Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-11-10
FOREST NOTES.

A fire broke out near the j. II Rogers
ranch in the Limestone on November ,,
and several automobile loads of men
went from Custer TO assist in fighting il.
Owing TO the prompt response of the
ranchers living nearby, and the assist.
ance secured from Custer the fire was
confined TO an area of about fifty acres.
Fortunately there was no wind blowing
AT the time. for the fire occurred in a
region where there was a large amount
of bug killed timber and under more
unfavorable circumstances il might have
resulted IN serious conhagration. AS
it was, the fire was entirely under con-
troll and all of the men, except patrol.
men, were sent home on Sunday after
noon.
This FIRE furnished a very good ex-
ample of the damage which results from
the carelessness of smokers The fire
started beside the wagon road in a small
park and the Forest officers found
partly burned match at the point Of
origin, showing that it had been thrown
into the grass by the side Of the road by
someone passing.
Mr.. Sid Herber is preparing a very
useful Christmas present for the Custer
boys who have Joined the colors in the
shape Of a polished steel mirror called a
trench mirror, which can be worn in
the breast pocket over the heart.
The article thus serves two-fold
purpose, that of mirror and
a protective breast plate. 1t will make
a very acceptable Christmas present to
the Sammies from Custer aud vicinity
Mr.. Herber is to be congratulated on his
foresight and patriotism.
Forest Ranger Hedlun hauled out two
more stock watering tanks 20 the Lime
stone region last week and placed them
at the East Antelope and Howey springs.
The Forest Service is developing seven
new watering places this fall which will
increase the carrying capacity of the
Forest range and provide additional
range for stock The tanks for the spring
development are built in Custer by the
rangers and hauled to the watering
places.
BOOST FOR CUSTER HIGH SCHOOL.
An agent for q Business College has
been in town this week soliciting bust
ness in manner that is not very much
w tue CieulU Ol MS COlltSS W say Tue
least
Taking advantage of local situation
he has approached patrons of the school
and began by telling them that as their
children were leaving school to enter
school elsewhere he wished to place be-
fore them the Business College which he
represented, etc Now Custer is Justly
proud of her school in the past and we
are going to have a good school right
along in the future, and the very best
thing any young man or woman can do
is to complete the course before thinking
of any course in Business College any
where. Any effort to divert student
from finishing the High School course is
to be condemned as an injustice to the
student and savors of commercialism
We know Of those who finished High
School, then took a Business Course and
now at the age of % are entering for
regular College Course, feeling they
were handicapped by an insufficient
foundation.
Any Business College who sanctions
an agent working among High School
students and thereby creating dissatis-
faction, gives evidence of its policy and
is the last place for the student to con-
slider should such course be thought
advisable
Boost for Custer High School and turn
down an agent hard that presumes to
knock our home institution.