The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-10-10
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South Dakota
General State News
Photographed.

AnOtSo oeCpTeu by stn
dents of the Sioux Falls. $50 nas su,
Business College. Catalogue free
The state fair at Yankton this v.,.
came within s1.15 Of paying out.
Civil ,ervice examinations win :.
held Nov. 20 at Sioux Falls and YAM
ton.
A pension of s14 per month has hsa,
granted to the widow Of John r. Rrowa
OF Piedmont.
The pcstcffice at Lakeport, Yank,on
county, has been discontinued. Man
goes to Yankton.
VI. B. Russell Of Wskonda and -
Pardy Of Faulkton have been appo,nt.
ed railway postal clerks.
A farm adjoining Wagner sold for I'm
per acre last week. Every train brings
In land seekers.
Leslie T. Carter Of New York was an.
pointed commissioner of deeds for
South Dakota Sept. 81.
Secretary of State Berg has pre-
pared blanks for making returns Of the
judicial elections. and a supply has
been sent to each county auditor.
The contract for the erection OF the
new gymnasium at the Yankton college
has been let to Goetz e. Valentine. The
building is to be completed by Jan. 1.
There are 143 creameries and seven
cheese factories licensed by the state
represents $3.50 fees to the commission
err.
c. A. Tuck and Henry Allen, who
have a forty-acre field of potatoes near
WATERFOWL, have commenced digging
them. They will average about 100
bushels per acre.
Ole Engen, who has lived mile east
denly. He was apparently in good
health during the day, and was taken
Ill after supper.
Fifteen thousand dollars have been
raised for the purpose OF building a
Mennonite college in Bon Hommc
county. The location will be made ard
work begun soon.
w. F. Varnum Of Campbell county
has returned from Chicago, where he
1885 for Galloway steers, end 10 cents
less for reds and mixtures.
Work on the John A. Johnson de-
partment store building at Madison ic
at a standstill owing of the inability OF
the contractors to secure brick with
which to carry on operations.
Frank Weber, aged about thirty, died
ak he o1 ut az
peritonitus. He was taken to the hos
pital from near Putney, where he had
been working, about week ago.
w. II. Pugh of Des Moines, contract
or for the Masonic temple to be erect
ed in Iankton, hopes to have the walls
of the basement first story, which will
be very high. completed before snow
flies.
The state brand commission, in ses-
sion at Pierre, viii have several hun
dred brands TO pass on. When the
work Of the commission is completed
about 1000 brands win have been regis
tered.
The Doyle brothers Of Darlington,
Wis, are again in Huron buying land.
They already own $4,000 acres in that
vicinity, and are tuying more, upon
which they are establishing stock
ranches.
A severe storm occurred near Clear
Lake recently. The farm house and
barn Of John Bluers, six miles from
Clear Lake, were destroyed, together
with a school house in the same neigh
borhood.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed at Pierre for the Wisconsin ana
Mexico Mining company. at Pierre,
with capital OF 100000. Incorporat.
ors. Fred Kraus, Frank Touissaint ana
IT. p. Estes.
The work on the public library build
ing at Aberdeen was delayed for some
time on account of the non-arrival OF
some of the material, but Contractor
Edwards is now pushing 1t along IN
good shape.
Groton's street fair was largely at
terded. The exhibits of farm products
were large and there was also goou
showing of stock, the farmers having
taken lively interest In the compeu-
ton for the prizes offered.
MlSSiOn Hill Will sOOn nave d S
A building to be occupied for that pur-
pose is soon to be erected there, and the
long fight that a number OF the people
of that village have made against the
liquor traffic will end In defeat.
A. III. Leren, an aged farmer living
east of Faulkton, came near losing ms
life the other day. The cross beam IN
a hay loader flew back and struck hin'
smashing his face and forehead. inc
chances Of recovery are against him.
Farmers are still putting up immense
quantities OF hay in Charles Mix coun-
ty. Nj. L. Fox OF Sioux Falls bought OF
one man 1900 tons, which he has CON
tIacted to have baled and shipped TO
Wagner. to be sent from there by ran
South Dakota postoffices have been
established as follows: Kent, Coding'
ton county Walter X Gregory. posi-