The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-28


John q. Peterson and his family while
driving from Phillips to their ranch
home near that place. The family
had been In town on a shopping trip,
and a severe electrical storm came up
while they were on their way home.
None of the party are able to give
much OF an account Of what occurred
after a binding fash of lightning,
until Mr.. Peterson revived and found
himself yet holding to the wheel OF
the machine which had stopped from
running among the brush and trees
on the steep bank Of creek, which
was over a half mile from the point
at which the party was at the time or
the lightning fash AS soon as Mr..
Peterson recovered, he Investigated
the condition of his wife and children
and found them all unconscious In. the
car. He got to the nearest house and
called a doctor by phone. and with
medical attention, all revived, and
outside several painful burns on diff.
ferent members of the family there
does not appear to be anything SER
ious as a result, but after this that
particular family will not do much
auto travel while an electrical storm
is in progress.
| At a meeting Of the members OF
| the German American alliance Of
Hartford it was decided to disband
the organization and the affairs OF the
| oil
had a balance of $8081 in It's treasury
and it was voted to turn this over to
the Hareford branch Of the Red Gross.
The closing meeting was well attend.
ed by the old members Of the society,
which had been in existence many
years as a social organization. Tho
business was transacted in the Eng
lish language and a spirit of patriot
ism prevailed.
Resolutions Of loyalty were adopted
at a patriotic meeting held at TyndaH
by German speaking Baptist
church OF North and South Dakota.
! The course of America in the war was
| approved as was the action Of the
state council of defense The meet.
! ing was attended by the T$ndall
home guard in uniform And bear4ng
arms. 1t was one of the most sue
oessful meetings Of the conference.
Many prominent churohmen were
present from all parts Of the country.
A combination of whisky and auto
mobile proved very expensive to G. A.
Frostrom and Carl Bergquis, Of Rapid
City, who after being arrested entered
pleas Of guilty in local court to the
charges Of speeding and being intoxi-
Gated. They paid fines and costs az
gregating $500. They stated that the
liquor found in their possession when
arrested had been purchased in June
! of last year, before statewide prohi.
| bition went into effect in South Da.
kota.
States Attorney Parker has com.
menced an action against Harold
Hendrickson, former register Of deeds
! OF Lawrence county, to recover the
sum Of S1.076, which is alleged to
have been collected by the defendant
/
Is based on findings Of a state 40
countant, who last fall made an In.
spection of the records of the var.
ious officers.
A report recently was received to
the effect that Arthur Schmidt, an An.
dover young man who Is serving with
the American expeditionary forces In
France, had been killed in battle. This
proves to be incorrect, as letter now
has been received from him stating
he is alive and we'll. 81 am enjoying
life in France" he writes. "It 10
fine country; the weather is fine"
A material reduction in coal rates
! for South Dakota, from the western
coal fields Of Wyoming and Montana,
and Ignite shipments from North Da-
kota, are the promise Market Com.
missioner Don M. Livingston brings
back from Washington, where he went
at the request Of Gov. Norbeck to at.
tempt to obtain better rates on fuel
for the state.
Aberdeen Elks will have a share in
building reconstruction hospitals in
the United States for wounded Amer
lean soldiers. The sum of s1,000.O00
which Is being raised in the United
States by the Eiks is to be contributed
to by the Aberdeen branch, it was am
nounced.
Eighty-three eighth grade graduates
of county schools of Dawson county
received their diplomas at the com.
mencement exercises. The class
scholarship was won by Viola Smith.
! Of Loomis.
The Douglas county council Of dc.
fense, among other important matters
has placed ban ON daylight billiard
and pool playing in the towns Of Ar.
mour, Delment and Corsica.
County agents representing 10
South Dakota counties were In ses.
sion in Mitchell. holding conferences
with state and national leaders In tho
work
Two women of the county register.