The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-25

As the result OF c~arelessness on the
part Of a boy hunter, . woman. whose
name was not learned by those who
witnessed the incident, had q narrow
escape from instant death while rid.
ing a horse along : highway near
NIsland, several men and boys being
engaged in duck hunting nea1by. The
horse was seen to suddenly rear up
and then fall heavily 70 the ground.
with the woman beneath 1t. The
horse had been killed BY . bullet,
which it developed, was fred from Z
high powered rife IN the hands Of .
1~3-year-old boy. The boy stated he
fired at IN object other than tho
horse, and that the animal had been
killed accidentally. The woman was
badly bruised and cut, a. the result
Of being caught under the horse when
1t fell.
Roy Austin, = Hanson county man,
had an unusual experience and . mar.
row escape from death when I case
line tractor exploded while he was
engaged In road improvement work.
The engine wal totally destroyed.
Austin was Ct the engineers place o.
the machine when the explosion %.
Cured. and his escape from instant
death was miraculous. q pieces Of the
engine new IN every direction. one
large section Of the fywheel being
thrown fully 500 feet. A mail box
several rods distant was smashed by
q part Of the flying pieces Of iron and
steel. and pieces Of iron and steel OF
various sizes YER scattered about
promiscuously. The cause OF the ex.
plosion vas the loosening OF the rod
controlling the governor and gasoline
feed, allowing the engine to race at
will.
DR.. G. T. Notson, member OF the "a.
ecutive committee Of the state coun-
Gil Of defense, declares that the
charge that the council has modified
the orders prohibiting the use OF the
German language in public and quasi
public places rs false and without
any foundation in fact" The council
has provided for permits that will al.
low a 15-minute resume Of . sermon
in the German language. Having COM
piled with all the provisions set forth
by the council Of defense, the appli-
cant for such = permit must pledge
himself to cooperate In every way
possible with the council Of defense
to secure the enforcement Of its or.
ders and also along al lines of 40
tivity to win the war"
Enlarged demands BY General
Pershing for material resulting from
progress on the western front has
necessitated temporary diversion Of
grain ships to his service" says Her.
bert Hoover in . message to Food Ad.
ministrator Herried. This Temporarily
curtails wheat movement from sea
board and has filled our seaboard and
terminal elevators and thus checks
movement. Reports that some
farmers have become panicky and are
selling wheat ct less than govern.
mental price. No occasion for this,
II holders will have . little patience
wheat viii all be moved and full
price secured by every grower.
A freight train was wrecked two
miles east Of Bonesteel and two oil
tank cars were totally destroyed. one
tank thrown on on the south side OF
the grade and another on the north
side. Another OIL car raj derailed
and the way 81 and one freight were
thrown on the track and turned m
on their sides. The conductor and
brakeman were badly shaken up but
neither wal seriously hurt. The wreck
occurred just 1t the foot of the Fair.
fax hill on the Bonsteel side and ap.
psrently was caused by one Of the oil
cars jumping from the rails. About
500 feet OF rails we're junked and the
ties broken to kindling.
It IL reported that the members OF
the Rockport Mennonites colony havs
decided not to move to western Can.
ada. they having recently been con,
sidering such . move. Thew are said
to have come to the decision that
they viii Do better OF in the United
States. ' II their sons are subject
70 military duty. and In accordance
with their determination not to leave
the United States they now will sub.
scribe for their quota OF Liberty bonds
and aid IN the ~ work 30 far %
they can.
Now that II has been established Ia
the satisfactioA Of many South Da.
kotans that . new 'hellLhre" gang oi
the I. w. ". II operating In South
Dak0ta, every precaution Il bsins
taken TO guard elevators. harms, grain
stacks. gTanaries and other places
where grain and other supplies Of
foodstuRs are stored. During tho past
few nights = large number Of addi.
tieuals guards have been placed ct such
places throughout the state.
The city conncil q Mitchell haa
granted tho Dakote Central Telephone
company : 11year franchise. IN set,
tlonoat 81 the controversy botwoan
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