The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-04-26


One COW brought $1,000
The 3-year-old daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Zwanzigen. living on a farm near
Carpenter, died from burns received
when her clothing accidentally
caught on fire.
Three children from . to 7 years OF
age were burned TO death and the
mother, Mrs. Art Allen, is in serious
condition as the result of fire which
completely destroyed the Allen farm
house near Huron.
In the district declamatory high
school contest held at Yankton 10 Sc
lect representatives to the state con-
test, Hugo Thompson, OF Vermillion,
won first place. There were 10 high
schools represented
Two cartoons OF the kaiser, done in
yellow paint, were daubed on the
farm house of August Lieske, near
Arlington. Lieske is reputed wealthy
and is said to be the only one in that
section of kingsbury county who re-.
FUSED 10 Duy Liberty bOndS.
Heinrich Hennings, 40 years old.
was arrested at Aberdeen on a presi-
dental warrant and probably will be
interned for the remainder OF the war.
Hennings is jasitor at local hospital
and Is said to have made seditious ut.
terances. He is unmarried.
The biggest land deal ever made in
that part of the state has just been
closed by the c. III. Dirks Land
agency, of Bridgewater, whereby
Jacob s. G. Hofer, comes into posses
sion of 2,240 acres of land in the
northern part of the state. for a con.
slderation of s105,000.
AT the close OF the sale of school
lands at Parker. there were left in the
county but 40 acres OF unsold state
land About 700 acres were offered
and brought from Sis to 1892 per
acre The results show that rough,
raw, Turner county land is being
sought at high figures.
Governor Norbeck has issued his
proclamation for Arbor and Barberry
Eradication day as April 26, in the
following: For the purpose. there.
fore, of reminding South Dakota's citi
ems of their responsibilities in this
connection, |. Peter Norbeck, COVER
nor, do hereby designate Friday, April
26, 1918, as ArbOr and Barberry Edadi-
cation day, and | urge and request
that the day be given over to the
planting OF trees and shrubs and to
the uprooting and burning of the COM
mon barberry bush. Everyone can
help. Let each do what he can.
The enlistment of John Rogers as a
private in the Uni,ed States army
came as a surprise to Chamberlain.
Mr. Rogers did not need to go TO war.
/ He was in a position to rest on his
! laurels. He already wears the hon
ored badge OF 1898. He bears a
wound conferred on him by Filipino
with a Mauser somewhere in Luzon.
More than that, he has a little fam
lily When Chamberlain went "over
the top" in easy form the first day OF
the third Liberty loan drive, Rogers
played an important part. He signed
for 1900 in bonds, most of his life's
savings, as his portion of the burden.
Bloodhound evidence was regarded
as sufficient when a Gregory county
court, hearing the preliminary evil
dence in the case OF the state VS.
Charles Overton, charged with arson,
held the defendant for trial in the
state circuit court Overton is accus-
ed of having set fire to a barn on
the Wardell farm, near Gregory.
which was destroyed Immediately
after the fire bloodhounds were taken
TO the scene and are alleged to have
followed the scent from the ruins of
the burned barn to the dwelling house
of Overton. The defendants attorney
asked that the bloodhound evidence"
be ruled out, but the court declined
to grant this motion.
Senator Sterling has had a number
Of inquiries relative TO the status OF
residents OF South Dakota who, in ter
ritorlal days, had filed their declara-
tion of intention to become citizens
OF the United States, and who had
voted and were residents OF the Ter
ritory OF Dakota at the time when
South Dakota became a state. II
has been generally understood that
such persons were citizens even
though they did not take our their
final naturalization papers, but in
order to set at rest all doubts about
the matter, Senator Sterling submit
ted the question to government Of
fclals concerned with naturalization
matters. He has been informed by
them that those who, prior to the ad-
mission OF South Dakota az a state OF
the union, had fled under oath. the
required declaration OF intention un-
der the naturalization laws OF the
United States to become citizens Of
the United States, and had taken an
oath to support the constitution Of
the United States, and were legally
entitled to vote for representatives to
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