Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-01-24

Winfred d. Beardshear, S34 West |
Main street, Lead, a first lieutenant
in the engineer reserve corps.
H. H. Whiting, sheriff of Bennett
county, has rendered his resignation
in order that he can devote his entire
attention to his large ranch some
miles from town. f. F. Thurman has
been appointed his successor in the
sheriffs office.
1t was decided by the stockholders
of the Clay County Fair association.
at meeting held in Vermillion, that
the county fair should not be abandon.
ed this year, and it was arranged to
have it held at the customary time in
the fall The exact dates will be Sc
lected later. Last years fair was
abandoned because of war conditions.
r. H. Warren, an attorney OF
Sioux Falls, appointed fuel adminst'
rator for Minnehaha county, has issued
orders that, in view Of the fact that
very little hard coal remains in the
hands of dealers here. no dealer could
sell to one individual more than one
ton when for a furnace, and not more
than half ton for use in stoves.
Efforts to have dam constructed
in the Big Sioux river for the purpose
of turning a portion of the surplus
waters of the river through Dry Lake
into Lake Poinsett have been resum
ed Petitions are being circulated
asking the state game warden to have
the dam constructed. When the nee
essary work is done it will not be long
until Lake Poinsett will once more
become one OF the leading fishing re.
sorts of the state and northwest.
Reports from Washington show that
4,175 South Dakota food retailers have
pledged themselves to give their Gus
toners the benefit of fair and mode.
rate prices at the end Of the first
week of the great drive in which it ie
hoped to make every retail dealer in
food commodities in the country
member of the United States food ad
ministration. In telegram to c. n.
Herreid. federal food administrator
for South Dakota the Washington of
fee also states that 5000 of the $50
600 grocers in the United States have
already signed the retailers pledge
and the campaign is being continued
with the hope of enrolling all
Every child in the public schools Of,
Walworth county will be a member
of the United States Food Administra
ton and also a member of the Amer
lean Red Cross if the plans OF Super
intendent Ernest H. Noteboom mater
ialize Every teacher in the county
has been designated a local represen.
tative of the Food Administration ana
will see that pledge cards are signed
by her pupils who are willing to Join
A window card of the United States
Food Administration will be sent tc
each teacher to be displayed in the
school room window. The teachers
of the fathers and mothers of school
children to the food saving pledge
cards.
A postmaster in the northern part
of Haakon county, demonstrated h's
ideas of patriotism in militant way
a short time ago. He had been en-
listed in the Red Cross drive for that
/ county, and was asking patrons Of the
office for memberships. One man
when approached with card refused
on the plea that the Red Cross is a
bunch of fragters. and that was as fan
as he got. When he landed on the
prairie, battered and bruised, and wac
able to get to his feet again. he want
ed to come back and get his mail but
was told to wait where he was and II
/ time he has been sending for his mail
through his neighbors, and has not
! shown any further desire for special
meeting with the postmaster, who was
/ not willing to allow the Red Cross to
be classed as among the grating class
of the country.
Hereafter in South Dakota all ven
/ eral diseases must be reported, and
in those cases which the health board
decides warrant, quarantine regula
/
measure which promises to become a
| permanent rule Of the state. Already
/ it is effective in Minnesota and other
states. The enforced quarantine Will
/ be for purpose of treatment and under
the law the quarantine can be enforc
ed by authority of law. 1t is the first
step in a nationwide movement to
| combat veneral disease, and through
cooperation between layman and the
medical profession stamp it out II
is durable and responds to treatment
when opportunity is given for treat
ment through long term. Assistance
of parents and teachers will be sought
warning cards to be posted and the
secrecy which has shrouded social d.
seases is to be torn aside to let in
the light of instruction and treatment
Indignation was aroused in Sioux