The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
TRIAL IS POSTPONED
FoRMER y. o. oGNAToA r. 2.
PETTioREW TOO IL 70 AP.
PEAR IN COURT.

Trial Of r. r. Pettigrew. former
States senator from South d.
kota. on an Indictment On three
alleging violation q the e.
act. WA ordered held IN abey.
lncs IN federal court ct Sioux Falls
b. Judge J. d. Elliott, after hearing
Of attorneys On : motion
Tor . continuance Of the caeA. The
decision was handed down sitter coun-
sei for the former senator presented
ldldavits from Chicago physicians de-
that Illness prevented his ap-
pearance. Under the decision the
case may be brought to trial whenever
physical condition permits
his arraignment. Former Senator
wal indicted ct Sioux Fails
BY . federal grand jury In Octo-
Der OF last year. - the result Of an
interview which he rave to a
local newspaper man, in which he de-
There 10 no excuse for the
war. We should back right out Of It,"
The supreme court reversed the low
or court Of Hutchinson county on IN
appeal from . ruling In Z demurrer IN
the case Of Jafes Roam ". HAtchinr
son county. This . . was n relation
to the expense Of ARE for the men
who wsre injured ct the time OF .
freight wreck near Trip IN June,
1916. A number OF mon wsrs riding
freight train, and when Il was
wrecked about twenty more or
less seriously injured. The injured
men were hurried to the hospital at
Yankton and " since that efforts
have been made to secure recovery
for care Of the men and money paid
out for their assistance. The railway
company has denied responsibility on
the grounds that the men were not
passengers. but trespassers beating
their way. The legislature provided an
appropriation at the regular session,
hut this was held to be unconstitu-
tional. In the present cas- the court
holds In effect that Hutchinson coun-
ty, the county In which the wreck &C.
Cured. Is not liable. This leaves the
matter where the physicians and the
hospital who cared for the men will
have to stand the expense themselves,
as there does not appear to be any
legal way to secure pay for the serv-
Ices rendered.
The fact that the late legislative ses-
sion Of this state enacted . compul-
sorry labor law has begun TO be spread
over the northwest. and even some
Of the actual laborers have evidently
been misinformed % to III scope. as
they fear that X they coms into the
state on other labor they may b draft
Cd for farm work. They need have
no fear on that score, but the man
who wants to drift into the state and
then refuse any kind Of labor 10 tho
one who will get all that Is coming
to him. It applies - well to the town
loafer." and several Of the towns Of
the state are already putting It into
effect for the benefit Of this class. The
man who really wants work need have
no fear Of the law. but the work
Stacker" had better steer clsar Of this
state this fall for the carrying on Of
his system Of labor
Fifteen thousand boys and girls are
wanted IN South Dakota to enlist In
the governments campaign Of food
production through garden and can
ming clubs. At least 5000. 900 are ex-
pected to DO enrolled in the United
States. The State college extension
division will place emergency state
workers to teach the boys and girls Of
the state by demonstrations and Les
sons how to can. dry and store III
foods grown in the garden or on the
farm. r. J. Scarbro. Of Brookings,
emergency state club leader. says
boys and girls perform . patriotic duty
raising their homo supply Of garden
goods, thereby releasing the fActory
output for army use.
The annual smut damags 70 oats
and harley II greater than that done
to wheat, say federal specialists now
at work In South Dakota. Farmsrs
have quite generally treated their
wheat with formaldehyde tor emut.
Il now remains for them to treat oats
and berIsy also. otherwiss It win =
impossible 70 eradicate the smut.
These grains should b given the sasne
A~isintecting with fofrnaldehyde, Only.
shout twice the mixture should ~
used to each bashel Of seed. Dlrec-
lions tor giving the formaldshyde
treatment are supplied By county
agents o. the asTonomy department. q
State college.
Miss Mary Conlon. ! popular yesag
woman Of Lead. Il expected soon to
~ doing Red Cross work behind the
BATHS lines II France. Some month";
aeo ~ enlisted Tor Red Cross work.
and has been 4 Camp Les. Va. who're
~ NJ = Charge Of one Of the a.
~Dart1aents.
For pablishing obscsne language q
his monthly maxas1ne. Chain LigAt-
ning. at Milbank, 4. y. Lockhatt must