The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-01-18
Seth Dakota
News Notes

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Senator Anderson, Of Beresford,
member OF the district board for South
aakots, has resigned and Hon James
Nash, Of Platte, takes his place. Sen.
stor AndersOns resignation wne wade
necessary by his large stock and farm
ing interests.
4 picture OF q wheat field seen
through trees, u painting by SCHNEIDER,
was selected as memorial by the
class OF 1915 at the University OF
South Dakota. Edward Akeley bought
The picture in Chicago recently with
hnds raised by the 1915 class.
The Rev William kraush4ar, pas
tor Of the Zion Lutheran (German)
church a. Aberdeen. has been granted
jeaIe Of absence sar one year. 10 act
as camp ,-auan tae nailpJai
army uait D.u1Eed IL camp rlke.
little Rutk ARR lis family will &C.
,nmpany Mm.
Joseph De!nsey OF Mclaughlin. was
IA" victim Of bullet fired by some un-
tnown person The bullet. evidently
was stray ore. and was not fired at
him Intentionally Deinsey was clear.
ing a well located in an out OF the
way place in ravine on his ranch
when he udlenly felt a pain in one
II his legs. He discovered that a bull
let had penetrated the leg but had
no idea where it come from.
Nels Frevik, aged about 80. an EN-.
ploye Of the Morrell Packing company
1t Sioux Falls, was crushed 10 death
rs the result Of being thrown under
train which was switching on
rack newt 20 the packing house plat
I0rm. Freyik was engaged in truck
ing and went too clos to the moving
cars, which caught his rack and
buried IL and himself under the wheels
Fhe unfortunate man was married.
Tho authorities at Ncwe. are try.
,ag 20 solve the problem OF Nao placed
.. box Ci poisoned candy in the door.
way OF the Newell fire department
1aadguartcrs A son of Policeman J
VI Adams ate some OF the candy ana
became uHconsc .0Is. his life being
saved with difficulty Ii is believed
he candy contained strychnine. AS
Few Dut frcTen and police officers
visit the building, II Is believed the
andy was placed there in an attempt
% poison some OF them.
NcilS Hansen. employed on a ranch
n western Sully county, who is
subject OF Denmark. Notwithstanding
hat he has never become a citizen
" the United States. has raised no OBJ
iectiOns to serving in the United
States army He received a question.
nairc and In iilling it out claimed no
exemption. as ne might have done on
account OF not yet having taken out
citizenship papers in this country
Hansen stated that he was only too
clad TO take a crack at the kaiser.
When asked If he would Ike to re-
urn TO Denmark and fight. he replied
nat he would not. but would much
prefer 20 fight for Uncle sam.
- c. o Croai, former Aberdeen at.
,orney. now lieutenant in the army
over there" has been chosen as lead
r OF . small band Of picked men snip,
nrs, scouts and patrols, operating
aga,nat the Germans on the western
front according to information contain.
I'd in a letter TO Lieutenant Croal sent
- Aberdeen frieHda. life at Fort
Smelling seems like pink tea, com
yeryAody is going strong and l'lea
it." Lieutenant Crcal is with Com
'any p, Twenty eighth infantry" the
premier company of the premier bat
alian Of the First regiment of the !
Hi~st bridage. First division, First /
,rrly rps, pershing's First army" he |
ays
yweaty-four men from South Dalo- |
"a in the Three Hundred and Forty. /
S,Coad machine gun battalion have /
aan made non-commissioned officers |
rom The rank Of private. The follow |
.c men were promoted 10 the rank |
IT sergeant: Frank Base, oF Wagner;
a.nina Van Anda, Of Centerville; |
rover G. Burnett, OF Murdo; Archi.
halt D. Campbell, OF Lake Andes; Hu,
bert Safuerdt, Of Avon: Leroy Barnes, |
" White Lake; Floyd Rains. Of Co
jome; clarence Miller, OF Lake Andes; !
Bernie Halbuer, Of Alexandria. The |
following were made corpcrals: Rea-
a3n Ddler, q Colome; Joseph Hill,
# Winner; Bernard Koehler, of Plank
Eton; Philip McFaddcn, OF Gregory;
Iohn Little, Of Winner; Earnest Cana
day, Of Narrillior; william Boland OF
Platte; Edward j. Crippen. OF Plank
inton, John J. O'Reilly. of Draper; Al
bert Moir. OF Winner; Oscar Over
gard, Of Wagner Joseph NJ Hanson,
or Platte: Karl Wagner. OF Gregory:
Emory Barry. OF Underwood All
hose men had practically no military
experience previous TO their enlist
vcutJn October 6, 1917, but have won
their promotions through hard work
during the three months they have
hoon in training.
Tho governor OF South Dakota has 4
appointed James Nash. OF Platte. to .
succeed A. S Anderson, who resigned .
from The state exemption board ".
w. Sou'e OF Rapid City is appointed