The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-19
DENIES HE'S CRIPPLED
q Z. FRERkiNo NAILS RuMoR
THAT he LOST ARM
AND LEG.

G. f. Frerking. a Ysnkton coun-
~ soldier who is member or
machine gun battalion attached
TO the American army in France,
writes South Dakota relatives and
friends Q denial OF the report re-
Gently circulated that he had lost an
arm and q leg. He proves TO be
very lively cripple" Referring TO the
report. he writes: so 1t was rumor-
ed that I had lost an arm and leg.
like that but pro-Garman No. nay
arms and legs are still complete and
are In perfect condition. was slight
ly wounded some time ago, but have
been In the trenches since that and
Am in perfectly good condition for an
other round Il saw German air
plane come down in flames the other
day. II is quite 9 sight That isn't
the rst German plane / saw knocked
down, either" Commenting upon the
news written him that South Dakota
had gone over the top" in Liberty
loan subscriptions and other war ac-
tivities, he writes: Also glad that
South Dakota Is holding her own.
They surely are doing the pro-Ger-
mans in good shape"
Mrs. Belle Roberts. OF Iroquois,
mother OF Edward Roberts, an Arneri.
can soldier who lost his eyesight in
action and who now 10 in q German
prison. has been ON ioiaHy advised from
Washington that the insurance carried
by her son provides for payment OF
$3.50 per month for total blindness.
Young Roberts was first reported
missing in action and was supposed
to have been killed, but 1t finally was
learned that he had been taken pris.
oner after being blinded It Is ex-
| pected that now that he is incapaci.
tated for military duty steps will be
taken to have him exchanged SO he
can return to his South Dakota home
Mrs. 2. Lynch. OF Iroquois, has just
received letter from her brother,
who has been in q German prison for
! two years, having been captured while
serving with a Canadian regiment In
the letter he states that he Is we'll
and anxiously looking forward to the
time when the war will be over 80
he can be released and return to his
home in the United States. The let
| ter owing doubtless to the strict CEN
sorship maintained In Germany. con.
tanned nothing but personal matters
and did not indicate how we'll or how
badly American and other prisoners of
the Germans were being treated.
up in Bowman county, N. D., the
county council Of defense takes the
position that political speeches are of
no benefit except possibly to those
who are delivering them and that the
real issues can be got to the people
Ia bettcr manner. Az q result they
have put Ian on all political talks
OF Hny character In that county for
the present campaign On the ground
that such talks, instead Of clearing
anything, only ensender hard feelings
and strife and that the country will
be better of without them.
No more sugar bowls on the tables
In eating places In South Dakota. Pro
prietors OF all public eating places II,
the state are ordered by the fedora!
food administrator Of South Dakota tu
rempve all sugar bowls from tables
and serve sugar to customers as fol.
lows: For each cup of coffee or tea
one spoonful or a lump of sugar: for
cereals, berries, etc, two spoonfuls
The same quantity OF sugar may be
served in paper envelopes.
Dr. w. F. Keller, widely known
Sioux Falls physician, has been Off.
cially advised of his appointment as
captain in the medical reserve corps
OF the United States army. He took
his examination about month ago
DR.. Keller is the fourth Sioux Falls
physician to be commissioned a cap.
tain and the tenth to receive a com.
mission In the medical reserve CORDS,
The six others were commissioned
lieutenants.
Lyman county 10 promised another
county seat fight in the coming cleo
tion, with Reliance showing an indi.
cation of getting into the game. Pros
no practically announces that the
town will not try for such q move this
year. and intimates that a change OF
only q few miles to Reliance would
not be of benent 70 the county.
Gov. Norbeck has appointed as dele
gates to the national conference on
uniform state laws, which meets at
Cleveland: Judge c. 8. Whiting, OF
Pierre; Perry l.. Loucks, of Water.
sown; J. E. Payne, Of vermillion: U.
s. G. Cherry, OF Siou Falls, and ]. H.
VOORHEES,, of Sioux Falls.
George Van Delinder, son of John
Van Delinder, farmer residing near
Huron, has been permanently blinded