The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-02
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souTN DAKOTA DRFgMeE couN-
Gil MAkGo NEW ORDER
GOVERNING ThG MATTER.
The state council Of deSense, at /
meeting held ct Huron. adopted N
order proAibttins The uss OF the Ger
man language IN telephone conssrva-
tjoa, except n emergency caseA Con-
versation II he 0erman language BY
tAres or more psrsons 10 also forbid
den IN public or so0l-oablic places.
Including streets, trains. dspots, ho-
tells and places of business. BE-
tween 80 and 80 requests from Ger
man church congragattons had been
received, asking permission to use the
language In religious services. Per
mits were refused, - It 10 believed
the greater number Of these congse-
cations are able = use English. How
ever, the matter vas placed n the
hands Of the executive committee.
Hon. Geo. w. Wright. Huron chair
man. with the understanding that In
. few sxtreuD cases permits might
b granted, when recommended BY
local authorities, and The county
council whore such congresatieA h 10
Gated. Undsr order No. 1. adopted
two months ago. Sunday school and
oonArmation closses are allowed to
b conducted IN the German language
until October 1. The council an
nounce that this time limit viii not
b extended. The use Of the German
In funeral services viii be permitted
- heretofore.
The rural credits board, while In
session in Pierre. approved loans for
about $se0.0O0 from the applications
on nlo for their section. The commits
sion has already loaned nearly $4,000
900 20 the farmers Of South Dakota
ct . low interest rate. And this means
70 farmers, ~ no loans will be made
except whore the party securing the
loan 10 actually engaged in farming
and improving the land. So far over
100 applications for state loans have
been made. these coming from prac-
tically avery county IN the state.
August 10 has been fixed - the
date BY the city commissioners for
the opening Of bids for the installa-
ton Of . and mp to date sewerage
system in Mobridgs.
The Jonah family Of sostA Dakota
10 that OF which the 1s-year-old Grant
boy. who hanged himself In : barn
near Belle Fourche . few days ago. 10
! member. The suicide II believed
70 have been the result OF . lovers
quarrel. Following the quarrel he en-
listed In the army. and apparently re
GREETED this hasty action when he
found his sweetheart Was willing to
kiss and make up. The Grant family
has had m extraordinary series Of
tragedies. About II years ago. while
! they lived on 4 ranch the father was
killed by lightning. Several years ago
. son was drowned In the Belle
Courche river and now the second son
10 Z suicide. There 10 q son still
alive.
Payment OF the nne and costs In
the sixth case brought by the state
against the Marshall Oil company
| closed the longest list Of actions over
brought BY the state food and drag
department against one ofendar. A
total OF $510.45 in nnss and court
costs has been paid by this company
In Aberdeen ~ the result Of actions
brought by Commissioner Frary and
Inspector Runbeck and Jones because
Of violations Of the state oil :nspeo-
ton law. The actions grew out Of
the sale and shipment By the Mar
shall OIL company Of : mixture Of
kerosene and sasoline. scld - kero-
Doao.
A. L. Haynes, assistant state farm
| club leader, has returned to Mitchell
from IN automobile tour Of South Da-
| kota, west Of tho Missouri river. upon
which he was accompanied By Mi
Agnes Morton, home demonstrator Of
STATE college u Brookings. For three
weeks the party conducted farm ana
domestic extensions meeting IN the
vest part Of the state and NJ. Haynes
returned 70 and that he has been pro
moted from the position Of emergency
district club leader to that Of assist
ant state leader. which 10 will ~
sumo safter The state fair.
n was supposed that Hugo Tomsha,
! Blpnt young man. had d~slibsretsay
-&n~ n A.