The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-11
INDIANS ASK CHANCE
CONFERENCE At PIERRE %
MARKED " TONE o. AMEN.
lcANloM AND pATAloTloN.

SONNtO0 AMI - UBO vOWs
Pierre, 3. D.-TAs general tone Of
The nrsf meeting OF the Society Of
American Indians, which va held In
The hall Of the Hoose Of Representa-
dives. was that q patriotism and
Amsricanism. aad running through It
Va : plea for equal educational pr-
vileges to place the Indian On the
same educational plane - the white
man In his striving Tor . living for
himself and family.
On his return from . rome meeting
Of the federal fold administrators Of
the two Dakotas. Minnesota. Mon
tana and Wyoming. Federal Food Ad-
ministratoe G. N. Hsrrsid issusd
N announcement 70 the millsrs
and the farmers Of South Dakota,
II being ons q the most far reaching
importance - It completely changes
the plan Of last year and enables the
FARMERS - ny IN one years supply Of
Aoar withoue purchasing Substitutes.
b. s1gning . Dledes agreeing 70 .
substitutes n accordance with the
regulations Of the United States food
administr1&ioo. II also authorizes
them to grind their corn, barley and
cats into dour 70 b recognised ~
Substitutes.
Students ct the university who Join
the students army training corps will
this fall be expected to bring old
clothes with them when they come to
the university. The reason for this is
that the uniforms will not be issued
at once and the men will nnd 1t best
to have An old suit to wea during
drill periods. When the university
corps receives the uniforms the old
clothes can - thrown away. Men In
the studen%5' army training corps will
receive their uniforms, their quarters
and sustenance and 80 : month while
they ars members Of the corps.
Nsls Swan. . farmer living near
1llbank, had . nAsrow escape from
death while t~hreshins. His trousers
caught on . sst screw while the
thresher Wal In operation and he foil.
In failing his foot struck the whistle
cord and blew the whistle. This At
tracted the attention Of other mem
bers Of the crew. Of whom rushed
to the engine and shut Il on in time
to savs Swans life. Even as It was
practically All the clothing was torn
from his body and he was badly bruis.
ed and cut.
Frank Zobesky. OF Vivian, while on
. load Of hay backed against . fork
handle with q box Of matches IN his
pocket, with the result that the whole
box started ct once, and In attempting
to smother the flame by rolling on
the load, the hay caught IRE. and
Only BY rolliag on entirely was he
able to put out the are In his cloth.
Ing. He hurriedly unhitched the
team, but the hay and wagon burned.
setting q prairie ire which spread
over > large tract before II was under
control.
There IL . rumof current in Sioux
Falls to the effect that South Dakota
10 soon to have n Of the most i'm.
portant military training cantonments
located within its borders. Some time
ago tho announcement was made that
Fort Meade. In the Black Hills coun
try. had Den selected for special
training Of mon Ii limited service,
Since that time ~ special limited
service men have been sent to that
n 9uTuls1, peaImH lsroeds loy ,urod
various branches Of the military sefv.
Ice.
Unlsss threshing can b speeded
mp n this state there VIII DO IN.
threshsd, grain IN the fields when the
nrst snow comes. unless that should
b delayed until later than usual
Wh1e probably . large number a
farmers tAan usuAl have stacked their
graia thia 1ear . wait the coming Of
the tArseAer. there are yet many
l1elds n which the grain Il yet in the
shock ana unless thrsshing u spsedsd
- some Of thsse arc likely % 10 SNOW.
~ unds9.
TAs state market commissjoner 70
ports . good demand f6f 0outh d,
kota grown potatoes coming iron the
southwest staess oenssslly, especially
ffom s6utAesn 1owe and eastern Kan.
- an NsAsAskA. bst not conansd "a
Dat tegFieoey aloss. 60 far = thu
department en- learn To situation,
tn state Win haye about s,Oo0,Ool
basAels. q 10000 car loads 70 send
ont thts nm above tAs local nssds a