Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-12


tinue to tell encouraging stories OF
grain yields in South Dakota. In
many instances the crop production Of
single farm will bring cash re.
turn equal in value to the price of
the land upon which the crops were
produced.
Alexander Cournos, one OF the L.
w. w. members sentenced by FEEDER,
al Judge Lands. in Chicago. at ono
time was an observer at the Huron
weather bureau. Cournos went to
Huron in February, 1917, and was ar.
rested by the Huron police on advices
from the department of justice on DC.
tober of last year.
AS the result of injuries suffered
when she lost her balance and fell
from load Of hay while aiding in
putting up hay, Mrs. Lena Steffen, liv-
ing on farm near Sherman, will be
incapacitated for several weeks. Dur.
ing the summer she has been doing
her bit" by aiding in the production
OF crops and other foodstuffs.
Fifty thousand bushels of seed corn
picked before frost is the slogan of
the campaign now being waged by
II. B. Wilson, emergency demonstra-
ton agent Of Moody county. Two
thousand bulletins have been mailed
to the farmers Of that county urging
them to get busy in the fields. Moody
county has $4,000 acres in corn this
year.
Louis Wagner, living near Beres.
ford, was the victim of an accident
which caused him to lose the greater
part Of his right arm. The mechan-
zeal feeder on a thresher became clog.
ged and Wagner attempted to fix it.
In some manner his arm. became
caught in the belt and was mangled
to such an extent that it had to be
amputated above the elbow.
Thomas McAndrews, % years old,
Of Humboldt, who is a veteran of the
civil war. wanted to do his "bit" in
the harvest fields. Notwithstanding
has advanced years he worked for .
period OF six days on the farm Of
James Thompson at stacking and dur.
ing this period turned out as much
work as the average young man. The
old man earned $3.50 per day.
Desiring to do her "bit" in the great
war, and believing that the men anS
boys should not be called upon to do
all the work, Miss Jennie Belts, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Dr. Belts, of Madison.
volunteered for work repairing and
painting some farm buildings near
Madison. She rendered valuable as.
sistance in tearing down some old
buildings and in repairing and paint.
ing others.
Food administration officials in HUI.
ron are making special plea to farm.
ers to assist the railroad companies
to pillow fire guard along the railroad
tracks near their lands. The railroad
companies fire breaks extend for 100
feet on each side Of the track. Farm.
ers are asked to plow up or burn of
another 100 feet adjoining this and
doubly insure their grain against loss
by fire caused from engine sparks.
Willie T. Johnson, president OF the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, finally has &C.
cepted place with the government
educational survey Of the Hawaiian
islands instead Of the position as the
head Of the government school to be
established in Washington for the pur.
pose of training instructors in occu
pational trades for MANNED soldiers
which he had at once time practically
accepted.
Ten conscientious directors have
been procured from Camp Dodge, Ia.
by the purchasers of the Mennonite
colony lands near Alexandria to wo1i
on the farm during the fall rush. The
10 are Quakers, Dunkards and Memo
mites, who have religious scruplei
against war. They have been granted
furloughs during the time they arr
working on the old colony lands. The
sums earned by them. above the 80
per month paid them by the govern
ment for their services, are turned
into the Red Cross fund.
The state tax levy in Beadle coun
ty this year will DO 10 mills, or a o.
a mill higher than for 1917. The com
bined report from the assessors roll
shows the following values Of prop
erty in the county: A total Of 1884
horses and mules valued at @1,2e0, 373
1,O5l $50 head Of cattle valued at 81.
260,412; 22,SS7 hogs valued at 1854
72S. Values on other property wsr,
placed at follows: Real estate, gen
eral, $3e,sso,s7s: personal property
$7,947,995; railroads. $4,b76,027; ez
press companies. $23,791: TELEGRAPH
companies, $29.ssa, telephone line
within the corporate limits of Huron
$126,s58; telephone lines outside tn
corporate limits. $7o.355; sleepinl
cars, 1861. At the time Of takin,
the assessment there were 2,3e3 auto
mobiles in the county with a valuation
Of $920,2S9. The value OF farm I'm
plements is placed at $1e5. 4e2. tn
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