The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
OPPONENTS OF WAR SEEK NEW
HOME-SELL THEIR
HOLDiNGS.

Following the announcement that
che Mennonite colonists. located in
Sanborn county on the banks Of the
James river, had sold their holdings
through their leaders to a group Of
Artesian capitalists, it is learned that
the colonists at Rosedale, New Elm
and Rockport also have made con-
tracts for land transfers and will re-
ceive real estate in Canada for their
South Dakota property. Leaders OF
lhe Huttrische brethren have been In
Canada for some time, seeking prom.
ises of exemption for their young men
from Canadian officials and allege i'm
munity from service has been prom
ised them. Their religion is opposed
to war and they already have shown
their active opposition to the draft
laws Of the United States by protests.
Three leaders OF the faith were arrest.
ed last week for attempting to bribe
officials OF the United States army and
secure the release Of Mennonite re-
cruits. The %colonists, whose lands
are among the richest in the state,
cut their crops to a minimum this
year, raising only enough for their
own consumption.
The automobile owner who has sent
In the fee for his license plate and
can't get 1t will have to blame war
conditions for this fact. The state de-
partmeat was able to get 1000 plates
q few days ago, the first received since
the last Of March. and these only
supplied q few OF the applications on
file. The company which contracted
to supply the plates for this year
simply announces that it cannot tell
when it will be able to make another
shipment and in the meantime the
owner is up against a violation of q
state law for failure to display a tag
which he cannot get even after he has
paid for 1t.
Mrs. Perry Stephens. who, with her
husband is doing ~janitor work in the
Meade county court house at Sturgis,
was SO badly burned that it is a ques.
ton whether or not she will survive
from her injuries. While building a
fire with wet wood she used kero-
sene oil, which caused an explosion,
blowing the bottom ont OF the can and
throwing burning oil all over her
clothes. The flames We're put ~ by
her husband, but not until the woman
was seriously injured.
Joseph Kuhn, a farmer living sew.
r miles from Dolaid, is making a
good record in the production OF food.
stuffs. A few days ago he marketed
Two carloads OF hogs which brought
him $6.S66.10. He still has sixty head
OF hogs left. He also sold recently
1000 bushels Of barley, which swelled
his receipts an additional $500. Sales
OF poultry, produce, ETC., added to these
will increase his income for the year
to about $4,000. He farms a half SEQ
ton OF land.
Sir young women have applied to
the recruiting station at Mitchell for
positions in the service. Four asked
for clerical positions and the others
wanted to get into the medical corps.
The recruiting officer found it diff
cult to convince them that Uncle Sam
doesn't want women in his army, but
they finally left, after announcing that
they We're determined to 20 to the
front. and proposed to study nursing
so they could enlist for Red Cross
work.
The financial showing Of the state
treasury at the close of business April
so showed $1,192.4S4 in all funds. The
income fund for public schools car.
ried $672.807 OF this, and the Irvine
plant fund $9L72O. The game fund
had $52,545 and the motor vehicle fund
S27,427. The various agricultural ex-
tension funds were about $27, 900, the
county extension funds being SIS, $50,
the federal Smith-Lever $1O,263. and
the county supervision fund $1,193.
Live stock in large numbers is be-
ing shipped from the Rosebud country
to eastern markets. Twelve carloads
OF cattle and hogs were shipped from
Gregory in a single day. the days ship
ments bringing the shippers an aggre-
gate of Q than $50. 900. Live stock
to the value Of several hundred thou
sand dollars will be shipped from the
Rosebud country during the spring and
summer months.
Throwing OF rice at weddings is
frowned upon by food administration
officials in South Dakota, it is an.
nounced. It was deemed advisable
to make this statement with the ap.
proach Of the June marriage season.
Old shoes and other missiles may be
thrown. but rice IS post-nuptial am
munition Is taboo. 1t is stated.
Delegates to the convention OF the
State Homeopathic society and the
State Eclectic society adopted resolu-
lions protesting against the action OF
Q Peter Norbeck in keeping mem-
bers OF their schools Of medicine from