The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-03-13
I SOUTH DAKOTA.
llcreAtfng News Items From ALI
over the State

tiyidend of 10 per cent
@e 1t is reported that several North
western conductors have been laid off
Is the result Of Il slick spoilers "trip
j.. Ver the road
III. At the irrigation convention, held in
kedfield, al organization was formed
be known as the South Dakota Ar
w. e8.an Irrigation association.
The annual reunion Of the Black
Hills G. A. X. s. Of ", w. X. &. and
g- Soldiers and Sailors association VIII
De held at Chamberlain July =, j and 4.
" Tho I. Q. .. IT, Of Fulton gave a
large banquet to their families and
89 friends. All present report a grand
good time.
W. II. Benson. the Columbia blind
piSgers, has secured bonds and will
b appear at the next term Of the circuit
b court for trial.
The recent snow storms In some
4 parts of the state have placed more
snow on the ground than for several
\ years. Stock will suffer some.
d w III. plageman. who has held the
position of clerk at the Sherman house
ut Aberdeen for several years, has been
u offered q sinIar position at Fargo,
which he has accepted.
Chamberlain people ire elate over
the passage by the house. of the bill
permitting the construction Of "A
bridge over the Missouri river Ut
that place.
Fred Kater, township treasurer OF
Franklyn township, Jerauld county,
has defaulted for $500 He left home
several days ago and his whereabouts
are mystery.
The Insurance department has grant
ed license to do business in this state
to the Royal Tribe Of Joseph, a bene
ticiary order of Sedala, Mo. which has
organized a lodge at ELK Point.
Portage township, Brown county, Of
ferS a bonus to the party who will
erect creamery at Hecla and operate
the same. There are over $40 cows i'll
that vicinity and there is no doubt
about the success of the project.
Thomas H. Wells Of Hot Springs has
been appointed and accepted the posi-
ton OF vice president for South Da-
kOta Of the Mississippi and internation-
al exposition to be held at Omaha in
August, September and October. 1898
The Grnton Crea merry association
has been Incorporated, with capital
Of $1,000. The association has pur-
chased all the necessary machinery
lot in the city and expects to ccn-
frence the erection OF Il building
forthwith.
A rev industry has been inaugur-
ated at Aberdeen III the manufacture
Of ladies' dresses. wrappers and shirt
waists for the Wholesale trade. A
B. Kelly is the promoter Of the enter
r.fe "A ipl9IL Il
work Of this kind for the local stores
The joint commission 70 settle bound
aFy disputes between South Dakota
and Nebraska has completed It's work
and reached a satisfactory settlement
aud has fled Il report with the gov
ernor setting forth the boundary
agreed upon in detail.
The Republican county central COM
mittee OF Bon Hamme county has
selected March IL and Scotland as
the time and place of selecting the
delegates to the state convention to-
be held AT Huron on March 25 for
the purpose ef nominating delegates
to the ST Louis convention.
Coy. Sheldon appointed DIR. G. j.
COler, of Hroehings, regent of educa-
ton. in the place OF w. II. Jordan, Of
Sioux Falls whose term has expired.
At the expiration Of the term Of II.
u. Hale, Of Scotland, the appointae
will very probably he G. ID. Mead, OF
Pierre.
The Aberdeen United States land of
flee transacted the following business
during the month Of February: Four
teen homestead filings, embracing =
z19a.; acres: IA final homestead proofs,
1921 10 acres. six timber culture
proofs 9566l acres. This is quite an
Increase over the corresponding month
OF last year.
The trustees Of the state normal
school at Springfield announce that the
residents Of that place have raised
subscription for the purpose OF the
erection Of Il building and ask the state
board of charities and corrections for
5000 feet of stone for building pur-
poses, the stone 10 be shipped from the
state quarries ut the penitentiary.
The Iyndal Investment company
has recently been organized. 1t is
composed of Chicago parties and it's
object is the improvement and de-
yelopment of large tracts Of land
which it has purchased in the viein-
ity Of Iyndall Several cars Of blood
ed stcck and Il large amount Of lum-
Der has been shipped here and several
artesan wells are to be bored.
The commissioner Of the general land
office has ordered hearings before the
chamberlain land office upon the appli-
cations OF William and Frank Spauld-
Ing, who allege priority Of right by set
tlelnent upon land covered by the en-
tries of Homesteaders Kinney and San
ford, in this district. The land is very
valua BILE from the fact that there is an
Immense natural spring upon it, which
fu1r ~ iuhnc xyo for sufficient fn ia