The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-11
GRAIN GRADING PROBE
FOOD ADMINISTRATION PROM
isES FARMERS iMMEDl-
ATE RELIEF.

Complaint having been made to the
state market commission hat unfair
grading was being used at several
places in the state, an investigation
was made at the stations of Platte,
Armour, belmont and Corsica. where
1t is reported the grading was done
without first cleaning the wheat, which
would place the product brought in by
the farmer at a lower grade than that
to which it was entitled and lower the
price. This matter vas taken up with
the federal authorities and the state
market commission has received a
communication from Frank l.. Carey,
vice president of the national food ad-
ministratiOn at Minneapolis, in which
he asks that any such grading discov-
cred be reported to the federal depart
ment and action would Immediately
be taken through that department.
One of the most disastrous farm
fires for some time in South Dakota
is reported from the farm OF G.. Fret
~burghaus, near Ramona. Seventeen
stacks OF barley and bats in the barn.
yard were entirely consumed, and it
was with difficulty the barn was saved.
The fire started from a thresher en-
CINE, threshing being in progress on
the farm at the time. In less than
a minute after the fire was discovered
it had spread to all parts OF a straw
pile, and from there to the stacks.
The separator caught fire and was
practically destroyed before it could
be hauled to a place of safety. Fire
men from both Ramona and Madison
we're rushed to the scene, and by hard
work held the fire to the grain stacks.
The loss Is estimated at about 1000
in all, with insurance to only partly
owe the loss.
F. S. Peck, state highway engineer,
has received a telegram from the fed
eral highway department stating that
the federal priorities commission has
granted permits for material to com
plete any highway construction work
which can be completed before the 1st
OF November. For any work which
cannot be completed in October it will
be necessary to secure permission
through the different state highway
commissions and the federal commits
sion to continue the work, and the con.
tractor who has work under way
which will carry him longer than DC.
tober needs to get in his application
to the state commission at an early
date to be certain Of his materials.
The war department has detailed
min commissioned officers of the regu-
lar army to the University of South
Dakota to handle the military work in
connection with the students army
training corps. They are: Captain J.
l.. Beer, commanding officer; Captain
ID. G. Barnhill, Of the dental CORPS:
First Lieutenant f. z. Townsend, CT
the medical corps; First Lieutenant
M. B. Robinson, of infantry; Second
Lieutenant w. F. McMurry, r. II. God
dell. c. G.. Mulgrew, E. ]. Goen and
c. B. Allen, all Of the infantry.
German is a dead language at the
University Of South Dakota. It has
been executed twice. There will be |
no classes in German for members
OF the student army training corps
Earlier announcements for the student
army training corps schedule included
German among the modern languages
to be taught, although the board of
regents voted last February to elimi.
nate it from the university curriculum.
A heavy enrolment in the French de-.
partment is expected and classes in
French have been scheduled for every
period every day.
In order to meet the Spanish infiu.
enza epidemic which has travelled as
far west as Sioux Falls, the American
Red Cross has asked Miss Blanche
Townsend to perfect plans to meet any
emergency. Miss Townsend appeals
to all nurses who are married to en-.
roll for home defense work. The pub
lie health department and the various
nurse associations and societies are
asked to help in the work.
The farmers Of Charles Mix count
hd'C hdHiCu ~ CentS q DuSleI as the
price for husking corn this fall. The
crop In Charles Mix county is unusu-
ally good this year and a large num-
Der OF men will be needed to helm
harvest the crop. Any men coming
into the county wanting To help save
the corn should report to County Agent
Johnson at Lake Andes. He will see
that they get jobs.
The local depots of the Watertown
and Sioux Falls and the Milwaukee
railways in Wentworth it now is as.
sured, will be moved from their pres
ent locations to the crossing of the
two railroads and merged into a union
depot. Officials Of the companies were
in Wentworth and decided upon this
important move, which will be of great
convenience to the travelling public.
Elaborate ceremonies marked the
unwilling OF a monster service flag
which has been swung across the chief
business street of Madison. 1t con.
tains 71S blue stars and nine gold
ones, representing young man fror,