The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-04

MUST Pa8S required examination
Adjutant General Morris of tho
South Dakota National Guard has is
sued General Orders Nos. 2, 3, 4 and S.
relating to guard matters. General
Order No. 3 the promotion
of First Lieutenant Neils p. Ander.
son to be captain OF Company M; Cap
tain J. D. McCoun detailed as second
lieutenant and assigned to Company
M. Company NJ is the Yankton COM
pany, and Captain Paul H. Beckman
is ordered to proceed to Yankton and
take charge OF the transference of COM
pany property from Captain McCoun to
Captain Anderson. General Orders
No. 4, provides that hereafter no pro-
motions will be made until applicants
for commission pass the required ex.
animation, or il an emergency arises,
appointment to vacancies are made
examination. The requirements for a
commission include the following sub.
jects in which the points are as mum.
bered: General publication, g.; infant.
ry drill regulations, 1911, s.; manual
for non-commissioled officer and pri.
Yates, 1914, 4: small arms firing man.
ual, 1913, 3; field service regulations,
1912, 3; army and military regula-
lions, /; state militia code, l.. Gen.
eral Orders No. 5 provides the dates
for the annual inspection of the diff.
ferent South Dakota companies which
will be held in February and March.
Farmers In Session.
Outlining a remedy for all present
evils in the passage of a state law pro-
yiding for a department OF farm loans
and a farm loan commission, through
which the state would make loans to
South Dakota landholders, O. D. Ander-
son president, delivered his annual ad-
dress before the convention Of the
Farmers Cooperative association Of
South Dakota at Watertown. Mr.. An
derson took up terminal marketing
and storage elevators, municipal hall
insurance, the state securities COM
mission and gave a general review Of
the work of the association for 1915 as
well. The president took up the bill
known as the administration measure
on rural credits now before congress.
He believed 1t would effect some re-
lief, but said that inasmuch as 1t is
designed for the landowner solely,
many South Dakota farmers who are
tenants will not be helped. His plan
would have the state farm loan com.
mission consist of the state treasurer
and two other elective officers, and
provide a mean whereby the plan
might be worked out through the coun.
ty t~reasurer's office.
At Watertown In 1912.
The State Horticulture society
closed their twenty-seventh annual
meeting at Huron after a yery success
full session. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
F. A. Hassold of Kimball, president:
John Robertson, Hot Springs, vice
president; N. H. Dybvig, Cotton, treas.
urer; N. E. Hanson, Brookings, secre-
tary; E. D. Cowles, Vermillion, libra
rian. The society will hold their next
years meeting at Watertown The in
vitatiOn to meet in Watertown was CIV
en- by William Nichol, a prominent
~horticulturist of Watertown. represent
ing the Commercial club of that city.
Mr.. Cowles of Vermillion was awarded
first place on the best collection of ap-
pies raised in one county and first
prize for the best ten plates of stand
ard apples. Mr.. Cowles had over forty
varieties of apples on display which
were in good condition and made a
very pleasing appearance. The spe-
cial feature of the afternoons pro-
gram was the tree grating demonstra-
ton before the class in agriculture
from the WatertOwn high school.
IL Scale Part Of Railway?
The question as to whether stock
Yards scales are used as a part of the
equipment and business of a railway
company, is the issue in the hearing
on which the state railway commission
has ordered the Great Northern rail-
way to install such scales at Albee.
The road opposed the order on the
ground that the United States supreme
court has held In a Minnesota case
that such scales are not a part OF the
equipment Of, nor are they used in
the business of the railway, and the
order of the state commission will
likely be contested by the railway com
pany.
10 Now Official Band.
The state college military band IL
now the official Fourth Regiment band
Of South Dakota. having been sworn
into the ranks of the National Guards
at the direction of Adjutant General
Morris of Redfield. The organization
is now on a ten-day concert trip to the
Black Hills, with the following OF.
ficers: Director. Carl Christensen;
drum major. r. s. Malone: Chief Mu.
ricjan. H. H. Pickett: Manager. George
Gilbertson. Professor Garrett Hedge,
tenor; Miss Laura Ferguson. soprano:
md Cecile WEIGH. accompanist, fea