The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-09
HELD FOR BRIBERY
ACCUSED OF TRYING TO INDUCE
OFFICERS AT CAMP FUNSTON TO
RELEASE ia MENNoNITEs.

Drtbe effcerS OF camp FUNSTON W re-
lease fourteen members Of their re-
ligious sect, the HuttRiche Brethren,
are pending against ]. B. Entz, Jacob
Hofer and John j. Wipf. said TO be
bankers of Alexandria, s. D., who were
arrested there, according to an IN
nouncement by Fred Robertson, Uni
ted States attorney for Kansas. The
three were indicted by q federal grand
Jury ct Topeka, Kan. April 8. Hofer
is accused Of actual payment of $40
to Lieut.. c. G. Ray and Wipf Of hav-
ing written a letter to Lieut.. w. p.
Jones offering to pay $4,000. Entz
Is charged with having knowledge Of
both transactions.
The state school fund OF South
Dakota win be about $4,000 richer
as a result OF the leasing and sale of
school lands in Brown county. Thirty
thousand acres were leased, and over
500 farmers attended the leasing n
sale, and bidding vas active, the high
est piece Of land leased going for
more than Sc an acre. Similar eager
ness for South Dakota land was shown
by bidders In other counties, n piece
OF school land In Beadle county selling
for $106 an acre. In MCPHERSON coun-
ty. the land sold averaged $50 an acre.
N. e. knight, state land commission
err, states the demand for school
lands is the greatest in the history OF
the state.
Louie White Horse, a Sioux Indian
belonging on the Rosebud reservation,
was taken into custody on the charge
of being a deserter from the national
army. In February the Indian secured
q fifteen days furlough. and failed to
report at the expiration of this, hav-
ing since been at his home on the
reservation. He evidently had tired
Of army life, as the average Sioux In
dian cannot stand the army discip-
line. His arrest was ordered by the
military authorities at Camp Funston.
South Dakota farmers who need
emergency help may obtain relief in
the recent congressional act giving
Gen. Crowder power to furlough men
OF the national army still training
in the United States, for work on
farms. Any soldier with farm expert
ence and In a grade below first SER
geant is eligible for farm furlough.
This is an emergency measure. to be
used in case of severe labor shortage
at such times az seeding and plant
ing.
Nearly a hundred recipes for wheat
less and meatiess cooking are offered
In a free bulletin Just published by
the home economics department of
State college. The general topics GOV.
cred are, quick breads, yeast breads,
meat substitutes and wheatless des-
serts. The book is handsomely bound
in a thr~ee-color cover. Any woman or
girl in the state may c u n free
upon application to the president, ask.
ing for Conservation Cookery"
The ~11-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Rasmussen, of Norway
township, Clay county, died at a Yer.
million hospital as the result of burns
received from playing with a bonfire.
Mr. Rasmussen had haen burning rub.
bish at the farm home and the little
girl was attracted by the smoldering
embers and ia pokins them about :
breeze famed them into fame Of suf,
fcient magnitude that her skirts
caught fire.
Because he refused to do anything
for the Red Cross, Liberty loan or
other patriotic funds. a number OF
persons gathered at the farm OF
George Ohlinger in the southeast part
OF Lake county and applied a decora.
tion of yellow paint to his buildings.
He Is the owner Of some Of the rich.
est land in Lake county. He after
wards went to Madison and subscribed
for his allotment OF Liberty bonds.
$1,450.
Two brothers living in Franklin
township. Lake county, entered a plea
OF guilty In Madison court to the
charge OF stealing fourteen bushels
OF oats from a neighbor. They were
nned $25 and costs each, amounting
In the aggregate to $71.35. The broth
ers are registered in the selective
draft. and are expected to appeas
With the list OF men called for the
May Induction.
Despite earlier scares on the sub
jet. r. E. Smith, Brown county agent,
states that there is no shortage of
farm help in that section of South
Dakota. He attributes the fact part
ly to the fact that farm owners are
doing nor OF the work themselves
this year. and partly to Increased pur-
chases OF labor saving machinery.
Placing patriotism above personal
interests. Prof. J. 8. Gustafson, su-
perfntendent OF the public schools of
Hurley, has rendered his resignation
and viii enlist In the army so he can
do his "bit" In rounding up the kais.
err and his hosts OF Germans.
South Dakotans are protesting
against the effects OF the new Garfield
tone order on the South Dakota coal
situation. Senator Sterling received
numerous protests. They are espe-