Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05

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Stock Brseders' association are NAH
ing preliminary arrangensats tor ~
annual exhibit Of the associs&ion.
which will b held In Madison ON D.
cembsr 10. Large numbers Of the
hnsst cattle end hogs ever raised u
the state will b. On exhibit.
A Milbank produce company In ons
shipment sent . total Of $4,000 pound
of poultry to Chicago. The car cor
tanned $1,000 pounds of live poultry
and 5000 pounds of dressed. All the
poultry was purchased from the farm,
ers of this vicinity. and they received
an aggregate OF several thousand dol.
lars in payment therefor.
The state railway commission has
set number Of hearings at points
over the state for the month Of Do.
cember. practically all Of them being
on applications to increase telephone
rental. such applications being made
by both the large and the small rural
companies at points covering practi.
cally all Of the eastern counties Of the
state, there being twenty.six hearings
extending from the 9Th of December
up to the 21st Of the month.
The sugar beet crop from 1893
acres in the Belle Fourche country
has reached total Of 1851 tons for
this season. according to accurate re-
ports made by beet raisers there.
This crop is approximately 500 car
loads. Mr.. Murray, of the f. N. Fuller
ranch. averaged 20 tons an acre on
36.acre tract. The sugar company
farm had one field of three and one.
half acres which yielded 25h tons an
acre. The tops are sold to feeders at
SO an acre.
States Attorney E. B. Adams, OF
Hot Springs, met with a serious acct.
dent In going down the stairs to the
basement Of his Office. He fell and
In throwing out his hand to catch
himself plunged 1t into a heap of hot
ashes which had just been taken from
the furnace. The hand and arm were
burned to the bone. He was taken
to the hospital and the injury dressed.
but Mr.. Adams will be disabled for
some time. Mr.. Adams is prominent
in county and state politics, and in
the last campaign had charge of the
work of the republican committee in
Third congressional district.
Nearly 100000 bushels of grain
was harvested in Turner county IN
1918. according to the report of the
county agent. who based his statement
on the results reported by the thresh.
ers of the county. The report in.
cludes: Wheat, 214,913 bushels; oats.
1881. 1853; barley, 167.180; rye, 1851.
The reports are incomplete. ]. A. Jen.
sen, Of Viborg, raised the most oats.
1925 bushels being threshed. John
B. Deckart. of Marion, with 10000
bushels, raised and threshed the most
wheat. The crop acreage report of
the state tax commission shows that
Turner county ranks second in South
Dakota in oats acreage with 99,754
acres. and third In corn with 118,5OA
Churches opened their doors for
public worship for the first time since
the influenza epidemic made its an.
pearance in Huron. Huron churches.
now that the ban has been lifted hero
on all public gatherings, are making
preparations for great religious activ.
ity on Thanksgiving day, when all
churches will unite in a service OF
thanksgiving at Grace Episcopal
church. This is the first time that q
union service Of this nature has ever
been held in an Episcopal church in
Huron, 1t is believed. It is expected
that the church will also observe lib.
erty Sunday" December /, with sery.
ices Of rejoicing over the signing OF
an armistice between the allied and
central powers.
The annual report Of the state game
commission indicates that the hunt
Ing conditions in the state after the
enforcement Of the new game law
were better than for many years.
There was a shortage Of grouse and
prairie chicken in the northeastern
part Of the state. but this is attributed
largely to the increased area under
cultivation. In the western part off
The state grouse and prairie chicken
we're more numerous than for many
years past. But the greatest change
noticeable was in the duck shooting.
rs the unmolested ducks had nested
n the lakes and ponds of the state.
breeding large number Of ducks
which were old enough to be strong
IN the wing before the opening Of the
season, and the hunting of water fowl
was better than It had been for years.
The Retail Merchants association
Of South Dakota will hold its twenty.
second annual convention in Aberdeen
;ome time next May. The meeting
will bring approximately 300 mer.
:hants from all parts of the state.
The work of the merchants associa-
tion," said Mr. Berdahl, has been
,eavy and of great importance during
the war by way of assisting and CO.
operating with the various depart.
nents of the government that have
been created as war measures. How.
ever, their work will be of greater i'm.