The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-06


have mad secre,ed there.
The estimated true value Of real
estate in Hruon this year is stated
at &6,5421 100 by T A Policy. Of Chi
cago, commissioner os the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad. in state
ment just issued Hurons estimated
population is placed al $50
Z. Francis Atwood. The social party
candidate for congress IN the second
district. has asked the secretary OF
state not 10 put his name on tne bal
lot this fall. as he Is not going 20 run.
It appears from his document filed
that be does not intend 10 longer be
affiliated with the Socialist party
As the result OF Using his balance
and falling from the approach 10 a
bridge over the Sioux river at Flan-
dreau. Raymond Allen. an Indian boy
about eight years OF age sustained
perhaps fatal injuries When found
he was in an unconscious condition.
II IS feared he sustained fracture of
the skull
AE al -4CAS E-4EH GeOA NOA4 rdlNs
which has been doing business at
Montrose since 1883. is one OF the
most successful companies OF its kind
in South Dakota The company has
constantly paid dividends. the total
paid by i since the time OF its organ.
izatiOu now being over 1000 per cent
on each original share OF stock
The Huron Commercial club has
sent a telegram TO Or. II. A Garfield.
federal fuel administrator. asking that
steps be taken 70 speed up the ship
cenC OF anthracite coal into South
Dakota. Shipments OF this kind Of
coal into Huron have been very slow
and unless shipments are received
more rapidly than at present the city
may face an acute shortage. officials
believe
An investigation into the death Of
John Beyard, Belle Fourche electri.
elan. who was electrocuted while a.
work, shows he died Instantly Just
lOw the accident occurred is not
known. as there were no eye Wit
nesses, but it is believed that while
standing on box, he lost his balance,
and, 10 save himself, threw out his
hand, which touched the open switch,
sending a high voltage through him.
War has sent up the price Of labor
for fall plowing. c. H. Davis. head
OF the United States employment OF
flee at Huron, says that the wage this
fall will probably be about So an acre.
Heretofore s1.25 to So an acre was
considered a good wage shortage
OF labor brought on by the calls for
men for war service. is one Of the
causes for the increase in pay. Mr..
Davis says. Farmers appear willing
TO pay the new price
From reports received from dif.
ferent parts OF the state. more thresh-
| ing machines are operating in South
DAKOTA at the present time than ever
before. Sales OF threshing outfits by
the implement dealers OF the state
have been greater than during any
former year. Many small threshers
also have been sold 10 individual farm
ers and 20 groups of farmers living in
the same locality who are utilizing
them to thresh their own grain alone.
Ben Brave, OF the lower Brule res
eryatton, has been in Pierre making
arrangements for the meeting OF the
Society OF American Indians. which is
10 meet at Pierre September %. 26
and y. The hall OF the house of rep
reseotatives has been offered for the
use Vi the organization. as has also
the auditorium, and the meetings like
ly Vii be held in one CT these rooms.
Governor Norbeck will make the ad.
dress OF welcome, and musical pro-
gram has been arranged
Organization of South Dakota worr
en- for the coming war work drive for
funds is well underway This organ.
ization is made up of district repre-.
sentatiyes who, in turn. have appoint.
ed county representatives 10 cover ths
work Of their separate counties. II
will be the work OF these women to
establish Y w. C. A. rest tents or
booths az the county fairs, where gen.
eral informatio headquarters will be
located, and to arrange for Y. W C.
A speakers to address audiences
which gather in their communities.
The immigration commissioner has
issued a call to county agents to re-
port the number OF tenants wanted for
farms next year throughout South Da.
kota. This is considered an import.
ant step, which will expedite crop
possibilities next year inasmuch az
the matter OF renting farms can thus
be settled through the winter to the
/ better satisfaction OF both owners and
renters, in addition TO getting earlier
settlement in the spring where NOV
ing OF tenants is considered. The
immigration department will act as
an information bureau along this line
this fall and winter, TO in every way
help farmers to find places to rent.
and 70 supply renters to owners who
wish to lease their lands. Owners
and renters are being urged 10 see
their county agent this fall along this
fan along this line, so that they may
all be benefited by the cooperative
information.
P. w. Mitchell. of Mitchell. has been
I made a representative of the state