The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-01-09

to Do appropriated TO standard rural
and consolidated schools which meet
the requirements prescribed by the
law and the department OF public In
struction 1T Pierre. Standard one
room schools receive $3.50. First class
consolidated schools get 5000 and sec
ond class consolidated schools get
$3.50. The work OF inspecting the
schools making application for this
state aid has begun and the rural
school supervisor has been in Union.
Clay. Yankton. Turner and Lincoln
counties for the last three weeks.
Turner county has the most schools
asking for state aid. 1t has twenty
one. though few counties will have
more than twelve. Not all the schools
applying car qualify.
Many one-day farm management
schools will be held throughout the
state this winter by the state college
extension division for the purpose OF
demonstrating how to keep farm rec.
ords and how to discover what fea-
lures of the farm business are profit
able or Improbable. NJ. r. Benedict.
farm management specialist. says that
keeping farm records is much more
simple than many farmers believe.
These meetings will comprise groups
Of ten to thirty farmers. and will be
arranged by county agents. local bank
ers and others.
J.. C.. Holmes. live stock specialist
IT the state college extension division.
is out cunning TOR farm records OF
feeds and gains. He says that the
most. efficient and cheap feeds for
gains are question: BILE, therefore he
proposes to get facts direct from tarm.
ers who have practical experience.
The results obtained by farmers will
be published As a further guide to
stock feeders. Farmers who have such
records are invited to correspond with
Mr.. Holmes or to hand the facts to
their local county agents.
More than ITO young men are en-.
rolled for classes in the first tractor.
auto course at state college. OF this
number "a came to college solely for
the course. while 81 are school OF agri
culture students. Prof. J. A. Bonell,
in charge. says that q limited number
will be admitted in January and that
the course is arranged SO that late
entrants will ecure practical training.
Students will be Of great service next
summer in the states large road build.
ing activities.
The South Dakota Federation OF
Women's Clubs. which is on record as
opposed to any weakening of the state.
waite prohibition law by means OF re.
ferring it to the voters of South Da.
kota, will ask the next legislature to
enact n law providing for state censor.
ship Of moving pictures. The fedora.
ton will ask. also. for an amendment
ment TO the state mothers pension
law. which in its present form. it
thinks. is inadequate and Impractical.
A game reserve Of approximately
10000 acres to be known as the Gus.
ter state park game sanctuary. and
adjoining Custer state park in South
Dakota, is provided in a bin intro.
duced In the house by Representative
Candy. Custer state park is 0.000
acres in area and is the largest state
park In the nation. The area included
in the proposed game sanctuary con
tains Harvey peak and Sylvan lake.
The South Dakota Hampshire
Breeders association selected Aber.
deem as the place for the 1920 con
,rcntf~,1 A,r;~or fho oJDcinn enccinr ~
the 1919 meeting at Mitchell. The as
ISOLATION adopted resolutions calling
on the state fair board 10 provide bel:
ter housing and showing conditions
Tor live stock at the Huron fair and
advocated the building Of a permanent,
hog pavilion.
Ice on the Missouri river at Pierre
at the present time Is from IA inches
up in thickness. This would look like
a good year for the Ice harvest. blu
icemen say that it Is hard to find good
ice for cutting. as the river froze uU
full Of slush. and ice Of that kind il
not profitable for storage. being toe
porous to keep for the season afteI
packing.
Good. roads boosters OF Codington
county are circulating petitions ask
ing the county board OF commission
ers TO call a special election for the
purpose OF voting on a 81. 200. 900 bond
issue for the construction OF ninety
six miles OF hard road in the county
Owing to the egg shortage. Rapid
City merchants are compelled TO pay
81 per dozen for them, and they are
being sold to consumers at h rate
Of $l.lO per dozen. This is the high
est price ever paid for eggs in Rapid
City.
The proposition OF issuing bonds Of
$3.50, 900 for the construction OF a. new
county court house, which was sub
mitted to the voters Of Beadle county
at a special election. has carried By