The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-27
South Dakota corn rasers are tab

state for feeding. One Charles Mix
county corn raiser has just brought
in 1,20O Kansas hogs for feeding and
others are buying in smaller lots.
Farm land is commanding high
prices this fall A farm nine miles
from Garretson has just been sold Tor
1920 an acre and sales at this price
are expected to become quite common
during the next six months Some
weeks ago a highly improved farm
near Garretson Sold for $3.50 an acre.
One of the most disastrous train
wrecks of recent years in this section
Of South Dakota occurred on the Mil
waukee railroad three miles east OF
Marvin, when thirty-fve cars heavily
loaded with wheat. fax, barley, coal
and lumber left the track and were
piled in a heap twenty-five feet high.
4 broken truck is said to have caused
the accident.
The war industries board, through
the national council of defense, has
asked the South Dakota state council.
together with all other state councils,
to act as its representative to pass
upon proposed construction. This is
part of the new plan OF the war
industries board by which permits
from the board will be required for
all construction projects.
Articles of incorporation nave been
filed for the Turner Printing COM
pany, at Marion. with capital OF
$4,000 Incorporators, w. a. Hopper
man, Martin Christopherson and Geo.
Newman. The Clarified Threshing
company, at Clearfield. Trip county.
Capital, $4,000. Incorporators, James
Daugherty, John II. Noska, VIM.
Schultz First Presbyterian church
of Stickney. Trustees, Esther Will
Jams, Henry Ketel, j. E. Bachman.
Sportsmen of the Black Hills Sec
tion of the state are urging the state
game authorities to take some action
for the speedy annihilation Of coyotes,
who are reported unusually numerous
and bold on the ranches surrounding
the Black Hills. 1t is said the coyotes
are steadily killing off prairie chick
ems, and that unless steps are taken
to materially reduce the number OF
coyotes the prairie chickens Of this
part of South Dakota will be exter-
minated within period of two years.
Striking a COW on the track four
miles west OF Altamont, the engine,
tender, baggage and mail cars of the
westbound Chicago and Northwestern
passenger train were derailed. The
engine tipped over and George Ben
nett, the. engineer, was caught in the
cab, suffering bruises and several
flesh injuries, which, however, are not
expected to prove serious. The fire.
man, mail and baggage men escaped,
the mail and baggage cars remaining
upright The sudden jolt of stopping
threw several passengers from their
seats and many were bumped about,
but none was injured.
Never before in the history of Bath
has grain been marketed in such large
quantities as at present In a single
day one elevator received 146 wagon
loads of wheat, and it is estimated
that steadily for a period of three
hours over twenty-five bushels Of
wheat per minute we're taken in by
this elevator. Switching facilities are
/ 50 limited that A. B. Bean local men,
/ Der of the county council Of defense,
/ switched cars day after day with his
! tractor, in order to aid in clearing the
| elevators so they would not have to
cease taking in grain.
Automobile thieves have been very
busy in HighmOre and vicinity during
the past week and several cars have
disappeared, one of them being new
car. Attempts were made TO steal q
number of other cars, but in some
cases the thieves were frightened
away and in other cases, parts of the
automobiles had been removed by the
owners and the thieves were unable
to run them out of the country. It Is
thought the work is being done by
local parties. acting for expert auto
mobile thieves, who are prepared ia
run out of the country any stolen cars
turned over to them.
An encampment of the home guards
of the southeastern section OF South
Dakota was held in Canton Saturday.
Messrs. Dowdell and Millard man.
ayers of Ruskin park-the state play.
ground-in Sanborn county, extended
an invitation to the home guards OF
the Canton district to join in a state
encampment of home guards. which
will be held at Camp Dowdell, Ruskir
park, next summer Similar invita-
tions will be extended to other dis
trict home guard organizations. AT
the close of the first annual state en-
campment of home guards held a,
Ruskin park last June the camp was
christened Camp Dowdell. in honor
Of Robert Emmett Dowdell, and by a
unanimous vote the 400 home guard:
present decided to make Camp Dow
dell permanent and hold annual en-
campments there in the future. The
state play ground, by reason of its 81
cottages, opera house, amusement pa
vilion, hotel and restaurant, ball park
race track auto speedway, amphithe
ater and many barns and other roof!
under which to shelter men ant
I DutOs is said nv those who hava IN