The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-10-16
EDUCATORS WILL MEET
NOTED MEN FROM ALL PARTS
OF COUNTRY TO SOUTH
DAKOTA


education and country life. which IL
to be held in Sioux Falls commenc-
ing October IL and ending October Is.
Preparations for the conference nov
are well under way. 1t Is estimated
that the conference will attract from
$500 to 1000 people. coming from all
parts Of the United States, as it will
of education through the South Da-
kota department of public instruction.
and is to precede the first statewide
drive for better school facilities In
rural sections that the country will
see. Other states will watch with
keen interest the result of this con-
ference and drive, as upon them will
depend the extension OF the work
through the United States and the
progress Of the movement for improv-
Ing the educational opportunities OF
the country boy and girl to a stand
ard moro nearly equal those provided
the boys and girls In the cities. The
conference will be in direct charge
Of DR.. j. l.. McBrien, director Of rural
school extension for the government,
who will come here from Washington
for the purpose. Several governors
are scheduled to make addresses dur
ing the conference.
The "oil boom" in the northwestern
part Of the state apparently Is yet a
going proposition. without any definite
sign as to what there really Is in 1t.
But II is good so far for the organiza-
ton OF a number Of companies which
will be Offering stock to investors,
with alluring pamphlets, II the COM
panies can get past the state securi-
ties commission. So far nome of them
have got over the barrier and pro-
cured any permission to sell stock
In this state, but that In no way ham
pers them In offering what they have
to sell in other states. There may
be oil in that section, but 1t has never
been proved, and the rush to lease
the whole country is much like that
which went on in this part OF the
state shortly after natural gas was
discovered In the artesian flow, and
thousands Of acres were leased by
would be promoters. No actual devel-
opment work was ever attempted by
any OF them, however.
The average herd of twenty grade
cows In South Dakota made $40
more profit last year by the use OF
pure bred sires than where grade or
scrub sires were used, according to
. survey OF fourteen representative
counties by the various farm bureaus.
The 946 breeding herds of cattle In
the average of the fourteen counties
would return an increased profit Of
1892. 100 by using all purchased sires.
The survey shows that IS per CEN of
all the sires are grades or scrubs.
Purebred sires In all counties would
therefore give the live stock men
321 ,626, 500 more profit than they %
get.
South Dakota potato growers are
urged to be on the lookout for pota-
to wart disease at digging time this
fall, and to send suspected samples
to the state college agronomy depart
ment for examination and report. Ac-
cording to Manley Champlin. associ-
ate %agronomist, potato wart disease
has already made its appearance in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
through the use of European potatoes
for seed.
Now that the potato harvest is on,
the state market department Is re-
ceiving inquiries from the potato
growers of the state who have a sur
plus, asking for a market. IL any
dealer in the state desires to purchase
potatoes, a communication to the
state market department will put
them in touch with the potato grow
ers who have potatoes for sale.
The new six-story hotel building to
be erected by the Huron lodge of Elks
is to cost s46O, 900, it is announced
by Elks following a meeting OF the
building committee. Bonds In the
sum of not less than 800, 900, to draw
6 per cent interest, will be sold for
the construction OF the building.
The Stanley county farm bureau
poisoned $4,000 acres OF prairie dogs
in one month this summer. A squad
OF six men, a cook and a federal ro-
dent control agent had the job in
charge in cooperation with the United
States Biological survey.
Dissolution Of the Huetterische
Bruder Gemeinde, Russian ~colonists,
vas ordered by Judge Alva E. Taylor,
Of the circuit court. The ~colonists
were ordered to cease action as q
business corporation.
Work is to start in Huron within
q few days on a three-story fireproof
home Of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
The building is to cost approximately
500, 900.
The Deadwood Christian Schemes
society has decided to build q new
church edifice in the near future.
Ground already has been purchased.
Indications at the end of the Sec
ond day of registration at the Uni
versity of South Dakota were that the
attendance for the year would be at
least rs per cent larger than last