The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-04-26

NJ idtul NOME Oh QUO LAT OnDe,
near Milbank. was completely destroy.
ed by fire.
Sanborn county shows an increased
wheat acreage this year of over TO-.
! 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 l3 and IA.
A number OF small streams and
lakes in Washabaugh county are being
stocked with trout
Children of the schools of Beadle
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
! Coal barges are hauling coal from
the North Dakota and Wyoming fields
to Pierre and other Missouri river
! points.
Every vacant lot in Huron has been
turned into liberty garden for de-
| mocracy. The school children will
| plant and care for the gardens.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
| two large barns on the farm of F. c.
Brooberg, eight miles from Groton.
| Twenty-Five head of horses and 20
| head of cattle, besides large quanti-
ties OF hay, grain and feed were de-
stroyed.
Crops in South Dakota have bene-
| fitted greatly from the recent rains
which have furnished an adequate
| supply of moisture, says a weekly
! 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. o. Bowden, principal of the
| Huron high school. has signed a 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
! the people.
A number of dwelling houses and
| daubed with yellow paint, including
! the residence of Rev. Mr.. SpitZ, pas
| tor of a Lane church, who formerly
was pastor of a church at Iroquois
! The stars and stripes were mounted
| on his house and he was ordered to
deliver a patriotic sermon Sunday.
| While the pastor has not been openly
unpatriotic, it is charged that he has
not shown his loyalty In any manner
II had been teaching patriotism to
| the children Of my school," said Miss
Anne Petrea Schultz, teacher of a
rural school near Ethan, when sud
denly | thought | couldn't well teach
| patriotism without being a citizen Of
| this country So | have come 10 take
| out papers and prove my patriotism" ,"
| First papers were issued her by
Clerk of Court S. Cattrell, of Dawson
county Miss Schultz, who is native
of Denmark, came to the United
States seven years ago
The alumni association of Huron col
| lege will not celebrate the 10th ami
versary of the founding of Huron col
| lege this year as planned Charles
| r. Hatch, president Of the associa.
| ton, says in a public announcement
| canceling the celebration that this
| is no time for celebrations OF this
kind when so many members OF the
association are serving the colors and
| at a time when their very existence
| is at stake, and the alumni are in no
| mood TO celebrate II is probable
that the celebration will not be held
before 1923.
Enlistment of teachers in the
| schools is urged by heads of state
educational institutions and the state
superintendent The plan in brief, is
| TO call upon all graduates OF the diff
| ferent state educational institutions
who have been in the past engaged
| in teaching and have dropped out of
| the work to report TO the schools OF
which they were graduates, and the
| list will be sent to the state educa-
| tional department with a view Of hav-
ing their status established, or hay-
ing them reinstated in the teaching
| forces of the state.
The patriotic residents OF Lane
rounded up several alleged disloyal
residents of the town and compelled
them TO march uncovered, in parade.
with band at the head playing the
Star Spangled Banner" One OF the
men thus forced TO march through
| the business streets was compelled to
carry a staff with the stars and
stripes fying at the top. After be-
ing released when the parade dis
banded the alleged disloyal persons
were told to he loyal citizens In the
future or they would be strung up
| as patriotic citizens expressed II.
Wheat -four products GaTe been eli
| minated from the state Iair premium
list as far as possible and products
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