The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-02
The patriotic residents OF volsa.


foolish as to make disloyal remarks.
without resort:ng to the application OF
yellow paint. No yellow paint has yet
Deem applied In Volsa, the plan adopt
ed to squelch disloyal persons being
to give them "cold shoulder" BY
the silent" treatment they are made
to feel that their presence in the
community is not desired, and in a
number OF cases 1t has not been long
until the persons giving the silent"
treatment have packed up their be-
longings and quietly left the town.
A. F. McQuillan. superintendent OF
the Aberdeen Railroad company, says
that he has commenced training one
woman who may be employed as
motorman and another one Is to be-
gin training soon for work on the
street cars. One is the wife of boil.
or maker and the other the wife of
mail carrier. Mr.. McQuillan says
that a minimum Of f1ve days training
will be required and that 1t may take
great deal longer Trial runs arc
being made under experienced work.
men. There have been several appli.
cations, one from a woman who want.
ed to do night service.
Philip Meier, a farmer lNing near
Letcher, was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Hicks and
brought before United States Com.
missioner Flanagan at Huron, charged
with violation OF the espionage act.
He was bound over to the next term
OF federal court at Sioux Falls on
bonds Of $4,000. which he furnished.
The FIRST threshing report Of the
season comes from Mayfisld township,
Yankton county. where a 50-Acre field
OF barley WAS threshed and averaged
40 bushels to the acre. The grain 10
OF excellent quality.
Yankton college has been officially
informed that the Institution has been
made war college, and has been
so listed among the national schools
under the war department. An army
officer will be assigned to Yankton,
and war materia will also be as.
signed. Four students will leave at
once for Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, or San
Francisco. Cal, for 60 days OF inten.
sive training at government expense.
Frank M. Byrne has nled his ex.
pense account showing that his cam.
paign for United States senator cost
him $2.07s3S.
Confessing that he had not register.
ed under the selective draft, a young
man giving his name as Henry Rust
and his home as Bunker Hill, ILL.,, who
was arrested by the Grant county au.
thorities, was Immediately inducte ed
into the military service of the coun.
try, and left with the Grant county
resistrants for Camp Funston. When
taken into custody Rust claimed he
was registered at Bunker Hill, but q
telegram from that place stated he
had not and, when confronted with
this, the young man confessed.
Everett Barton, living near Rocker.
vile, was arrested on a federal charge
OF failing to register under the seleo-
tive draft law. When taken before
United States Commissioner Hull, Of
Rapid City. he waived his preliminary
hearing and furnished a bond Of ST..
600 for his appearance when . federal
grand jury acts on his case. Barton
says he is past 81 years old, but the
government officials assert that the
records at the time Of his marriage
and other evidence shows that he is
now under the age of 80.
An interesting souvenir Of the bat.
tie of Rheims has been received by
Mrs. Ed. r. Eneboe, of Canton, from
Captain Eneboe, who is serving the
country in France. 1t is an exploded
French three-inch shell, used by them
in this battle. The shell as received
Is in the shape Of vase, with floral
designs worked over the surface, and
the date OF the battle carved In one
side. The Canton soldiers under
Captain Eneboe are still with the
147th division.
II the Ipswich Commercial club has
its way about 1t, ban will be placed
on 10y riding" throughout Edmunds
county for the period Of the war.
This is the first body in the state to
take action in this matter. The club
has recommended to the county coun.
ell Of defense that ban be placed on
'joy riding in the county, in order
that the money spent for gasoline for
these uselss rides may be spent to
aid the boys "over there" to win the
war.
Mrs. Susan Darling, of Webster had
the unusual experience of being i'm.
prisoned in a cistern for a period Of
about two hours. She was drawing
water from the cistern and lost her
balance and fell in.- She was alone
in the house, and 1t was two hours
before a passerby chanced to hear her
cries for assistance and went to her
rescue. Fortunately there was Il
not enough water in the cistern I'd
drown her.
Mitchell has rejected a plen 70 bond