The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-06-07

tower in that town to be seen by
travellers.
When Clyde Brown. of White Lake.
! departed with the Aurora county Sc.
lectives for Camp Lewis he was the
fourth OF the r. +. Brown family to
enter the service. Three of his broth
ers. Hobart, Charles and Walter, are
members of Company F. Fourth South
! Dakota infantry.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson. OF Arte-
sian, mother of Jesse Anderson, a hero
! Of the Canadian army wounded at
Passchendaele last fall. has given her
Two other boys to the service Ches-
| ter Anderson. assistant station agent
al Artesian. and the other son have
just enlisted
| Suddenly becoming insane. Barney
helmeth, who has been employed on
a farm near Mobridge. ran amuck in
Mobridge and finally was taken into
| custody When he was landed in Jail
ne had brief lucid interval during
which he realized that he was pris
oner. and evidently fearing he would
| De sent TO the state hospital for the
! insane he made a dash for liberty.
| \ number of men set out in pursuit.
| ana finally recaptured him near Mo
bridge, but not until the services of
| SIN men were required to overpower
him. as he is a giant in strength IL
| Is stated that Helmeth. although of
| draft age, had failed 10 register. He
had taken out only his first papers
and also had failed to register with
the postmaster as an alien II is prob.
able he will have to be sent to the
state asylum.
John w. Kissack, a retired farmer.
whose home was about ten miles south
OF Spearfish, died from injuries re.
cetyed in an automobile accident He
and his son were out looking over
some cattle they contemplated pur-
chasing. While on a grade the steer
ing wheel of their car broke. causing
the automobile to turn over The
Older man was caught under the car.
The attempted robbery of the post.
ONCE at Brookings is believed to have
been the work of expert postofiice rob.
bers, which indicates that South Ia.
kota again has become the field OF
operations for this class OF criminals
Notwithstanding that expert govern
ment agents have made a careful in.
Yestigation OF the attempted robbery.
no clew has yet been discovered. It
Is supposed the robbers were after
heavy shipment of currency which was
believed TO have been made to one
OF the Brookings banks. but il develops
that the package of money had been
delivered to the bank some time before
the attempted robbery.
Through the executive committee OF
the state council of defense there has
been an action brought calling for the
dissolution of all OF the Russian col
onies in the state. This action follows
an investigation held before George
W. Wright, chairman of the executive
committee. According to the evidence
gIyen at the investigation the rules
and bylaws governing the colonies
would not only compel the colonies,
but all OF their members to obey their
own law rather than the law of the
and They are operating under a re.
ligious charter, while as a matter of
tact their chief function is to produce
wheat, corn, cattle and hogs and with
the proceeds buy more land, it Is as.
serted. According to their rules and
bylaws the corporation or the indi.
yiduals are not allowed TO contribute
IN any way to any of the war activities.
nor to pay anything in the way OF
war tax. According TO their articles
Of incorporation and their rules and
bylaws the church and state is one.
which, standing one. is in direct op-
position to one OF the fundamental
principles of the American govern.
ment.
Almost like hearing from the dead
vas the receipt by Joseph Keller, OF
Mobrldge, of letter from his brother.
Jacob Keller. who is serving with the
American army in France In the
casualty lists printed during the first
Herman drive commencing March II
the name of Jacob Keller was printed
IN the newspapers as among the seri-
0usly injured. The letter. received
from Jacob Keller is dated April 25,
and states that he has not yet been
IN the trenches, which proves that it
was some other person of the same
name who was seriously wounded dur /
ing the big drive. In his letter to his /
brother Jacob Keller writes in part:
! have not been in the trenches vet
but | suppose | will be there soon. and .
ne sooner the better, as | am getting
anxious to do my bit | have been
transferred again. this time to Com.
Dany l., Eighteenth infantry Some
soldiers of this regiment have been TO
he front and in the trenches, and they
say it is not so bad as pictured out
o be. | have travelled over good
ieal OF France already. and only wish
'ou could experience the feeling that
ne effects OF this war gives one.
Ihlngs have commenced TO look bet.
er over here, so hope it will not be
ong until it is all over and we will
,e coming back"
Nearly 80 per cent Of the corn acre.
.ge in DAWSON county has been plant.
a and corn prospects are normal in
nI of