The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-15
WHEAT PRICES

FARMERS OR oTHERs WILL Dc
PERMITTED 70 TAKE 4
REAccNAeLE PROFIT.
For some time . wcishty question
h South Dakota has been q to what
profit farmers or dealers were permit
ted to make On seed wheat urder the
!: ~.esulstioas. !. q. elmtN
s66. 81 flsFl5. whiHsss u sloux Falls.
stated that after taking Up the mat
ter with the federal officials he was
informed that with the price Of wheat
fixed by the government ct 81 per
bushel, the farmer or other dealer in
seed wheat may add to the local
market price Of wheat Is per cent
where 1t is sold in his home market.
II the wheat is shipped IN by them,
they are permitted to take . reason.
able net profit, not to exceed 5 cents
. bushel. These prices. 1t was Of
ficially announced by Mr.. Simonson.
are fixed by the national food commits
sion and are based on No. I wheat.
To utilize jitney trucks for bringing
coal down the Missouri river is the
plan OF w. e. Lyman. OF Gettysburg.
That 10, the trucks will help get
barges up stream but the current will
bring them down. His plan being to
construct several coal barges at up
river points where the coal can be
cheaply secured. and float the supply
down the Missouri. The power to
drive the barges back up the river
will be supplied from the trucks which
he has been using for freighting pur-
poses. There is q plentiful supply
Of Ignite coal further up the river, and
II it could be laid down at points with
q freight rate which would make the
price reasonable a large amount OF 1t
would be used. But up to the present
the freight rate has been % high that
there could be no practical market for
the Ignite coal.
What close attention to farming will
accomplish is shown by the record
made by 8. O. Bison. q farmer living
some miles from Garretson. He start.
ed farming II years ago without any
capital to speak Of. He gave his farm
ing operations close attention and has
been very successful. raising good
crops most years because Of the VS.
tematic manner in which he cultivated
his fields OF growing grain and other
products. He now has n Of the best
farm dwellings in eastern South Da-
kota. Up to last year he was the
owner Of a fire farm OF $40 acres.
Last year he purchased IN additional
240 acres, giving him q farm Of $50
acres, all Of which Is highly improved.
Federal officers are investigating an
alleged attempt Of Harry Zetman, .
conscientious objector" Of Wessing-
ton Springs. who is serving . seven
months sentence In the county jail
ct Sioux Falls for failure to register
for the ~selectivs draft. TO evad6 mill
tary service By removing several gold
crowns and ether deatal work from
his mouth. Zetman has been ordered
to report to the district board for phys
ical examination and It II claimed he
mutilated his teeth In the belief that
he would be exempted. The gold was
discovered BY the sheriff when Zet-
man attempted to mail It to . Milwau.
kee irm that purchases dental work.
The school board Of Pierre has fol-
lowed the suggestion Of the state
meeting ct Sioux Falls. and will ell
inmate German from the school
course Of study for next year. It will
be continued through this year, ~ the
state educational department holds
that II It II eliminated now. tho pupils
who have been taking this study for
the past two years will NOT be allowed
any credits for any Of tho time put
q. and win lose tho work Of both
pears. which would mean that . mum.
1sr q studsats who expect 70 graAu.
ats would not b able to 70 do.
G. H. BittiAgs. . homesteader and
seockman living near Belvidere, who
Tocontly ~ arrested By fodoral
agents anA bound evsr to the next fed
srAl grand jury nnds1 . bond Or g..
80 on the charge Of threatening the
Mee q President Wilson. u remember.
"a q Phillip - The man who held one
end of the famous "nngtailsd cow
casA. which made it, way through al
the courts % Stanley county about 10
years aeo. dsyslopins ~ Il progressed
into = wealth Of hunor ana IN &c
cunulatioa q costs which made It
notable.
nesidents Of The towns IN the north.
western part o. the state are taking
groat interest IN : meeting Of those
Interested n the promotion Of the Yel.
Iowstone Trail association. which 10
- - hsld q Minneapolis.
John Mclfulan. ! sturgis boy. Who
now hAs besn definitely reported g
one Of the rescued from, the illfated
Tsscania. enlisted 1t Lead ON Dsceu-
beF I. 1911.
The new e9S.o 900 consolidated school
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