The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-10

There Is some local report OF ma
tured potatoes rotting in the ground:
otherwise the outlook is good
There is still at little wheat and oats
to be cut in some northern counties
and in some parts Of the Black Hills
region.
Flax continues to do we'll, except on
old land in some limited localities.
Early flax cutting is progressing Ia
yorably and the bolls are we'll filed.
Fred j. Schaerer, recently from Ev-
arts. S. D., was arrested at Redfield
on the charge of horse stealing and
has been bound over to await trial at
the circuit court.
Haying has made favorable progress,
with indications that the crop will be
Of only fair quality in some northern
counties and also In portions of the
Black Hills region.
Early millet is yielding well and the
late sown is generally in good condi-
ton. The second crop of alfalfa ID
promising. Pasturage is sa rule good
and the native grass is ground-curing
favorably for winter pasturage.
The manager of the Iroquois cream
cry has completed the payments for
milk purchased during July. During
the month total of 512,477 pounds of
milk were received at the creamery,
for which the farmers received an ag-
gregate of $3,566.51.
The main 3O00-foot sewer at Miller
is about tiled, cement sidewalks have
been started, the telephone exchange
is being greatly enlarged, and Stephen
Pauley is about to put in electric
lights, giving Miller quite boom in
public improvements this summer.
The heating plant of the new court
house at Parker, which is nearing
completion, has been tested by the
county commissioners and accepted.
It Is expected that the court house
will soon be completed and ready to
turn over to the county by the con-
tractor.
The department of the interior has
filed plans and specifications covering
the construction of the new carpenter
and shoe shops at the Indian school
at Pierre, replacing ones which were
burned. They will be much more COM
plete and conveniently arranged taan
the old ones.
The town council Of Chancellor has
entered into contract for the sink.
ing of three-incb well, which must
furnish not less than forty-6ve bar.
rels of water each twenty-four hours.
Work on the well is now in progress.
1t is designed to furnish water for
fire protection and domestic purposes.
The weather during the week aver
aged quite warm with scattered but
! generally beneficial showers, and on
the whole was favorable for harvest
ing, stacking, threshing and hayihg.
Reports indicate that there is sufficient
soil moisture for current needs, except
over limited areas, where rain would
benefit late crops.
The members of the Gettysburg
| last dollar of indebtedness on the Old
church building, and are now raising
money for the construction of new
church edifce. The old church was
destroyed by miniature tornado.
since which time church services have
been held in rented quarters.
Corn has made rapid progress under
the influence of the warm weather.
Considerable of the early planted is be-
yond the roasting ear stage, and most
of the late has attained that stage. The
crop, however, is still backward re-
ports indicating that the early planted
will probably need from two to three
weeks of favorable weather and the
late planted longer to perfectly ma
ture.
Much complaint has been made col
corning the violations of the liquor
license law by druggists in Sphinx
county. The law Is very strict as to
sales of liquor by pharmacists, and
one druggist from Mellette was con-
victed on two counts at the last term.
At Worthwhile, the neighboring town
to Mellette, complaint was made
against Clarence Fylpaa, and he has
been held to answer to the same
charge Under the old prohibition
law it was difficult to get sufficient
evidence to convict druggists, but un-
der the license system the most zeal
GUS supporters of the law are the sa-
loonkeepers themselves. and drug
gists are held to strict accountability.
A druggist convicted of this charge
has his certificate Cancelled as soon as
he Is found guilty by jury.
Up to this time officers have been
unable to find Rev. Dawson Burgess.
the absconding preacher of Messing.
ton. Sheriff Kerr has received sew
eral letters to the effect that Burgess
Is wanted elsewhere. A communica.
ton from A. j. Ikemere of Louisville,
H., sheriff of Clay county, says Bur-
CESS was indicted there year or
more since for forgery, and has wife
living there, who has just learned OF
the marriage OF Burgess to girl In
washington. From all accounts the
alleged preacher is smooth scamp,
and is giving officers no little trouble,
to say nothing of the disgrace brought
by him on the Christian denomination
he processes to represent. 1t is I'M
derstood he continues to go by the
name Of rsrt Dawson rather than by