The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-30

Ths first tnfpsAinS report "a s.,lSxs
WHICH has been ieceivea at Pisrret Is
froH the BafteN far~ abouteSAftien
miles south 81 Fort Pierre, ~herska
aeld OF fifty acres threshed out Z IN
tie better than 33 bushels to the acre,
and this is said to be Abeut an ave.
age field for that section Of the couH-
try.
JOIN PolykaAGAa.-aeafArmoI nxtn2
| eight miles southwest Of Hayti. suf-
fered ! heavy loss from lieAtnisg. 'TAe
bolt struck his barn and set nre to
i, burning 1t 70 the ground. Seven
horses and . ball we're burned 10
death. and : large Quantity Of hay
and grain and other property vas con
sumed.
A son OF Frank LAwno. living on
q farm near Waubay. VA badly hurt
40 the result Of . team OF horses run.
ming away The team wal hitched
70 q binder, which the boy was operat.
Ing. He was thrown from the seat
and had several teeth Knocked out,
In addition TO receiving numerous
bruises and cuts.
'Threshing has been resumed IN Da,
vison county, after q delay Of nearly
q week due to wet weather, The yield
OF wheat on the Glen Smith farm.
near Riverside, averaged 80 bushels
to the acre. On the J. F. Wells farm
It averaged Is bushels to the acre.
The average yield in the county prob.
ably will exceed 20 bushels.
An Austrian farmland, whose name
was not given out, was the first vic.
tim Of sunstroke during the present
harvesting period In South Dakota.
He was employed on the farm Of Mrs,
Laura Lindsay, near Carthage. He
was overcome by the heat in the mid.
die Of the afternoon while engaged in
harvest work and died that night.
The golden wedding anniversary Of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ j. White. pioneer
residents, was observed at Beresford
Mr.. White formerly was a marble cut
ter and aided in carving Lincoln'a
monument at Springfield, III. This
Whites were married In Pennsylvania
In 1868 and came to South Dakota in
1873, having resided in the state con
tinuously since that time.
That Webster girls are patriotic II
shown by the fact that seventeen
young women OF Webster chartered
two automobiles and drove to the
country. where they put in many good
hard working hours. shocking grain
for farmers. The farmers state the
work done by the girls measured W
very satisfactorily with that perform
ed by the male farm help.
Several times recently high water
has carried out the spillway at the
outlet to Lake Norden, and great guam
titles Of water and thousands OF ISL
escaped from the lake. Petitions arr
being circulated asking the state game
and fish warden to take charge OF thu
matter and have . permanent spill
way constructed SO there will be nc
further escape of fish to the more
shallow lakes Of the vicinity, where
they will freeze next winter.
The Milbank authorities took int
custody q woman, who claimed Apple
ton, MINI. IS her home. An examina
ton disclosed that SIZE was insane and
she now has been taken to Benson
Mimi. and turned over to the authori
ties there. She vas very bitter II
her anti-American sentiments and
harsh. in her criticism of Presiden,
Wilson, the Red Cross and the govern
ment generally. but because OF hel
mental condition could not be held un
der the espionage act.
Grams Forsell. who for some month.
has been serving with q gun crew
with the American troops In France
according to q letter received by hi,
father. J. T. Forsell. OF Philip, ha.
been severely wounded In action
While the battery was nurrytng to til,
front the horse he was riding became
entangled with the leaders. and in TIL
mixup young Forsell received q seyers
cut on one Of his feet. One OF thu
h0raes fell on the foot, smashing 4
p suck u extent that It will be nee
eeeaty ~ him to spend some time
- ~ Aospital.
~Irrt91eion SYSTEMS for some Of III
e1zat3er l9xeens n the northwest por
1iion q l1IeS6take ire being discussed
- 141e1t plaiS I BE- PVT forward be
It1lg tnS1eofaSoSSe4 water On the fork
0f the Grand rtyer for uss II iTriea
lion Ofs~tAe vaiIlp of that stream