Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-22
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

PENlNGs OF THE
WEEK..
Memorial day will bs more gener.
ally observed this year throughout
South Dakota than ever before. With
the approach of Memorial day. com.
mittees in the various cities and
towns of the state already are at work
making preliminary arrangements for
the day, so fitting tributes can be paid
to the memory Of the men who lost
their Aves in past wars and in the
world war. Veterans of the civil war
and subsequent wars call attention
to an act of the recent legislature
putting the lid" on amusements of
all kinds on Memorial day. from 6
o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock
In the evening.
1.-THE crop" Of young ducks should
be the largest In the state this fall
that it has ever been. The state 10
dotted with pools and sloughs on &C.
count Of the heavy rains in the
spring and practically every pool in
whatever section Of the state 1t is To-
Gated has its duck population. On
many of these ponds large flocks can
be seen feeding. while on others the
lone pair holds sway. but these birds
are reported to be nesting in the vi.
cinity OF the pools which they fire.
quent and with the number which are
making their summer home in South
Dakota, the hunting later in the sea.
son should be good along that line.
The state sheriff's department has
been putting in considerable time
looking into charges Of stock rustling
in the western part Of the state. The
department has made arrests in 100
different cases since January 1, and
made 1874 arrests of law violators
from July 1. 1918, to January 1, 1919.
"A lot of the time of the department
Is taken up with Investigations of
complains in all parts of the state.
The state fire marshals bulletin an.
nounces that the annual meeting of
fire chiefs for the state will be held
at Watertown on July 9, the purposes
of the meeting being exchanges of
ideas among the chiefs as to the best
methods of handling fires, and espe.
cialy the matter Of fire prevention in
the towns of the state.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed by the Huron Aerial Rapid Tran.
sit company, an incorporation with
a capital stock of 100000, which will
kota. The incorporators are George
w. Wright. John Longstaf, Charles
Ward, Merle Hagen and Elmer Sohn
| all Huron men. Ward, Hagen and
Sohn served as aviators in the war
holding the rank of lieutenants. The
Huron aerial transit line will be the
first Of its kind in the state IL not
in the northwest. The company will
operate one plane at the start, but
will increase the number of machines
as the business grows. A Curtisi
two-passenger biplane will be used
The ex-army officers of the compan,
will act as pilots. The plane will ar
rive in about three or four weeks, Il
is said. The company plans to es
tablish landing places at Aberdeen
Watertown, Sioux Falls. Mitchell ant
Pierre. The landing place in Huron
probably will be on the state fail
grounds.
M. o. Herbrandson. field agent il
South Dakota for the federal bureau
of crop estimates, has made a repor,
on the present status of the croI
situation in South Dakota. A sum
mary of the report shows the follow
ing: The farmers of South Dakots
now have prospect of 2,2S8.OOO bush
els of winter wheat, and 10000, OO(
bushels of winter rye. upon the as
sumption of average influences pre-
vailing from now until harvest. This
compares with 1,955,O00 bushels Of
winter wheat produced in 1916. ant
1O,255,O00 bushels of winter rye pro
duced in the same year. The ten
dency Is toward an increase of winter
rye, while winter wheat remains some
what constant in South Dakota. The
hay condition promises good yields Ii
South Dakota. Tame hay acreage Ii
somewhat increased from one yea1
ago, while wild hay, as would be ex
pected in South Dakota, shows 6
small decrease because Of the break
ing up Of virgin soil. The condition
Of hay in South Dakota is placed al
IS per cent, compared with SO pei
cent for 10-year average. South Da
kota's present stock Of hay remaining
on farms is about the same as the
amount remaining on farms in recent
years. being placed at IL per cent
! Flowing is estimated to be SO pei
cent completed in South Dakota and
planting IS per cent completed. Pas
lures are represented to be SO pei
cent Of normal in South Dakota, be
cause of the rather favorable wea
ther, and forage conditions which
have prevailed in the state. South
Dakota live stock losses are compare
tiyely small compared with the losso,