Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-01-17

ing the co~ing summer. AT present
the city = BADLY handicapped because
there is no suitable place for public
gatherings.
Prof. f. J. Nicola, director of the
band at the University OF South Da'
kota. has been selected first class mu'
stefan in the navy. TIE is to report
at the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton. He will be under the direction
of the famous Sousa.
The Philip volunteer fire depart
ment appropriated the sum of S36o0
for the maintenance of fatherless ana
destitute French children. II is esti-
mated that 10 cents will keep one
child one day in its own home, or
$50 SO for one year
Leading farmers OF near Cotton
wood and business men of the town
have organized what will be incorpor-
ated as the Cottonwood Valley Tele-
phone Co, for the purpose OF con.
structing rural lines which Will be
connected with the local system. The
new company will have capital OF
4 1000.
The school board has decided TO
operate the Wolsey school six days
per week from now till the end OF the
present term The same step has been
taken in many other schools Of me
state so that the pupils may be reieas-
/ ed earlier in the spring for work on
farms and in gardens. Increased food
production is the object
There is much rejoicing at Yankton
college where a big endowment cam
paign was recently conducted success
fully. on learning that Seenas Crane.
of Dalton Pass, Mass, had left in his
will $4,000 to the institution. For
many years Mr.. Crane, and other menu
bers Of the family, have remembered
the college yearly with money gifts.
Alfred M. Brace, who formerly was
professor of journalism at the Univer-
sity of South Dakota, is now one OF
the editors of the Franco-American
Weekly, "a journal of news and opin-
ion" published in Paris for Americans
in the expeditionary force. Professor
Brace went To Europe in 1916 to drive
Red Cross ambulance and has seen
service on the western and southern
fronts He is now engaged in y. M.
c. A. war work.
One of the finest eagles ever seen
in the Black Hills was shot and killed
, by Arthur Ottmann. OF Lead, near st.
Onge. The eagle will be mounted and
! will make an attractive trophy. In
, the crags near the little mining town
, OF Maurice some miles from that
place. there is said to be a large mum.
Der Of eagles that have built nests high
in the crags and enjoy life, with the
trout streams Of the vacinity furnish
ing them an abundance of food
, That a German parochial school at
Pierre is not popular in the western
part of the state was indicated by the
appearance in the statehouse of the
, representatives of such a school who
, claimed that their work had been stop
t ped by the home guards Of that sec
ton of the state. They were seeking
, legal relief from the state authorities
. under the circumstances, as they
: claimed that they did not in any way
7 seek to teach disloyalty in their school,.
4 work
The Lake county authorities have
been advised of the arrest in Gregory
county of Benny Remple. who was
: registered in Madison under the Sc
lective draft, and who is charged with
attempting to evade service in the
1 army. Remple was called by the. ex-
emption board in the first draft but
: no report was received from him and
+ it was discovered that he had disap-
= peared. Steps then were taken to
have him apprehended, with the result
: that he now has been captured in
J.. Gregory county.
e Canoya home guards took a young
J. fellow who was almost frozen to
e death, from blind baggage on pas
t senger train southwark bound from
e Huron. The boy said his mother was
i'll in Chicago, and having no money,
!. he had believed he could make his
> way to Chicago by stealing rides on
q passenger trains. The guards pro-
g vided him with food and put him into
= a warm bed so he could thaw out, and
X the next day he resumed his journey
to Chicago, taking with him an over
coat belonging to one Of his benefac'
!. tors without telling the owner any
!. thing about what he intended doing
: with the garment.
J. There IS every prospect that John
Overheard, a farmer living near Beres
@ ford, will make a small fortune from
l. his corn crop. He was one of the
/, farmers who were lucky enough to
& have their corn crop mature in first
+; class condition, and he, without doubt
a. can sell every bushel of corn remain
If ing on hand at high prices for seed
k The other day he sold 600 bushels O
l. the corn for So per bushel. but will
r. retain 1000 additional bushels which
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