The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-12-07
PRICES NOT HIGHER
COMPARISON or COSTS OF COM
MoDlTiEs Is FAVORABLE TO
STATE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City. the varlous
state Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine state.

the Sunshine state.
Aberdeen.-That South Dakotans
no more reason to complain as
to the price of staple articles Of food
than the people of other states Of the
union is shown in a statement issued
by the food administration showing
the average retail prices of 20 com
modities for the week ending Novem-
Der 10, 1917, for the United States and
for the different states OF the union.
The South Dakota average prices IN
wheat flour, wheat bread, oatmeal, po.
canned corn, sugar, pork
chops. ham, hens, milk. butter, eggs,
onions and bacon were low
er than the average for the United
States. In the case Of the first II
articles the prices in South Dakota
were %noticeably lower.
The South Dakota average was
higher in the case of rice, beans.
prunes. bananas. canned tomatoes,
canned salmon, fish, tea. coffee, round
steak, lard, oleomargarine and cheese
than the average retail prices on these
articles for the United States.
Appointed Division Assistant.
Brookings.-Joe Hill of Alexandria
has been appointed to represent the
state college extension division in the
early winter campaign to increase the
states pig crop. With the assistance
of about six solicitors he will urge
the farmers of the state to have their
sows bred nov for spring litters
Uncle Sam has requested South Da.
kota to raise 10 per cent more pigs
next year than in 1917. Fall breed.
ing will accomplish this result. Aft.
er the breeding season is over, Mr.
Hill will carry OF an educational
among farmers as to care
of SOW and pigs to insure complete
success Of the project. MI. Hill is a
practical live stock breeder and a
graduate Of State college. He is q
son OF w. s. Hill. president OF the
state fair board, and operates a 1900
stock farm in Hanson county.
lnspects State Hospital.
Yankton.-At the request oil DR..
Meade, superintendent OF the state
hospital for insane at Yankton, Prof
Robinson. of the home economics de
partment OF the University Of South
Dakota, investigated the food suppl,
of that institution. She found condi
tiOns excellent. The standards OF
nutrition correspond with the uni
versity dietary standards and there
Is no waste. The supply of wheat
has been reduced 1000 pounds a week
through substitution of corn, oats anG
rice. According to her suggestions
1t II to be reduced another thousand
pounds. No pork is used by the hos
pital.
Reese to Fill Vacancy.
Vermillion.-Dr. Maurice II. Rees
. member of the teaching staff OF the
University Of Chicago, has been ap
pointed professor OF physiology at the
University of South Dakota to fill the
position OF DR.. A. l.. Tatum, who has
resigned, effective January /. DR.
Rees is an A. B. graduate Of the Uni
versity OF Kansas. and last June re
ceiyed his Phi. d. degree from the
University Of Chicago.
Helping the Fighters Fight.
Observation-Disclosures knitting needles
for Red Cross workers in various
parts Of South Dakota are being
out by the young men in the
woodwork classes OF the Northern
Normal and Industrial School under
the direction OF Prof. Henry p. Ger
Der. The material for the knitting
needles is furnished by the knights
Of Columbus. This is one way IL
which young men in the shops are
helping the fighters fight"
New Normal BUILDING.
Madison.-The new building at the
state normal school in this city which
Will JIG uScU AOI tue lI6lNluk QeD8rt.
ment has just been dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies, in which the
local commercial club took a prom.
lnent part. Following the dedication
the commercial club held a reception
for out OF town guests in the normal
Guaranty Law 10 Popular.
Pierre.-While bankers fought the
bank guaranty act q long time in this
state and when It went into effect
state banks changed their
charters to national banks to get out
from under the guaranty provisions.
now that the law has had q practical
working test the changes are going
he other way.
Pierre.-The state council OF de. /
tense has called : meeting at Aber. |
1een to consult with C. N. Herreid. |
lood administrator. and w. g. Bickel.
haunt. cnal administrator. for So,th