The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-22

ton against any individual, firm or cor.
poration found to be engaging in prof.
iteering in foodstuffs. The investiga-
ton will include farm implements and
fuel. Agents of the local bureau at
once began the work of ferreting III
such offenders, and on request will GO
to any part OF South Dakota to investi.
gate alleged cases of p~roiteering. The
investigation will be thorough and will
cover every community in the state
Those found profiteering by charging
exorbitant prices for food supplies.
fuel and farm implements Immediately
will be arrested and their cases re.
ferred to the next federal grand jury.
While the small grain crop Of most
OF western South Dakota was badly
affected by drouth during July and the
early part Of August, rains materially
have aided sugar beets, corn and pota-
toes in the territory surrounding the
grown on irrigated land and have been
cultivated carefully, with the result
that the crop will be large. AS the
profit from sugar beets is large, some
Of the losses on small grain will be
made up by the good crop Of sugar
beets.
The state hail department shows
adjustments Of losses in ffty-three
counties Of the state to August 3, the
total being $3.50, 1865 The largest
amount to any one county is sxxe-
haha, with SIS, 026. IS, and Lake is next
with nearly SIT 1000. This has been a
favorable year for the first under the
new state law, as the losses have not,
at least so far, been nearly so high as
in past years, and the fund has been
able to provide a surplus for excess
losses in other years.
Plans are practically completed for
the teachers institute, which will be
held in Mitchell August 1928. The in
stitute will be principally for the
teachers Of ten surrounding counties,
but there viii be no charge for the in
struction, and it is believed that many
teachers from other counties in the
state will attend. Preparations are be-
ing made to care for at least 900 teach
ers.
Upward of 10000 persons are ex-
| pected to attend at a big state gather
ing which is to be held Monday, Au-
| gust IS, at Ruskin park, commonly
known as the state playground, situat-
ed along the Jim river In Sanborn
| county. The feature Of the day will be
! the presence Of hundreds Of returned
| service men, who will be the guests o.
| the park management on that day.
The question of the potato supply
| of the state for this year is being in
| vestigated by the state market depart
| ment, to find out whether there will
be a surplus or shortage Of the home
| supply for the year. 1t is generally
believed that a shortage will be shown
| not only in South Dakota, but all over
| the northwest. The crop apparently
is not coming up to the indications
from the vines.
The city commissioners of Sioux
Falls have issued a call for a special
| election on September 9 to submit to
| the voters the propositions of issuing
bonds in the aggregate sum OF $525,
600. Thirty-fve thousand dollars Is
for the extension and improvement "
| the municipal w~aterworks system and
the remaining $4,000 for the extern
| sion Of the sewage system.
Twenty-four counties in South Da-
| kota that we're organized on a war
emergency basis for county agent
work have organized permanent farm
bureaus operating under the state AZ
| ricultural extension law, according to
/. B. Johnson, state leader OF county
| agents. The total number of perma-
| nent counties is 10Y th%irty-nine.
Representatives Of several Minneso-
ia milling companies have been out In
| the state looking up the outlook for
| procuring a supply Of milling wheat.
| They report that they find the Mis-
| souri, valley section and west, as far
| as the crop conditions are concerned.
| good, and containing the best quality
of milling wheat they a find.
After considerable discussion of the
powers OF that body In the matter, the
Aberdeen city commission referred a
| petition from the union organization of
| the city, asking It to purchase a car
load Of the surplus army food from the
war department and sell it to con
sumers at cost, to the mayor with pow
er to act.
Indignation is widespread in the vi
cinity Of Platte over the action OF a
| stock raiser, near Bijou Hills, who, it
is alleged, drove a herd Of cattle. in
fected with anthrax, through a strip
Of country twenty-five miles long,
| spreading the disease among some Of
the choicest herds in that part OF the
state.
State college is making a number Of
changes and improvements in courses
and equipment for the coming school
year which gives more than the usual
number Of inducements to students
who wish to prepare themselves along
vocational and technical lines.
Sioux Falls has become a book