The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-31

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friends presents of three horses. all
in accordance with an ancient Indian
custom, when warrior sets out for
battle
Two Of PerShings mon. Sergeant
II A. Andrews 103d machine gun bat
talion, and Corporal Manning Grimes.
lO3d field artillery will be in South
Dakota from May 30 to June and
schedules will be arranged to cover
as much of the state "a possible In
he time they can give 10 telling the
people of South Dakota OF actual war
conditions at the front
In connection with the campaign
Of education in honey raising. it was
brought to light that Mrs. r l.. Che.
ney. Of Milesville, this state who re-
sides forty miles from the town OF
Philip. holds the record for having
during the last year raised the most
honey of anyone in the state She
harvested two tons of honey during
the year. which amounts to 1000
pounds
r. +. Smith county better farming
agent says that the acreage planted
to potatoes in Brown county is fully
up to the average. Reports from Min.
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan aud North
Dakota Indicate a decrease in potato
acreage OF from Il TO 81 per cent.
but Mr.. Smith expresses the belief
that South Dakota will keep up the
record as TO acreage and possibly sur
pass il in yield
Evidently desiring to be classed az
loyal citizens Of the United States,
representatives. Of the Mennonite col.
ony situated near the old town OF
Bonhomme in the Tyndall territory.
appeared in Tyndall and made ar.
rangements for the purchose OF 5000
worth Of Liberty bonds They de.
Cided that while their religious beliefs
are strongly opposed 10 war, II would
not be a great sin to help the govern.
ment.
The barking Of their dog at 4.30
o'clock in the morning awOke Mr.
and Mrs Martin MCNutt. of Aberdeen
Just in time for them 10 escape from
the second story of their burning home
through bedroom window and the
front porch An overheated stove and
benzine evaporating from freshly
painted walls are believed TO have
caused an explosion The interior OF
the first floor Of their residence was
ruined.
DR. w +. Fehinan. prominent
physician Of the Black Hills. who re.
Gently enlisted in the medical corps
Of the new national army. has been
ordered TO France and will depart at
once for service behind the battle
front in France and Belgium He Is
we'll qualified for the work before him,
and upon his arrival in France will
/ be able TO take up the work with.
out delay or preliminary instruction
! For some days he was under training
at Fort Riley.
| The second annual state boys camp
will be held at South Dakota State
| college June to 8, known as boys
week. Several hundred boys from
various counties in the state are ex.
! pected to attend this course under
charge Of the county agents A pro-
gram for the week has been arranged
| by the extension division to conform
/ IN tho bnVg' Unrk which - haipD lAnn
! in connection with the war situation.
Special instruction will be given in
feeding, Judging and diseases Of live
stock, poultry. corn and potatoes
A. G. Granger. of Kadoka. owner
1 Of the Watch Key Hereford ranch,
sold the polled Hereford bull King
! Wilton 18th to Hughes Bros for 81 00O
to head their herd of pure bred polled
| Hereford cows The deal also in
cluded nine registered Hereford cows.
three of them with calves at foot
| This addition will give Hughes Bros
fine start in the pure bred Here
ford cattle business. Hereford cat
tie are great favorites in Jackson
county and the prospects are that a
number of pure bred herds will be
started in the next few years.
! BY a strange coincidence a South
I Dakota soldier, Lieut. Albert Kohler.
who is attached TO the medical de-
partment of the American expedi-
tionary army in France. now is sta
toned at Toul, France which was his
birthplace In addition to being his
birthplace. Toul is the place where
he spent his youth and where his par
ents yet reside. Writing from the
home of his parents TO his former
employer. j G. Schultz, of Maids
he gives information concerning mem
bers Of his family in the war zone and
other matters He states that his sis
ter was killed early in the war when
the Germans first swept westward
over France. and the small shop and
home OF his parents was destroyed
Lieut. Kohler writes in addition that
he was filed with passionate resent
ment when he learned Of the atrocities
committed. the m2Yo 80. perhaps. "a
cause it was his own home and pes
pie who were the victims.