Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-01
Dawson county Is to have a regu-


larly appointed county nurse. engaged
by the board OF county commissioners.
This decision was reached after q COM
l mittee OF women appeared before the
commissioners and pointed out that
during the recent Influenza epidemic
excellent work had been done by the
| emergency county nurse.
Back to school for all those persons
III South Dakota who can neither read
nor. write. That's the dictum OF the
last state legislature and the order
has gone out from the state board OF
education to enforce it rigidly. AS a
result, county superintendent
throughout the state have been in.
struced to begin compiling a census
Of all persons between the ages OF Is
and 81, who do not have at least
fifth grade education.
The South Dakota highway depart
the government, II 1t desires them
badly enough to pay the freight from
Washington. A large number OF these
trucks. with carrying capacity from
two to five tons. which were purchas-
ed for war work and are no longer
needed for that purpose are to be dis
tributed to different state highway
commissions for their work ON roads.
and the allotment for this state
] reaches nearly 500.
So bitter have been the complaints
in reference to the service furnished
by the Milbank electric light and pow
err plant. which belongs to an outside
capitalist. that the city council inform
ed him that IL there il not an improve
ment in the service steps will be
taken to grant franchise to other
persons. The owner OF the plant
went to Alilhank after receiving this
stated that he would be willing to sell
the plant at a fair appraised valua-
ton. No improvement was promised.
1t is probably steps will be taken by
the city to acquire the system.
Electric lighting for their farm
houses and harms is demanded by
many of the farmers OF the Garretson
territory. To meet the demand the
capacity of the electric light and pow
er plant will be increased. Probably
the first extension will be to the
region north OF town. and from there
lines will be run in different direc-
tions so farmers may have the light
ing facilities they desire. II also is
planned to run wires from the Gar
retson plant to Valley Springs. Tho
farmers estimate that their farms will
be worth 1925 an acre more as soon az
they get electricity on their farms.
The city council of Bison has award
ed the contract for the erection OF
city auditorium, which will cost about
$1,000. Under the terms of the con.
tract the structure is to be completed
and ready for occupancy by June Is.
a full basement is to be under the
building. When completed 1t will be
one of the largest public gathering
places in northwestern South Dakota.
, 1t now is assured that a special cleo
ton will be called at Arlington soon
for the purpose of submitting to the
voters the question of issuing bonds
for the erection OF new public school
building. The necessary petitions will
be circulated at once.
| At the o. P. Huetson farm east of
Vermillion, we'll diggers encountered
something quite out of the ordinary
They were in the act of pulling out
casing from a tubular we'll, when sud.
denly gravel. mud and water began
shooting out and upward for height
, Of 30 feet. They were unable to &C.
count for the strange occurrence, and
summoned DR.. Freeman Ward, OF the
state university. There seems to be
a strong undercurrent air pressure,
at a depth Of 1876 feet, and even at
the present time the pressure is about
five pounds to the square inch, and
mud and water still are coming out
over the top of the casing.
The forthcoming report OF Immi-
grafton Commissioner McCaffree will
call attention to the possibilities Of
the handling Of potatoes through the
or through dehydration. The fact is
pointed out that there il a market for
these products in many sections, and
while the people of this country ap
parently prefer to handle the po-
tatoes without any such process,
there are many sections of the world
where the shipment Of potatoes is
practically prohibited, and the ship.
ment of the -four or dehydrated pro-
duct not only is practical, but the only
way to get the shipments through.
: Owing to the abnormally high prices
of genuine linseed oil, the sellers OF
adulterated oils are attempting to sell
their wares this spring in South Da-
kota, according to information reach.
ing the state food commissioners Of
flee. AS the law is very plain in re.
gard to adulteration of linseed oil,
Commissioner Frary advised buyers
to be very cautious in placing orders
with other than we'll known and de-
: pendable firms. The oil most COM
monty and almost exclusively used to
| cheanen lineed oil ia a mineral nil IN