The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-05-21
NAY GRANT BONUSES
EXTRA eOUTk DAKOTA SESSION
LIKELY TO PASS ON
THE QUESTION.

0verShadOWinE event OF the special
session Of the South Dakota legisla-
ture which has been called by Gov.
Norbeck to meet on May -. Although
the various American Legion posts
in South Dakota nave made no request
for such a bonus. there is much senti-
ment for it. Some lawmakers favor
the plan adopted by Minnesota pro-
viding each soldier with SIS per
month for each month spent in active
service. The special session 10 not
expected to prove a long one, as the
season will not permit for many
farmer members remaining long away
from their home work. However, i'm
portant subjects will be taken up.
Reports OF the state cemen plant
commission and the state water power
plant commission and = proposed con-
stitutiOnal amendment which would
permit the paying Of a bonus to the
ex-service men OF South Dakota are
the chief subjects to be brought up.
The session is called to open at 10
o'clock On the morning Of May "a.
Boys and girls OF South Dakota are
greatly interested in the bread clubs.
a new project Of the club department
Of State college. Four hundred men,
bers are already enrolled. There is
to be a champion bread demonstration
team in every county OF the state.
This team will represent it's county
at the state demonstration to be held
at the 1920 state fair. Demonstra-
tons will be given daily during the
fair week and there is to be a state
bread exhibit. The state champion
team will represent South Dakota at
the Interstate fair. Sioux City. and
will compete for honers with team
from twelve states. Milling companies
OF the state have contributed to a
fund to send the state champion
bread demonstration team On an edu
cational trip to Chicago at the time
OF the International stock and grain
show. The slogan of the bread clubs
is more Home Baked Bread or Home
Milled Flour"
Jean Lafleur. a blacksmith OF JET
| ferson, s.. d., hopes to become a mil
lionaire from an invention OF his,
which is in the form of a lifting de.
vice for airplanes. He has been
| granted a patent on his invention.
The lifting apparatus invented by him
enables an airplane to fly straight up
ward from the ground. and is fitted
with brakes by which is can be easily
and successfully lowered to the
ground, eliminating all possibility OF
accident. The invention has had d
practical demonstration and is said
to have done everything claimed
for it.
Lake Andes the famous black bass
resort, now has the highest water
stage ever known. Water in the
lake now stands u inches above the
high water mark of last year n
nearly 1000 acres of farm lands thai
have not been flooded in recent years
are now under water and farmers are
organizing to &C d drainage pro
ject which will lower the water level
from three to five feet.
Able-bodied inmates OF the Sioux
Falls ~penitentiary can be classified
Us real iICIS UCInuoC VI - AUNe
that they were this season raising
q total OF 575 acres OF crops on the
penitentiary farm. About 800 acres
has been sown to small grain, with
the remainder divided between corn,
millet, potatoes and everything in the
garden line. from onions to sweet
corn.
Moody county still leads the world
IN the number Of automobiles per
capita. With an estimated population
Of 5000 there is an automobile in the
country for a little less than every
five people. So far this year 1906
auto licenses have been issued by the
county treasurer.
A meeting Of representatives from
all alonx the Black and Yellow Trail
will be held in this city May 20 and q.
Delegates will be present from. South
Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming and
| the work Of lettering the trail will
| get a boost from this meeting.
Higher costs Of building materials
and labor seem to have no depressing
| effect on Sioux Falls building activi-
ties. During the month OF April, 1920.
building permits show an increase OF
1882, 875 over the same month in 1919.
Educators Of the seven big institu-
tions OF South Dakota are SO hard hit
by the cost of living that they will
petition the special session OF the
legislature to give them q 40 per
cent Increase in salaries.
Creamery men and buttermakers Of
northeastern South Dakota have
formed an association which will pro-
mote the interests OF dairying In the
counties of Marshall. Day. Roberts
and Grant.
In all probability the bridge over
Box Elder creek ON the Camp CT ok
Marmarth mail route will be rebuilt