Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-21
COAL PROF In ITEDI|

nAkoTA !. tMlssIgAToR
PUTS halt 10 PROF
TEERiNo.
because OF reports to the eTectSth
some OF the coal dealers In the state
are receiving excessiveg margins IN the
sale ot coal. w. @. BicNelfaupt. "a
eral fuel administrator fNr South Da-
kota, has issued an ordersNimiting the
profit that a be taken bS the retail
dealers and otherwise snpkNementing
the order Of October !, 1Sy7. The
order limits the profits on anthracite
and Ignite to $1.75 per ton Sat the
yard. On soft coal the marvin is
placed at 81 per tom. Where delivery
charges are made, the charge shalys be.
no greater than for similar service IN
July ]. 1917.
The 3-year-old son of MI. and Mrs.
Oscar Pfantz. OF Leola. wasfoundg dead
in q jar Of water. Mrs. Pfantz was
washing and had gone outside to hang
up some clothes. She left the S-year-
old child and . brother a year older
In the house. The child. playing
around the al. which was partly filled
with water, fell In and was helpless.
b brother, too young to realize the
danger that the child was In, did moth
ing to rescue him or call the mother.
It was not until fifteen minutes later,
when the other children came home
from school, that the child was dis
covered dead.
The report OF Insurance Commits
sioner Van Camp recently submitted
to Governor Norbeck, shows that the
department for the fiscal year collect
ed In fees and taxes the sum OF $198..
644.51, and that the cost Of maintain
ing the insurance and fire marshal
departments was S~21.291.47. which dis.
closes the fact that the department
for the year was operated at q profit
to the state of $177, 342.95 which In
cludes ss29,586.5S distributed among
the towns Of the state maintaining
organized fire departments.
]. &c. Parkin, q rancher homesteade1
living near Provo. In the Edgemont
district, has just sold his alfalfa seed
the product OF last season, and hnds
that the crop was a very profitable
one. From about seventy acres bic
secured 46 bushels OF alfalfa seed
which brought him a financial return
Of nearly $50 an acre for the trac1
devoted to the alfalfa. Farm land Ii
his district is worth only from $40 X
SIS an acre.
The state department has appealed
to the court for authority to pay /
i Is per cent dividend to the depositor,
of the Dakota State bank OF Eagl.
!. Butte, which failed before the guar
anty law went into effect. This il
the first payment to be made to TIL
depositors since the bank tailed cav
|, eral years ago.
Grain men and farmers are gettfnl
anxious about the stored corn in Soutl
] Dakota. 1t is claimed that unless Til,
} grain is moved within the next montl
that 1t will spoil, as its already soft
ened condition will not stand storag,
in cribs when arm weather begine
] The state railway commission and til,
food administrator have been appeal
ed to.
7 President p. G. Perisho. OF Stat,
college at Bookings, has appointed /
war information committee at the col
iege which will collect and co-ordi
nate all the information available To-
VI nk~k All nn1fn1a rsonE4vr thn i,nfA~ns,
Of greater food production and ceu
ssrvation al q war Measure.
!. Governor Norbeck has received q
urgent call from the general managei
Of the emergency feet corporation. Ii
which he asks for mon to help In tina
work. The county chairmen Of II,
council OF defense have been supplies
with enrolment cards.
Reports from n. o. H~erbrandson
field agent for the department Of agri
Z culture for South Dakota, shows tina
the number Of horses In the state H.
. increased during the past year. Cat
tie also show q healthy increase 4
number.
Commencement at the Universit,
! Of South Dakota will be held on Nh,
{ I3 this year. This Ill earlier than an,
previous commencement. The reason
Isl to give the men students who Wisi
to do SO d chance to work on ths
farms.
Mrs. John H%ausrnan, OF Pierre, II
!, IA q hospital, badly burned, as ths
result Of pouring kerosene over her
self and applying a match. She has
shown signs Of mental trouble 70,
several days before committing Thu
act.
John Bossee, 4. w w, and recon
resident 81 Selby, has been arrested
charged with violation of the espion
age act. He is alleged to have said:
Wilson ought To have his brains
blown out and ! would like to he'll
AZ IT.