Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-08-28
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
o PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK..


ton in the matter Of glaring head
lights on automobiles on the country
roads and has issued an order to all
peace officers of the state to enforce
tho law.
Indians on the Cheyenne reservation
are opposed to the government restor-
ing lands to homestead entry on their
reservation and are sending a petition
to the interior department asking that
the sales provisions of the remaining
lands on their reservation be allowed
TO stand. A meeting OF the reservation
council has been called to discuss; This
and other matters OF interest to The
indian residents of that section.
The South Dakota Dairyman's and
Buttermalsers' association is offering
prizes to the members OF the team
which will represent South Dakota at
the students national contest in judg.
ing dairy products and cattle at Chi.
cago October Z, in addition to those OF.
fered by the National Dairy associa-
ton. To the men of the South Da.
kota team scoring highest in Judging
dairy products at the national, cash
prizes Of $40 and $40 will be awarded
for first and second places, respective
ly The same amounts will be award
ed to the two highest scoring members
of the team in Judging dairy cattle.
Henry Brown, Sioux Falls boy, who
served in France as sergeant OF the
first class in Third company, Sec
ond Air service Mechanics regiment,
was not only witness. an actual al.
though unwilling participant in the
deliberate destruction in France this
spring of many thousands It dollars
worth Of American government prop
erty, acting under orders which he was
obliged to obey. While not flyer, he
was stationed at the largest aviation
field in the word, Issoudun, about no
miles from Paris, and, according to his
story, personally helped to demolish
over 1000 automobiles, dozens of air-
OF which he asserts, appeared to be in
workable condition.
At meeting Of the county commits
sioners Of Union county. the county
highway system as set forth by res
olution on July IL, was adopted. The
hearing was for the purpose of listen.
ing to any objections, but none were
filed. At an informal mass meeting 1t
was decided to circulate petitions in
the different townships of the county,
asking the county commissioners to
call special election for the issuing
of bonds to the amount of 100000
for the improving, graveling, and hard
surfacing of the county highway sys-
tenn. These bonds would bear per
cent interest and would run for twenty
years with an option of paying them in
ten years. Work will begin immedi.
ately on these petitions so the com.
missioners can designate date for q
special election at their September
meeting. A large crowd from all parts
Of the county attended.
That South Dakota will have a corn
crop of 100000 bushels more than
was estimated in July is the prediction
OF Fl. O. Herbrandson, field agent in
South Dakota of the bureau of crop
estimates, United States department
of agriculture. in his official August
report, which has just been issued.
The July estimate was 100000 bush.
els. In reference to the corn situa-
ton the report says: with a pros.
pect of little more than 100000
bushels Of corn, computed from August
condition and par value, South Da.
kota shows a prospect little below
the banner crop Of 1918. This is hg.
uring the crop at approximately 293s
bushels per acre and is about 5000, 900
bushels more than the prospect of last
month. The very high temperatures,
together with the ample precipitation
il. the eastern two.thirds of the state,
materially have improved the prospect
and with these conditions continuing
the actual returns may be considerably
greater and more than equal the 1913
Anal figure of 108,0O0,00O bushels.
There are two factors that have been
somewhat important in holding the
corn crop in this state down. First,
the surplus water in the eastern bor-
der Of counties prevented cultivation
at the time when that work was most
necessary for tho welfare of the crop,
resulting in this crop being largely un-
cultivated and oftentimes very weedy.
The Other large factor is that the west
ern portion Of the state has been ser
ously hit by drouth: that is, tina. por-
ticn which lies west Of the 1O1st ma
ridian." CT this years wheat crop in
South Dakota, Field Agent Herbrand.
son has this to say: with condition
which much resembles that OF the sea-
son Of 1915, South Dakota has once
more undergone q great reduction in
it's spring wheat prospect from what
had been earlier anticipated With the
prospective yield placed at SIS bushels
per acre and no actual threshing re-
turns to be guided by, the states pro.
duc!ion would amount to about $780,
900 bushels. This still exceeds the
1916 production, which was placed at
about 100000 bushels