Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-19

A committee Of the Huron CONNER.
cial club has appeared before the city
commissioners protesting against the
action Of Huron policemen in arrest
Ing people for driving automobiles ut
night without burning rear lights. So
far as is known, the commissioners
have taken no action.
Announcement Is made that Huron
college will open course in domestic
science during the coming year to stu
dents who desire to prepare them
selves for war service. The cour,S
Will be open to both boys and girls
and 1t is thought that members OF
the student army training corps may
be enrolled.
The report OF the state treasury for
July 81 showed s1,13S,2S7 in all funds.
The interest and income fund for the
common schools OF the state has
1891 800 of this; the Irvine plant fund.
$2S5,170; the game fund. $26,245, and
the automobile fund. $2s,13O. The va
rious agricultural extension funds car
ried $31,572.
The following have been appointed
to represent the South Dakota State
Range, as delegates at the Interna-
tional Farm Congress which meets
at Kansas City, Mo-, October 2e, 1918;
Prof. A. NJ Hume, Brookings; George
Il. Calkings, Fruitsdale; P. L. Foust,
Flandreau; F. w. Faulkner, Bushnell:
M. s. Sayles.
rearing ltfpmntu hn
burn the local elevators and their i'm
mense supplies of grain, the business
men of Hayti have arranged to patrol
the town each night. Two men will
be on duty each night. The citizens
Will do guard duty in rotation, so each
man will do his full share of this Inn
pOrtant work.
The problem Of getting help to fin.
ish threshing the big crop OF Brown
county is not yet solved satisfactorily.
Many machines are lying idle because
they cannot be supplied with crews
even with the non-essentials and bust
ness men helping. The council of de-
tense hopes to get relief soon from
the southern counties of the state.
which are finishing their threshing
now, and will release men to come
north where there is still a call for
help.
Lands formerly owned by Sioux In
dams in Lyman county will be sold
at public auction October by the
government. The lands are unentered
and unallotted and will be offered at
fnI Ctptn
Pierre by John r. Cogan, register to
the highest bidder for cash, not less
than $1.25 per acre. Approximately
900 acres of these lands will be sold,
there being 10 tracts in ALL the larg.
est 152 acres and the smallest 1870
acres.
IL certain links in the chain of evi.
dence accommodating against Martin
Gunderson, young 1. w. w. member
now serving time in the Leavenwortr
federal penitentiary for sencing phos-
} phorus and cyanide of potassium
through the mails in South Dakota
last year, can be obtained, the mys-
terry surrounding the fire May II, 1917,
at Sioux Falls, when the International
| 1900 SoeSA company was ucSLEOycO
With an approximate loss of 100000
may be solved.
Louis, sometimes known as Henry.
Armbrecht, retired farmer of Del
mont, was arrested on complaint,
charged with violating order No. Is
OF the state council of defense, the
same having reference to the use of
the German language in public places,
etc. He is alleged to have made use
OF the language on the station plat
: form at belmont on or about the 23d
day Of August. A warrant has also
been issued for the arrest OF Andrew
New, janitor of the belmont school.
on a similar charge. Mr.. Armbrecht
, was given hearing and bound over
to the October term of the circuit
court under bond of $1,000. Douglas
county is the first county in the state
to give trial test to the order and
. the case will be watched with interest
throughout the state
A conference has been held at
Huron to consider the epidemic of
forage poisoning which has killed
about 500 horses in certain parts Of
the state. those taking part being
members of the state live stock sani-
tary board, field veterinarians, extern
sion veterinarian and college veter-
} marian from state college. The con-
ference adopted the following rules
for the guidance of horse owners in
| preventing forage poisoning: Take
) horses out of pastures and feed cured
hay and grains only. AS a result of
observations in the field by the above
men, it appears that full IS per cent
OF. affected horses contract the di.
sease from pasture vegetation. Clean
and disinfect barn and stalls before
placing horses therein This precau.
ton is necessary because excreta
from diseased horses carry the causa.
: tive organism of this disease. II the
manure from sick animals CONTAINING
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