The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-05
WARN WHOLESALERS
MUST GIVE RETAILER 9u0eTt
TuTES WlTHSALl WHEAT
FLOUR.


Wholesalers must not back order
tho wheat substitutes when selling
| wheat -four to retailers. The follow.
ing telegram received from Washing
ton by G. N. Herreid, federal food
administrator for South Dakota, out
lines the wholesalers procedure when
they have no substitutes in stock and
| wish to sell wheat flour to retailers:
Retail dealers must buy substitutes
with every lot OF wheat -four. They
must buy substitutes ct the same time
% the -four from the seller OF the
-four or present . written statement
showing the purchase elsewhere Of the
requisite substitutes not balanced by
other purchases Of wheat nour. II
the wholesaler has sold both nour and
substitutes and has not the substitutes
on hand let him refrain from ship
| ping the nour until he receives the
substitutes. BY 80 doing we will keep
down the wheat -four sales. which is
what We want to do"
A man by the name Of William
Kuger. carrying a letter in his pocket
indicating that he had come from
Sioux City. Ia. was found dead about
half q mile from Davis by Fred Boter.
man. jr.. and Thomas Hilbrands. He
held q bottle In his hand bearing a
carbolic acid label and his face was
badly burned. It was q clear case
OF suicide. The corone was notified
and arrived from Parker to take
charge Of the case. The body was
taken to Hurley to the ]. Wray under
taking establishment. He wat well
/ dressed as q working man and carried
about ~ in money and . deposit silly
for $3.50 on q Sioux. City bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shepard. oi
Mitchell. have been advised Of the
death Of their son. Frank Shepard. IL
France. He was . member Of = ma
chine gun company. He was employ
ed In the railroad yards at Mobridge
last year. Young Shepard, who en-
listed when but Is years old. was borr
It Atlantic, Ia, and came to Mitchell
two years ago. He went from Mo
bridge last summer to q training camI
In North Carolina and from there tt
Camp Mills, N. Y. where he embarked
for France some time in January.
Limited purchases OF rs cents worth
Of sugar to each Huron customer ant
so cents worth to each rural customer
has been decided upon by the grocers
Of Huron. The step Is taken to make
the present supply OF sugar In thu
city last as long as possible. Grocerl
deny that there is q shortage there
and say that the step Is being taker
to prevent boarding and to give eacl
person q fair share Of the supply o.
hand.
The rural school teachers ct South
Dakota are helping to make q surve.
OF labor needed On farms, w. C. Board
man. farm help specialist Of the stat.
college extension division, is securing
through the country school teacher,
blanks showing the number Of mel
outside the family actually required
to carry on the work OF every farm
This information IL obtained by tn,
children Of the various districts.
All places Of business but one wer,
closed during the Red Cross saleaa
Wolsey. One merchant who signet
the closing petition was discovered
during the sale to have his place ope,
and during the night the front Of hi
store was painted . bright yellow b,
citizens who FRANKLY stated that IN
ture cases Of Stacking" BY any persor
or persons In this city will be prompt
" dealt with.
The Red Cross market auction sal,
held 1t Wolsey Melted $4,000 for tn,
Red Cross. A travelling Red eros.
rooster. which had been named per
shing" and which WAS brought from
Miller. was sold for $3.50. He va,
later passed On to other sales beini
conducted In South Dakota. Hs hal
already earned about $1,000 for TIL
Red Cross at previous sales.
The death ct Fort Smelling Of Pr
vate James ". Silver marks the sec
ond among the soldier residents O
Huron since the opening Of the war.
Lieut.. John Halloran. South Dakota
has been detailed - captain Of th.
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth ma
chine gun battalion. succeeding Johl
Cobbeye. who resigned his commission
to Join the aviation corps.
The scarcity OF seed corn in soutl
/ Dakntn IN Indicated hv 49, 80 a.
% auction sale held BY John Hecht
. farmer. ave bushels Of corr from
his 1915 crop was offered for sale AMI
was finally knocked down ct 325 |
bushel or $196 Tor the fve-bushel lot
At IN auction sale for the bench
Ct the Red Cross held ct Aberdeen
: linen handkerchief donated By Mr.
Woodrow Wilson sold for $50, and Il
egg laid By . hen put up for auction