The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-12

farm rental shows great promise or
doing away to a large ex-
tent with the old-fashioned ~one-year
cash-and-share rent plan, which is
rapidly impoverishing tenant. owner,
and soil alike. The Wendt plan sub
stitutes for the annual spring o
and the poorly-equipped, neglected
tenant farm, the steadily developing
and substantial farm partnership In
which the landowner and the land
operator work together as a team
year after year.
Aberdeen is again lightly infested
by |. W. w. who have started asita-
ton among the laborers in the rail-
road camps hear there, and the men
coming in for the harvest. The lead
ers have started their propaganda in
the form Of circulars which call upon
the railroad workers to strike against
the contractors, principally for the
S-hour day, but plans are being laid
for a later strike for more wages.
Authorities of Brown county, who
drove the /. W. w. agitators from the
city several years ago with spank
ers" are prepared to take similar ac-
ton this year, il 1t becomes neces-
sary.
That employers are as much en-
titled to organize and refuse to sell
material under certain conditions as
labor is to combine and decline to
work under certain circumstances, is
the statement made by Attorney Gen.
eral Byron S. Payne, Of South Dakota,
in a legal opinion rendered on the
Sioux Falls building situation. Both
sides are equally to blame, the attor.
ney general holds, but he insists that
there is no violation of state Grim.
inal statutes in the situation as out.
lined.
Elaborate ceremonies marked the
dedication and formal opening of a
new Farmers Union hall building,
situated at a point southeast OF Greg,
DRY. The hall is the first of the kind
to be erected in the Rosebud country,
and will be utilized as a community
center, as a meeting place for mem
bers Of the union and their families
and as a place for public gatherings
Because of the difficulty OF the com
missioners OF Sioux county to cash
warrants with which to buy poison.
grasshoppers may take an excellent
crop in the vicinity of Selfridge. The
commissioners levied a tax with
which to buy poison, but they cannot
sell their warrants.
One hundred business and profes
sional men of Milbank turned out and
built good roads for a day, the oc
casion being the first good roads
day. They were Joined by SO bust
ness men from Marvin and an equal
number from Albee and other towns
In the county.
The Oldham commercial club Il
working on several important town
building projects, including the i'm
provement Of the highways leading to
Oldham and the securing Of an Inn
~provement In the local telephone
service.
Blackleg has appeared among some
OF the cattle herds along Snake Creek
in the Ipswich territory, and experts
are urging the farmers to vaccinats
their animals at once to prevent
spread Of the disease and heavy
losses.
Army worms in countless numbers
have appeared in the region immedi
ately west OF Canistota and a fight
now Is on between the farmers OF
that region and the worms to see
which will first harvest the crops.
A contagious disease commonly
known as pink eye ia affecting many
cattle OF all ages in South Dakota al
the present time, says DR.. G. s
Weaver, extension specialist in AMI
NAL diseases at the state college.
With more than 300 laborers a,
work in the yards of the Milwaukee
railway company in Aberdeen, In con.
nection with the project Of enlarsins
those yards. marked progress is be.
ing made.
The state sheriffs office reports
over fifty arrests for the past month,
most OF which were for running Illicit
stills or booze peddling. A few were
for violations OF auto traffic laws OF
the state.
An increase of nearly a million dol.
lars in the assessed valuation OF real
and personal property in Yankton
during the last year Is shown by the
annual report of the city assessor.
Not to be outdone by the town base
ball fans, a number OF the younger
farmers of the vicinity of Mt. Vernon
have issued challenges to all the town
teams in that part of the state.
Tuesday, August "a, has been fixed
as the time for the annual picnic and
celebration Of the old settlers OF
Union county. to be held at River.
sioux park.
The Mobridge Aero club has been
organized for the purpose Of promot-
ing aeronautics in the western part
of the state.
Over $27. 900. 900 was In the perma.
nent school fund of this state at the
close OF the fiscal year.