Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-08-01
WORK ON HIGHWAYS

ABOUT ThlRrY-gloHr' MIlgs o.
HIGHWAY WILL % BUILT
IN THIS STATE.
Tho AFst construction work q the
Joint fsdssal. state and county high
way work In South Dakota viii be-
gin within short time. ~ bids ere
being asked for shout 50 miles Of
such highway IN three or four coun-
ties Of the eastern part Of the state.
Three miles Of this to be constructed
In MtAnshaha county 10 to bs concrete
or asphalt contraction. and the rest
70 to be gravel. This u the beginning
Of the general plan Of the state high
way department 70 use the funds for
such construstton work on several
principal highways Of the state, gradu-
ally working westward until the state
is crossed By tho improved roads.
oussids the work In the extreme
eastern part Of the state. like con-
struotioa work will be done on the
highway between stxrsds and Dead.
wood. following the old stage and
frsigAtlng trail. which will cut OF
about seven miles on the distance to
lockwood. allowing shorter route
than the one now used BY way Of
Whiteweod. Beside this joiat werk,
Pennington county. with state assist
ance is making the trail across Chey.
enns river at Wasta noFa practical.
opening up . new way over ''Chey.
snns" hill: on the east side Of the
valley. between Wall and Wasta, and
eliminating the present winding gum
DO trail now into that valley. The
Same county is also improving the
road out Of tho valley to the west, and
in those two projects doing = great
deal to make the trail to the Black
Hills q better one.
The most recent dollar year" ap-
polntment to come to South Dakota is
that Of director Of employment to which
Commissioner McCaffree Of the i'm
migration department has been
named, this because Of his connec-
ton with the free employment bureau
work of different natures which he
has been engaged in since that policy
was established for South Dakota.
The duties under the new appoint.
ment includes the general supervision
Of the federal state cooperative Of
Rce at Huron. and three offices sstab-
lished by the department Of labor At
Sioux Falls, Aberdeen and Rapid
City, along with the temporary harv-
est Offices which will be located ct
Mitchell. Rednsld and Watertown.
This service also looks to recruiting
for the different war industries, and
is planned to eventually cover the en-.
tire direction of skilled and unskillsd
labor in South Dakota, as we'll ~ the
first need In South Dakota farm help
In fact to cover the needs of the. state
as free employment bureau for lab
orers of all classes.
No trace yet has been found Of
one or more unidentified persons who
entered the postofhce at Zell and es'
capped with $3.50 in cash. The post
mistress removed $500 in war savings
stamps Just before closing the Office
for the night, which prevented these
falling into the hands Of the thieves
The robbery is believed to have been
committed by experts. which may in
dictate further robberies in the state
before the perpetrators can be run
down and captured.
Rev. G. M. Westermoe. for some
time pastor of the Lutheran church
1T Lake Preston, in order that he may
do his "bit" in the war, has departed
for a training school at Louisville
KY, where he will spend several
weeks taking course with view Of
becoming a chaplain in the United
States service. Until called for &C
tive service he will containue as pas
tor Of the church at Lake Preston.
According to Adjt. Cen. Morris, the
youths of Union county who registered
In the selective draft June S, thii
year, will bs called In the August
draft, which the authorities predict
will be for larger number Of mel
than the July call. With the prophes,
for bigger call in August than IN
July, it will take all Of these men and
also others who have been in lower
classes to all the call for men.
After being sent back from France
because he had enlisted while still
under military age. Ottmar Risnke. o
0roton, departed for Minneapolis OF
his 18th birthday to again enlist II
the service. Rienke enlisted nearly
year ago and succeeded in passing 81
the requirements here. Overseas
however, the more vigilant eye Of tn
officers detected his real age and h
was sent home.
-Four boys from Elk Point hav'
been granted 3o-day furloush to as
sist their fathers in the harvest fields
They are Joseph Curry. in training II
Newport, r. l.; Harold Rust, from th,
Pensacola, Fla, naval training sta
ton; Jay Manning and John Bernard
from the Great Lakes training sta
ton.
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