The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-08-09

and be supplied WIN warm aItesi"N
water.
Clay Leighton. brakeman aged
about 40 was instantly killed IN
the Milwaukee yards at Yankton.
when he was caught between an en-
gine and a car.
w. c. Marley, postmaster OF Colome.
has rendered his resignation ana
when freed from the duties OF the
Office will devote his entire attention
TO his large farm near town.
Rev. Glenn Lindley. OF Hartford,
Conn, has accepted call to the pas
torate OF the Congregational church
in Rapid City. and will assume the
duties OF the place about September
Mrs. NJ. A. Murphy, of 81. Lawrence.
has knitted 10 pairs Of socks, there
by understanding Mrs. Tillet, OF Troy,
S D.. by IS pairs. Mrs Murphy was
/ IS years old in March. and Is still
knitting away for our soldier boys
Women taking the places of men
on the street cars are now common
! sight in Aberdeen and creates no sur
/ price. officials of the Aberdeen Raili
/ road company stated that so far the
women have proven very satisfactory.
The Madison water and electric
/ light plant was destroyed by fire,
1 causing an estimated loss OF 100000.
| Defective wiring is believed 10 have
/ caused the blaze The city has an
! emergency water supply, but will be
without electric light. new plant
/ will be built as speedily as possible.
The first report of damage done in
! South Dakota this season by grass.
| hoppers comes from the Worthing
/ territory, Lincoln county. Some OF
/ the farmers of the affected district
! report that grass hoppers have ap-
! peared in sufficient numbers to cut
| off considerable of their oats
j. w. Thomas, at present county
superintendent of Roberts county,
! has been elected acting head OF the
! rural and extension department of the
! Northern Normal and Industrial
school to succeed NJ NJ Guhin, who
/ has gone to France for the period or
/ the war to act as a knights Of Co.
/ lumbus secretary.
/ The anniversary celebration to be
held this year by the residents of Cot.
/ tonwood in honor Of the founding OF
/ the town will, instead of being a
/ sports day pure and simple be turned
/ into a Red Cross celebration, and the
/ funds received from all sources dur
/ ing the celebration will be donated to
! the Red Cross fund. The celebration
will be held Monday, August 10.
/ espondency because of i'll health
/ is believed to have been responsible
/ for the suicide of James Proutek, .
! farmer and pioneer resident of the
! region near the village of Vodany.
! He ended his life by shooting He
had been i'll for long time and fear
ed his trouble had developed into can
Ger of the stomach. Brooding over
this is thought to have unbalanced his
mind.
Martin FrOmminga. a young alien
enemy who was arrested at Lennox,
that all the grain elevators In South
Dakota would burn down. He is
charged by the federal authorities
with having made other anti.Ameri-
can remarks, among them an asser-
tion to Sioux Falls junk collectors
that he disliked to see them gather
scrap iron which would be made into
tn ho
A. I. Taylor, of Egan, knows from
personal experience how it feels to be
struck by lightning and live to tell
the story. He was in the loft of
barn when bolt of lightning came
through the ventilator, striking him
in such a manner as to tear the shoe
and sock off one of his feet. He was
knocked unconscious and was found
by brother who was working on the,
ground floor. Taylor soon regained
his senses and apparently is none the
worse for his experience with the
lightning.
AS the result of thrilling exper-
ience, F. ]. Wisner, Of Parkston.
knows what it feels like to be struck
by a train, and he is glad he is alive
to tell the story. Mr.. wisner and
others had gathered at the depot to
: bid goodbye to acquaintances who
were departing for training camp.
Wisner was standing on the track and
failed to notice an incoming train.
He was struck by the engine pilot
and thrown to the ground BY good
luck ne fell outside the rails. He es-
capped with lacerated cheek and a
few bruises.
1t has been decided that an elabo-
rate Labor Day celebration will be,
held at Beresford, under the auspices.
of the home guard. The observance
this year will be OF military char
acter. The program will be strongly
patriotic and military all the way
through. Other companies of home.
guards from surrounding cities and
towns will be invited to be present
The entertainment features will con-
sist OF parading. drilling by the home
guard companies present, ball games.
music. speech making, etc, II is ex-
pected thousands of peonle will ba