The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-13

.1o mInl&T6IlO0 commissioned 02o
issued q call to county agents to r.
port the number Of tenants wanted for
farms next year throughout South d.
kota. This IL considered m import
ant step. which will expedite crop
possibilities next year inasmuch ~
the matter OF renting farms . thus
be settled through the winter to the
better s~atisfAction OF both owners and
renters, In addition 10 getting earlier
settlement In the spring whore NOV.
Ing Of tenants u considered. The
immigration department will act 90
m information bureau along this line
this fall and winter. 70 n every way
help farmers to 1nd places to rent.
and to supply renters to owners who
wish to lease their lands. Owners
and renters are being urged to see
their county agent this fall along this
fall along this line. 90 that they may
all be benefited BY the cooperative
information.
Organization OF South Dakota rom
en- for the coming ri work drive for
funds Is well underway. This organ
ization Is made up OF district repre-.
sentatives who, In turn. have appoint
ed county representatives to cover the
work Of their separate counties. It
will be the work OF these women to
establish Y. w. C. A. rest tents or
booths at the county fairs. where gen.
eral information headquarters will be
located, and to arrange for Y. w. C.
A. speakers to address audiences
which gather in their communities.
Ben Brave, OF the lower Brule res
ervation, has been in Pierre making
arrangements for the meeting of the
Society Of American Indians, which il
to meet at Pierre September rs, 20
and ~. The hall Of the house OF rep
resentatives has been offered for the
use OF the organization, as has also
the auditorium, and the meetings like.
ly will be held in n Of these rooms.
Governor Norbeck will make the ad-
dress of welcome, and q musical pro-
gram has been arranged.
From reports received from DIFF.
ferent parts of the state. more thresh.
ing machines are operating in South
Dakota at the present time than aver
before. Sales of threshing outfits BY
the implement dealers of the state
have been greater than during any
former year. Many small threshers
also have been sold to individual farm.
ers and to groups OF farmers living in
the same locality, who are utilizing
them to thresh their own grain alone.
Wa has sent up the price OF labor
for fall blowing. G. H. Davis, head
Of the United States employment o.
fce at Huron, says that the wage this
fall will probably be about 50 an acre.
Heretofore $1.25 to 81 an acre was
considered a good wage. A shortage
OF labor brought OF by the calls for
men for wal service, Is one Of the
causes for the increase in pay, Mr..
Davis says. Farmers appear willing
to pay the new price.
An investigation into the death OF
John Bevard, q Belle Fourche electri.
clan, who raj electrocuted while al
work, shows he died instantly. Just
how the accident occurred is not
known, as there were no eye wit.
nesses. but 1t IL believed that while
standing on q box. he lost his balance,
and, to save himself. threw out his
hand, which touched the open switch,
sending a high voltage through him.
The Huron Commercial club has
sent a telegram to DR.. H. A. GARFIELD,
federal fuel administrator, asking that
steps be taken to speed up the ship.
ment Of anthracite coal into South
Dakota. Shipments OF this kind Of
coal into Huron have been very slow
and unless shipments are received
o rapidly than at present the city
may face an acute shortage. officials
believe.
The Farmers Elevator company,
which has been doing business al
Montrose since 1899, is one OF the
most successful companies OF its kind
in South Dakota. The company has
constantly paid dividends, the tota.
paid by 1t since the time Of its organ
ization now being over 1000 per cent
on each original share OF stock.
As the result Of Using his balance
and falling from the approach to .
bridge owe the Sioux river ct F1an
dreau, Raymond Allen. IN Indian boy
about eight years Of age, sustained
perhaps fatal injuries. When found
be was IN an unconscious condition
Il IL feared he sustained . fracture o.
the skull.
e. Francis Atwood, the social party
candidate for congress In the second
district, has asked the secretary Of
state not to put.his name on the bal
lot thin, fall. - he 10 not going to run
It appears from his document nled
that he does not intend to longer BE-
affiliated with the Socialist party.
The estimated true value OF rea!
estate n Hruon this year 10 statet
ct tS,643.l00 by +. A. Policy, or Chi
cago. commissioner Of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad, IN : state
ment Just issued. Huren's estimated