The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-02-15
COAL PROFIT LIMITED
DAKOTA FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
PUTS HALT TO PROF.
ITEERING.

Because OF reports to the effect that
some OF the coal dealers in the state
are receiving excessive margins in the
sale Of coal, w. G. Bickelhsupt, fed
eral fuel administrator for South Da.
kota, has issued an order limiting the
profit that can be taken by the retail
dealers and otherwise supplementing
the order OF October /, 1917. The
order limits the profits on anthracite
and Ignite to t1.75 per ton at the
yard. On soft coal the margin is
placed at 81 per ton. Where delivery
charges are made, the charge shall be
no greater than for similar service on
July l. 1917.
The 3-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Pfantz, Of Leola. was found dead
In a jar Of water. Mrs. Pfantz was
washing and had gone outside to hang
up some clothes. She left the 3-year-
old child and q brother a year older
In he house. The child, playing
around the ar, which was partly filed
with water, fell in and was helpless.
The brother, too young to realize the
danger that the child was in, did moth
ing to rescue him or call the mother.
1t was no until fifteen minutes later,
when the other children came home
from school. that the child was dis
covered dead.
The report Of Insurance Commits
sloner Van Camp recently submitted
to Governor Norbeck, shows that the
department for the fiscal year collect
ed in fees and taxes the sum Of $685.
644.5l, and that the cost of maintain
ing the insurance and fire marshal
departments was sci ,291.47, which dis
closes the fact that the department
for the year was operated at a profit
to the state of $177, 342. 95, which in
cludes $29,586.5S distributed among
the towns Of the state maintaining
organized fire departments.
). G. Parkin, a rancher homesteader
living near Provo, in the Edgemont
district, has just sold his alfalfa seed.
the product Of last season. and finds
>oP "ao q q D1OllldD JIG
one. From about seventy acres he
secured 476 bushels Of alfalfa seed,
which brought him a financial return
or nearly $50 an acre for the tract
devoted to the alfalfa. Farm land in
his district is worth only from $40 to
$25 an acre.
The state department has appealed
to the court for authority to pay a
Is per cent dividend to the depositors
OF the Dakota State bank Of Eagle
Butte, which failed before the guar
anty law went into effect. This is
the first payment to be made to the
depositors since the bank failed sew
eral years ago.
Grain men and farmers are getting
anxious about the stored corn in South
Dakota. 1t is claimed that unless the
grain is moved within the next month
that 1t will spoil, as its already soft
ened condition will not stand storage
In cribs when warm weather begins.
The state railway commission and the
food administrator have been appeal
ed to.
President E. G. Perisho, OF State
college at Brookings. has appointed a
wal information committee at the COL
lege which will collect and co-ordi-
nate all the information available for
state and college use in the interest
of greater food production and con-
servatton as q war measure.
Governor Norbeck has received An
urgent call from the general manager
Of the emergency feet corporation, In
which he asks for men to help in that
work. The county chairmen OF the
council Of defense have been supplied
with enrolment cards.
Reports from H. o. Herbrandson,
neld agent for the department Of agri-
culture for South Dakota. shows that
the number Of horses in the state has
increased during the past year. Cat.
tie also show a healthy increase in
number.
Commencement at the University
Of South Dakota will be held on May
I'D tulB year. LUIS ID carrier I0aQ ANY
previous commencement. The reason
IL to give the men students who wish
to do 80 . chance to work on the
farms.
Mrs. John Hausman, Of Pierre, IL
in . hospital. badly burned, az the
result Of pouring kerosene over her
self and applying a match. She had
shown signs OF mental trouble for
several days before committing the
act.
John Bossee. l. w. w, and recent
resident Of Selby, has been arrested,
charged with violation Of the espion-
age act. He il alleged to have said:
Wilson ought to have his brains
blown out and I would like to help
do It."
Miss Laura Brookman, OF vermil-
lion, has been chosen az editor OF the
volante. the student paper of the Uni
versity OF South Dakota. Miss Brook