The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-03
News Of THE STATE
4 RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

Placing patriotism above personal
nterests, Prof. ]. S. Gustafson, SUI
perintendent Of the public schools Of
Hurley, has rendered his resignation
and will enlist in the army so he can
do his bit in rounding up the kais-
er and his hosts of Germans.
Despite earlier scares on the sub
1ect, r. e. Smith, Brown county agent,
states that there is no shortage of
farm help in that section of South
Dakota. He attributes the fact part
ly TO the fact that farm owners are
doing more Of the work themselves
this year, and partly to increased pur-
,hases Of labor saving machinery.
Two brothers living in Franklin
township, Lake county, entered plea
Of guilty in a Madison court to the
charge of stealing fourteen bushels
Of oats from neighbor. They were
6ned $25 and costs each. amounting
in the aggregate to $7135. The broth
srs are registered in the sslective
draft, and are expected to appear
with the list OF men called for the
May induction.
Because he refused to do anything
Isor the Red Cross, Liberty loan or
other patriotic funds, a number of
persons gathered at the farm of
George Ohlinger in the southeast part
sf Lake county and applied a decora-
tion OF yellow paint to his buildings.
He is the owner OF some of the rich
est land in Lake county. He after
wards went to Madison and subscribed
for his allotment of Liberty bonds.
s1,450
The 11-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Mate Rasmussen, of Norway
township, Clay county. died at Yer
million hospital as the result of burns
received from playing with a bonfire.
Mr.. Rasmussen had been burning rub
bish at the farm home and the little
girl was attracted by the smoldering
'embers and in poking them about a
breeze famed them into flame of suf.
ticient magnitude that her skirts
caught fire.
Nearly hundred recipes for wheat
less and meatless cooking are offered
in free bulletin just published by
the home economics department of
State college. The general topics COW
cred are, quick breads, yeast breads,
meat substitutes and wheatless des-
:serts. The book is handsomely bound
in a three-color cover. Any woman or
girl in the state may secure one free
upon application to the president, ask
ing for Conservation Cookery"
South Dakota farmers who need
emergency help may obtain relief in
the recent congressional act giving
Gen. Crowder power to furlough men
Of the national army still training
in the United States, for work on
ence and in a grade below first SER
geant is eligible for farm furlough.
This is an emergency measure, to be
used in case Of severe labor shortage
at such times as seeding and plant
ing.
Louie White Horse, a Sioux Indian
belonging Oh the Rosebud reservation,
was taken into custody on the charge
of being a deserter from the national
army In February the Indian secured
a fifteen days furlOugh, and failed to
report at the expiration of this, hav-
ing since been at his home on the
reservation. He evidently had tired
Of army life, as the average Sioux In
dian cannot stand the army discip-
line. His arrest was ordered by the
military authorities at Camp Funston.
The state school fund of South
Dakota will be about s750,000 richer
az a result of the leasing and sale of
school lands in Brown county. Thirty
thousand acres were leased, and over
500 farmers attended the leasing and
sale, and bidding was active, the high
.est piece OF land leased going for
more than Sc an acre. Similar eager
ness for South Dakota land was shown
by bidders in other counties. one piece
OF school land in Beadle county selling
for $106 an acre In Mcpherson COM
Ty, the land sold averaged $40 an acre.
n. r. Knight, state land commission
.er, states the demand for school
bands is the greatest in the history Of
'Jhe state.
Charges of having attempted to
0ribe officers Of Camp Funston to re-
lease fourteen members of their re-
ligious sect, the Huttriche Brethren.
are pending against ]. b. Entz. Jacob
Hofer and John ]. Wipf. said to be
bankers of Alexandria, S. d., who were
ARRESTED there, according to an an
=nouncement by Fred Robertson, Uni
ted States attorney for Kansas. The
three were indicted by federal grand
jury at Topeka, Kan. April 3. Hofer
SIS accused OF actual payment OF Sl2O
ito Lieut. c. c. Ray and Wipf OF hav-
ing written a letter to Lieut.. w. P.
Jones offering TO pay $4,000 Entz
is charged with having knowledge OF
both transactions.