Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-11-02
FOR Y.M.C.A, SERVICE
ON EVERY MILE OF FIGHTING
FRONT OF THE ALLIED
ARMIES.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
A Review Of the Work Of the STATE
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various State
Institutions.
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South Dakota is now practically or
ganized and ready for the Y. M. c. A.
war work campaign of the week, No
vember IL to IL to raise $125, 200 to
assist the nation in putting Y. M. c.
A. war huts and secretaries on every
mile Of the allied fighting front. H.
L. Hopkins. state chairman. at
Brookings. has secured the co-opera-
tion Of committee chairmen in about
forty counties, and the remainder
will be arranged at once.
The state is divided into ten big
districts with the following cities as
local points: Yankton. Sioux Falls,
Mitchell, Pierre, Huron, Watertown,
Aberdeen. Rapid City. Mobridge and
Gregory. Each district has its chair
man, and has been allotted a quota to
be raised based upon its assessed
valuation. District and county meet
ings will be held this week to com
plete local arrangements for the cam
paign. The state conference in Huron
confirmed the appointment of H. l..
Hopkins, of Clark as state executive,
and w. H. T. Foster, of Sioux Falls
and G.. F. Knappen. of Brookings, as
other members of the state commit
tee. Mr.. Knappen was elected treas
urer.
Nearly hundred prominent bust
ness men. representing thirty coun-
ties, attended the state organization
conference at Huron. The big fea
ture was an address by Jack Virgo.
Y. M. C. A. war secretary of the Brit
ish Empire, giving vivid account of
moral conditions among the soldiers
on the fighting front He showed the
absolute necessity of Y. M. C. A. pri-
vileges among the soldiers, and
brought the messages from the allied
commanders that one of the largest
factors in bringing a speedy finish OF
the war. will be the war work of the
Y. M. C. A.
The following budget estimates for
the American $35,00O,00O war work
fund shows substantially how the
money will be used:
For work with United
States men in this coun-
try .................. .$11. .12o, 600
For work with United
States enlisted men over
seas 11,994, ,O0O
For Y. M. c. A. work in the
Russian army ........ 1905, ,0O0
For Y. NJ. C. A. work in the
French army .......... 2.e4s,ooo
For Y. M. c. A. work in the
Italian army ......... 100000
For Y. M. C. A. work in the
prisoner-of-war camps =. 1000, ,o0o
Total .$31, ,06s, 900
In addition to above bud
gets to provide for in
evitable expansion .... $685., ,OOO
Grand total ......... .$35, ,000, ,000
South Dakota will raise d minimum
of $125, ,000 This campaign is not for
the Y. NJ G. Ait is for the country
and the boys in army, navy and avia
tion service The Y. NJ. C. A. is mere.
ly the organized agency for carrying
on the work, right up to the foremost
trenches.
President Wilson has given his ap.
proval Of this work in a recent letter
to John R. Mott. genera! secretary OF
the international committee of the Y.
M. C. A. as follows:
MAY not, in view Of the approach.
ing meeting of the war work council
express to you the very high value l
have attached to the work which has
been accomplished by the Young
Mems Christian Association in behalf
of our own army and navy as we'll as
in behalf of the prisoners-of-w a,,il
the men in the training camps of Eu.
rope, and may not express also my
sincere personal interest in the large
plans of the war work council for the
work which is still ahead of the as
sociation?"
Apples Must Be Sold BY Weight.
On inquiry as to whether measure
or weight shall govern in the selling
of apples in this state. the attorney
general holds that weight is required,
regardless of measure. The question
was raised on the proposition that the
apples raised in the state, would not
weigh 48 pourds to the standard meas
ured bushel. and the question as to
what should rule was brought up with
the finding that 4S pounds is the
standard, and not measured bushel.
Is Timber Scaler.
The state land department has ap.
pointed H. H. Farnsworth, of Stur.
gis, as a timber scaler for work in
the Black Hills.
Hobo Day at erookings.
Hobo day, the great annual frolic of