The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-02
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

themselves confronted with d new
scheduled demands for considerably
increased wage submitted by painters.
plasterers, brick. masons, carpenters,
cement fnishers,, stone masons com
mon laborers and plumbers. The plas-
terers' demand is higher than that of
any Of the other unions. They ask for
an increase from STA cents per hour
to s1.12h.
Congressman Harry L. Candy has
announced officially that there would
be a conference at the office Of the
surgeon general in Washington with
ing a few days with an official of the
board OF managers of the national
home for disabled soldiers. The on
ference viii be concerned With the
use Of hospital space III Battle Noun
tain sanitarium al Hot Springs, 8. d.,
under the provisions OF tile general
hospital bill passed at the recent SEES
session OF congress.
There will be extensive good road
building iii KiEgsbury county during
the present year and III 1920. The
total money available for good road
construction for the county is $206,.
494 20, which can be expanded by June
30, 1920, The federal gov eminent,
which furnished a part of this fund,
has agreed to take over the work on
the main line road through the coun-
ty, running east and west. which
forms a link in the Black and Yellow
automobile trail. kingsbufy and
B~rookings county will build the meri-
dian road along the east line of the
county, and kingsbury county also
will build a road from the Miner Oun
ty line north through De Smet to the
Clark county line.
The sheep ~raisers of Ermunds coun-
ty held a meeting and organized what
will be known as the Edmunds County
Sheep Growers association. A. L.
Jones, Of Ipswich, was elected presi-
dent. The purpose Of the organization
is to stimulate better and greater
sheep production, to procure better
market conditions and establish co.
operation in the marketing of wool
The plan adopted for selling the WOO,
Of the members is that which is be-
ing worked Out by thhe state depart
ment of markets. All the wool OF the
members will be collected at one ship
ping oint, but each members wool
will be sacked and graded separately.
The association Will advertise that
their wool viii be sold on a certain
day and the buyers can then inspect
the Woo and bid for it..
Reports from the newly discovered
oil fields III the Edgemont territory
situated in the extreme southwestern
part Of South Dakota near the Wyoni.
ing line, are to tie effect that one q
the big companies operating in the
district has drought in" its second
we'll. As a result the oil excitement
in Edgem0nt has been materially in
creased and it has become the firm
belief Of the residents that an era oil
great prosperity has beer inaugurated
for the town and the districts. The
second we'll struck by one of the com
panies is 1,400 feet deep. the oil hav
ing been found rat that depth. This is
practically the same depth at which
oil was struck III the first well When
the bailer in the second we'll came up
with oil, operations temporarily wert
suspended and nO news has been civ.
en- out as to the probable producing
capacity of the well. 1t is known
however, that it is a pumping PROPOSE
tlon and not a flowing well. The
same company which struck oil in the
TWO wells is drilling at six other
points in the vacinity, and apparently
is making definite arrangements fol
and general development.
More than $3.50. 0o0, 900 is deposited
in the banks Of South Dakota at the
present time on the showing made by
the business Of state banks for the
call of March. he showing for the
state banks is a total of S170,355,132
which is an Increase of $40. 649, So
over the deposits at the time of the
call in November. The increase in
the state banks for the year from the
March call of 1918 to the March call
of 1919, is $35, 9S9,o37. This increase
Of the year is more than the tota
banking deposits Of the state. only q
few years ago. One Of the feature
or he arch report is that there wa
an increase over the November call
of $10,505. 701 in the time certificates
in the banks OF the state in the few
months, and at the same time the
checking deposits had increased So
1884. At the date Of the CORE
spending November call last year the
national banks OF the state were
carrying S84, S39,937, and his would
send the deposits, over $3.50, 900 900
without any increase in the nationa
banks, but assuming that the increase
was IN the same proportion as was
that Of the state bank deposits. the
total for March would have been over
S166, 100000. This would mean de.
posts Of about $210 for each man,
wOman and child in the state.