The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-04
WILL CONSERVE FUEL.

eioUx FALLS cHURcHES CON.
siDeRiNo DIFFERENT
9cHEMEo.
Believing II their patriotic duty to
% o the officers Of the churches OF
Sioux Falls r planning ways and
means 70 conserve coal during the
coming wintsr. Among the plans con.
si6szsA y that Of using stoves tor Sun.
6ay school Purposes and also the CON.
bining Of weekly activities Of the ~
rious churches on . certain day In
the week. It also 10 planned to hold
Joint services In churches whore the
services do not vary greatly. A plan
Also II advocated to hold religious
services on the east side In one
church.
"Oh. how y boys can fight!
Nothing can atop them" writes Lieut..
Donley. . Scotland young man. who
p serving with Pershing's army in
France. He continues: I'VE see the
dead Germans scattered all over: very
large numbers in some places. There
10 something about that gives one .
feeling to 80 get them. and We sure
are doing that. You could see q great
many Of them Germany prisoners)
marching to the rear under guard.
The boys who were guarding them
were the pr0udest American soldiers
! have see over here"
One Of the most patriotic men In
South Dakota Is F. J.. Eager. an at
torney, Of Onida, who at his own re-
quest had the Sully county draft board
transfer his name from the fourth to
the first class, 30 that he could at
once respond to the call for soldiers
for the American army in France. He
already has departed for Camp Funs-
ton, Kan, to assume the duties OF q
soldier. He has . wife. and In addi-
ton to being separated from her, re-
signed the ~cashiership Of Z leading
Onida bank.
Boys - young as Is years who
have completed the eighth grade work
Will Be admitted to the school OF
agriculture at State college ct Brook
fngs % q war measure. The school
OF agriculture opens November s and
II intended for boys and girls who
want farm and home training. but
who are not eligible to enter the col
legiate classes. The military and me-
chanical work offered boys will be Of
advantage to them when they are
later called into army service.
State college has more than enough
high school graduates enrolled IN the
students army training corps two
weeks before college opens to Insure
the establishment Of q unit by the
war department. The Organization oe
. unit Of the students army training
corps, ct any college depends upon
the enrolment Of at least 100 men Of
collegiate standing. State college au-
thorities expect to double this number
before the opening OF school on Octo-
Der /.
L. D. Manchester. Of Sioux Falls,
was elected president Of the South
Dakota Manufacturers and Employers
association in convention at Huron. J..
H. Foasburg, of Huron. was elected
vice president. Directors chosen were
w. H. Foster. Of Sioux Falls: C.. M.
Mcmillan. Of Sioux Falls; L. A. Kelly,
Of Sioux Falls, and r. D. Murrin. OF
Lead. About seventy-nve delegates at
tended the convention. No date for
the holding Of the next convention has
been set.
Gov. Norbeck has appointed M. H.
Quinby. Of Onida, - county Judge
Of Sully county to all tho vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Forrest
Eager. who resigned to join the army.
Because Of the growing shortage Of
male labor, the Homestake Mining
company has decided 70 employ wom-
On y laborers ID the lighter occupa-
tons about the mining property OF
the company.
The department Of the secretary OF
state shows m increase OF 321, O0O In
ices for the biennial period ending
June 80 last oveE tho preceding BIZ
ennial period. this being IN 1850 for
certified copies. and e63.0sS for mis-
cellanoous ices. The department
shows Tor the PEAR ending June 30
last. tho MiAg ok Gas domestic cor
poeations With . combined capital OF
e1S1 .SS9.eo0. and the incorporation Of
q state banks. with . combined cap
itai o. ssse.eoe.
The 10ar daughters o. D. +. Gear.
hASt, : Hrule county farmer, volun-
teered during their school vacation to
DO the shockinG Of 500 acres Of small
grain - the farm o. their father. -
10 could not procure help to otherwise
handle the crop. The girls proved
that they ceuld make good b. keep
Ing mp with the machine TOR III the
work and did the lob u van % any
crow Of men could have done It.
TAirty-nve years ago the University