The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-06-14
COMPANY OF GIANTS
WILLIAM DUNN, Six-FOOTER, 4
MEMBER OF MACHINE
GUN UNIT.


William Dunn Lead boy is a mem
Der. is expected 10 make an unusual
record when it gets 10 France and par
tcipates in the lighting with the Ger
mans. All the men in the company
are giants in size Dunn himself is
g six-footer He writes in part to rell-
tives Il am now in the machine gun
company of the Three Hundred and
Fifty-fifth infantry There are 10
men i'll our company big men
Twelve are taller than |. SO you know
what they are. We don't have to carry
a gun on our shoulder .or stand guard
when in action The idea is fine
move the gun, reset as quickly as pos
sible, for four minutes after a mechine
gun fires, the enemy artillery shells
are dropping there, so we must make
1t snappy. By the time you get this
will probably be on my way to sunny
/ France God knows am not crazy to
leave dear old America, but duty calls
me. so | am ready to GO | know God
will take care Of me no matter whore
go and will see all in Lead again
some day"
Charles Peck. a Perkins county boy,
who is serving as corporal with
the American army In France. writes
OF an unexpected meeting he had re
Gently in that far of country, Young
Peck's father Is one Of the leading
cattle men and horse raisers OF Per
kins county His meeting was with
an army horse. bearing his fathers
we'll known brand, the animal having
been raised on his fathers ranch and
sold some months ago to the United
States government The Peck brand
| is NO" and when young Peck spied
the animal and saw the brand he rec
ognized the horse Il was so glad 20
see something from home writes the
young soldier. that | wdJld have
gone right up and hugged it, had it
not been for the fact that brlgadier
general was riding it."
Complete election returns to the sec
! retary OF state show the following to-
! tails on contested Republican nomina-
tons Byrne, 1909; Sterling. 2l,5l9,
I for senator Congress, First district,
Christopherson 1888, Dillon 5,2G6;
Second district, Johnson 1896, Me
! Lean 3,SSS9 Attorney general Payne
! 9,591 Fuller $3.50; Bvshfield, 6,914;
Jorgenson, 1854 Sherrin. 4.648 Sec
retary Of state, Burkhart. 1919;
! Hurch. 6,6e4; Norby, 12.675. Auditor
Reeves. 1880; Lange, 1862; Carter
| l0,048 superintendent OF schools. AK
ford ,10,97O; Coulson. 9,44s; Shaw, 49,
387. Judge OF Sixth circuit. nonpar'
tisan, Hughes. 1.42S; McCord, 997;
O'Brisn, TAB.
The new executive committee OF the
Black and Yellow Trail association
met at Pierre for organization and out
lining Of a policy for the coming year
The questions OF advertising, publicity
and finance for the coming year were
chiefly discussed The policy was
adopted 20 direct most of the efforts
OF the association in this war year
TO caring for the tourists who come
through the state over the trail, and
assisting county commissioners to get
state and federal aid in keeping the
roads in shape, rather than 20 make
any extensive financial campaign at
this time when money is more needed
elsewhere
A number Of claimants for govern
ment lands In the western part Of the
Ufynn tho nriVilnQp
Of making filings for which they have
waited for several months. On June
10 there was opened for filing $4,000
acres Of designated lands in the Pierre
and Timber Lake land districts On
these tracts practically all the good
land had provisional filings covering
them, and those who have such filings
will have s0-day preference right to
complete their claims.
julius Kersting, a farmer living near
Mt. Vernon, az the result OF his pre-
limlnary hearing before United states
Commissioner Conway at Sioux Falls,
was bound over to the next term or
the federal court under bond Of ST.
600. which was furnished by his father
and another man The defendant Is
accused Of having violated the espion-
age act by making disloyal remarks
concerning the war.
Nick Karos and Grace Craig, OF
Mitchell, were arrested in Sioux Falls
and taken back to Mitchell on the
charge that they obtained a marriage
license by making false oaths as TO
their ages. They were married short
ly after procuring the marriage Ii
cense. The arrest Of the two resulted
when information was received by the
authorities that the girl was only II
years old.
James Fejfar. OF Yankton. by run
ming the end OF nshpole into his
right eye, has destroyed the vision.
1t is feared AS the left eye was lost
years ago in an accident. Mr., Fejfar
is in great danger OF remaining stone
blind
Commissioning as second lieutenant
OF Congressman Royal K. Johnson, OF
South Dakota. has been announced at
Camp Lee. He enlisted as a private
in the regular army last January and
several weeks ag completed a course
in the officers training school at Camp
Meade. Since leaving Camp Meade
he has been a sergeant at Camp Lee.