Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-03-14
NEWS OF THE STATE.
A REcU,iE OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGS OF THE :
WEEK..

D. l.. Keck has been elected county
emergency agent for Yankton county.
The l. o. o. f. lodge at Hartford
expects to begin work on lodge hall
building as soon ~ weather will per-
nit
TIE 1918 convention Of, the South
Dakota Dairymen and Buttermakers'
association will be held in Sioux Falls
March 81 and 2S
Fred Shereda, a farmer living near
Kimball. raised 700 bushels of barley
last year on 10 acres of land. He has
just sold the grain for $1,190.
At a special unwilling exercise Wes-
leyan university at Mitchell hung a
flag containing 126 stars in memory
of that number Of former students who
have joined the national colors.
The animal husbandry department
OF State college purchased Village
Clipper, grand champion yearling bull
at the Shorthorn congress show in
Chicago, for $4,000.
Orders have been received from
Washington under which United
States Marshal Taubman will intern
Rev. Paul Hempel, Lutheran clergy
man from Armour, until the close Of
the war.
President H. K Warren, Of Yankton
college, is to have a vacation after
22h years. continuous service. Mr..
warren expects to spend about six
months in and around Boston and
Cambridge.
Representative Of the several char.
table organizations Of Huron have
perfected an organization whereby
the work of the various bodies will be
co-ordinated in carrying out future re-
lief work for the poor.
A meeting of nearly 800 members
Of the Non-partisan League which was
to have been held at Madison, was
prevented by orders Of Mayor Robin
son, of Madison. A meeting was held
later at farm house outside the city.
A number of towns west Of the Mis-
souri, river have engaged watchmen
who. during the spring and summer
months. will be on duty to Illustrate
any attempts of the phosphorus gang
OF the l. W: w.
BY a bequest Of 10000 made in the
will Of the late Thomas Thorson, a
banker. Canton will. in the neer flu
ture. have one of she finest gymnas
iums In the northwest In honor Of
the donor it will be named the Thor
son gymnasium.
Every South Dakota boy more than
IL years old will be placed on farms
as far as possible this summer, &C.
cordiag to plans perfected by the u.
s. Boys Working Reserve. Boys may
enroll by writing to Ward A. Ostrand-
or at Brookings.
THE idle man In South Dakota this
year L. a Stacker" declares w. s. Hill,
OF Mitchell. who is chairman OF the
committee ON agriculture and labor of
the State Council of Defense. South
Dakota would not be living up to her
responsibility. he says. III she does
not produce the largest crops in her
history and more hogs, cattle and
sheep than ever before" 'HI
Peace reigns once more in the pub
lie schools OF Huron. The school war.
which broke out several weeks ago in
a controversy between Principal Bow
den, of the high school. and Superin-
tendent F. L. Whitney. and which was
renewed by the dismissal Of Miss
India Goodman, instructor in English
in the high school. was ended when
the board OF education reinstated Miss
Goodman in her position.
More than $500 composite tests of
seed corn from all parts of South Da-
kota have been made by state college
agronomists through authority OF the
extension division. OF this number
only IS farmers had corn testing IS
per cent or more and surplus to sell
totaling only s,so5 bushels. South Da-
kota needs normally about 100000
bushels Of seed corn. There are about
| 100 farmers on the agronomy list who
have sufficient corn to plant their in
dividual areas. However. this list Is
not complete.
What close attention to farming will
accomplish IL shown by the record
made by s. o. Bisson. farmer living
some miles from Garretson. He start
ed farming II years ago without any
capital to speak Of. He gave his farm
ing operations close attention and has
been very successful, raising good
crops most years because Of the sys-
tematic manner In which he cultivated
his fields Of growing grain and other
products. He now has one of the best
farm dwellings in eastern South Da-
kota. Up to last year he was the
owner Of q fine farm Of $40 acres.
Last year he purchased an additional
$40 acres, giving him farm OF $50
acres, all Of which Is highly improved.
Teaching 81 the German language