. II
requires eight assignments for each
credit hour so that students off the
campus will put in as much work as
resident students.
Ellie Hanson, an Iroquois boy who
is in the aviation service, in a letter
to the home folks writes that he
again has been promoted. He has
been made captain of a machine, and
this gives him an increase OF salary.
"As soon as we make our first flight"
he writes, 1--WE are on flying basis,
which gives us so per cent increase.
l took my first fight today, so from
now on | am drawing $99.75 per
month"
Mrs. Robert Hunter, a prominent
Madison woman, has been advised
that Nels Howe, a cousin had been
killed in action in France. The young
man was serving with the Canadian
interests and had been in the service
two years and 10 months. The young
man had been wounded several times
during that period, but not severely.
and had returned to duty as soon as
he was sufficiently recovered Many
OF his escapes from death had been
almost miraculous.
Plans for an educational campaign
by South Dakota suffragists were out.
lined at a meeting at Huron of mem.
bers Of the state board of the Univer.
sal Franchise league. Among other
things which were planned was the
organizations of six schools of meth.
DDS at various points in the state.
The suffragists of South Dakota will
put the subject of mere suffrage in the
background in the present campaign,
board members said The main Oh
ject for which they are now fighting,
they said. is full citizenship.
Quietly but effectiely a committee
of the county council of defense on
behalf of the third Liberty loan has
called before it several alleged slack
ers and pro-Germans residing in va.
rious parts OF Beadle county. The
committee sits as an investigating
committee and frankly asks: why
did you not buy bonds? What is your
war record?" The results have been
gratifying the committee says. 1t
was discovered that in several homes
German newspapers are the only ones
read and that even the kaiser's pic
ture has held a prominent place on
the wall.
A. f. Lindstrom, a Yankton man.
on his return from a trip to Texas,
brought with him a box filled with
curious little insects, which proved to
be cohrineal insects. II was explain.
ed that 1t takes about 10000 OF these
to make a pound OF cochineal, and
ages ago the insect was commercial
lied on account OF its properties In
dyeing the colors scarlet and carmine
Choloride of tin is used in the pro-
cess. The Spaniards first discovered
the value of the insects about 1913
and il has since spread over the world
TO quite an extent. Modern methods
in color dyeing have caused this in
teresting and curious industry 10 be.
come of less importance than former
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