Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-31


and that some farmers already have
suffered some losses of cattle. The
| disease results from cattle overfeed.
!Es when turned into fields contain.
lug cornstalks.
| Annually there are several head of
livestock killed by the railroads OF
the country. An effort has been
started to reduce this number. The
farmers are being urged to make spec
I! ial efforts for the protection of their
cattle 1t Is claimed that one railroad
last year paid 100000 for cattle killed
by trains.
The new Charles Mix county court
house Is completed and ready for oc-
cupancy and arrangements were made
for elaborate dedication exercises.
One OF the features was an address by
Judge Trip, OF Yankton. The new
courthouse Is one OF the finest in the
state. and is in keeping with the rich
ness of Charles Mix county, which is
one OF the great grain producing coun.
ties of South Dakota.
A. r. Hotter, OF Madison, suffered
a heavy loss when his barn and
chicken house were destroyed by fire.
Children playing with matches are be-
lleved to have been responsible for
the fire. The winter supply of coal
for the family was in the barn, and
this also was burned In addition
Hotter lost an automobile which was
nearly new. There was some insur-
ance on the barn, but none on the
| car.
Surgeon Major Spafford, of the
South Dakota medical service corps.
has requested A. r. Fellows, of the
state council of defense, to secure as
many available doctors as possible for
volunteer service in the medical re-
serve corps. Those doctors who volun-
teer their services are to receive COM
missions and the same remuneration
for their services as those who have
been indicted into the military serv-
Ice at the various training camps by
the government
The region near Big Stone lake was
swept by destructive prairie fire,
which consumed hundreds Of tons OF
hay and number Of grain stacks that
were in its pathway. The fire started
! on farm about 10 miles north Of
Big Stone and was driven by a brisk
west wind, soon getting beyond con.
troll. 1t burned over strip about
three miles wide and 10 miles long
| before being extinguished. Hundreds
OF farmers and others turned out to
fight the fire. Some estimates places
the loss of hay alone at 800 tons.
+, A mysterious fire caused heavy
loss to the Thompson brothers, living
near Alexandria. Their large barn,
silo and considerable grain was de.
stroyed, and in addition two valuable
stations, seven head of horses and IA
calves were burned to death. The loss
Is estimated between $4,000 and $751;
900. with insurance of less than ST.
O0O. Several auto loads Of volunteer
fire fighters from Fulton went to the
scene to aid in fighting the fire, but
the flames had gained such Roadway
when they arrived that nothing could
be saved.
Just how Reinhold Mueller, Henry
Marcus Lain, Herman Gustav Till
wick and William Henry Wulf, four
German alien enemies, came to be in
Minnehaha county without permits, is
something that United States District
Attorney Stewart is now enueavoring
to ascertain. AS an indication of how
closely the government trails the men.
the four registered last December as
German alien enemies but found their
way into Minnehaha county. Mueller
was in Sioux Falls, Lain and Wulf
at Humboldt and Tillwick at Hartford,
The bureau of investigation got track
of the men and rounded them up.
None of them had reported to the
United States marshals office as re-
Quired and further Investigation of
their cases is betting made to determine
what disposition to make of their
| cases.
The council of defense of Yankton
Disposed of case against solicitors
for the Seventh Day Adventist church
by taking the money they had COL
lected from them and dismissing the
solicitors. Coupled with the regular
missionary work of the Adventist
church, they have used in their can
vass for funds the statements that
$4,000 Of the first moneys collected
was to be used in the construction of
q hospital in France for the care of
wounded soldiers. This makes their
appeal for funds war relief work
under the statutes of this state pass
ed at the special session of last VIM
ter, and forbidden expect by special
permit and consent Of the state coun-
Gil Of defense. Something over 500
had been collected by the solicitors
in this county before they were ap-
praised of the fact that their work
was against the rules of the state au-
thorities. This money they readily
turned over to the council of defense
for use in whatever charitable channel
that body desired. 1t was decided to
forward the same to the Minnesota
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