The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-17
WANT WOOL EMBARGO
SOUTH DAkOTAN8 CALL UPON
THEIR CONGRESSMAN 70
AID THEM.

The South Dakota Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON Is appealing in behalf Of the
South Dakota wool growers to the con-
gressmen Of this state now In Wash.
ington. The federation upholds the
wool marketing committee Of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
in its recent resolution urging con-
gress Immediately to place IN embar-
go on the importation Of woods. wool
n and all sheep products or to enact
such other emergency legislation as
will prevent the humiliation OF the
wool growing industry Of this country,
j. l. Rogers. Midland, and j. G. Holmes,
B~rookings, president and secretary.
respectively. Of the South Dakota
Wool Growers association. have asked
the state farm bureau federation to
urge the state representatives in con
gress to support the resolution BY i'm
mediate action. South Dakota has
more than loco, 900 pounds Of wool
stored in the national wool warehouse
at Chicago, 1000. 900 pounds in eastern
terminals, and probably 5000. 900
pounds yet in the hands OF the grow
ers Of the state.
Mass meetings have been held in
different towns Of the Rosebud coun
try for the purpose Of boosting the
Mulehead site on the Missouri river
as the place for installing an immense
state power plant, which is to cost
upward of SIS, GOO. 900. While the state
commission in charge Of the project
recommended a site on the Missouri
near Mobridge, the residents Of other
parts OF southern South Dakota will
strive to have the coming session of
the legislature substitute the Mule,
head site.
Yankton county claims the honor OF
having The greatest motor density" Of
any county in the United States. and
hence Of any similar community in the
world. This claim is based on the
Literary Digest census which reveals
South Dakota as owning more auto
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state in the union, or 81 persons TO
each automobile, while Yankton coun,
ty has an automobile for every 49,.
Ranchers in eastern Meade county
.eport the presence OF a big antlered
deer in that section, which does not
show any great fear OF mon. but picks
his living from the corn stalks in the
fields, and from other r~oughage Of
the farms.
BOOKINGS county voted down the ap,
preparation to employ a county agent
in lie recent election. The farmers
have decided to 80 ahead with the
farm baraan program anyway andsyb
tain the services Of a county agent.
That a 'firebug" may be operating
in Yankton, with no motive other than
the wanton destruction of propect-,
is the belief of some officials there as
the result Of a series Of fires that have
occurred in the last few weeks.
The crow hunters Of Canton, an or
~ganizat.on that is the first known Of
it's kind ia history, now has $40 in its
treasury to be spent for pheasants
which will be liberated in the wooded
spots around the city.
The commercial club of Pierre has
taken up the work of obtaining rooms
in private homes for such members of
h coming legislature who desire that
class Of accommodations for the SEES
sion.
The mine operators and their friends
in the Black Hills are preparing for
the coming gold bonus campaign,
which will come before congress at
its regular session in December.
Willard b. Kennedy and Verne Ken.
nedy, sons Of the late C. b. Kennedy,
wealthy citizen Of Canton, are the CO.
inventors OF 4 new office machine
which multiplies and divides.
One Of the matters which will be
presented to the legislature at the
coming session will be an appropria-
ton to aid in rehabilitation OF those
crippled in industry.
Actual production figures gathered
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yields running from SO to 70 bushels
per acre, with the average abou. so
bushels.
In its work toward development of
lake sections in the state the state
game department is just at present
working on Cottonwood lake, in SPHINX
county.
Poultry fanciers OF the Rosebud
country are taking great interest in
the annual poultry show, whicn VIII
be held in Gregory this month.
Bread has dropped five cents a loaf
in Armour and it is reported a big
local milling company is selling flour
at new low rates.
Philip business men are making
plans for a big rabbit and coyote