Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-10
NATIONAL COUNCIL REQUESTS
STATE BOARD TO LOOK AFTER
RAISING WAR FUNDS.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE.
A Review Of the Work Of the state
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various State
institutions.
I,erre.-

War relief funds and various war
work enterprises presented to the peo-
pie hereafter for support must receive
the stamp of approval from the state
council of defense officers, according
to C.. II. Anderson, chairman of the
South Dakota state council of defense.
With the increasing number of war
urged upon every community indis-
criminately, the South Dakota coun-
Gil of defense has called a halt, and
through representations to the ma
tional council of defense at Washing.
ton has secured national order
whereby activities of certain promot-
ers of war causes can be limited.
Under the instructions of the ma
tional council, state councils are or.
dered to assume supervision over the
question Of raising money for war pur-
poses, Major war fund campaigns.
however, such az the Red Cross and
the Y. NJ. G.. A. causes, which are UNI
der government regulation, do not
fall under the order
I'm these days of liberal giving TO
the various enterprises connected with
war relief work" Mr.. Anderson de.
clared in discussing the situation. "!t
is not difficult for promoters OF a
cause to secure large amounts OF
money which they may perhaps intend
to use honestly. There may, however,
he no we'll directed organization for
the handling OF funds at any so.callei
headquarters or point of distribution.
and az result, there is chance Of
loss. 1t was the opinion Of our state
council that there can be no indis.
eliminate contribution made which
should be withheld from some c9uses
and directed to more Important and
safely managed enterprises.
"There are meritorious objects
which could be helped" Mr.. Anderson
declared. "but which would depletc
the measure of contributions to things
more important. There is also an op.
portunity for dishonest collection Of
considerable money by those who
would utilize present conditions Of
public sentiment toward charitable up.
peals.'
Cold business methods. Mr.. Ander.
son declared. should be considered re.
garding our methods Of giving.
Testing Of Measures Finished.
Testing OF measures and pumps
used for gasoline and kerosene has
been completed by the inspector Of
the state food and drug department in
Aberdeen. Watertown, Redeld, Huron.
Mitchell and several towns in the
northern part of the state. Conditions
as found by the inspector show some
improvement over that found in the
cities where first inspections were
made. but short measuring pumps still
predominant. A marked Improvement
Is noted in the five gallon measures
used by the principal jobbers, new
measures having been supplied agents
| at many stations. AS compared with
those found in other cities where tests
have been thus far made. Watertown
showed the best condition Of pumps
and measures. OF Al measures tested
| there 35 were found correct, five were
condemned for repairs and made cor
| rect and one was condemned and de-
stroyed. Nine measuring pumps were
found correct, five were incorrect ami
adjusted. while four were condemned
for repairs. All the pumps we're CIV
ing short measures. In Huron condi-
lions were about the same as in Wa
tertown, but in Redfield, Aberdeen and
Mitchell, larger proportion of meas
uring devices tested were incorrect
and repaired and eight were con-
demned. But four out of twenty
pumps tested in Mitchell were correct.
Fourteen we're giving short measure
and Of these eight were adjusted and
six condemned for repair. Two only.
gave long measures, and these we're
corrected. In Lennon but one pump
was correct while eight others gave
short measure. At Mcintosh, also.
one pump was correct while four were
short. All measures found in these
two towns were correct. In Mobrldge
oil four gasoline pumps in use were
giving short measure and of these
three were corrected and the fourth
condemned for repairs. The five gal
Ion measures used there were correct.
"1acon Bullets"
City folks can take a shot at tho
kaiser by raising bacon bullets" and
city authorities in South Dakota
should suspend ordinances forbidding
the keeping Of pigs, declares Joe Hill.
emergency specialist In pig production
with the State college extension di.
vision.