Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-18

an Investigation and ASCERTAIN the true
cause 30 measures can be taken to
save trees which have not yet been
affected.
state Superintendent C. 8. Lusg has
rendered his resignation to Gov. Nor.
beck to 90 into effect September 1
aAA Will take up other educational
work. Fred Shaw. the Republican
nominee to the position, will mest like.
ly be appointed to fill the vacancy.
Te know that his son WAS wounded
and in military hosptta! in France
was more than DR.. Calvin s. Tandy,
Of Cam Valley, could endure without
action. He left Mitchell as /. private
In the regular army, bound for the
| fighting zone.
Deciding that it is better to take
all precautions to prevent grasshop.
per scourge, rather than wait until
the grasshopper pest is upon the farm.
ers Of Perkins county, the county com.
missiOners have procured a supply Of
srasshopper poison and farmers desir.
ing to guard against losses by grass
titles as they require from the secre.
tary of the commercial club.
Carl Meyer, rural mail carrier out
Of Wentworth, who 10 alleged to have
refused to buy war savings stamps
and to have slandered the govern
ment, was horsewhipped by a group
Of men. His hafr was out and his
head was painted red. He was then
advised to resign from the United
States postal service. which he did the
following day No arrests have been
made.
Reports made at the annual meet.
ing Of the stockholders of a farmers
cooperative company which conducts
an elevator at Willow Lakes show
that the net profit Of the company for
the last year was $4,000 Practically
all Of this sum was ordered paid to the
stockholders in dividends. Few other
farmers elevators in the state havs
made better record.
Opposition to or disbursement Of
any war activity in South Dakota by
any person. corporation, association or
society is q misdensanor by an order
made public by the state council Of
defense. The punishment for viola,
ton Of the law is $1,000 fine or one
years imprisonment or both. The law
will be effective Immediately after it,
publication.
The acreage in Beadle county sowed
to wheat, corn. barley, oats, rye, alfai.
IA and potatoes this year is 346. 500
as compared with an acreage of $50.
127 in 1915. according to figures com,
piled at the county auditors ONCE in
Huron. The wheat crop this year GOV.
srs 1857 acres as compared with
1885 acres in 1915, according to the
report.
The stockholders Of the Farmers'
Cooperative association, which has
been in business at Desmet some
time. have decided OF reorganise the
company and increase the capital to
$4,000 in order to take care Of tho
growing business Of the company, The
present capital is too limited for the
| AucTe2bah8 business.
At Red Cross sale at Cheyenne
agency in which q large number Of
the articles sold were bead work Of
Indian women. more than $4,000 was
realized from the sale. Added to thi1
was the proceeds of q Red Cross sun.
per, dance and play in the eventns.
which brought in several hundred dol.
lars more.
Mrs. G. c. Deaa. Of Mitchell, has
notified that her son. Howard. who
was wounded in action. is not serious.
~ hurt The message says the younx
man was hit by a pieoe of shrapnei
but that his card case and Testanent
carried inside his blouse, so deaectad
the missile that his heart was ua,
touched.
Trafhc on the Milwaukee railroad
east OF Aberdeen was blocked several
hours because OF the derailment Of n
freight train betwene Webster and
Waubay twenty-five cars left thu
track. blocking both east and west
pound tracks. No one was injured.
For the first time in its history the
assessed value of real property in Al.
erdeen passed the $4,000, 900 mark.
The city assessors figures, Just com.
Piled, show the real property In the
city totals in valuation s6,ses 800 and
the structures thereon 36,a54.s4S.
Steps have been taken to orsani..
a home guards band in Aberdeen.
Many OF the towns best musicians
are members Of the local compahy AZ
home guards, and 1t is believed a
strong bapd can be organized.
First Lieutenant viii N Thom.so,
OF the ohacers' reserve oorps. Hvi.r
at Lennon. s. D.. was promoted to
captain and assigned TO the New Rn1.
Land national guard division in France
Joe Pitlick. a ranoher residing
residing northwest Of Pierre, who nuts
IN the largest acreage Of grain in that
section each year. reports his vinta,
rye and barley in shock.
George Harris. n farror u~x