The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-03-07
EDGEm0NT OIL BOOM
GENUINE OIL BOOM 10 At. FEVER
HEloAT IN oouTH
DAKOTA.

Edgement is under IN oil excite
mont, the fond dreams Of which, IL
realized. will make the town Q city
before fall. About IL miles north
west OF that place II the Moss Agate
basin. new exploiting vN0rk 10 under
full Roadway. Large oil companies,
like the Midwest, Ohio. STANDARD.
United and many others. have oil rigs
either on the grounds or On route
there. Dossns Of large auto trucks
are being unloaded fro0 the trains
daily and ssnt 10 the oil Aolds, loaded
with fuel, lumber and ether material.
a genuine oil boom 10 ct its fever
helght. Claims are being staked out
II the new field by the hundred, and
In some cases three fllings have been
made on one claim. Jumping claims
seems to b : oonnea sport, and the
shotgun policy has had to bs adopted.
South Dakota surpassed every other
state in the union In the condition OF
al crops o. September !, according 70
Agures recently prepared BY the ou-
resa oe crop estimates Il the United
States department Of agriculture. This
report Is based on the quality, weight
and relative importance Of the crops
IN each state for the last 10 years with
100 per cen representing the aver
age condition. On September !, South
Dakota was 1912 per cent perfect and
on October / had increased to 1892
per cent. Minnesota was second with
ISL per cent and North Dakota third
with HOS per cent. Oklahoma. Texas
and Arkansas were 1t the bottom Of
the list with percentages varying
from e5 to 50. Best conditions existed
in South Dakota, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Indiana, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. In both Montana and west
ern Texas last year va the third con-
secutive year Of poor crops.
Sioux Falls sportsmsn held . meet
ing recently and organised N associa-
tion for t.-s general betterMent Of lsh
ana game hunting conditions In South
Dakota. It II expected that the actioa'
taken will - followed ~ similar or.
~gaaisations In avery county in the
stats. It IL intended 70 form ! Der-
nansae league q statewide scope. At
. meeting to - held later It 10 plan.
ned - have one delegate from each
county whti-tAe county organizations
are completed to formulate ! state
wide league which win better serve
the interest Of tho fishermen and
hunters Of South Dakota. G. n. Buch-
anan, Of Sioux Failp ri elected pessi-
dent Of the county organization form
cd 1t Sioux Falls.
Losey J. Williams. frst lisutenant
r. s., retired, 10 the new conmandant
at SoaaA Dakota state college. Lieu
tenant Williams was . former student
thsre and wa61smajor Of the college
cadst battalion In 1909. Fron 1903 70
1911. 10 was II the Philippine Islands
two years In the PArippine con-
stab1lary and sines 1911 IN the Philip-
pine 0costs. Unitsl 0tates army. In
1917 he rQt-rned - the UniteA States,
and vas retired for phystcal disa6il.
ity contracted n lins q duty due to
long servioe n the troDics. He has
besn On college details since, ct the
University Of NtchiGan and later ct
Northwestsrn Univsrslty.
Professor G. G. O,Hara, OF the state
school Of Minss. wAe made : survey
Ut the South Dakota coal regions last
summer. 1lacss the available supply
~ shows ~ the work 1t over . Ill
lion tsas. He calls attention 70 the
poss1bilie1ss n mining this eoaI with
steam novels ~ stripping OF the
surface and taking ont tho coal II
the Same WY. : method which isLsuc-
-cessfally used n some Of the soft coal
fields q Illinois and other states tar
Their east. Much q the coal lies neal
enough the surface ~ 70 make this
nsans q mininG profitable.
a movement was inaugurstsd u
Sioux Fails to have 3 monument In
honor e Minnshaha couaty and Sioux
Falls soldiers yAo@gave their livss to
thsfr country daring tAs great war
erected On IgTound bslonging. 70 the
cou1ty ID that city. II % proposed 70
hare the main. skaft' - Sioux Fails
Jasper. with ponels Of marble, on
which ars to b4eeAsrAvsa the names
Of the deaA heroes &ooethsr With date
Of dsath md The Ians Of The battle
nald on which they fen, o. the can
tonmeat ct which they died.