The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-06-21
Anton Petruzelie, Bohemian living


who has six sons in the United States
service, would not stand or this slur
on Americans in general and had the
offender arrested When taken into
court he was found guilty and fined
$40.
Because of the war ii was feared
that the United States government
would abandon road construction
work in the forest reserves in the
Black Hills, but Forest Supervisor
Duthie, who is in charge OF the Black
Hills forests and who has been in
communication with the national and
district forest officers, announces that
It is the plan OF the government to
proceed with this line of work so long
AS il does not interfere in any way
with war activities.
William Hanneman, workman in
the crew engaged on the construction
OF an additional story to the Dakota
Life block at Aberdeen, was injured
when the apparatus which operates
the temporary elevators, used on the
outside OF the building to carry up
materials, gave way and the car on
which he was riding crashed to the
ground. He was standing on the plat
form and therefore sustained the full
force OF the fall in his legs. When
workmen rushed to his assistance he
could not stand and the injury seem
ed to be in his ankles.
Kingsbury county promises to be-
come a center for the breeding Of
Percheron horses. A report sent out
by the Percheron Society OF America
shows 33 Percheron colts registered
from this county in 1917, or one Per
cheron colt for every 2466 square
miles OF territory in the county. De
spite the increased use Of machinery
on the farms, the demand for draft
horses is said to be steadily gaining,
and it is said that South Dakota is an
ideal state in which to produce horses
of splendid bone, muscle and weight
for draft purposes.
A Britton boy, Henry Outing, is
among those Americans who are
camping on the trail OF the kaiser, de-
termined to get" him. In the case
OF Outing. he has been on the trail
longer than most American soldiers,
for he enlisted in the British army
canadian continge1t) three years
ago, and has been on active service
since In a letter just received from
him by a Britton friend he states that
he is about the only survivor OF the
original company in which he served.
He now has been attached to another
company. Outing has had many
thrilling adventures and escapes
from death during his service.
Mrs. Belle Roberts, mother OF Ed
ward Roberts, a soldier from Iroquois,
who was wounded and taken prisoner
by the Germans while fighting in
France. has received word from the
American Red Cross that the young
man was blinded by his wounds. The
statement was made in the letter con-
veying the news that Germany eI-
changes blinded prisoners, and so II
is probable young Roberts soon will
be exchanged and invalided home.
The Red Cross letter also sought to
tighten the mothers sorrow by telling
her that with the modern treatment
given blind men, many Of them are
enabled to live useful and happy lives
despite their affliction. 1t is believed
Roberts is the first American soldier
to be blinded in the present war.
II. o. Herbrandson, field agent OF
ha ~ nf ri n
South Dakota, has issued summary
OF present crop conditions in the state
and other information Of special in.
terest when so much depends on the
= volume OF crops raised in South Da
kota and other states this year. The
: following paragraphs are based on the
: report: The alfalfa acreage in South
2 Dakota has been somewhat reduced
in the western part Of the state be
cause of winter killing and grasshop
:. pers, in the north central portion be
p cause OF severe drouth. The acreage
i remaining is somewhat below that o.
a year ago. The acreage Of sprinl
. wheat in South Dakota this year il
I found to have been increased very
: much In percentage. The patriotic at
o titude Of the farming population can
!. not be too highly commended. Soutl
Dakota is deserving of very muci
praise in this connection, her increas'
being placed at 118 per cent, bein,
{ heaviest in the southeastern and Ger
= trail portions, where Of recent year
l. spring wheat has not been an import
, ant crop, while this season nearly ev
l. cry farmer put in a few acres.
q large percentage Of those section
l. does not, of course, show such larg
l. acreage, whereas in the northeastern
9 and central portions a moderate IL
It crease in percentage totals to a YER
J. large acreage. Other conditions tend
Vt ed to this large acreage also; the mos
b. favorable spring opening, which wa
b. more than usually early, the absenc
y, of surplus moisture to prevent fiel
]. work or standing water in fields an
,e the rather unfavorable attitude Of tn
:. onrp c;tuatinn no rtIy duo 70 pnor opo