Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-29
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CONClSEBITS'OF'
news NOTES OF
SOUTH DAKOTA
Numerous Interesting Items Gath
cred From Various
Points in State.

The Hand county Red Cross is $30S
better off, and IS farmers We're help
ed by the work of Miller people going
ipto the fields each evening for more
than a week, and shocking up 1000
acres of grain. The men were assist
ed on two or three occasions by girls
and women. The work was scattered
in different directions, and was freely
given by the townspeople, who fur
nished their own automobile for trans
portation. The campaign covered a
period of eight nights, and a total
mileage of 220. 1t was about equiva-
lent to the work of two shockers for
90 days. st. Lawrence residents also
gave help to number of farmers by
evening shocking.
The German language order, after
long discussion on the part of the
state council of defense, was allowed
to stand without change, giving Ger
man ministers with congregations who
do not understand English, permission
to give 15-minute resume of their
sermons in German after the service
has been carried out in the English
language. The minister must first sign
a pledge to use his influence to support
all the activities of this nation to win
the war and procure the approval of
the executive committee of the council
Of defense to conduct such services.
1t cost three young men living in
Dimock 500 and costs each for
breaking into Jail. The sheriff had
seized and stored in the Dimock Jail
quantity of so-called temperance
drink, which was seized because it
contained more than the permitted
amount of alcohol The three young
men became aware of the storage place
of the beverage and broke into the
Jail and secured quantities of it. They
entered pleas of guilty when taken
into court
The Kingsbury county authorities
We're called upon to dispose of case
involving the eight children of Martin
Bergerson, farmer. all of whom are
feeble minded. The authorities have
ordered that the eight children be
sent to the state asylum for the feeble
minded at Redfield, on the ground that
the parents are incompetent to look
after them. The children range in age
from 3 to Is years.
An unusual record for continuous
Guty with one company was made by
Angus Mcleod, of Lead, who just has
retired and departed for California to
spend his remaining years. For So
years he was in the employ of the
Homestead mining company. He was
one of the veteran employees of the
company, having been ION the job
practically without Information since
1880.
At the meeting of the state board
OF education for vocational training
held in Pierre besides the routine
work of the board, resolution was
adopted asking for two additional
members of the state educational de-.
partment force, one to have charge
of inspection of high school work and
one of rural school work, along the
lines of vocational training,
The horse market appears to be
picking up in the western part of the
state, and indications are for heavy
months. The market has been off for
the last year. but appears to be look
ing better, and there will be a lot of
stock marketed this fall
A bold thief stole the automobile of
Frank Craven, a travelling salesman,
from a street at Tulare. Craven had
left a salesmans bag containing
checks and books and cash amounting
to $50 in the car, and the thief also
secured these. When Craven returned
the car was gone.
While driving a large automobile
truch on his farm north Of Huron,
Paul Walter accidently ran over his
own son and injured the boy so Sc
Rriously that he died few hours after
the accident. The youth was about 16
years old,
Ground has been broken for a new
Episcopal church building which is to
be erected in Mobridge. Members of
the Ladies Guild are procuring funds
for the erection of the building and
hope to have it dedicated free from
debt. s
A number OF women are now employ.
ed as engine wipers at the Milwaukee
railroad rOundhouse in Aberdeen. The
road employed women engine wipers
at the Madison round house several
weeks ago.
The first of the new automobile
plates for next year are on hand and
show that the new plates will have q
background of ttleship gray while
the embossed figures will be aluminium
In color
y Richard LIewellyn. county agent Of
Kingsbury county, was In Mitchell en-
deavOring to procure 200 harvest
hands for work near DeSmet.
"A chapter of the national society
|Of Daughters OF the American revoiu.
ton y 70 be organized In Huron,
Applica ton has been made ~ p.
J. Margan, former superintendent 81
1.-THE Spencer schools, for overseas duty
| m ~. G. a. work. and ne expects
To be- called ia the. near future. He
| IL above the draft age and chose NJ
| q. "A. work az the best po4sible means
| of aiding IN war Mork K.
Dr. III smith. who has served as
q member and examining physician of
Ithe exemption beard Tor Beadle county
has reaigned and win devote III 90,
ltire time % the practice ~ mex tcine.
DR. ~ IA lurs IL 81 has iassey