The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-03-29


ices OF a public health nurse.
Moody county farmers are planning
on greatly increasing their wheat acre
age this year
The first crop of grasshoppers has
made its appearance on the hills along
the Missouri river in the vicinity OF
Pierre.
AT an auction sale for the benefit
of the Red Cross. held at Aberdeen,
linen handkerchief donated by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson sold for $40, and an
egg laid by hen put up for auction
sold for $37
The county auditors association in
session at Pierre has selected as Off
GERS for the next year Frank j. MLr-
ply, OF Meade county, president, and
II. G. Richert. Of Roberts county, sec
retary-treasurer.
Mrs. John Hausman died in a hos
pital at Pierre after several weeks
OF suffering from burns caused by her
pouring oil over her clothes and set
ting them on fire while she was suf-
fering from temporary mental trou
bles.
The scarcity of seed corn in South
Dakota is indicated by the fact that
an auction sale held by John Hecht,
a farmer, five bushels of corn from
his 1915 crop was offered for sale and
was finally knocked down at s25
hng al h., R,,a ho1 l.,
A Red Cross sale of "cast-offs" held
by the women students of the Univer.
sity of South Dakota at East Hall
realized SIG. Everything from hair
brushes to candy, including refresh
ments served the purchasers, brought
good prices.
Because he is alleged TO have talked
too much against the United States
government, Christ Koch a German
alien, employed on truck farm near
Huron, was taken into custody by Of
fcers and is in jail awaiting action by
the federal authorities.
The state twine commission has
fixed the price on binder twine for
this year at 20 cents a pound in small
lots and 211s cents in big amounts
The price last year on binder twine
was l212 cents. Sisal this year costs
1917 cents as against 91a cents last
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shepard, Of
Mitchell, have been advised of the
death of their son, Frank Shepard. in
France. He was member of ma.
chine gun company. He was employ.
ed in the railroad yards at Mobridge
last year. Young Shepard, who en-.
listed when but 1S years old, was born
at Atlantic, Ia. and came to Mitchell
two years ago. He went from Mo.
bridge last summer to a training camp
in North Carolina and from there TO
Camp Mills, n. Y, where he embarked
for France some time in January
A man by the name of William
Kuger, carrying a letter in his pocket
indicating that he had come from
Sioux City, la, was found dead about
half mile from Davis by Fred Boter-
man jr., and Thomas Hilbrands He
/ held bottle in his hand bearing a
carbolic acid label and his face was
badly burned. II was a clear case
OF suicide. The coroner was notified
and arrived from Parker to take
charge of the case. The body was
taken to Hurley to the J. Wray under
taking establishment. He was we'll
dressed as working man and carried
about $14 in money and deposit slip
for $3.50 on a Sioux City bank.
Wholesalers must not back order
the wheat substitutes when selling
wheat -four to retailers. The follow
ing telegram received from Washing
ton by c. N. Hered, federal food
administrator for South Dakota, out
Hines the wholesalers procedure when
they have no substitutes in stock and
wish 10 sell wheat -four to retailers:
Retail dealers must buy substitutes
with every lot OF wheat -four. They
must buy substitutes at the same time
as the -four from the seller of the
-four or present written statement
showing the purchase elsewhere OF the
requisite substitutes not balanced by
other purchases of wheat flour II
the wholesaler has sold both flour and
substitutes and has not the substitutes
on hand let him refrain from ship
ping the -four until he receives the
substitutes BY so doing we will keep
down the wheat -four sales, which is
what we want to do"
At a meeting held at Madison by
a number Of patriotic residents of the
city what will be known as the Lake
County Community and School Nurse
association was organized.
The death at Fort Smelling of Pm
vate James w. Silver marks the sec
ond among the soldier residents OF
Huron since the opening of the war.
Lieut.. John Halloran, South Dakota
has been detailed as captain of the
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth ma
chine gun battalion, succeeding John
Cobbeye. who resigned his commission
IN MIN fhA awfa<l4A