Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-08-23
EACH MAY HAVE ONE
EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH DAko.
A MAY SECURE A FOOD
EMERGENCY AGENT.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
A Review Of the Work Of tho state
Government at tho Capitol and
at the Various State
Institutions.

Pierre
A food emergency agent may be Sc
cured by any county in South Dakota.
This is provided by the food bill which
has passed congress, making funds
available for the purpose, according
| to official information received from
| Washington by Gordon w. Randlett.
director of the agricultural extension
division OF state college.
The line of work to be conducted
by the food emergency agents will be
substa atially as follows: The intro.
duction of better seeds from outside
sources or the careful selecting and
curing Of those grown at home; the
use of better breeding stock; the or
ganization of breeding circuits, bull
clubs and COW testing associations.
silo construction; better methods o:
dairying; control of infectious animal
diseases; conservation of food; pro.
duction and marketing: rural organ.
iZations, etc.
| A woman emergency agent also may
be secured who will devote her time
to such problems as canning. drying
and otherwise preserving foods; the
garden. dairy and poultry yard; kit
chen arrangement and equipment;
women's organizations; programs.
etc.
Any citizen of South Dakota who Is
interested in securing an agent, either
man or woman, for his county should
correspond with Gordon w. Randlett.
director Of agricultural extension,
State college, Brookings.
Home Guards Bodies.
The home guard organizations of
the state which are complete and have
filed their selection of officers are.
with their captains: Cresbard, r. ].
Fedderson; Tyndall. C. e. Sturtevant:
Gam Valley, V. p. Dripps; Vermillion.
M. l.. Thompson; Wilmot, G. II. Har.
rison; Mitchell. F. w. Mitchell; Ray.
mond, p. H. Schaller; Milbank. Robt.
d. Jones; Bradley, NJ. E. Moore; Scot.
land, j. l.. Quinn; Henry. Vernon H
Belk; Sioux Falls. c. w Anthony;
Leola, G. S. Acker: Roswell. Thos.
Tobin; Pierre. T. B. Roberts, Sr. Tho
towns sending lists of membership,
but not officers are Viborg. Aberdeen.
Clark and Irene. The towns sending
the names Of their officers. but not of
their membership. are Lily, Harry E.
Reinhold; Florence. Burton Il. Cole;
Groton, H. r. Stowe.
Better South Dakota Eggs.
Through better care and more fire.
quent marketing of the product, South
Dakota farmers are saving thousands
of dollars worth Of eggs this Summer,
according to ~eports received by the
state food commissioner at Vermil-
lion. High prices are furnishing q
compelling factor in the egg business
as shown by the fact that inspectors
of the food and drug department have
been having difficulty in securing evi.
dence to warrant prosecutions on the
charge of selling rotten eggs. Farm.
ers now bring their eggs to market
twcie or three times week, whereas
formerly once in two weeks was the
rule with many. The eggs also show
evidence of better care at home.
Season opens September
There has been much discussion in
sporting circles as to when the hunt
ing season would open. There was a
difference of three days between the
federal and state laws-the former
providing for the season on game
birds to to open September z. and the
latter for September 10. At the meet
ing Of the legislature last winter, the
South Dakota game laws were amend.
ed so that they conform to the fed.
eral laws and hunters may now make
their arrangements to go into the field
for both ducks and chickens on Sen.
TENDER z.
Gets Inheritance Tax.
The state treasury has received q
draft for $4.634 inheritance tax from
the estate of Edwin c. Way, of Mar
shall, Mich. on South Dakota real es
tate mortgages held by Mr.. Way at
the time of his death. With this pay.
ment. the state tax commission, since
It has taken charge of the inheritance
tax law, has collected and turned into
the treasury Of the state 25.721.31
from nonresident decedents who were
the holders Ct South Dakota real "a,
tate mortgages.
students at State College.
The new catalogue of State college
lists 1.124 students for last years at
tendance. or an increase of more than
103 per cent over that of 1906. ter
years ago.