Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-12
NEWS OF THE STATE
a RESUME or IMPORTANT HAP.
PGNiNos OF THE
WEEK.

Governor Norbeck has received a |
telegram from Adjt. Gen. Harris ask
Ing that the legal aid committees OF
the different states continue in their
work OF aid to soldiers Just as well
in the mastering out as in tho muster.
ing in work. The need for competent
legal aid to the returning soldiers is
declared to be even greater than 1t
was at the time OF mastering In. and
that many of the returning soldiers
will require legal advice to secure the
full protection OF the civil relief act.
There was an interesting feature in
connection with the re-opening of the
public schools at Plankintoh. after be.
ing closed for some time because of
the influenza epidemic. The board of
education, in an effort to have some
of the lost time made up, planned on
having school kept in session each
Saturday. When they heard OF this
the teachers went on a strike. claim
ing their contract did not require them
to perform their duties on Saturdays,
and accordingly the board OF cduca-
ton had to abandon plans for Satur-
day school.
The business men and other citi-
zens of Lead and other Black Hills
cities have taken up discussion of the
Kramer of reception that should DG
rendered the returning soldiers from
q n NJ n spt1, nnkr,
on their arrival here and in other
cities OF the region from France and
the camps in this country. The re.
ception, it is agreed, will be the most
elaborate Of anything heretofore at
tempted in the Black Hills. II is
probable that complete arrangements
for grand reception to the returning
soldiers will be made in the near flu.
ture. SO there will be no bitches when
the soldiers arrive, as might be the
case II the matter OF completing ar.
rangements were left to the last mo-
ment.
A good example OF the money value
OF farm bureaus and county agent
work In South Dakota was the OK.
perience of Grant county in the seed
corn crisis Of last spring. Through
the leadership OF the county agent an
electric tester with capacity of 3.
600 ears and % other small testers
holding 100 ears each were installed
in the farm bureau Office, and two sub.
stations for testing were established
the total testing capacity being T.
300 samples. The stations we're oper.
ated during the late winter and early
spring, 80 cents being charged for
testing 100 ears. Altogether. $4,000
individual ears were tested; compos.
lite tests were made OF 1000 bushels
OF corn, and 3OS farmers became in
terested enough to test their own
seed. Sufficient good seed was oh.
tanned for the county. ~
The Marmarth-Camp Crook mail
truck and more than 30 sacks of mail
were totally destroyed by fire few
days ago. At a point in the road
about four miles from Marmarth the
driver, Mike Carney, discovered that
the truck was on fire. Beside the mail
there were two 50-gallon barrels of
gasoline on the car The barrels were
soon >enveloped in flames. B. F. Lam
son, passenger. and Mr.. Carney tried
to save the mail. but only two sacks
were pulled from the flames and pre-.
served. One tank of gas exploded
with terrific force. the head of the
barrel flying high into the air. The
blazing fluid covered the ground with.
in a radium of 20 feet or more for a
few moments. The plug Of the other
barrel blew out and another stream
OF flaming gas was shot into the air.
The intense heat totally DESTROYED the
truck.
The first report of the state sheriff
covering the period from March 8.
1917. to June 30, 1918, shows that.
while not generally known, that de.
partment was called upon once with.
in that time to exercise its powers
under section 1, which authorizes the
state sheriff to call upon the sheriffs
of the state to act as members Of the
state constabulary, this being in the
fall of last year when the department
was called upon to dispense gather.
ing Of I. w. w. at Aberdeen. when 10
sheriffs were called in to assist in the
work, which was carried out so quiet.
ly that very few knew that the power
was ever exercised. The report shows,
for the period covered, that 800 ar
rests were made, most of them for
violations Of the prohibitory law of
the state. and that on these arrests
522 convictions were secured. While
1t is shown that there are 1913 retail
druggists doing business in the state,
only % Of these have taken out per-
mits to handle Intoxicating liquors un.
der the provisions. of the law, and
with these two wholesale drug firms.
have secured like permits. Only 10
physicians have secured permits to
prescribe intoxicating liquors in their
work. The reports OF sales for the
time show the disposal of 1909 gal.
ions of alcohol; 1850 gallons of