The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-28
oilers ROUNDED UP
SIOUX FALLS CARRIES OUT THE
"WORk OR FIGHT"
ORDER.

responding TO Gen. CrOWueTs Wofh VI
fight" order, made raid on local pool
halls, suspected rooming houses and
other places where idle men are ac-
customed to loiter, and rounded up
more than so men on the charge OF
| being labor slackers and not having
registration cards. The raid took
| place during the busiest time OF the
| afternoon, when the streets were
crowded with shoppers, and created
much excitement.
| A number of the farmers over the
state are preparing to meet condi-
! ion which confronts the farmers OF
the northwest. The war demands have
drawn many of the younger men from
svery section, and the work on the
farms will largely have to be done by
Slder men with families. These men
so not care TO take up farm work un-
less they can have their families with
them and to meet this need farmers
will have TO build houses on their
farms TO house the labor which they
will have to depend on. In the cen.
| trail part Of the state number or
such houses are being built, and men
with families are being accepted for
! farm work One man near Pierre
says he has two such houses on his
ranch and will build another soon.
The attention of the federal officers
Of South Dakota has been called TO
the case of Alber Rendering, an al
| legged pro-German farmer living In
| Douglas county, who was summoned
! before the Douglas county council OF
defense to answer to charge Of alleg-
ed disloyalty against him. His father
lives in the vicinity. The father 10
German by birth, while the son says
he is a subject of Holland. Evidence
was presented before the council OF
| defense that the younger Rendering
had told neighboring farmer that II
the government took him as a soldier
he would desert to the Germans with.
f, in three days.
Menonites of the GAINESVILLE colony
in Yankton county will lose large
quantity of home made wine and may
| be prosecuted for having liquor in
their possession, because they took
steps TO catch men who stole So gal
Ions OF the wine. The colonists EN-.
ploysd AL Scott, of Mitchell, an own
er of bloodhounds, to find the thieves.
The dogs picked up the scent and
confession has been obtained from a
young man who is TO go with the June
draft contingent and who implicated
two others. He told the officers, 81
wanted TO have rip-roarin good time
before ! went of to fight"
What is believed to be something
of a record is that which n. F. Lewis
has reported as having been made on
his farm a short distance east Of Gro
ton. He has three sows there which
are o: the Duroc Jersey strain, which
are believed to have set a pace which
will be difficult for others of their
species to follow. During the last 12h
months these three animals have pro-
duced for their owner Ill pigs, actual
count. With hogs at s15 and better
per 100, 1t can be. readily seen that
there is a nice profit in his bunch for
their owner.
That there is too much JOY riding
being done in some parts Of the state
with state-owned autos, Is the view OF
State Auditor Handlin, and he has
sent out letter in which he says:
Believing ii to be for the best inter
ests Of the state, would suggest that
you have the words State Of South
Dakota printed upon both sides Of
any auto or autos your department
may own. Failure to comply with this
request may mean the Questioning of
any gasoline or repair bills presented
by you in the future to this office"
Walter varland, residing eight miles
north of Sisseton, tells Of his success
with alfalfa. Last year he pastured
so head of hogs, IA sheep and IL
calves on 10-acre field during the
entire season. June Is he cut seven
tons of hay and in September thresh-
ed % bushels of choice seed. The
Socu UTOuSHI hliH 4oUV anu the nay
had a market value of $105, making
total oh $765 from 10 acres of land.
To this should be added the value of
pasture for 76 head of hogs, sheep
and calves for the summer.
The first harvest of alfalfa around
Pierre shows the crop is excellent,
with heavy yield. The rains of the
first part of the season have made a
heavy growth, and boosted the hay
crop. The question of seed crop
depends upon the weather from this
time on. With rains to start the new
growth and a dry fall the seed corn
Is good, but with fall rains 1t does not
amount to much.
As the result Of his preliminary
hearing before justice at Onida.
Thomas Murphy, of Fairbanks. was
held for trial In the Sully county cir
cult court on statutory charge He
was unable to furnish a bond and was
committed to the Hughes county jail
pending the convening of court.
Hundreds Of Sioux warriors and
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