The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-07-04
DRY WEATHER NEEDED.
MANY FIELDS OF CORN HAVE HAD
TO BE PARTLY REPlANIED;
CONDITIONS BAD.

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South Dakota for some days to en-
able the farmers to cultivate their
corn fields and remove the accumula-
ton Of weeds, which grew faster
than the corn during the wet weather
OF the last 10 days. Corn fields we're
in bad condition as to weeds
the rains ceased for the time being,
but during every favorable hour since
that time the farmers have been nara
at work in their corn fields and rapid
ly are placing them in first class con
dition. Cut worms also operated ex-
tensively during the wet period, and
in some instances practically wiped
out entire fields Of corn. h farm
ers thus affected have now. for
the most part, replanted the de-
.royed sections Of their corn fields.
Ind generally anticipate big crops OF
corn because Of the unusually moist
condition of the ground.
Preparations were being made to
take a force OF men to the country
west OF Lead to e%xtinguish a forest
fire which had been burning there
several days, when a rain storm saved
them the trouble. The rain was OF
sufficient volume to put out the fire.
1t is believed the fire was started by
q band OF gypsies who had camped
in that locality. They evidently had
failed to extinguish their camp fire
when they broke camp. The fire had
been gradually spreading since it
started. AS the section where the
fire broke out is outside he national
forests of the Black Hills, the forest
rangers attached to the national for.
ests to protect them against fires,
were without authority to fight the
fire.
The wool growers of Stanley coun
ty are forming an organization for co
operative marketing this year. They
have agreed to bring their wool clips
to Fort Pierre and put them all on
the market on July /. In this way
they expect TO get several buyers on
the ground for that date and get a
better price for their product than
they would by individual marketing
Whether or not the mild winter had
any bearing on the situation is un
known, but the general report is that
wool clips are lighter than usual this
year, ranging about six pounds to the
clip, where seven or more Is the us
ual range.
DR.. Granger and Claude Williams
OF Lead, have departed for the state
game preserve east of Custer, in the
of getting the largest elk o in the
large herd in the game preserve. The
elk has been donated by the state
to the Elks OF South Dakota, and il
will be butchered and the meat serv
ed at a real elk meat barbercue
which is to be one Of the. features o.
the annual convention of South Da
kota Elks to be held in Lead.
Ralph Brooks, a Deadwood young
man, will be of the instruments
in promoting good feeling in foreign
countries toward the United States
and in extending the foreign trade o.
the United States. He has resigned
from the navy and has been appoint
ed by the United States shipping
board, division of operation, Washing
ton, to the supercargo student class
for supercargoes.
The Sunshine Highway is being
marked throughout North and South
Dakota. The marking is Of metal. ;
yellow base with a large letter IS
within q heavy circle. The circle ane
letter are in black. The executive
committee OF the Sunshine Highwa,
has arranged to log the highwa.
through both Dakotas and Sioux City
This work is being done now.
The attorney general rules tina
thresher operators cannot eXemp
themselves from the provisions OF thu
workmen's compensation law, as the!
could formerly. This is in line will
the present statutes on the matter
and will cause all such operators II
be under the wOrkmen's compensation
provisions. Of the law enacted las
winter.
Local business men and other resi-
dents are organizing a stock compan,
for tho purpose Of providing Freeman
with = modern hotel. In one day NOR,
than $1,000 worth Of stock was sub
scribed for. -It is hoped to have ey
erything In readiness so the work o
erecting the hotel can commence il
the near future.
In the opinion of those in charge o
the Sioux Falls bureau Of the Unite,
States employment service. wages 70
laborers in the harvest fields Of Soutl
Dakota will be as high this yea a
last. Fifty cents an hour, with lode
ing and meals, appears to be the wage
which the farm hands will demand.
A new public school building will
be erected at Timber Lake at a cos
of about $50, 900. The contract re
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