The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-20

horses and mules valued at $1,260,273:
1861, $50 head or cattle valued ct 81
2SO,412; 2z.8S7 hogs valued at 1884,
72s. Values OF other property were
placed at follows: Real estate, gen.
eral, $S6,3s0.373: personal property.
$7.947.s 1886: railroads. 34.b75, OFT; ex.
press companies. 413,7S1; telegraph
companies. 1885, telephone lines
within the corporate limits Of Huron,
$12e,S5S; telephone lines outside the
corporate limits, $7O,356: sleeping
cars, $9.661. At the time q taking
the assessment there were 2,393 auto
mobiles in the county with . valuation
Of $500, 2S9. The value of farn I'm
plements 10 placed At $166. 4s2. The
value placed on light. water and gas
company properties raj $l58, 500. The
total valuation OF all the real and per.
scnal property in the county d placed
at $~49.474,173. Of q increase over last
year Of $4.9S8.9Y5. In the city Of
Huron on all properties owned there
is an increase over 1917 Of $500, 900
Ten conscientious directors have
been procured from Camp Dodge. Ia,
by the purchasers Of the Mennonite
colony lands hear Alexandra to work
on the farm during the fall rush. Tho
10 are Quakers. Dunkards and Memo
mites, who have religious scruples
against . They have been granted
furloughs during the time they are
working on the old colony lands. The
sums earned BY them. above the $50
per month paid them by the govern.
ment for their services. are turned
into the Red Cross fund.
Willie T. Johnson, president Of the
Northern Normal. and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, finally has &C.
cepted a place with the government
educational survey Of the Hawaiian
islands instead Of the position as the
head OF the government school to be
established in Washington for the pur.
pose of training instructors in occu-
pational trades for MANNED soldiers,
which he had at once time practically
accepted.
Food administration officials in HUI
ron are making a special plea to farm.
ers to assist the railroad companies
to pillow a Are guard along the railroad
tracks ear their lands. The railroad
companies flre breaks extend for 100
feet on each side Of the track. Farm
ers are asked to rlow up or burn OF
another 100 feet adjoining this and
doubly insure their grain against loss
by are caused from engine sparks.
Desiring 70 do her "bit" in the great
war, and believing that the men anS
boys should not be called upon to do
all the work. Miss Jennie Belts. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Or. Belts, Of Madison.
volunteered for work repairing and
painting some farm buildings near
Madison. She rendered valuable as.
sistance In tearing down some old
buildings and in repairing and paint.
ing others.
Thomas McAndrews. q years old.
OF Humboldt. who is a veteran Of tho
civil war, wanted to do his "bit" In
the harvest fields. Notwithstanding
has advanced years he worked for .
period Of six days on the farm OF
James Thompson at stacking and dur.
ing this period turned out a. much
work as the average young man. The
old man earned $3.50 per day.
Louis Wagner. living near Beres-
ford. was the victim Of an accident
which caused him to lose the greater
part Of his right arm. The mechan-
ical4eeder on . thresher became clog
ged and Wagner attempted to hx II.
In some manner his arm became
caught in the belt and was manglei
to such an extent that II had to be
amputated above the elbow.
Fifty thousand bushels Of seed corr
picked before frost 10 the slogan Of
the campaign now being waged By
H. b. Wilson. emergency demonstra-
ton agent Of Moody county. Two
thouaand bulletins have been mailed
to the farmers Of that county urging
them to get busy In the fields. Moody
county has $4,000 acres n corn this
year.
As the result Of injuries suffered
when she lost her balance and fell
from q load OF hay while aiding IN
putting up hay, Mrs. Lena Stsffen, Nv
ing on q farm nea Sherman, will b
incapacitated for several weeks. Dur.
Ing the summer she has been doing
her "bit" BY aiding In the production
OF crops and other foodstufs.
Alexander Cournos, one OF the I.
w. W, members sentenced BY FEEDER
Il Judge Lands. in Chicago. at one
time was IN observer At the Huron
weather bureau. Cournos went to
Huron IN February, 1917, ana vas n
rested BY the Huron police o. advices
from the department Of Justice on 90
tober I Of last year.
Threshing machines. which now are
IN operation throughout the state. con
tinue to tell encouraging stories o.
grain Yields n South Dakota. IN
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