The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-18

unite colony, near Scotland, Wal the
latest Of the Mennonite colonies In
South Dakota 70 b cold In accordance
With the determination Of the Mon
Of the state 20 move 70 wester1
Canada because they 10 not want their
young men 70 serve q soldiers. The
Maxwell colony was one Of the most
In the state. The build.
lngs are large and substantial and aro
equipped with electric lights from .
central plant operated BY power ct the
mill. The colony lands oon-
sisted Of $500 acres, . large part OF
ine. level farming land. The pur.
chase price VA 80 IN acre, which
included 80 acres q corn Il ~ Asld.
The property was purchased BY Hum.
phrey Slater, Of Sioux City.
A recent letter from France tells Of
an impromptu Pierre celsbration" on
the front not long ago. A battery u
field artillery co~otaining I large num-
Der Of boys from old Company A, Of
Pierre, which has been changed into
the battery. were being guarded BY an
airman. After several days the bird
man was compelled to come down on
account OF engine trouble and landed
among the boys Of the battery, reveal.
ing the fact that their air scout was
Walter Smith, . high school boy and
football star Of the class IN which
most of the boys Of the company were
members. From that time on their
air scout had q different individuality
to them than he had before they knew
who he raj
Mabel Williams was the victim q
a peculiar accident. M. D. Candy was
working on the automobile when in
some manner the clutch, which held
the rim was released while the tube
was inflated with q pressure Of about
eighty pounds. There was an explo-
sion and the steel rim struck Miss
Williams with such force on the neck
and breast that she was rendered nm.
conscious. Candy also was Knocked
down and rendered unconscious and
suffered minor injuries. II required
the efforts Of Z physician for o
than an hour before the two victims
were brought hack to consciousness.
Their escape from death was . narrow
ONT.
No wonder they refer to South D..
kota rs the b~readbasket or the
world" for no state In the union has
quite the same record this year On
crops. South Dakota 10 rated in per-
.centage OF crop for 1918 at the TOP
Of the whole list Of forty-eight states,
according to the South Dakota immi-
grafton department. The United
States department of agriculture ex.
perts' report for August on the staple
human food crops credit South d.
kota with 1888 per cent the nearest
other state having 1871 per cent and
only q few states showing better than
100 per cent.
Tom Ayres, candidate for congress
Of the nonpartisan league Of Perkins
county, was refused the use OF the
hall IN Witten in which tospeak. He
then took up at n OF the garages,
from which he was ordered by the
town board, also not to speak IN the
town. But he refused to abide by the
order and an officer was called to
stop him; he still refused. The home
guards from Winner were notified and
they came up later and went up to
the hotel and notified Ayres to get
up and get, which he did. He stated
that he was going to Gregory county,
and was going prepared for trouble.
Although he 10 still but q lieutenant.
Royal c. Johnson. Of Aberdeen, CON.
FRESHMAN from the Second district.
has ct last gratined his wish to be at
the front. Word from there to his
wife speaks Of his strenuous work in
The officers training school In France.
He wrote on August Is that he had
another week there before he would
b assigned to the front line trencAeoL
Lieut.. johnson was recently offered I
captaincy In the ordnance department,
mt declined 1t because It did not OF.
fer enough hghtins.
u lsssbssn decided By, the city CON.
missioners Of Madison to submit to
tho voters 1t . special election the
proposition Of issuing bonds II the
sum Of 100000. OF this sum 41oo,00o
viii b used for rebuilding and equip
ping the electric light plant. which
VA destroyed By fire seine weeks
ago: $4,000 will be used for tie *
tension Of the sewerage system, and
he remaining ~, 900 viii b used
for extending the maine Of he mum
cipal water works System.
Letters from many South Dakota
boys indicate = current Tumof that
the state colleges quota Of students
In the student army trimming corps &C
Brookngs has already bsen filled.
This r. not true. Tho state college
has ut room Tor probably q many
young men - ARE to enter. althoneh
Il II advisable that those DESIRING %
enroll should send Ii their appiica-
lions ct once. II tho quota Is exceed.
ed. = waiting list WIN b drawn m.
Seventy mon viii b taken from
South Dakota about the middle 90
So =