Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-25
NEWS THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENiNGS OF THE
WEEK.

1 The farm home OF Otto LaCombs,
cd by fire.
Sanborn county shows an increased
wheat acreage this year OF over 10,-
900 acres.
Farm work is fully two weeks ahead
OF last year in nearly every section
of the state
The state convention OF Knights of
| Columbus will be held in Mitchell,
May Is and IL
4 number of small streams and
lakes in Washabaugh county are being
stocked with trout.
/ county will assist in the support of 10
! children in France
Dawson county farmers have in
creased their wheat acreage fully H.
600 acres over two years ago.
4 Coal barges are hauling coal from
the North Dakota and Wyoming fields
TO Pierre and other Missouri river
points.
i Every vacant lot in Huron has been
turned into liberty garden for de-
mocracy. The school children will
4 plant and care for the gardens.
i Fire of unknown origin destroyed
two large barns on the farm of F. G,
Brooberg, eight miles from Groton.
Twenty-Five head of horses and 20
. Ties of hay, grain and feed were de-
stroyed.
Crops in South Dakota have benz.
flied greatly from the recent rains
j which have furnished an adequate
supply of moisture, says weekly
i crop report issued by the Huron
weather bureau. Fair weather had
dried out the ground, the report says
and the rain came at an opportune
time
A. 0. Bowden, principal of the
Huron high school, has signed con
tract as head of the school for an
other year, it was announced by the
board of education. The contract has
been pending for several weeks and
has been the subject of much discus
sion among the board members and
he people
number of dwelling houses and
BUSINESS places OF Lane have been
aaubed with yellow paint, including
he residence Of Rev. Mr.. Spitz, pas
/ tor OF Lane church, who formerly
vas pastor of a church at Iroquois
rhe stars and stripes were mounted
: IN his house and he was ordered tt
deliver patriotic sermon Sunday
: While the pastor has not been openly
lnpatriotic, 1t is charged that he has
not shown his loyalty. in any manner
Il had been teaching patriotism tt
he children Of my school" said Miss
Anne Petrea Schultz. teacher of q
!, eural school near Ethan, when sud
ienly I thought / couldn't well teach
patriotism without being a citizen Of
: his country, So have come to take
I out papers and prove my patriotism.
sFirst papers were issued her b.
u Clerk of Court S. Cattrell. Of Dawson
! onnty Miss Schultz, who is a native
q Of Denmark, came to the United
States seven years ago.
The alumni association of Huron col
tege viii not celebrate the Goth ami
iisssssers saf55 Of i the founding OF Huron col
4 lege this year as planned. Charles
4 r.. Hatch, president Of the associa
Il ton, says in a public announcement
n eanceling the celebration that this
\. is no time for celebrations of this
Il kind when SO many members OF the
Il association are serving the coIors and
at a time when their very existence
II lis at stake, and the alumni are in nc
mood to celebrate 1t is probable
hat the celebration viii not be held
before 1928.
d Enlistment of teachers in this
sehpois IS urged by heads Of state
educational institutions and the state
], superintendent The plan, in brief, ii
4 20 call upon all graduates Of the diff
ferent state educational Institutions
& who have been in the past engaged
!. ], in teaching and have dropped out d
q The work to report to the schools Oi
which they we're graduates, and the
8 list will be sent to the state educa
b tional department with a view OF hav
q ing their status Established, or hay
n ing them reinstated III the teaching
forces q the state
I The patriotic residents Of Lsans