The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-13

many instances the crop production OF
q single farm will bring a cash re-
turn equal in value TO the price OF
the land upon which the crops were
produced.
Alexander Cournos, one OF the |.
w w members sentenced by FEEDER
al Judge Lands, in Chicago. at one
time was an observer at the Huron
weather. bureau. Cournos wen. TO
Huron in February, 1917, and was ar
rested by the Huron police on advices
from the department Of justice on Oc-
tober l Of last year.
As the result of injuries suffered
when she lost her balance and fell
from a load of hay while aiding in
putting up hay. Mrs. Lena Steffen, hy-
ing on a 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
| 10 the farmers of that county urging
/ them to get busy in the fields. Moody
| county has 10000 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-
ical feeder on a thresher became clog
ged and Wagner attempted to fix il.
caught in the belt and was mangled
to such an extent that 1t had to be
amputated above the elbow.
Thomas McAndrews, 73 years old
Of Humboldt, who Is veteran OF the
civil war, wanted to do his bit" in
the harvest fields Notwithstanding
has advanced years he worked for a
period of six days on the farm OF
James Thompson at stacking and dur
ing this period turned out as much
=
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 dc
all the work, Miss Jennie Belts, daugh
ter of Mrs. DR.. Belts, OF Madison
volunteered for work repairing and
painting some farm buildings neal
Madison. She rendered valuable as
sistance in tearing down some old
buildings and in repairing and paint
ing others.
Food administration officials in Hu
ron are making a special plea to farm
ers to assist the railroad companies
to plow fire guard along the railroad
tracks near their lands. The railroad
companies fire breaks extend for 10I
, feet on each side of the track. Farm
) ers are asked to plow up or burn OF
another 100 feet adjoining this ant
) douby insure their grain against los
! by fire caused from engine sparks.
Willie T. Johnson, president OF tn
Northern Normal and Industria
school at Aberdeen, finally has ac
cepted a place with the government
educational survey Of the Hawaiian
a islands instead of the position as tn
z head OF the government school TO b
v established in Washington for the pull
S pose of training instructors in occr
$ pational trades for manned soldieri
@ which he had at once time PRACTICAL
l. accepted.
e Ten conscientious objectors hav
l. been procured from Camp Dodge. la
e by the purchasers OF the Mennonit
r colony lands near Alexandria to wor
d on the farm during the fall rush. Th
n 10 are Quakers, Dunkards and Menn'
mites, who have religious scruple
, against war They have been granite
:, furloughs during the time they al
. working on the old colony lands. Th
= sums earned by them, above the 81
- per month paid them by the goverl
ment for their services, are turne
into the Red Cross fund.
W The state tax levy in Beadle coul
h ty this year will be 10 mills, or 4 I
IN Inlii ulBNeT IMAM lOT loli. ihS Soi
% bined report from the assessors rol
A. shows the following values Of pro
r. erty in the county: A total Of 1881
n horses and mules valued at $1,260,27
1,051, $50 head OF cattle valued at 5.
26O,412; 22,SS7 hogs valued at $685.
x 72S. Values on other property wel
ie placed at follows: Real estate, ge
y eral, $36,S90,373: personal propert
70 s7,947,995; railroads, 34.b75,o27; o
IN press companies. s2s,791; teiegraI
lg companies. s29.99S, telephone lin
d within the corporate limits OF Huro
III s126,s5S; telephone lines outside Il
IL corporate limits, s70.355; sleepir
De cars, $9,661. AT the time Of takiI
IL the assessment there were 1882 aut
Is mobiles IN the county with vaiuatic
III of $920,2S9 The value Of farm II
70 plements is placed at $165,492 II
"a value placed on light, water and g
'u company properties was $15S,6OO. T.
OF total valuation of all the real and pt
&c sonal property in the county 81 plac
Sc at $49.474,173, or an increase over la
III year OF s425S,975. In the city
'u Huron on all properties owned the