Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18
DENIES HE'S CRIPPLED
q. z. FRERklNo NAILS RUMoR
THAT HE LOST ARM
AND LEG.

G. f. Frerktng. Yankton couh-
y soldier who b q member OF
a machine gun battalion attached
to the American army in France,
writes South Dakota relatives and
friends. a denial Of the report re-.
comfy circulated that he had lost An
arm and q leg. He proves to be .
very lively Cripple" Referring to the
report. he writes: $50 It was rumor.
ed that had lost an arm and leg.
! don't know who would start q rumor
like that but a pro-German. No. my
arms and legs are still complete and
are in perfect condition. was slight
~ wounded some time ago. but have
been in the trenches since that and
an In perfectly good condition for an
other round. II saw q German air
plane come down in flames the other
day. 1t is quite sight. That isn't
the rst German plane l saw knocked
down. either" Commenting upon the
news written him that South Dakota
had gone lover tho top" in Liberty
loan subscriptions and other war &C.
tivities, he writes: "Also glad that
South Dakota is holding her own.
They surely are doing the pro-Ger.
mans in good shape"
Mrs. Belle Roberts, of Iroquois,
mother of Edward Roberts, an Ameri-
can soldier who lost his eyesight in
action and who now is in a German
prison, has been ofiicially advised from
Washington that the insurance carried
b. her son provides for payment Of
$3.50 per month for total blindness.
Young Roberts was first reported
missing in action and was supposed
to have been killed. but It finally was
learned that he had been taken pris.
oner after being blinded. It Is ex-
pected that now that he is incapaci-
tated for military duty steps will be
taken to have him exchanged 80 he
can return to his South Dakota home.
Mrs E. Lynch. of 1roquois, has just
received a letter from her brother,
who has been in a German prison for
two years, having been captured while
serving with a Canadian regiment. In
the letter he states that he is we'll
and anxiously looking forward to the
time when the war will be over SO
he can be released and return to his
home in the United States. The let
ter, owing doubtless to the strict CEN
sorship maintained in Germany, con.
tanned nothing but personal matters
and did not indicate how we'll or how
badly American and other prisoners Of
the Germans were being treated.
Up In Bowman county. N. D., the
county council Of defense takes the
position that political speeches are Of
no benefit except possibly to those
who are delivering them and that the
real issues can DO got to the people
in better manner. As q result they
have put ban on all political talks
OF any character in that county for
the present campaign ON the ground
that such talks, instead of clearing
anything, only engender hard feelings
and strife and that the country will
be better OF without them.
No more sugar bowls on the tables
In eating places in South Dakota. Pro
prietors of all public eating places in
the state are ordered by the federal
food administrator Of South Dakota to
remove all sugar bowls from tables
and serve sugar to customers a. fol.
lows: For each cup of coffee or tea,
one spoonful or a lump Of sugar; for
cereals, berries, ETC., two spoonfuls.
The same quantity of sugar may be
served in paper envelopes.
DR.. W. r. Keller. widely known
Sioux Falls physician, has been on
cially advised of his appointment O.
captain in the medical reserve corps
of the United States army. He took
his examination about a month age.
Dr.. Keller is the fourth Sioux Falls
physician to be commissioned a can
tain and the tenth to receive a com.
mission in the medical reserve CORDS.
The six others were commissioners
lieutenants.
Lyman county is promised another
county seat fight in the coming cleo.
ton, with Reliance showing an indi.
cation of getting into the game. Pres
no practically announces that the
town will not try for such a move this
year. and intimates that a change Of
only few miles to Reliance would
not be of benefit to the county.
Gov. Norbeck has appointed A. dole.
gates to the national conference on
uniform state laws, which meets At
,eveland: Judge G. 8. Whiting. Of
Pierre: Perry L. Loucks, of Water.
town; J.. e. Payne, of Vermillion; U,
8. G. Cherry. of Siou Falls, and J. H.
voorhees,, of Sioux Falls.
George Van Delinder, son Of John
Van Delinder. farmer residing near
Huron, has been permanently blinded
by gas while fighting with the Amor
lean armies on the western front IN
France. according to a eablegram re.
ceived by his relatives.
South Dakotans recently commits.
stoned are: Peter 8. Burns, Aberdeen