The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-06-14

The fact that she has . son and
daughter who are doing thetr bit" In
the service OF their country = . sourcs
Of PRIDE to Mrs. HJalmar Nelson. OF
Lead. Joseph Conlon, tho son. en-.
listed IN the navy . PEAR ago, before
he was 10 years old. and has made
four trips ACROSS the Atlantic on q
merchant ship. He now Is in New
York about to start On hh NTH voy-
age. Miss Mary Conlon. the daughter.
who wa graduated II tAe Black HILLS
% . trained nsrse. hes for several
msnths been n charge Of n Of the
departmeats ef IN army hospital in
vtrgtn1a and now b n New York pre-
paratory to safiing for Franse for duty
there. $40 - The only yo9ns woman
from Lead vhs ~ q graduate nurse
has eagagsl n army ssrvtos. She will
b hs hrs< ysans worAea frem the
Black Hffis - ct into eervtoo bohinA
the baktlo lines n France,
ssAaaA grain Hsvor g0t Z bsttsr start
in he central Dart Of tie state than
II AAs obtained this sprfnS. The
Weather has been ceM aid cloudy for
a larger part Of the Time than usual
for this section. with rainfall above
nsr1nAl aal I'll the small grain sown
is getting : GOOD push toward natur.
ity. This weather - nct tust what
10 wanted f0f corr planting, but there
is enough t1ne betweea showers to
set most Of the cor planted, and the
moisture In the ground WIN give the
croD . boost when the warmer weather
arrives. The Indications are for more
snal1 grain than tor many years.
An agent Of the treasury department
has arrived In South Dakota, and now
Is investigating all estates having q
value Of $4,000 and more Estates
worth more than $4,000 are subject
to a special government tax, and Uncle
Sam has placed experts IN the field
to hook after all such estates and see
that hone Of them are overlooked in
the payment OF the special tax. There
are quite . number OF estates above
this vafae in South Dakota and they
will be made to pay their share OF the
special tar.
The little town OF Ravinia has taken
hold Of the consolidated school idea,
Thr township Ia which the town is
located has constructed . large mod.
ern brick school building, and the dis.
trict has purchased four motor busses
and will employ drivers TO convey the
children from their homes to the
school and return each day. This
gives tho country pupils the am edu.
cattonal advantages which the children
OF the towns get. with the same class
OF work IN the grades and high school
courses.
That war service work OF all kinds
is moi to be allowed to lag in the west
river counties Of the state is shown
by tho numerous sales which have
held, or are advertised to be held
at the various small inla nd towns far
from railway centers, and in every
case tho response financially has been
far ahead Of that Of the larger towns
OF ,che state, when the population rep
resented II considered. 1t does not
take much Of a community to bring in
5 5000 o. more at such sales.
The Brule National bank, OF Cham,
beriain. is being generally commended
by the patriotic residents Of South Da-
kota because the officers Of the bank
retained the cashier and a book.
keeper on the payrolls. although they
been drawn for service with the
national army. During their absence,
Ia accordance with tho action Of the
officers, they will receive half
pay and their former positions will be
open to them when they return after
the close OF tae war.
One Of the big events IN the church
history Of South Dakota was an ami.
versary reception rendered Rt. Rev.
J. J. LAwler, Catholic bishop OF the
diocese Of South Dakota, who
formerly was . resident Of st. Paul.
N A0u.s dt I00 8UQIICr1um In
Load. The reception and celebration
marked the second anniversary OF the
coming Of Bishop LAWYER to South Da-
kota As bishop Of the western South
diocese.
South Dakotans commissioned by
war department are Harold Robin
son HaAley, Custer. second lieutenant
aviation section signal reserve corps:
Clarence Durward johnson, Spencer.
and John K. Myers. Bradley. second !
engineers corps. national
army. and Martin Beach, Aberdeen.
second lieutenant national guard.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson, al Arte
sian. mother Of Jesse Anderson, a hero
of the Canadian army wounded al
Passchendaele last fall. has given her
Two other boys to the service. Ches
Anderson, assistant station agent
It Artesian. and the other son have
lust enlisted.