The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-08-29
OF THE STATE
A RESUME or IMPORTANT HAP
PENiNGS OF THE
WEEK.

ltRhtS on AUTOMOBILES on tHe CouHlly
roads and has issued an order to all
peace officers Of the state to enforce
the law.
Indians on the Cheyenne reservation
are opposed to the government restor-
ing lands to homestead entry on their
reservation and are sending a petition
to the interior department asking that
the sales provisions Of the remaining
lands on their reservation be allowed
to stand. A meeting OF the reservation
council has been called to discuss this
and other matters OF interest 20 The
Indian residents OF that section.
The South Dakota Dairyman's and
Buttermakers' association is Offering
prizes to the members Of the team
which will represent South Dakota at
the students national contest in judg-
Ing dairy products and cattle at Chi.
cago October Z, in addition to those OF
fered by the National Dairy associa-
ton. To the men OF the South Da-
kota team scoring highest In Judging
sdairy products at the national, cash
~ lLCb Va DIV dlu SlV Will NC VI
for first and second places, respective
ly. The same amounts will be award
ed to the two highest scoring members
Of the team in Judging dairy cattle.
Henry Brown, a Sioux Falls boy, who
served In France as sergeant Of the
first class in Third company, Sec.
ond Air service Mechanics regiment,
was not only a witness, an actual al
though unwilling participant in the
deliberate destruction in France this
spring Of many thousands It dollars
worth Of American government prop
erty, acting under orders which he was
obliged to obey. While n o a flyer. he
vas stationed at the largest aviation
field in the word, Issoudun, about ITO
miles from Paris, and, according to his
story, personally helped to demolish
over 1000 automobiles. dozens of air.
planes and scores Of motor trucks, all
OF which he asserts, appeared to be in
workable condition.
At a meeting OF the county commits.
sioners OF Union county, the county
highway system as set forth by a res
olution on July II, was adopted. The
hearing was for the purpose Of listen
ing to any objections, but none were
filed. At an informal mass meeting |.
was decided to circulate petitions In
he different townships of the county,
asking the county commissioners tc
call a special election for the issuing
OF bonds to the amount OF 81 900 900
for the improving, graveling, and hard
%surfacing of the county highway sys-
tem. These bonds would bear 5 per
cent interest and would run for twenty
years with an option OF paying them in
ten years. Work will begin immedi.
ately on these petitions so the com
missioners can designate a date for q
meeting. A large crowd from all parts
nf the county attended.
That South Dakota will nave a corn
crop Of 5000, 600 bushels more than
was estimated in July is the prediction
OF H. 0. Herbrandson. field agent in
South Dakota Of the bureau of crop
estimates, United States department
OF agriculture, in his official August
report, which has just been issued.
The July estimate was 1000, 900 bush
els. In reference to the corn situa-
ton the report says: with a pros
pect OF a little more than 80, 900, 900
bushels Of corn, computed from August
l condition and par value, South Da-
kota shows a prospect a little below
the banner crop Of 1918. This is fig
uring the crop at approximately 292h
bushels pei acre and is about 5000, 900
bushels more than the prospect OF last
month. The very high temperatures,
together with the ample precipitation
in the eastern two-thirds OF the state.
materially have improved the prospect
and with these conditions continuing
the actual returns may be considerably
greater and more than equal the 1918
nal figure Of los. 00O, 900 bushels.
There are two factors that have been
somewhat important in holding the
corn crop in this state down. First.
the surplus water In the eastern Dor
der OF counties prevented cultivation
at the time when that work VA most
necessary for the welfare Of tho crop.
resulting in this crop being largely un-
cultivated and oftentimes very weedy.
The other large factor is that the west
srn portion Of the. state has been seri-
ously hit by drouth; that is, that Dor
lion which lies west Of the 1O1st me-
ridian." OF this years wheat crop in
south Dakota, Field Agent Herbrand.
SON has this to say: with a condition
which much resembles that OF the sea-
son OF 1916, South Dakota has once
more undergone a great reduction in
its spring wheat prospect from what
had been earlier anticipated. With the
prospective yield placed at 8.5 bushels
per acre and no actual threshing re-
turns to be guided by, the states pro.
duction would mount to about 81. 230..
600 bushels. This still exceeds the
1916 production, which was placed at
about %, 1000 900 bushels"