The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12
ARE FULL
eoUTH DAKOTA GRAIN MEN
ARE SUFFERING FROM
LACK or CARS.

mo gram m TO market LQ0lr VIO-
duct for lack Of grain shipping cars.
Cars for that purpose need be built
especially tight, and the northwest
grain shipping roads had provided
cars for this purpose. But they have
not yet got these cars back into the
northwest since tho war, when cars
were scattered over the entire coun-
try regardless OF roads which con.
structed them. Cars can be obtained
bearing the brands OF many roads
all over tho country, but many Of
them are not Of . class which will I'D.
NIT Of shipping grain. being aoosely
constructed. tit to haul the products
for which they were constructed, but
not in shape for the needs OF the
grain farmer. This appears to be q
complaint In all the wheat growing
sections OF the country. and South Da
kota is not the. only sufferer. One Of
the statements seen in many local
papers over the wheat section OF the
country is that elevators are over.
flowing, and no more wheat can be
bought until cars can be procured to
clean out the grain on hand"
President Wilson, and Secretary Of
the Interior Meredith have taken VI
the question Of seeking aid for tn
farmers of the country. according t
kilograms received by w. w. Blain
and J.. X. Fox, secretary and presi
dent Of the Mitchell chamber OF com
MERGE. Blain recently wired the
president, while Fox wired the secre-
tary Of agriculture, urging them to
take some action to relieve cOndl-
lions. under which the farmers OF
this state are threatened with the loss
OF many millions OF dollars. Score
tary Tumulty has wired Balm that
the president already has taken the
matter under consideration and has
instructed the federal trade commits
sion and the agricultural department
to begin al investigation. Meredith
has answered Fox saying that his de
partment is e~Edeavoring, by the gath
ering OF grain statistics Throughout.
the world, to arrive at some solution
Of the problem and aid the farmers
in avoiding the losses with which
they are threatened.
County Treasurer George Wolf. o
Deadwood, has beer advised by tn.
state auditor that some parties have
leased a tract OF state school land il.
the vicinity Of st. Onge for the pur
pose Of drilling on the land for oil
for some time there has been consid
cradle oil excitement at St. Onge
This is the first time that school lane
in Lawrence county has been leaset
by the county. The letter from the
state auditor was accompanied by q
check for $500, with instructions te
Treasurer Wolf to write a receipt fol
the money. The money will go into
the permanent school fund Of Law
renee county.
When bids were opened for a bridge
of Underwood, the lowest bid was
$38, 900 which was considered too high
and the work was placed in the hands
Of the state highway bridge engineer
.yho purchased the material and haC
the work done by day labor. This
bridge Is nearing completion and viii
be opened to traffic in a short time
The cost Of construction under tbs
plan adopted will be less than SIS, 600
The labor situation Is rapidly being
reversed. Not many months ago jobs
were seeking the man. Now men
have begun to seek the job. In com
o with a general retrenchment pro
gram the l. e. D. division Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company has just issued orders dis
charging more than 100 employees
Dawson cOunty's corn crop this
year will total more than 2,500,0 900 bu
shells, more than has been raised /.
this county for many years, but in
spite OF the size OF the crop farmers OF
Dawson stand to lose in the neighbor
hood Of $1.250,000 because Of the pre-
vailing low prices.
Another indication OF the letup in
the labor situation is that the fedora,
employment bureau in Mitchell Is
0V Win AAAO lOOhAlI6 III WI n,
and even in face of the completing
season there are by no means jobs
enough to go around.
M. Boice, a resident Of Mitchell
for the past 80 years, has been in.
formed that he is the oldest elder OF
the Presbyterian church in South
Dakota. Mr.. Boice celebrated his
Sind birthday on Friday. October. %
Carl Espe. right guard on the Mad.
ison high school football team, is
dead from injuries received while play.
ing in a game against the Flandreau
high school.
Thirty Librarians from over the state
Ut South Dakota convened in Huron 10
atted the sessions Of the annual South
Dakota library association convention
The draining Of the lake boarding
the city Of Artesian. has been decided