The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-05-19
South Dakota
News

That section OF the Philip business
district which was destroyed by IRE
some months ago raridly is being re-
built.
The March influx Of immigrants
into western South Dakota over the
lines Of the Milwaukee system, when
has made report to State lmmlsra-
ton Commissioner l. D. Aldrlcns
shows that there was good move
ment from the eastern to the western
part of the state, as we'll as in bring
ing immigrants from points outside
the state.
Capturing live eagle with lariat
was the feat of Tom Hale, one OF the
cowboys on the Mulehead ranch,
From a distance Hale saw the eagle
swoop down and kill a calf. Know
ing that the eagle is a natural born
glutton when given the opportunity
Hale waited until the bird had eaten
so much that it was unable to fly. He
then rode his pony full tilt at the
bird, roped it and carried it home to
the ranch house, where it is now
Gagged. 1t will be sent to the Smith
sonian institution at Washington, DC.
BY d, vote Of 294 to 40, the House
of Representatives passed bill
authorizing producers Of agricultural
products to form associations collect
lively to market their produce with
immunity from prosecution under the
Sherman antitrust law. This is prac-
tically the Game as the Capper-Vol-
stead bill of year ago, and it has
advanced to the point where it was
made useless last year by the action
of the senate in amending and chang
ing the bill so that it would have
been of little or no value if passed.
The state convention of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary in it's Aberdeen
meeting placed South Dakota in the
front rank in movement that is
likely to become second only to that
Of Americanization throughout the ma
ton. 1t has decided to take up as its
special functioning promoting Ameri-
eanism the organization Of citizenship
clubs among young people about 20
years of age as a preparation for the
| responsibilities of voters. Because
the national movement has not yet
been launched, this action of the auxil-
larry places South Dakota in the lead
in this movement.
That the problem resulting from the
general effort on the part Of rural
Bchoo boards to decrease the salaries
of all rural teachers in South Dakota
is serious one is proven by the fact
that there are fully so per cent fewer
names placed on the records Of the
state placement bureau at this time
than on any similar date since the bu.
reau was established by the legisla-
tive act of 1917. This placement bu-
reau which is under the supervision Of
the department of public instruction,
is a free employment bureau where
names and qualifications of teachers
wanting positions are recorded and
supplied to superintendent or those
who have charge Of employing teach
ers. Usually there are about 400
names entered at the bureau. The aD-
| parent lack of interest this year, indi-
Gates, in the opinion of c. T. King,
deputy state superintendent of public
instruction, that teachers either think
it will be unnecessary to enroll in a
placement bureau; to secure positions
in South Dakota next year or they
have made up their minds to go to
other states where salaries are being
held stationary or increased rather
than decreased.
Small grain is coming along nicely
over the state, and corn planting is
Under way in many sections, while
in the Missouri valley and west Of the
river the breaking plows are turning
over many acresaof sod for increase
OF crop acreage. 1t is hard to esti
mate at this time just how much new
acreage will be put in on sod fol
the year. Most of the breaking viii
be seeded to flax, but not all Of. it, as
some sof the farmers find ssthats fhey
can get a good corn crop Oh sod if i
IS properly handled, and a part Of tht
new acreage will be 1iU corn. d Appar
emily the talk Of farmers reducing
acreage this year had no foundation
other than mere gossip, as the acre
age in practically all classes OF farm
crops is being increased instead o
reduced. Just how much that in
crease will be will be told by tn
assessors figures when they are com
piled, but to date it would be mer
guess work to say how extensive it is
One Of the features put forward las
fall as a basis for acreage reduction
/ this year was the high price Of farm