Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-03
INDIANS ASK CHANCE
CONFERENCE AT PIERRE
MARKED BY TONE OF AMER
IcANisM AND PATRIOTISM.

the HrSt meeting. OF the society OF
American Indians, whichAWas held In
the hall of the House Of Represents
lives, was that OF patriotism and
Americanism, and running through it
was a plea for equal educational pri-
yileges to place the Indian on the
same educational plane as the white
man In his striving for a living for
himself and family.
On his return from a ION meeting
of this federal food administrators OF
the two Dakotas, Minnesota, Mon
tana and Wyoming, Federal Food Ad-
ministrator G. N. .Herreid issued
an announcement to the millers
and the farmers OF South Dakota,
1t being one of the most far reaching
Importance as it completely changes
the plan Of last year and enables the
farmers to lay In one years supply OF
flour without purchasing substitutes,
by signing a pledge agreeing to use
! substitutes in accordance with the
regulations of the United States food
administration. 1t also authorizes
them to grind their corn, barley and
oats into flour to be recognized as
substitutes.
Students at the university who join
the students army training corps will
this fall be expected to bring old
clothes with them when they come to
the university. The reason for this is
that the uniforms will not be issued
at once and the men will find 1t best
to have an old suit to wear during
drill periods. When the university
corps receives the uniforms the old
clothes can be thrown away. Men in
the students army training corps will
receive their uniforms, their quarters
and ~sustenance and $50 a month while
they are members of the corps.
Nels Swan, a farmer living near
Milbank, had a narrow escape from
death while threshing sHis trousers
caught on q set crew while the
thresher was in operation and he fell.
In falling his foot struck the whistle
cord and blew the whistle. This at
tracted the attention of other mem
bers of the crew, one of whom rushed
to the engine and shut it of in time
to ave Swans life. Even az it was
practically all the clothing was torn
from his body and he was badly hruis-
ed and cut.
Frank Zobesky, of Vivian, while on
a load of hay backed against a fork
handle with a box of matches in his
pocket, with the result that the whole
box started at once, and in attempting
to smother the flame by rolling on
the load, the hay caught fire, and
Only by rolling off entirely was he
able to put out the fire in his cloth
Ing. He hurriedly unhitched the
team, but the hay and wagon burned.
setting a prairie fire which spread
over a large tract before it was under
control.
There is a run1or current in Sioux
Falls to the effect that South Dakota
is loon to have one of the most inn
portant military training environments
located within its borders. Some time
ago the announcement was made that
Fort Meade, in the Black Hills coun-
try, had lGen selected for special
training of men in limited service.
Since that time 81 special limited
service men have been sem to that
~ suluIeIl pslEuIH lsIosds Io4 luIod
various branches of the military serv-
ice.
Unless threshing can be speeded
up in this state there will be I'M
threshed grain in the fields when the
first o comes, unless that shouiG
be delayed until later than usual.
While probably a large number OF
farmers than usual have stacked. their
grain this year to wait the coming OF
the thresher, there are yet many
fields in which the grain is yet in the
shock and unless ~threshing is speeded
up some of these are likely to be snow
ed under.
The state market commissioner re-
ports a good demand for South Da-
kota grown potatoes coming from the
northwest states generally, especially
from southern Iowa and eastern Kan
sas and Nebraska, but not confined to
LHdJ$tcfIitOTy dlOu0. 30 Tar as THIS
department ian learn the situation,
the state will have about 5000, 900
bushels, or 10000 a loads to send
out this fall above the local needs Of
the state.
With the receipts Of tagging each
one Field day and the subscription
given by the business men Of Canton,
the home guards have now 5000. This
will 90 toward furnishing better
equipment for the guards The citi.
zens Of Canton have the thanks Of the
home guard boys for their liberal do.
nations
Preparations are being completed
for the annual convention 81 The
Hyde County Sunday School associa,
tion. which will be4held 1t Highmore
en- October s and s. Among fhs
prominent speakers will be Prasidsn.
Gage, Of Huron collegs, and Mrs.. "A,
i. Grebel, 9f Parker, both prominent
Sunday school workers Of the stats.
Fiftyseight head of hogs will be sold
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