Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-25
( ARM GR EEaIEii UP
r.D IN F1cHT WITH PRO-
MoTER OF RED CROSS
SALE.

$ DR. w. r. IEaaney conducted Red
Gross sale at J1nins, q village having
"a population OF but 81, and realized
something over $4,000 The feature
growing out of the sale was an en-
counter which occurred a day or two
later on the streets of Madison be-
tween Or. Kenney and prominent
AMI well-to-do German farmer reai
8{unas. AT the sale a thoroughbred
deg, donated for the occasion, was
sold and resold and brought in sew
eral hundred dollars. A number of
farmers who happened not to be pres.
eat at the sale were put down as ss2l5
5id1Crs for the dog and all Of them
rlaA'v paid, with the exception OF
German farmer He was indignant
9ier the matter and when he met DR..
kenney in Madison an argument en-
sued. He was accused by DR.. Ken
neY of being pro-German and battle
ensued in which the farmer received
a severe beating. For time his con-
d!tion was reported to be serious, but
it is reported now that he fully re-
covered, physically.
John Cusick, aged %, employed on
farm six miles from Winfred, was
killed by being pinned between the
levers OF the pillow and the engine of
the tractor which he had been oper-
ating. When he did not appear for
dinner a search was made and the
body found between the levers and the 4
engine. The engine was still running.
That he had thrown the tractor clutch
ont is evidence that the machine roll
ed of it own weight farther than he
intended, The levers struck him in
The back and pressed him tightly
against the engine Of the tractor, He
was killed by the heavy pressure and
the backward and forward movement
81 the machine, due to the impulse OF
The psstons.
A Charles Mix county man has been
invest igating the shales in that part
q The state and reports that chem
.ieal test shows that they contain four
per cent of oil. He may have discoy
cred a particularly favorable location
from which he made his selection
but ii all the shales along the Mis-,
surf would show such a percentage.
there are thousands of gallons along
every mile Of the stream IT is sugs
sested by him that this is a. solution
of the mystery Of the burning blntaE'
which has been one Of the curiesities
of Gregory county since first know
ie lea o. the upper Missouri river
country.
C3a7lty judge Eager of Sully coun
fg. has a problem ON his hands in the|
way of nineimonth-old baby. The
nlnssAes was adiudged insane and sent
to tho hospital at Yankton. The child
3ecs:M not be sent along, and the chill
adren's home declines TO receive ii on
account of possible mental troubles
The hane at Redfield will not accept
any arnlicants under four years OF
age, and the child carr be sent tc
nat is.3s titItiea The result is that
there does not appear to be any in
s.ttsItion to receive the babe, and
g Judge Eager has to find some one tel
care Tor it.
s$ John II. Wolf, a wealthy land own,
er of Kimball. was convicted by al
jury In federal court at Sioux Falls
on six counts Of an Indictment charg
ing violation OF the espionage act
Sentence was deferred, Evidence
was introduced at the trial to prove
that Wolf had predicted that the
United States might come under the
Ta'a of the kaiser, and had declared
thst Germany was justified in her
subma rine policy.
The summer session at the Univer.
sity 81 South Dakote will open full
week earlier than usual The session
will last six weeks, from June 10 to
July 10. Courses will be offered til
the following subjects Chemistry
civics. drawing. economics education
English, English grammar, geog
raphy. German. history, political
science home economics, mathemat,
\ cs, public speaking, social psychol.
ogy and s; parish
IN he interest or war economy And
foE the Improvement OF III education.
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