The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-08-28

United States Attorney Fiske, on
instructions from Attorney General
Palmer, has directed the local bureau
OF Investigation to make an immediate
investigation OF the food pricS situa'
ton in South Dakota and to a 40
tion 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 out
such offenders, and on request will go
to any part OF South Dakota to inyesti.
gate alleged cases OF proffteering. 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 imm sA!Ately
will be arrested and their cass5 re-
ferred to the nex federal grAAA jury.
While the small grain cror - most
Of western South Dakota WEB bhdly
| affected by drouth daring July srd the
| early part of August, rains materially
have aided sugar beets, corn and posa-
| toes in the territory surrounding tbs
Black Hills. The sugar sscts are
| grown on irrigated land and - We 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 E~fty-three
| counties Of the state to August 5, sas
| total being S169, 596.59 The hsusst
amount to any one county is Ats.o-
haha, with SIS, 026. SIS. and Lake Is nezt
with nearly ST., 900. This has been q
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 will 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 600 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
N ed along the Jim river in Sanborr
county. The feature of the day will b,
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 suppl.
i of the state for this year is being in
v~estigated by the state market depart
ment, to find out whether there viii
Z be a surplus or shortage OF the hom'
supply for the year. 1t is general,
believed that a shortage will be show
r the northwest. The crop apparent,
Y is not coming up to the indication
from, the vines.
+ The city commissioners OF Siou
Falls have issued a call for a specis
election on September 8 to submit t
r the voters the propositions Of issuin
8 bonds in the aggregate sum Of $50!
900. T%hirty-five thousand dollars l
o for the extension and improvement 6
e the municipal waterworks system an
the remaining SITS, 900 for the exter
sion Of the sewage system.
Twenty-four counties in South d,
9 kota that were organized on a wa
s emergency basis for county ager
> work have organized permanent farI
bureaus operating under the state a,
ricultural extension law, according I
9 I. B. Johnson, state leader of count
n agents. The total number Of perm;
y nent counties is now thirty-nine.
> Representatives of several MINES,
7 ia milling companies have been out l
the state looking up the outlook fc
procuring a supply OF milling wbea
u They report that they find the Mi
SuuIi vdlicy ScCtlOn anu WCoI, 10 Ac
d as the crop conditions are concerned
g good, and containing the best qualit
n of milling wheat they can find.
y After considerable discussion of tn
; powers Of that body In the matter, III
Aberdeen city commission referred
! petition from the union organization
= the city, asking 1t to purchase q ca
= load of the surplus army food from tn
z war department and sell II to CO
Z sumers at cost. to the mayor with pov
- er to act.
, Indignation is widespread in the '
cinity of Platte over the action of
stock raiser, near Bijou Hills. who,
is alleged, drove a herd of cattle. Il
: fected with anthrax, through a STIR
Of country twenty-five miles lon
spreading the disease among some
! the choicest herds in that part OF Ii
y state.
: State college is making a number
= changes and improvements In course
4 and equipment for the coming scho'
. year which gives nor than the usu'