The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-26
COSTS TO TALK HUN
RuSSlAN.GERMANS ARE Hailed
BEFORE THE DEFENSE a
COUNCIL.

township, in the southwestern edge OF
Beadle county, are poorer by more
than $500 as the result OF a hearing
before the state council of defense.
The men, one OF them a minister,
were charged with violating the de
Tense councils orders by talking Ger
man over the telephone and using
the language at church services.
Testimony introduced at the hearing
showed that the charges brought
against them were true. The men
promised to strictly adhere to the
councils orders in the future and con
tributed sums of money ~ h Red
Cross as a punishment for their acts,
The Oschner family po~cketbook was
hard hit. Jacob Oschner contributed
$25 to the Red Cross, Nick Oschner
S25 and George Oschner SIS. The
other members of the party made con-
tributions as follows: Jacob Lear,
S25: Fred Koerner, $50; Ludwig Neu-
hart, SIS; Chris Bitner, 500, and
Rev. Albert Haller-Leuz, $40. Carl
Oschner, another member OF the
party, was exempted from paying any
money because in a very recent hear
ing before the council he was obliged
TO give up 500 after he had refused
to buy Liberty bonds. Rev. Albert
Hsller-Leuz is an itinerant minister
who breaches in about five different
churches in the Carlyle township sec
ton. He lives in Alpena, S. d., just
over the Beadle county boarder in
Jerauld county. He is the one who
conducted the services in the German
tongue. The other members of the
party are all fairly well to do farmers
of the county, most of them having
lived in South Dakota for many years.
The state game. department has
been doing a great deal of work along
the lines OF grading and ditching to
assure lakes the year round in places
where there have been swamps only
in some of the drier years. In that
line they have purchased a dredging
outfit, and after providing for a supply
of water for a small lake in Turner
county, the outfit vas moved to Scat.
terwood lake, in the northeast corner
Of Faulk county, where the course Of
a stream will be turned into that lake
and assure an all the year round lake
with water deep enough to prevent
the killing of fish by freezing. When
that work is done the outfit will be
moved to Hamlin county to cut an
overflow channel from the Sioux river
to Lake Poinsett. and complete the
dream of a storage basis for the up
per Sioux valley. which has been talk
ed of for years but never brought to
completion up to the present time.
The supreme court has held that
an insurance policy is valid when a
note Is taken for part payment of the
first premium, even though the note
has not been paid at the time of the
death of the party to whom the policy
was delivered. This decision was in
a suit against the North American
Life company, of Omaha, in which
policy there was no forfeiture clause
on the failure to pay the note, and
the further provision that the note
was drawn 10 provide a certain rate
of interest after maturity. Under
these circumstances il was held that
the policy was good regardless of the
when due, nor at the time Of the death
OF the holder of the policy.
Sioux Falls gave $2,412 by the
tag" route to the Children's home
that the many homeless babies may
have a place to stay. This is the
largest collection of money hat has
ever been turned in by tag day" for
the upkeep of this wonderful organ
ization. Dozens Of patriotic Sioux
Falls women and young girls took it
upon themselves to make this years
collection greater than that of any
previous year, and they did it. Prac-
tically every person who walked the
main streets of Sioux Falls was
tagged and willingly gave the WON,
en- what they could afford. Many
persons were retagged that the cam
paign would be a success.
A greater degree of prosperity than
ever before is being enjoyed by farm
ers Of Chancellor, who devote some
OF their attention to hog raising. Wes-
sci Buskohl marketed a bunch OF hogs
that brought him s1,443.12. The hogs
required hut little work to raise. Dur
ing the summer he let them run in a
pasture and this fall he let them hug
a l0-acre field OF corn. They were
then finished of by four weeks feed
ing in the pen. He still has 80 head
OF hogs left 30 market later. George
Heibult. another farmer, marketed
hogs which brought him $1,72175 and
has 80 head left.
Michael Schultz. who lives near
Presho, raised enough fax during the
past season 10 pay $4,000 for the 240.
acre tract OF land upon which he rails
ed the crop His yield ran over Is
bushels to the acre and made a total
OF 1000 bushels. At the present
market price this crop is valued at
about S., 500
ApDrOximately a 000 OOO husbole nf