The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-05-02

pnoAt " NA'iSh uhcoN0feu, IN u pAIauS,
with q band at the head playing the
Star Spangled Banner" One CT the
men thus forced 10 march through
the business streets was compelled tV
carry. a stan with the stars and
stripes flying at the top. After be-
Ing released when the parade dis
banded the alleged disloyal persons
were told to be loyal citizens In the
future or they would be strung up
as patriotic citizens expressed 1t.
Enlistment OF teachers in the
schools is urged by heads OF state
educational institutions and the state
superintendent, The plan, in brief, is
to call upon all graduates OF the diff
ferent state educational institutions
who have been in the past engaged
in teaching and have dropped out Of
the work to report to the. schools OF
which they were graduates, and the
list will be sent to the state educa-
tional department with a view of hav.
ing their status established, or hay-
ing them reinstated In the teaching
forces OF the state.
TFhe alumni association of Huron COL
lege will not celebrate the goth ami
yersary Of the founding OF Huron col
iege this year as planned. Charles
r. Hatch, president OF the associa-
tion, says In q public announcement
canceling the celebration that this
Is no time for celebrations OF this
kind when SO many members OF the
association are serving the colors and
at q time when their very existence
10 at stake. and the alumni are in nc
mood to celebrate" II 10 probable
that the celebration will not be held
before 1923.
II had been teaching patriotism to
the children Of my school," said Miss
Anne Petrea Schultz, teacher Of a
rural school near Ethan. when sud-
denly | thought I couldn't well teach
patriotism without being a citizen OF
this country. SO | have como to take
out papers and prove my patriotism"
First papers were issued her by
Clerk of Court s. Cattrell, of Dawson
county. Miss Schultz, who Ia a native
OF Denmark, came to the United
States seven years ago.
business places of Lane have been
daubei with yellow paint including
the residence of Rev. Mr.. Spitz, pas
tor of a Lane church, who formerly
was pastor OF a church at Iroquois.
The stars and stripes were mounted
on his house and he was ordered to
deliver a patriotic sermon Sunday.
While the pastor has not been openly
unpatriotic. 1t 10 charged that he has
not shown his loyalty In any manner.
A. o. Bowden, principal Of the
Huron high school, has signed a con-
tract as head OF the school for An,
| other year. II was announced by the
board of education. The contract has
been pending for several weeks and
has been the subject OF much discus.
sion among the board members and
the people.
Crops in South Dakota have bene
Ated greatly from the recent rains
which have furnished an adequate
supply Of moisture, says q weekly
crop report issued by the Huron
weather bureau. Fair weather had
dried ont the ground, the report says.
and the rain, came al an opportune
time.
At the close OF the sale OF school
lands at Parker. there were left In the
county but 40 acres OF unsold state
land. About TOO acres were offered
and brought from Sis to 1892 per
acre. The results show that rough,
raw, Turner county land Is Se.Is
sought at high figures.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
two large harms On the farm OF F. G
EYooberg, eight miles from Groton.
Twenty-Five head OF horses and 20
head OF cattle, besides large Quanti
ties of hay, grain and feed were de.
stroyed.
Every vacant lot in Huron has been
turned into a liberty garden for de.
mocracy. The school children viii
plant and care for the gardens.
Coal barges are hauling coal from
the North Dakota and Wyoming fields
to Pierre and other Missouri river
points.
Dawson county farmers have In
creased their wheat acreage fully III
900 acres over two years ago.
Children OF the schools OF Beadis
county viii assist In the support OF 10
children In France.
A number Of small streams and
lakes in Washabaugh county ara being
stocked with trout.
The state convention OF knights Of
Columbus will be held in Mitchell,
May 10 and IA.
Farm work is fully two weeks ahead
OF last yea in nearly every section
OF the state.
Sanborn county shows an increased
wheat acreage this year Of over TO-.
600 acres.