The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-08-08
NEWS OF THE STATE
4 RESUME or IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

can Federation OF Music has raised the
price of dance music from $3.50 fol-
the first three hours to $3.50.
Work will be started at once on the
crop census by the state tax cOmmls-
sion. Under emergency measures
passed by the special session OF 1918,
made permanent by the last leglsla-
ture, the commission complies the sta
tistics based on reports made by the
assessors OF each county OF the state.
Land has been purchased upon
which will be erected a killing and
cold storage plant which is being H.
nanced by Belle Fourche and Omaha
capital. The promoters expect to Sc
cure their supplies from the western
part of South Dakota n eastern
Wyoming. All of the stock will be
retained by the promoters, it is said.
State Superintendent f. l.. Shaw, OF
South Dakota; Prof. P. G. Holden, OF
Chicago, and DR.. J. l.. McBrien, of the
bureau of education at Washington.
are responsible for the adoption OF a
plan for a statewide campaign for
better rural schools which vas adopt
ed by the county superintendent Oh
| the state in their convention at Hot
Springs.
Striking miners and mill hands from
eastern cities, who lave had absolute
ly 10 farming experience. form a large
percentage of the number of men VINO
have poured into South Dakota dur
ing the past few days, demandlng
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 oyersupply
of labor, according to figures from the
employment offices.
Wheat in Beadle county will aver.
age 10 or IL bushels to the acre, &C
cording to experts who have just re-
turned from a tour of inspection OF
ne fields. Blight in the fields has
cut the crop down to about normal,
they say. Oats. barley, rye n other
small grains will yield an exception
ally heavy crop, according to the pres
ent outlook, it is said, although no
yiald in bushels can now be estimated
Experts says it will be far above nor
NAL, however.
A heavy rainfall which visited the
entire northern half of the state mate
rally benefited crops of all sorts. CD.
servers state that the rain will have
a good effect on the wheat and small
aeaie that is not already ripened, and
will benefit corn. gardens and the hay
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wheat crop in that section of South
Dakota now range between so and 70
per cent OF last years crop, but last
years crop was much heavier thar
usual. 1t will probably run from 50
to So per cent of the 1917 crop. There
is some damage to oats and rye, but
corn is in splendid shape.
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 %trappings 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 beer put through the
bad lands after leaving Fort Pierre
but most of them go direct to the
Hills with the intention of touring q
week and then camping a week II
ecme attractive spot. Nearly every
car carries it's tents and blanket anr
cooking equipment so that the occu
pants are independent of towns ane
their accommodations.
Col. Boyd Wales has accepted thu
appointment and qualified for the posi-
ton of commissioner, or executive OF
icer for the land settlement board
He will take charge Of affairs at once
and with the law effective July I, tn
department is already in the work out
lined for it by the legislature. The
purpose of the land settlement boart
is to provide farm homes for returnet
service men who want them. An ap
preparation was made Of $100, 900. witt
provision for bonding the state for
million more as needed, for loans OF
easy terms, and procuring lands to b.
sold to the men on those terms. Q
this amount 5000, 900 in bonds alread,
has Deer issued. BY a small deposi
Will tAc dLiouHI HAoo ~ LIN 0
Of land desired and the amount of in
provements and equipment to b
placed on the land, the help will be G,
tended, and with the loans OF the rura
credits department to back the boar
up as the men get On their feet an
want to make longer and larger loans
there is every opportunity for a farr
home for every man who wants ont
Restrictions are placed, of course, t
insure the safety of the money an
prevent any possible wildcat frauds
but outside of that, the way Is entirel
open. Col. Wales, who was commal
der Of the One Hundred and Fort.
seventh field artillery, made up {
South Dakota men, was placed i