The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-10

specifications for 1t were furnished by
the war department. and it will be .
standard type Of mess hall, with kit
chen at one end and the principal
length q dining hall with tables along
each side. The building is located
just north Of the gymnasium and par
allel to 1t. Enough men have been
set to work On the construction to
put the job through In a short time.
A sensation vas created throughout
Perkins county when several ranchers
OF prominence were arrested on the
charge of being implicated in the
theft Of 3Se hecd of sheep. The de-
PENDANTS are J.. w. Mesher and son,
Willard: Frank HaAcsck and Telden
Ellis. all Of Moreau, The sheep al
legged to have been stolen were the
property OF Orc Cleveland, of Bixby.
AZ the result Of the preliminary hear
Ing Of the defendants, the cast against
Ellis was dismissed, and the Mosh-
ers. father and son, and Hadock were
held for trial in the state circuit court.
The two Moshers were held in bonds
Of $1,000 each, and the bond in Had
cocks case was fixed at $4,000.
In response to the announcement of
the Homestake Mining company that
It would employ women laborers and
pay them the same wages as are paid
men for similar work, nearly 50 won.
en- have thus far applied for work
with the company. The ages Of the
applicants range from Is or 10 years
to women Of IS and 40. q considerable
number Of them being married. There
are various kinds sf surface -e.k
that women will be able to handle sat.
isfactorily. and they will be put at this
work as fast AZ the necessary arrange
ments a be made. The work will
be In accordance with the strength OF
the average woman, aad they will be
employed rs helpers in the machine
shop, screen whippers and other
duties in the mills OF the company,
assistants in the storehouse, ore sort
ers in the tungsten mill and a number
of other lines which require the light
er sort Of work.
A possible shortening of all courses
In engineering at the University OF
South Dakota to two years, instead of
four years as formerly, Is foreshadow.
ed in messages received from the war
department saying that II Is espe-
cially desired that members of the stu
dent army training corps be enrolled
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medicine and chemistry. The needs
OF the national service for engineers
at the front qualified to lay tracks,
make typographical maps, supervise
and direct construction and fill In the
ranks in the engineering corps make
it necessary for advanced students in
engineering to be rushed through tho
remainder of their courses and also
make il desirable that the enrolment
of freshmen engineers be kept up to
normal, or above, to meet the exig.
encies Of a
Mrs. Benjamin A. Carlson, of Sioux
Falls, is $1,000 richer as the result OF
a peculiar incident. Her husband was
killed in an automobile accident in
October, 1915. Among other effects
he left a life insurance policy for ST..
600, but he apparently had defaulted
in some OF the payments and his wild.
ow was convinced that the policy had
lapsed. Later when the notices com.
menced to come she thought them de-
linauent letters and burned them with.
e.ss ~NONsuv E;voJ1v &Lo ,$,S> .~~,y
Of the company discovered that the
dividend checks were not being cash.
ed. and he started an investigation
which now has resulted in the pay
ment to Mrs. Carlson of the 1000.
Some extended insurance on the pol
icy had amply covered the unpaid pre-
miums SO the policy had not been
voided.
Now that hogs have become about
as valuable each as the average horse
during the palmy days Of Wholesale
horse stealing in the west, gangs OF
hog thieves are expected to commence
operations through the farming dis.
tricts. Thieves of this kind already
have commenced operations in the vi
cinity OF Freeman, n farmer report.
ing the disappearance of 30 OF his
pigs, and another farmer losing 10
pigs and about 100 chickens. II is
believed the hog thefts are committed
by other farmers who have ample
feed and shelter for the stolen AMI
mails.
Military police from Camp Funston
came to South Dakota and took Will
lam Nagel, a Grant county conscrfpt,
back to that camp, where he will have
to face a charge Of desertion. Some
weeks after reaching Camp Funston
Nagoi secured = ensday Through for
the -avowed purpose Of visiting Kan.
sas City. Instead he came back to
South Dakota and secured work on
a Grant county farm. When the mills
tary authorities learned of his where
abouts and caused his arrest he had
been absent from camp for a period
of 100 days.
What lie thought to have been q
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