Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-21
Three buildings in Plankinton were
smeared with yellow paint.

Three buildings in Plankinton were
smeared with yellow paint.
Sioux Falls expects to vote soon on
the proposition of city manager.
A new Methodist church building
is nearing completion at Timber Lake
An anti-candy league has been or
ganized by the girls of state college.
A company of home guards has. been
organized at Faith with membership
Of 60.
The registration OF women under
the council of national defense has
been completed at Bridgewater. with
total of 400 names.
BY affirming the lower court Of
Stanley county, the supreme court
grants to John Hayes a now trial on
| his conviction of bank wrecking at
Fort Pierre. Tho case has been one
of interest to many residents of Stan
ley county who suffered losses through
the bank failure.
A. A. Rowen secured farm near
Parker thirty-five years ago by pay
/ ing $500 for the REIMBURSEMENT of the
original entry. The other day he sold
the farm for $4,000. after having lived
on 1t continuously during the thirty
five years During most years of that
period he raised good crops on the
land.
1t is arranged to have the state fair
at Huron open at 8 o'clock a. m. Sep.
TENDER 9Th and close at 4 o'clock p.
IN. September 14th, this year. This
will make six days instead Of five as
in the past Preparations are already
under way for an elaborate program
of elaborate features of an educational
nature.
Robert Bower, an automobile me-
chanic. suffered bruises and other PERI
sons in the building were badly shaken
up when the large acetylene tank at
the plant of the Chandler Automobile
company at Huron exploded. The ex.
plosion tore out the plate glass win
dows in the basement and first floor
of the building.
| EZId W. koHyucT anu ". ".
arrested at Huron by federal officers
for boarding -four in their homes,
waived preliminary examination be-
fore a United States commissioner and
were bound over to the April term Of
the federal district court for trial in
bonds of $1,000 each. Both men fur
nished bail and were released
The plan started by Miss Lynch, of
the Pierre high school, for populariz-
ing different kinds of war breads has
evidently made an impression. as it
was adopted just as planned in the
Pierre school by the state council Of
defense, and now has been taken up
by the council of defense Of Indiana
and made the official program for the
schools of that state as well as Of
South Dakota
The Sioux Falls Commercial club
is completing plans whereby all the
vacant lots will be utilized this. sea-
son for the raising Of vegetables and
other food supplies. The real estate
men will list all their vacant lots. and
they will be temporarily turned over
to city gardeners for the production
of fOodstuff supplies under the super
vision of the commercial club and
branches of the government food con-
servation forces and the boys and girls
clubs. The plan involves the blowing
of all the lots and then assigning them
to those who will utilize them for cul-
tivation.
After service of thirty-five years.
ranging from errand boy to division
trainmaster, Martin J. Flanagan train.
master of the H. and d. division of the
Milwaukee road, left Aberdeen for Du-
buque, Ia, where he will be superin-
tenedent of the Dubuque division of
the railroad. Mr.. Flanagan. lad Of
IL. started working for the Milwau-
kee at Perry, Ia. Ten years ago he
came to Aberdeen as chief train dis
patcher, and year later was made
trainmaster. F. M. Melin, superintend-
ent of the Hastings and Dakota divi.
sion, and number of other division
officials accompanied Mr. Flanagan as
far as Mitchell on his way to Dubu.
que. to wish him godspeed in his new
position. His successor as trainmas-
ter has not yet been announced
To receive an aggregate of $4,000,
or SIS per bushel, for 148 bushels of
seed corn was the experience of ].
M. Kramer, a Lake county farmer.
The 148 bushels was what was left
over of his 1916 crop of corn. AS corn
lin 1916 was worth So per bushel he
was on the point of marketing it, but
the elevators were not purchasing
corn at the time, SO he hauled it back
home and stored it. Recently, owing
to the numerous reports of a scarcity
OF good seed corn, he thought of the
148 bushels. Taking this old corn
and testing it, he found that it was
excellent seed. He advertised to sell
1t at auction on the street. This ad-
vertisement came to the attention of