Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-22

residents.
The Knights OF Columbus OF Mitch
ell announce that they will begin the
building OF $4,000 lodge building
there within few weeks.
Per capita subscriptions OF $lO5.07
are reported from 1885 employees OF
the Dakota division OF the Chicago
and Northwestern railway. who con.
Quoted Victory loan campaign to sell
bonds Of the fifth issue. The 1885
employees bought $1s7, 900 worth OF
bonds.
Lake county farmers have formed
an improvement association and map
ped out definite line of work for the
coming year. Especial attention is
being paid this year to live stock i'm.
provement. crop improvement and i'm.
provement in the boys and girls
clubs. Special club leaders have been
appointed so that equal attention may
be paid to all three of the projects.
In keeping with the advance of
other prices, there also has been .
stif advance in the price for pastur-
ing cows in the Memo territory. Dur
Ing former years when things were
normal. $40 was charged for the sea-
son for pasturing a cow Now own
ers OF cows are Offering $25 for tho
season. and have difficulty In finding
men or boys who are willing to drive
the COWS to and from pasture each
day for even this price.
Arrangements have been made for
extensive good road work In Lincoln
county, the south boundary Of which
Is situated near Beresford. A high.
way already has been ordered con.
| structed from Canton west to Worth
ing. and petition has been presented
to procure gravel highway from
Beresford northward to join the Can
ton-Worthing highway. Union and
Lincoln counties will procure several
OF the army trucks assigned to South
Dakota for the hauling of good roads
material.
Several sections in the northern
part OF the state are trying out the
raising OF hemp as commercial crop
this year. The International fIar-
vester company has offered induce.
ments to several sections to try it as
a crop to make certain as to whether
1T can be successfully grown in South
Dakota, with guaranty to take the
crop II 1t proves success. Under
this plan number Of farmers in the
northeastern part OF the state are
trying out a small acreage for this
year.
The state legal department, under
an inquiry from the state pure food
department.. holds that under the pure
food amendment made at the last ses.
sion of the legislature that the guar.
antee OF the wholesaler or jobber as
to misbranding or adulteration, does
net protect the dealer in case of seiz-
ure and conflscation for mlsbranding
or adulteration. Under the old law.
the guaranty Of the wholesaler or Job.
her was sufficient 30 far as the re.
taller was concerned, but evidently
this has been eliminated.
The federal employment service re.
ceived its first movement from the
returning soldiers Of South Dakota,
when $50 cards we're received asking
to be located for employment. all be
ing dated on ship at French port of
embarkation. These come through
Cen. Arthur Woods. who has charge
OF that service SO far as the soldiers
are concerned, and while the federal
service has been locating all return
ing soldiers to date with little effort,
the larger number returning at the
present will require little more eff.
fort than did those wk1 have been
coming few at time, instead of in
one large body as they now are COM
ing.
In keeping with the movement that
is we'll under way in the gold produc-
ing states Of the union. South Dakota
has entered the campaign to preserve
the gold mining industry. which was
sorely stricken by war time condi.
tions and which now is struggling in
many parts of the west to save itself
from complete collapse. While the
Black Hills district, because OF the
more stable character Of its gold
l
have districts in other western states
there still is ample casue for com.
plant against the conditions which
have been steadily narrowing the mar.
gin Of profit. The present movement
has as one of its objects an appeal to
the congressional representatives of
all gold producing states to procure
an adjustment upward Of the gold
standard. The movement was inau.
gurated by Chester T. Keenan,, min.
ing geologist and engineer of the
Occur d'Alene district of Idaho, in
which state practically the entire
population has Joined in the move.
ment. The movement in the Black
Hills is being advanced by the min.
ing committee of the Deadwood bust.
ness club. 1t is asserted that gold
under modern conditions cannot be
produced in sufficient quantities at
the old standard of $20.67. establish.
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