The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-25
SLACKERS SUMMONED

oRooklNos COUNCIL or oG.
FENCE TELLS THEM or Pos.
slDlLlTY OF lNTGRMENT.
Five residents or Argo township,
Brookings county. . summoned be-
fore the county council Of defense to
explain why they had refused to pur-
chase Liberty bonds. Three Of them
signed up for bonds when II was ex-
planned to them what 1 serious o.
tense It vi to refuse to buy govern
ment securities when the money wal
needed % badly to carry on the war.
A farmer and his daughter proved to
be very stubborn and for Z time the
members OF the council q defense
seriously considered having them in
termed under the allen enemy act.
Chris Kaldowski, the farmer In ques-
zion, has never taken out ~citizenship
papers. Notwithstanding that he has
resided in the United States for =
3eriod Of 80 years. After being told
plainly what might b done with them
II they persisted IN their refusal to
purchase bonds. the father and his
daughter sisned mp for their full
quota and permitted to return
to their home. The negotiations had
to be carried on through IN inter
prefer. q neither the father mol the
daughter 81 speak English. All Of
the ave persons who had to appear
before the council Of the defense are
prosperous, and I'VE al they have to
the productive soil OF South Dakota
and the opportunities they have en-.
joyed under the stars and stripes.
The barn and some buildings on
the Otto Walters farm, q few miles IN
the country, were destroyed by Are
and the house and q large elevator
we're saved with difficulty. Like so
many other farm fires this fall, the
origin Of the blaze IL unknown. Mr..
Walters o lives on tho place, Mr..
Walters residing In Aberdeen. The
younger Walters was In . field some
distance from the barn blowing, and
Mrs. Walters was In the house when
the IRE broke out In the barn. with
In : few minutes the barn was . mass
Of names. and the elevator, granary
and house were on nre.
Thirteen horses were burned to
death IN . hre which destroyed the
large barn Of A. H. Gilbert. some
miles from here. In addition. about
1900 bushels Of grain. some hay and
al the harness belonging to Gilbert,
and other property was consumed.
The loss reached several thousand
dollars and was only partly covered
BY insurance.. $500 being carried on
the barn and 81. 900 on his horses. The
nro II supposed to have been Of In.
cendiaSy origin. The flames burst
forth suddenly. and In . short time
the entire barn was ~envcloped In
flames.
Harold Baltxell suffered 4 painful
accident while cutting corn on the
Whalen farm ear Pennington. The
glove Of his left hand caught in the
cogs Of the binder and drew his hand
into the machine and crushed the end
Of his forehneer to the nrst Joint. Az
he Val unable to extricate himself,
and ~ his team was almost unman-
ageable with one hand, he was In
great peril. until his calls for help
brought the Whalen young people to
his rescue.
The sale Of isolated tracts in Ly.
man county at the government land
office resulted IN spirited bidding on
several tracts. Thirty tracts were Of
fered. ranging from small to practi-
cally full quarter section In size. The
bids ranged from q an acre up to
5000. the last figure being on . quar-
ter section. The sales were all on q
cash basis, money being required for
the full amount to tie mp the bid.
A machiao she'd filled with farm ma
chinery at the Tschetter Mennonite
colony. some miles from Scotland,
was destroyed By I flre Of unknown
origin The loss 10 estimated ct a..
so. There were two tractors In the
building which had Z quantity Of gaso-
line IN them. and this exploded.
spreading the flames with such rapid
ny that nothing could b saved.
II - estimated that this years pro-
duction Of wheat n Lake county will
- about. q. 80 bushels. Early IN the
season 4 was estimated at only 1900
Bushels. Daring past years the farm
On have devoted little attsntion to
wheat raising. but this pear. owing
to TIE srsat AAmend Tor wheat. they
Increased tn acreage devoted to this
crop.
The elsvs>ors are fsil of grain and
tAs terminals ~ N 1lle1 ~ about
half o. the tins recsntly. The rush 81
gTain y % heavy that 4 cannot -
hAndle1 fast enough q kesp the ola
vatoFs dear and this condition puta
tho farmess - AGAINST Il. One day
1ase woek the elevators 81 lroQuois.
Osceola and EsmonA were ~ f1ll.
Nro. Chris pel0rg. wife Of 4 fArmer