Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-31
NEWS Of lAe SlA,r
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK,

The town Of Lesterv:!le Is perhaps
one OF the most sorely afflicted places
In the state with the prevailing epi.
demic of Spanish influenza. Seven
deaths have occurred in the little
town during the past week. and at
present 1t is said that practically ev.
cry household In the town has its
sickbed.
Mrs. Peter Coburn. wife OF a Day
county farmer, was the victim of a
peculiar accident The gasoline iron
with which she was ironing exploded
severely burning her about the face
and arms, while piece of the metal
OF the iron imbedded itself in her
neck, making cash an inch in length.
Other parts Of the iron flew upward,
making deep intentions in the ceal.
Ing. The baby and grandmother, who
were sitting nearby, were uniniured.
Want a preventative for influenza
that won't break the bank and isn't
hard to take? Frank Rowland is au.
thority for this one and he says that
Dr.. Medill. of New York, who is in
charge of one Of the large southern
training camps, has been using it with
such good effect that no single case
has appeared there. TINS Is the re.
cipe: Boil two whole lemons in three
cupsful of water two hours, then strain
the pulp through sieve, mix with a
cup OF strained honey and take one
o'three tablespoonful day.
The State college school Of agri.
culture at Brookings, will open on
November 6, provided restrictions up.
on school attendance are removed by
the state board of health before that
date. Boys will find their usual &C.
Communications in private rooming
houses and boarding clubs. 1t is plan.
ned to organize school of agricul.
ture branch Of the Boys Working
Reserve" Boys belonging to the re-
serve will be given certain amount
OF military drill and be permitted to
wear special uniform sanctioned by
the war department.
One Of the enemy aliens of Lead,
when approached on the Liberty loan
proposition, refused fatty to buy,
stating he would not furnish money
to buy shells which might kill his
relatives in Germany. He stated that
he had sisters living on the Rhine.
His excuses were not accepted by the
committee, which insisted that he pur-
chase his allotment of bonds. Rather
than comply he now has left town. AS
he Is registered here as an enemy
allen, the chief of police took official
notice of his supposed destination.
The officers there will be warned to
| Keep an eye on him. Several months
ago this same man greatly angered
his patriotic neighbors when q new
born son was named Wilhelm by him.
That the moon told him not TO reg.
lister was the unique excuse offered by
John Achakoss, Russian arrested at
Yankton for failure to register. Since
the connection between feeble mind.
edness and the moon are somewhat
identified, the authorities are looking
closely into the history of the man
who meanwhile is in the Yankton
county jail in default of $500 bail.
Achakoss had his hearing at Yankton
whore he was arrested by United
States Marshal Hickey, after making
some bitter pro-German remarks.
When the officer questioned him on
the influence the moon seemed to ex.
ert over him, he declared it was a
dangerous subject and that it would
NOT dn tn talk ahnut
Regardless of the calls for Liberty
loans the past year, in which South
Dakota has not only met the allot-
ments made to the state, even though
they were greater on a population
basis than those asked from any other
state in the northwest, the deposits
in the banks of the state, show an in
crease of $21, 100000 for the year, and
stand at $131,OO0,O0O at the date of
the last call. The increase from the
previous call was over 100000, and
the increase Of resources was over
$1O,00O,OO0. South Dakota people
have not only met more than their
share of the demand for soldiers and
sailors for carrying on the war, but
nave Deen ready with more than their
share of the cash. and are piling up
their surplus at the same time.
A st. Paul company is erecting a
plant in Sioux Falls in which to con.
dense buttermilk. The product of this
condenser will be sold to bakers for
use in bread making, the first few
barrels which the plant is being
tried out being used for stock feed.
The buttermilk undergoes three pro
cesses. When pumped from the
creamery into two steel tanks 81 feet
long and approximately 10 feet deep,
1t is kept at a temperature Of 6S de-
grees over night, then goes into fore.
warmers, where it is heated to 100
degrees for its preservation, the first
process starting the fermentation,
and is finally heated IN pans to about
200 degrees, when 1t is ready to be
poured into barrels, each of which
will contain from $50 to 525 pounds
Of buttermilk.