The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-17

latest or the Mennonite colonies In
South Dakota to be sold In accordance
with the determination OF the Men.
onites OF the state to move to western
Canada because they do not want their
young men to serve u soldiers. The
Maxwell colony was one Of the most
progressive In the state. The build.
ings are large and substantial and are
equipped with electric lights from .
central plant operated by power 1t the
Touring mill. The colony lands CON.
sisted Of 1900 acres. . large part Of
1t fne, level farming land. The pur.
chase price was SIC an acre. which
included 400 acres Of corn in the field.
The property was purchased by Hum
phrcy Slater, Of Sioux City.
A recent letter from France tells q
Al impromptu Pierre celebration" on
the front not long ago. A battery Of
Held artillery containing q large num-
ber OF bcys from old Company A. Of
Pierre. which has been changed int
the battery. were being guarded by an
airman. After several days the bird
man was compelled to come down on
account Of engine trouble and landed
among the boys of the battery. reveal
ing the fact that their air scout was
walter Smith, a high school boy and
football star Of the class In which
most OF the boys of the company were
members. From that time on their
air scout had a different individuality
To them than ne had before they knew
who he was.
Mabel Williams was the victim q
a peculiar accident. M. d. Candy was
working on the automobile when In
some manner the clutch, which held
the rim was released while the tube
was inflated with a pressure OF about
eighty pounds. There was an explo-
sion and the steel rim struck Miss
Williams with such force on the neck
and breast that she was rendered un-
conscious. Candy also was knocked
down and rendered unconscious and
suffered minor injuries. II required
the efforts OF a physician for more
tnan an hour before the two victims
were brought back to consciousness.
Their escape from death was q narrow
one.
No wonder they refer to South d.
kota as "the breadbasket OF the
world" for no state in the union has
quite the same record this year ON
crops. South Dakota is rated in per-
centage of crop for 1918 at the TOP
OF the whole list OF f~orty-eight states.
according to the South Dakota immi-
grafton department. The United
States department OF agriculture OK.
perts' report for August on the staple
human food crops credit South Da-
kota with 1898 per ZEN the nearest
other state having 113.1 per cent and
only a few states showing better than
100 per cent.
Tom Ayres, candidate for
OF the nonpartisan league Of Perkins
county. was refused the use OF the
hall In Witten In which to speak. He
then took up at one OF the garages,
from which he was ordered by the
town board. also not to speak In the
town. But he refused to abide by the
order and an officer was called to
stop him; he still refused. The home
guards from Winner were notified and
they came up later and went ap to
the hotel and notified Ayres to get
up and get. which he did. He stated
that he was going to Gregory county,
md was going prepared for trouble.
Although he is still but a lieutenant,
Royal c. Johnson, OF Aberdeen, con.
FRESHMAN from the Second district,
as at last grati6ed his wish to be at
the front. Word from there to his
wife speaks OF his strenuous work In
he officers training school in France
He wrote on August rs that he had
another week there before he would
be assigned to the front line trenches.
Lieut.. johnson was recently offered q
captaincy in the ordnance department,
but declined 1t because 1t did not OF.
fer enough fighting.
II has been decided by the city som.
m~issfoners of Madison to submit to
the voters at a special election the
proposition OF issuing bonds in the
sum OF $3.50, 900. or this sum 800, oos
win be used for rebuilding and equip.
ping the electric light plant, which
was destroyed by fire some weeks
ago; $25,0 900 will be used for the ex.
tension OF the sewerage system, and
the remaining $25, 900 will be used
for extending the mains Of the NUM-.
cipal water works system.
Letters from many South DAKOTA
boys indicate a current rumor that
the state colleges quota OF students
in the student army training corps at
Brookings has already been filled.
This Is not true. The state college
has yet room for probably as many
young men as care to enter. although
it Is advisable that those desiring to
enroll should send in their appiica.
tons at once. II the quota is exceed.
ed. . waiting list VIII be drawn up.
Seventy men will he taken from
South Dakota about the middle OF
October In a special draft call which
has reached the local exemption board
for the spruce production. The men,
1 uhN 49, A. - 49, 49,