Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-28
NEWS OF THE STATE
CHIEF EVENTS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
READERS.

Postmaster Theodore B. Werner. OF
Rapid City, reports that there are no
alien enemies in that city.
Fire destroyed the grade school at
Chamberlain. The loss was about
$50, 900, covered by insurance. School
work will be continued In the churches
of the city
Farmers in the vicinity of Pierpont
and Groton have been losing cattle
and horses presumably from the use
Of "doped" feedstuffs purchased from
outside concerns.
At meeting held by a number of
the young men OF Alcester and vi
cinity preliminary steps were taken
to organize local company of state
national guard.
A large number Of the farmers of
the southern part OF McCook county
held meeting in Beresford and organ
lied a live stock shipping association,
with a charter membership of 1875.
A general campaign to make war
on stock diseases was planned at a
conference held at Pierre by DR.. H.
H. Cohenour. of Bismarck, supervisor
in charge for the federal bureau OF
animal industry.
Postmaster Coffman reports the reg
istration OF IL alien enemies at the
Dallas postoffice. Most of these aliens
had taken out first papers. but purely
through neglect had failed to COM
plete their citizenship.
A few hours after a Red Cross sale
at st. Lawrence, unknown parties COW
cred the front of the j. w. Johnson
store at Miller, neighboring town
with yellow paint 1t is supposed to
have been done because it was alleg-
ed Johnson had not given anything to
the Red Cross sale.
Ten thousand dollars was realized
at Red Cross sale at st. Lawrence.
Townspeople and farmers contributed
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poul-
try, besides every imaginable article.
A young calf was sold and resold un-
til it fetched over $500. A IS bill
brought nearly 800.
A most successful auction sale for
the Red Cross was held at Vermillion,
when donations for seven of the IL
townships of Clay county, including
Vermillion city, were sold for total
OF $4,000 Three auctioneers were
kept busy for six hours. Three thou
sand people were present.
When the city council of ,Beresford
opened the bids for the construction
of municipal waterworks system, for
which the voters at a special election
authorized the issuance of bonds in
the sum of $4,000, it was found that
all the bids were too high and all
were rejected. New bids now are be-
ing advertised for.
A private telegram received at
Flandreau from Washington is to the
effect that an amendment has been
added to the Indian appropriation bill
in congress, providing for $1,000 for
the rebuilding of the machine shop
building at the government Indian
school in that city, to replace sim
liar building which was destroyed by
fire a month or two ago.
The state will offer for sale between
10000 and $4,000 acres of land in
Meade county on April 2, this year.
The lands are placed at minimum
of $40 an acre, and range as high as
$35. The terms are in four payments,
one-fourth down, and the balance in
three payments of five, ten and Is
years, at per cent. This is the most
extensive offering OF state lands which
has been made in any of the western
counties of the state, and will mean
that number OF cheap farms will be
secured by someone in Meade county
this spring.
have nothing to do with persons rep
resenting themselves to be represen-
tatives of the federal food admins
tration for this state, unless these
persons have credentials signed by c.
NJ Herreid, federal food administrator.
Reports have been received of per
sons operating in the state as agents
of the food administration, who have
no authority whatever from the state
administrator One of these persons
is said to have collected 50 from a
merchant. Every bona fide represen-
tative Of this Office is given proper
credentials before starting out on any
Investigations.
The South Dakota council OF de-
tense at session held in Sioux Falls,
adopted resolution ordering that the
teaching Of the German language be
Immediately abandoned In all the edu-
cational institutions in South Dakota,
including state normal schools. col
leges, universities and public schools.
So far as known this is the first &C
tion OF this kind taken by q state
council of defense anywhere in the
union. making South Dakota the pio-
neer in putting the teaching of the