Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-08-28

A1k0lC SOitGSc 10 uhHlIlk u OF
changes and improvements In courses
and equipment for the coming school
year which gives more than the usual
number of inducements to students
who wish to prepare themselves along
vocational and technical lines.
Indignation is widespread in the vi.
cinity Of Platte over the action of .
stock raiser, near Bijou Hills. who. 1t
is alleged, drove herd OF cattle, In
fected with anthrax, through strip
OF country twenty-five miles long,
spreading the disease among some of
the choicest herds in that part of tho
state.
After considerable discussion OF the
powers of that body in the matter, the
Aberdeen city commission referred a
petition from the union organization of
the city. asking it to purchase a car.
load of the surplus army food from the
war dnnartr'""' ""d go" ~ r~-,.
sumers at cost. to the mayor with pow.
er to act.
Representatives of several Minneso-
Ia milling companies have been out in
the state looking up the outlook for
procuring supply OF milling wheat
They report that they find the Mis-
souri, valley section and west, as far
as the crop conditions are concerned.
good, and containing the best quality
of milling wheat they can find.
Twenty-four counties in South Da-
kota that were organized on war
emergency basis for county agent
work have organized permanent farm
bureaus operating under the state az
ricultural extension law, according to
/. B. Johnson, state leader OF county
agents. The total number OF perma-
mont counties is now thirty-nine.
The city commissioners of Sioux
Falls have issued call for special
election on September to submit to
the voters the propositions OF issuing
bonds In the aggregate sum Of $525.
900. Thirty-five thousand dollars is
for the extension and improvement OF
the municipal waterworks system and
the remaining $4,000 for the extern
sion OF the sewage system.
The question of the potato supply
of the state for this year is being in
vestigated by the state market depart.
ment, to find out whether there will
be surplus or shortage Of the homo
supply for the year. It is generally
believed that shortage will be shown
not only in South Dakota, but all over
the northwest. The crop apparently
is not coming up to the indications
from the vines.
Upward Of 10000 persons arc ex-
pected to attend at big state gather.
ing which is to be held Monday, Au.
gust Is, at Ruskin park. commonly
known as the state playground, situat-
ed along the Jim river in Sanborn
county. The feature of the day will be
the presence Of hundreds Of returned
service men. who will be the guests OF
the park management on that day.
Plans are practically completed for
the teachers institute. which will be
held in Mitchell August 1928. The in
stitute will be principally for the
teachers Of ten surrounding counties.
but there will be no charge for the in
struction, and it is believed that many
teachers from other counties in the
state will attend. Preparations are be-
ing made to care for at least 600 teach
ers.
The state hail department shows
adjustments Of losses in Afty-three
counties of the state to August 9, the
total being $169,596.59. The largest
amount to any one county is hhaae.
haha, with $1S,026.65, and Lake is next
with nearly $4,000. This has been a
favorable year for the first under the
new state law, as the losses have not,
at least 80 far, been nearly so high az
in past years, and the fund has been
able to provide surplus for excess
losses in other years.
While the small grain crop Of most
Of western South Dakota was badly
affected by drouth during July and tho
early part Of August, rains materially
have aided sugar beets, corn and po:a-
toes in the territory surrounding the
Black Hills. The sugar beets are
grown on irrigated land and have been
cultivated carefully, with the result
that the crop will be large. AS the
profit from sugar beets is large, some
OF the losses on small grain will be
made up by the good crop of sugar
beets.
United States Attorney Fiske, on
instructions from Attorney General
Palmer, has directed the local bureau
of investigation to make an immediate
investigation Of the food price situa-
ton in South Dakota and to take 40
tion against any individual firm or cor.
poration found to be engaging in prof.
iteering in foodstuffs. The investiga-
tion will include farm implements ana
fuel. Agents Of the local bureau at
once began the work Of ferreting out
such offenders. and on request will 60
to any part of South Dakota to invests
gate alleged cases Of profiteering. The
investigation will be thorough and villa
cover every community in the statA
IT.