The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-08-16
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

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farm home.
The demand for tin has revived the
tin mining industry in the southern
Black Hills and New York capital has
been Interested in two tin prospects
near Hill City.
Lloyd Zemke, 5-year-old son OF
Henry Zemke, a farmer living near
Bridgewater is in a Mitchell hospital
seriously wounded by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun in the hands
o; an old brother.
Francis Merle Series. 3-year-old son
cf Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Series, re-
siding on a McCook county farm, died
as the result of having one OF his feet
cut OF by a grass mower The other
loot was nearly severed.
No trace has been found OF thieves
who, in the course OF an hour or so,
robbed the stores Of Frank Osman
and L. E. Iwerks, of Davis The rob-
bers procured quite a sum of money
from the cash registers, and in addi-
ton carried away number OF
watches and other goods.
Fred Tobin, formerly Of washington
Springs, has been arrested at Mitchell
for failing to register under the work
or fight order of the state council OF
defense. Tobin is accused of loafing,
and when a job In the harvest fields
was offered him 1t IS alleged he said,
TO hell with the harvest"
Several thousand dollars worth Of
damage was done to crops in the vi
cinity Of Huron by heavy rain and
hailstorm. A total Of GA of an inch
Of rain fell during the storm. The
corn crop especially was pelted by
hailstones nearly as large as an egg
and suffered serious damage.
Miss Hylda Lynn. of Bartlow, Fla,
formerly of Huron, has enlisted in the
naval reserve as second class yeo-
woman, according to advices received
at Huron She is now stationed at
Washington. d. c., in the bureau Of
supplies and accounts of the allot-
ment department of war risk insur-
anCe.
Mrs. Alex Highland, superintendent
OF child welfare work for Brown
county, weighed and measured AIS
Aberdeen children under 5 years OF
age during one week. The babies
all were taken to her home by their
mothers, Mrs. Highland finding this
to be a more expeditions way than the
| house TO house canvass previously
used, in which she had measured and
weighed 163 children.
The war department has just out
| lined to State college the details OF a
plan whereby able bodied college stu
dents over the age of Is are given
the opportunity to enlist in the army
| and to obtain training in college until
| they reach the draft age. The pur
pose, according to the announcement
| received by DR.. G.. l.. Brown, acting
| president, is to prevent the premature
| enlistment for active service Of those
men who could by extending the
period of their college training mul
tiply manifold their value TO the coun
try. This plan will mobilize and de
velop the brain power of the young
men of the country for the kinds o.
service that demand special training
The purpose is to provide for the
important needs of the army for high
ly trained men as officers, engineers
doctors, chemists and administrator:
OF every kind II the neeed arise!
for the services Of these young mel
as fighters, the terms Of their enlist
ment are such that they can be callet
by the president on a days notice.
It has developed that three lake
recently discovered In Bennett coun
ty, comprising between 400 and so
acres, were analyzed and found 4
contain something like I'M per cen
potash. William Bergin, on who's
land the discovery was first made
expects to reap the dement's OF tn
rich deposits and has leased severa
hundred acres in the vicinity. II 1
said that upon analysis, both tn
water of the lakes and the soil Il
the vicinity yielded evidences Of pot
ash deposits in large quantities. Th
matter of development has bee
taken up with Omaha capitalists, an
II is reported that they are maxim
preparations to commence at once tn
development Of an otherwise remot
and virgin field of this valuable an
much sought war product. II is est
mated that the deposits in this v
cinity are sufficient in large mea!
ure to supply the demands OF tn
United States government In tn
manufacture of munitions Of war. Nj
Bergin this week completed miners
leases on many thousands Of acre
Of these rich lands. The richest po
ash deposits heretofore discovere
are said to be SO miles south OF tn
Bennett county deposits. In Nebraski
II is reported that government o
fcials have approved OF the 17h pc
cent analysis made by private pe
sons.
The report OF the Mitchell board
education shows that the averag
cost per child in the Mitchell publ
schools last year was $1O9. Add
tional teachers in Latin. history an
science were employed for the con
ing terms.