The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-08-07
FARM BOARD ON JOB
WILL PLACE FORMER SERVICE
MEN ON SOUTH DAKOTA
ACREAGE.


Col. Boyd Wales has accepted the
appointment and qualified for the posi-
ton Of commissioner. or executive Of
acer for the land settlement board.
He will take charge OF affairs at once,
and with the law effective July 1, the
department Is already In tbs work out
lined for 1t by the legislature. The
purpose OF the land settlement board
IL to provide farm homes for returned
service men who want them. An ap-
preparation was made Of 800. 900, with
provision for bonding the state for .
million more az needed, for loans ON
easy terms. and procuring lands to be
sold to the men on those terms. or
this amount 5000. 900 In bonds already
has been issAed. BY q small deposit
with the amount fixed by the amount
Of land desired and the amount Of i'm
provements and equipment to be
placed on the land, the help will be ex-
tended, and with the loans of the rural
credits department to back the board
up as the men get OF their feet and
want to make longer and larger loans,
there Is every opportunity for q farm
home for every man who wants one.
Restrictions are placed. OF course. to
insure the safety of the money and
prevent any possible wildcat frauds,
but outside of that, the way is entirely
open. Col. Wales. who was comman-
der of the One Hundred and Forty
seventh field artillery. made up Of
South Dakota men, was placed in
charge Of the department some time
ago. but has just qualified .
Western tourist travel to the Black
Hills has started In earnest through
Pierre. Little cars packed full OF chill
dren, and big lonely looking cars with
luxurious tfappings and fully equipped
~trailers are carried across the river
on every trip of the ferry train. A
popular. although somewhat rough and
rugged, road has been put through the
bad lands after leaving Fort Pierre,
but most Of them go direct to the
Hills with the intention of touring a
week and then camping a week in
some attractive spot. Nearly every
car carries its tents and blankets and
cooking equipment SO that the occu-
pants are independent OF towns and
their accommodations.
A heavy rainfall which visited the
entire northern half Of the state mate
rally benefited crops of all sorts. OBJ
servers state that the rain will have
q good effect on the wheat and small
grain that is not already ripened, and
will benefit corn. gardens and the hay
crop as well. Estimates of this years
wheat crop In that section OF South
Dakota now range between so and rs
per cent of last years crop, but last
years crop was much heavier than
usual. 1t will probably run from IS
to So per cent OF the 1917 crop. There
is some damage to oats and rye but
corn is in splendid shape.
Wheat In Beadle county will aver
age 10 or IL bushels to the acre. ac-
cording to experts who have just re-
turned from a tour Of inspection of
the fields. Blight In the fields has
cut the crop down to about normal,
they say Oats. barley, rye and other
small grains will yield an exception
ally heavy crop, according to the pres
ent outlook, 1t is said. although no
yield In bushels can now be estimated.
Experts says 1t will be far above nor
NAL. however.
Striking miners and mill hands from
eastern cities. who have had absolute
ly no farming experience, form a large
have poured into South Dakota dur
ing the past few days. demanding
work in the harvest fields. They are
crowding into the middle west to OBJ
tain employment for a short time and
are causing practically an oversupply
NJ labor. according to figures from the
employment offices.
State Superintendent r.. L. Shaw, OF
South Dakota: Prof. p. @. Holden. OF
Chicago. and DR.. J. L. McBrien. of the
bureau of education at Washington.
are responsible for the adoption OF q
plan for q statewide campaign for
better rural schools which was adopt
ed by the county superintendsnts OF
the state in their convention at Hot
Springs.
Land has been purchased upon
which will be erected q killing and
cold storage plant which is being A.
nanced by Belle Fourche and Omaha
capital. The promoters expect to Sc
cure their supplies from the western
part Of South Dakota and eastern
Wyoming. All of the stock will be
retained by the promoters. II II said
Work viii be started at once on the
crop census by the state tax commits
sion. Under emergency measures
passed by the special session OF 1918.
made permanent by the last legisla.
ture. the commission complies the sta
tistics based on reports made by the
assessors of each county OF the state.
The Aberdeen branch OF the Ameri
"a Federation OF Music has raised the
price OF dance music from $3.50 for
the FIRST three hours to $40.
Farmers in the vicinity of Dallas
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