Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
NEWS OF THE STATE.
a RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PEN,Nos or The
WEEK.

WEEK.
The state insurance commissioner
has checked up the securities deposited
in the vaults Of his office the first Of
January, by the various insurance com.
panies operating in the state, and
finds . total Of $2.757.s47.53 in value.
Eighty agricultural extension work
ers have spent the week In Bookings,
In annual conference at the State col.
lege, Of whom 46 are county agents, 10
are boys and girls club workers, II
are specialists for state work, seven
are home demonstration workers, and
four represent the extension work Of
the federal department at Washington.
Fifty sully county boys have Joined
Registered hog" association. Each
boy will purchase well bred SOW at
an approximate cost of about SIS and
try to see what he can do in making .
success of raising such hogs. The
banks Of the county are backing the
boys in the move and will see that
none who desire to get into the game
fails to start for lack Of the necessary
cash.
Mitchell is to have an anti.rat cam
paign. which will be put on under
supervision Of the state pure food and
drug department. Deputies Harry
Loyald and Cox will have charge Of
the war Of determination. The cam
paign will open February 3 and last
until the evening Of February 8. It
will be preceded by an educational
campaign by means Of which It Is
hoped to reach every citizen in Mitch
ell. Thousands Of dollars worth Of
merchandise, Is destroyed each year In
the business section Of the city and
it is planned by the state authorities
to make Mitchell even more free from
rats than the Pied Piper left Hamelin
in Prussia.
A number Of clubs composed Of
farmer boys and girls have been or
ganized in different seetions of Sully
county and this year will engage In
hog raising competition. The clubs
were organized threngh the efforts Of
the county agricultural agent. Exhibits
Of the hogs raised by the members will
be made in the fall and prizes will be
awarded those who have had the great
est success In hog raising. Following
the stock judging and awarding Of
prizes there Will be an auction sale Of
the hogs raised by the members of the
clubs during the year. When prizes
are awarded the owners OF the three
filters showing the most points each
WIN be given q free trip to the state
fair-at Huron in the fan
The Two Capts. johnson, r. G: and T.
r., each recently retarned from France
with war medal aer gallantry in
action, had similar records in sports
at the University OF South Dakota
,CaER. Royal johnson, representative Of
South Dakota b congress, who re
'celved the distinguished service medal
after being wounded in action, was q
member Of tho 1gU5 baseball team
Capt. T. r. johnson received the croi1
he guerre and also wears q wound
stripe. He played on the famous 1912
Football eleven that defeated Mime
sota 10 to 0 and was assistant athletic
coach in 1917. Both were students In
the college az !law. These men are
believed to be among the first Sonth
Dakota soldiers ito receive military
/ decorations.
Financiers mf the Southern Black
Hills have mganized company and
will establish "a custom plant using
the Bland process Of metal separation
In this city. The company has secured
the old mica mill and electrical powel
plant, which NOW are being remodeled
The plant VIII ;be fully equipped with
additional mathinery. It is expected
THE plant. win be placed in operation
:about February /. Customers WIN be
received from various producers OF
minerals in the Custer district and
surrounding territory. Bland. the il.
ventor OF the separation process to be
used is a -nerhew of the late "Silver
Dick" Bland q Missouri. He has had
much experience with Black fills
mineral production. A series Of recent
tests have, 1T - said, demonstrated that
the process shows most gratifying re.
suits in the treatment of the complex
ores OF the southern Black Hills
district. 8
Railroad men report that never In
the history Of the South, Dakota lines
has there been such q large volume Of
grain and live stock shipments as at
present The movement. of grain and
I've stock to eastern markets has as.
sumed zach large proportions that
railroad officials have been puzzled as
to how to 20 about It to take care Of
the business with tho transportation
facilities at their disposal. In some
cases the railroads have been unable
to move the grain fast enough to keep
the elevators from being filled to over
flowing. and congestion Of grain has
occurred at several points. At Hudson,
for instance. Tor a period of three
weeks the elevators had apL aggregate
Of from so to 100 carloads Of grain on
hand awaiting cars. in which 1t could