Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-06

~ reai1n Bison - ~
se1ne of4sssS OH preartA Are@ot me-
yelrs Tho 6re ~ tanned nv Aerce
Wind and harped overssconaidef6hle
tsrr1tory, aNeeptpg valuable pasture
ana hay land before It could be q
tinkutshsd.
Statistics gathered by \ segisIAtiss
COMMITTEES show That south Dakota Is
chipping between s$l,0On.600 and a.
300 .p00 wprASff nrs every yeAr. This
industry has proved 40 profitable Tor
5trappsrs that the Legislature is on.
sidertng regulating II.
The question Of submitting 4 bond
issue 10 the voters Tor the purpose oS
erecting u municipal building which
will contain q council chamber, of
fees. auditorium and fire station. viii
be taken up ut the next meeting Of
the city council Of Woonsocket
Arrangements have been completed
by which two boats will be placed IN.
the ferry service at Pierre next year.
in competition with the train ferry
service; which stops at such an early:
hour in the evening that many who
desire to cross with carr are stranded
Mitchell's plans Tor j monster den
%onstration for returned soldiers ia
held up pending some definite word
from washington regarding the time
the Dawson county mon III the One
Hundred and Sixteenth supply train,
now at Camp Dix, will be sent to
Camp Dodge for rehabilitation.
until the morning train is resumed.
It is practically assured that Old
ham will have q new lodge hall build.
Ing. Members Of the lodges Of Odd
Fellows. Masons and Modern Wood
men are working for The erection 81
such d building, which will be used
BY all three lodges for their headqnar.
ters anu permanent homes.
Huron business firms are greatly
agitated V e the orders from Wash
ington which may close the United
States employment office there Fonr-
teen kilograms are understood to have
been sent to Washington urging 8
grsss to make some appropriation 70,
maintaining the labor office.
A hearing was opened by J. Edgar
Smith, attorney examiner for the III
tergtate Commerce commission, in Tho
matter Of unfair shipping rates alleged
to have been charged the dealers and
shippers Of Aberdeen and other cities
in the northern part OF the state b,
the railroads running through the die
trict. Esss
Forty Poland China hogs, owned y,
O. s. Larson, OF Mt. Vernon, sold fol
a trit1e more than $4,000. The high
est price paid for an individual AMI
NAL was paid by q buyer from Mime
sofa, who bid 1880 for a blooded boar
Breeders OF blooded stock from Iowa
Minnesota and North and South pa
kota attended the saas.tssss
The farmers Of Jerauld county mi
in convention last week an
organized the JerauldG County Lily
Stock & Poultry Breeders association
The purpose of the organization |
to improve the stock breeding bus
ness and to erect In the county sch
4 large stock pavilion. 1t IS expecte
that a $4,000 buildirr viii be TIL
final outcome.
At the regular spring election til
voters Of Vermilion will decide On
bond issue totaling between $4,000
and $4,000. The town owns the ele'
trio plant. The business has increa
ed to such extent that q new uns
must be added and more housing roo
furnished A new fire departmsr
building Is necessary and other in
provements may be made.
An important organization wa
perfected in Belle Fourcha last weel
when the Butte County Fair associ
ton started out TO provide educatio
and pastime amusement for the hre
tributary territory OF three states.
Montana, Wyoming and Soath Dakot
The entertainment VIII be known i
. . tie Tri.state Roundup. and much
perpetuate or ra-enact HE old scene,
Of pioneer days will DO given.
The faculty Of the South Dakoi
state college has adopted resolution
J fayoring the defeat Of the Unite
J State senate bill which, 1t is sal
would create . federal department
, education and provide funds for /
conduct. The resolutions assert th
! this bill would rive the proposed ne
department power to dictate To Il
J. states q policy for public schools al
{ to Ak the details OF the policy.
!, Two scholarships for french Cir
!. valued q $500 each will be availat
aach year at the uniyersity of Sou
Dakota, beginning II 1890, ii pla,
Of the YermilIion chapter De the Asf
citation Of Collegiate Alumni are {,
ried OUT. The association, III Is.
started the scholarship campaign a
Y 1l2a French wcrnsn stadents we're I