Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-14


Falls, died from injuries received in
an automobile collision.
Fire of unknown origin totally de-
stroyed the main building of the Wes-
sington Springs Free Methodist col
lege
Many have given the excuse that they
have received no official notice from
the food administration Of its recent
orders.
The Adams school, one of the ward
schools at Aberdeen, was Quilted by
fire, presumably from an overheated
furnace.
Approximately 100000 worth of
live stock have been shipped from
Britton to eastern markets during the
past few months.
bank paid the farmers of that vicinity
an aggregate of nearly 100000 for
cream during 1917.
A "gasless" and "electricless" day
the gas and electric plant, caused con-
siderable annoyance.
Governor Peter Norbeck denies the
report that he issued an order to pre-
vent a meeting Of the Non-partisan
league at Wentworth
The federal authorities have issued
a warrant for the arrest OF Fred
Freitag, of belmont, for alleged viola
ton of the espionage act.
Willard Chandler and his sister,
Miss Ruth Chandler, living. near De-
Smet while driving to Miss Chand-
ler's school. had their horses killed
by railroad train and themselves
escaped without serious injury. The
buggy was torn from the running
gear and hurled to the side of the
track
Some fine new homesteads will soon
be open for settlement in the Black
Hills. Word has been received from
the secretary of agriculture that the
land classification report covering the
Black Hills National Forest has been
approved. The lands available for
demonstrating will be advertised in
the Rapid City land office.
The Industrial Coliegian, the stu
dent weekly paper at State college,
Bro )l,ngs, is without editor and bust
ness manager. Editor Art Tompkins
has taken the position of office and
editorial assistant to l. B. Johnson,
state leader Of county agents. George
Valentine, business manager, has
gone to Douglas county as assistant
to f. G. Bird. county agent. The Stu
dents association is electing substi-
tutes for the rest of the college year.
On account of the extreme shortage
of flour substitutes in the state, c. N.
Herreid, food administrator for South
Dakota. has issued the following spec
ial rule: ITO all selling -four to con-
sumers in South Dakota, commencing
Tuesday, February S, 1919 Rule No.
2, known as the fifty fifty rule, for
the sale Of flour and its substitutes
is hereby changed TO four to one I'M
til otherwise ordered, to-wit, for each
four pounds of wheat flour sell one
pound of the substitutes"
H. M. Harden, farmer living near
Lane, has just sold the seed from a
field of 20 acres which he last season
had sown to white flower seed clover.
He cut 60 tons of hay from the field
and sold the hay for SIS per ton. He
then let the field go to seed, this be.
ing harvested in the fall. The seed
product of the field has just been
sold, bringing him the sum of 1880
The hay crop and the seed together
brought him a total OF 1920. or an
average of Sill per acre for the 90
acres devoted to the crop.
The convention of the South Dakota
Farmers and Grain Dealers associa-
ton, in its session at Watertown de.
clared itself as favoring fair and
careful consideration OF the question:
of stateowned and operated terminal
elevators, warehouses, -four mills and
packing plants. Resolutions were
adopted urging farmers elevators to
10 all in their power to encourage in
creased potato production in South
Dakota and also urging that efforts
be made to furnish the farmers with
sufficient labor to properly handle an
increased acreage Of crops needed to
comply with the appeal for greater
food production.
The Northwestern National Bank
Review, Of Minneapolis. in discussion
Of the banking affairs OF state banks
IN the northwest. groups those OF Min
nesato. North Dakota. South Dakota
and Montana in comparative group,
and says Of the four states that the
showing OF state banks in South Da.
kota is the most striking. The in
crease in deposits in such banks in
South Dakota was $39.0O0,000, or 46.o
per cent, the corresponding percent
age in the other states being Mime
sofa, 16 per cent; North Dakota, 14.2