Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-11-14
NEWS OF THE STATE
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There has never beon q time N
the past three years when Rapid City
faced such house famine a. II doas
at the present time. During the pest
three years there has not been q time
when there were over three modern
houses for rent. but during the past
six months there has not been q
single house for rent. In spite of the
exorbitant cost of building material
and labor, over 100 houses have been
built In the city during the past year.
and there 10 at present time need for
twice that many.
A stranger giving his name 10
James Smith died at . Scotland hotel
from influenza and pneumonia. He
had just arrived from Memo when
taken Ill. While dying he requested
that his partner. another transient
named E. d. Woodcock, bs summoned
from Memo. where the two had been
working on q farm. Neither Of them
had any money. and Smith. before
his death. stated that he had no rela-
tives. Because Of this the body of the
, unfortunate man was sent to the
medical department Of the state uni
versity at Vermillion. as IL authorized
by state law in the cases of tho
death Of persons who have no rela.
tives.
The traveller who has landed IN
Hot Springs at any time in the last
couple Of wesks might think from the
masked people he saw on the street
that holdup Of highwaymen was
under way. But 1t is only the "fu"
which Il being held up. The au.
thorities Of that town thought that
preparedness was better than fight.
ing afterward. and, Is soon a. the
disease. became epidemic In other
Black Hills towns. issued q general
order requiring all residents of the
city to wear "hu" masks when on
the street and to protect themselves
by the same method as much ~ poo.
sible at all times. The order has
been followed by all. old and young,
and Hot Springs claims to be the one
town in the state which has not been
troubled by the epidemic, and attri.
butes It to the general wearing OF
masks.
The department of agriculture's DC.
tober report has been forwarded to
the state immigration department,
! Comparing with the earlier months.
1t is observed that maturing Of the
corn and marketing the grain indi
Gates more definitely the immense
crop grown. and the new reports
credit the state with 139 per cent
crop production. z per cent better
than the estimate Of last month. The
new report places South Dakota II
per cent ahead Of the best state
which joins our border, and Is per
cent ahead Of the third best. while
the entire United States produced
only 96 per cent of . fun crop. South
Dakota, like every other agricultural
state, has not always enjoyed the
very best good fortune. but to pro-
duce the best crops ever known In
any state to be sold at the highest
price for half century IL . fortunate
condition.
G. X. Howard, ono Of the best
known of the early pioneer residents
Of Sioux City and South Dakota, died
here after an illness Of some weeks.
He was IS years Of age. In the late
Sos Mr.. Howard was stationed 1t
Fort Pierre. being attached to the
American Fur company. In 1853 he
located in Sioux City and engaged in
the drug business, being one Of tho
pioneer business men Of that city In
1865 he came to Sioux Falls and Was
a resident Of South Dakota che re.
maindsr Of his life. For many years
he conducted . large mercantile %.
tablishment here and later was for
some years engaged IN the cattle
raising business in western South
Dakota. During The early days he
was widely known for the aid extend.
cd unfortunate scttlers to tide them
over the hard places which many of
them encountered In the early do.
velopmsnt Of Dakota.
The state live stock commission In
it, campaign for the eradication Of
tuberculosis among the cattle Of tho
state Il Meeting hearty response
among cattle owners, and especially
among those Of pure bred herds.
Agreements for accredited herds have
besb signed by IS owners of pure.
bred cattle and about ESQ owners OF
dairy cattle. Herds from which tub.
erculosis has been eradicated through
the work Of the department are 40.
credited by both the state and fed.
eral departments. and from such
herds interstate shipments can be
made without testing at the time Of
shipment. Strict inspection of cattle
shipped into the state and certificates
on nle in the department show 49,.
90 head OF cattle shipped into the
state the last fiscal year, and all OF
these except range cattle from states
where tuberculosis 10 known not 70
exist. were required to pass the tub.
srculosis test. The state pays indsns-
nifty for cattle condemned on sccount