Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-24
STATE 10 FIGHT FLU
SOUTH DAKOTA PHxaiciANs
MUST REPORT AL CASES
OF GRIP.

MUST REPORT AL cAsEs
OF GRIP. .S
The state board OF health has taken
Up the question Of influenza contro,l,
and Supt. Jenkins, from his office al
Waubay, in which he requires all
legally qualified physicians Of the
state to- report to him daily by wire,
collect, all cases coming under their
care and also to notify him by wire
when public schools or public gather
lngs are prohibited. That all public
gatherings shall be prohibited wher-
sver this disease becomes epidemic.
One pei cent Of the population of any
locality showing effects Of the disease
Is considered sufficient to call ii epi-
dernic. Where any physician fails to
make the required reports to the state
department a revocation of his license
to practice stands as a penalty. 1t is
also suggested that when funerals OF
infusaza victims are held such should
DE IN the open air. Up to the 10th OF
October 1,340 cases had been official
~ reported, with Kingsbury county
showing 131; Yarkton, 1b5; Penning-
ton, Ill; Brown, 100. In fact, these
figures have been greatly Increased
since in some sections Of the state,
and probably decreased in other sec
lions. The state board and county
boards are watching the situation and
many localities over the state are pro-
hibiting public meetings OF all kinds,
religious, social and political.
An especially desirable bulletin for
fall use has Just been published BY
the State college extension division
on Vegetable Storage under the au-
thorship of r. p. Mccall, extension
horticulturist. This mist readale cir.
cular discusses in plain language the
need of farm storage, factors ~favoring
successful storage, and various meth.
DDS Of storage, including the outside
cellar, the gteraggeeheuse, h house
cellar and the storage pit. Several
excellent drawing illustrate each type,
The circular closes with a storage
table giving the temperatures and
other factors entering into the success
full storage Of various garden crops.
/ Farmers may c u the publication
free upon application to the Extension
Division, South Dakota State College
Brookings.
Every man working on, owning
renting or managing a farm should
make sure that he fills out the page
OF his draft questionable devoted t.
agricultural occupation. This puts
the matter of whether a man is neces
: sary up to the district draft board FOL
decision. IL any farm or business il
not necessary for the prosecution
Of the war, the men in it are moi
necessary and can be used by Tho
army and navy. If his particular en-
terprise is necessary, he should ant
will be left to carry it on. Make sure
that the facts, all facts, as to whethe!
the enterprise is necessary and tha'
the man is necessary to that enter
prise are put down and sworn to b,
the employer. Then leave the decision
to the government and abide by tn,
rulings. This will protect the farm
and army from unfair criticism.
Mrs. Anna Johnson suffered a heay.
loss when the barn on her farm nea,
Lake Madison was burned to tn,
ground. Two stacks of hay also wa
burned. That troubles do not com.
single is illustrated in the case of thii
family. Mrs. Johnson's son, Otto, il
in the army, greatly ha~ndieapping he
with the work on the farm, and no
long ago the wife Of Otto Johnson sus
tanned a broken arm in an auto acc
dent.
AS the result of a FIRE, which is be
lieved to have been started by mic
gnawing matches which had beel
dropped in the barn, John Harnisch.
farmer living fear Memo, suffered
heavy loss. His large granary, cor
tanning over 1000 bushels Of wheat
was burned, and he also lost two bug
gies, one hog and q corncrib. No on
on the farm had been smoking and n
fire had been near the building. TIL
loss was about $1,000, with insuranc
Of $3.50.
The farmers o Buffalo county, q
a meeting in Cam Valley fixed upol
IL cents as tho price to be paid TO
corn husking this fall. This i sigh