The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-05-09
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

for the erection Of a new public school
will be submitted to the voter of Rec
Heights township. The present school
building vas erected in 1888, during
pioneer days. and has long since be-
come Inadequate for caring for the
increasing number of children OF
school age.
The town OF Letcher and the county
Of Sanborn have joined forces in an
effort to drain the lake north of thai
place. The lake has been a source OF
trouble for years to gardeners and
farmers. The lake is muddy and shall
low and of no commercial value.
Many attempts have been made to
drain it, but all have failed. Now.
acting under the direction Of the city
council and the county board, civil en-
gineers have begun a survey with the
object of draining the lake into the
James river. The lake, which covers
100 acres, has been growing steadily
Organization of a South Dakota
branch OF a bolshevist organization
that is seeking to aid in a movement
to promote anarchy is reported in
Washington and the postoffice depart
ment is Investigating reports that the
organization is seeking, through the
mails, to spread its doctrines. Spread
OF bolshevist propaganda and threat
ened seizure of industries are report
ed as the objects of the organization,
which is said to have branches in
many states. Nearly a million copies
Of 1.-The Anarchist Soviet Bulletin"
published by the organization, have
been issued, according to claims by
the society.
There is being mailed from the Of
flee of the state food commissioner at
Vermillion a letter to all merchants
OF the state explaining briefly the new
laws relative to weights and measures
and regulating the traffic in eggs.
These laws become effective July /
After that date all dealers in Eggs will
bs licensed by the food commission
or. and all scales, weights and meas
ures used in the state. with the excep-
ton OF scales having a capacity of a
ton or more, will be tested by inspec
tors Of the state food and drug de-
partment. The egg law will make it
necessary for merchants to candle
z g when bought.
At the beginning OF the next school
year in September. the University OF
South Dakota will have a high school.
The work in hat department will be
carried on under The department OF
education supervision. In taking this
step South Dakota is simply placing
itself beside many leading universities
and colleges Of the country. Accord.
ing to the rule passed by the regents
no student may attend the university
high school until he has exhausted
the educational facilities in his home
town or school district. The univer
sity expects to draw students from
the rural districts and from the towns
that have no high schools.
| The state highway commission has
granted the request of the board OF
commissioners Of Lawrence county for
financial assistance in the construc
sion of the Boulder Canyon highway
connecting Sturgis and DeadWood
which now is being built under con.
tract. The state highway commission
has granted the $40, 900 asked for in
aid Of the work. Much Of the new
highway will have to be constructed
through solid rock. making it the most
expensive road building to be done in
South Dakota this year SO far as the
distance, about eight miles. is con.
cerned. 1t is estimated that the cost
OF the entire highway from the Meade
county line to Deadwood will be $50,
600. When completed, the highway
will be one of the most picturesque
in the state or northwest.
South Dakota's women may lose the
recently won right to vote, il a case
which has been started in Hutchin son
county is won by the plaintiffs. The
case is an custer suit against Sherin
Schmidt and is based on the charge
that he is a foreigner, who has not
zenship papers. Joe Kirby, Of Sioux
Falls, counsel for Schmidt. asserts
that the amendment under which the
suit has been brought was not legally
passed at the fall election of 1918. He
says it was not advertised sufficiently
before being submitted to the voters
This Is amendment e, which confer
red the right of franchise upon the
women of the state. It also carried
a provision that no foreign born per
son could hold any elective office in
the state until they had taken out
their full citizenship papers. It is
asserted that X Schmidt wins his case
all the amendments passed last fall
will be unconstitutional. If so. the
state will be prevented from engaging
in any Of the development enterprises
provided by many Of these amend
ments.
A little over Z year ago Richard
Blue and his son each purchased q
half section farm In the Iroouois ter
ritory. Last season they harvested
crops from the land which brough: