The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-30
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South Dakota
c, State News
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one of the Sanderson storerooms at
Salem for a line of dry goods and
clothing.
The sum of $4,000 has been appro-
priated for road work on the Crow
Creek reservation. The work will be
done by Indians.
Messrs. Pierce and Groth Of Sac
City, Iowa are opening new clothing
store in the Commercial State bank
building at Salem.
Edward Surnan, who arrived at
Lead few days ago from Nalpas,
Mich. died of typhoid fever. He was
a native of Finland
1t is expected that the race meet at
Sisseton on Oct. 3 TO 5 by the Sisseton
Driving Park association will be the
most successful ever held in this part
of the state.
The death of John~Hill took place at
the home of his sister, Mrs. John Luty.
in Central City. He had recently ar
rived from California for visit. lie
was a pioneer of the Hills.
GHlllp 'iNA''
was brought up before Justice Peters
son, at Oacoma. He was charged with
stealing a horse from MIR. Rubey, Ow-
ing to lack of substantial evidence he
was acquitted.
The McCook County Fire and Light
ming company, doing business only In
this county has been hit pretty hard.
Out of over s1,700 paid in losses, all
but two were from lightning. The COM
pany has made but one assessment this
year.
At a meeting OF the board of direc-
tors of the Retail Implement Dealers
association of South Dakota, South
western Minnesota and Northwestern
Iowa, it was decided to hold the an
nual convention at Sioux Falls on Dec
8, 9 and 10.
TIE family liquor store conducted
by Max Freidwald at Deadwood was
closed by order of Mayor Mcdonald
and the license revoked. This action
was taken on information that the
place was not being conducted in an
orderly manner.
The homestead filings at the Pierre
office will reach more than 200 for
September, which, with the DECLARE
tories which are filed, will mean the
taking up of more than $50 quarter
sections in Stanley county for the
month.
IN q hOnt
800 acres of land north of Sturgis and
a hole is to be bored for oil. Among
the promoters are Charles Francis,
III. e. Perkins, j. ID. Hale, G. G. Polk,
]. f. Henry, G. F. Farley and G. l..
Bradford
Local veterans of the Philippine war
have applied for a charter for a camp
of the national society, Army OF the
Philippines. 1t is the purpose to form
a state organization. When this is
done an effort will be made to get the
next annual convention of the nation
al order in South Dakota.
Huron college opened the fall term
with a surprisingly large number of
students present. The address was by
DR.. T. b. Boughton of Bridgewater.
Rev. f. II. Richardson and Rev. H. S.
Wilkinson, both of Huron, took part
in the exercises. The year promises to
to be one of marked success.
The Methodist society at Centeryille
is improving its church building by a
good sized addition. w. Il. Ega is put
ting $500 worth Of improvements on
his opera house. Ole Anderson Is
building the finest residence in town,
to cost $4,000. Work is being pushed
ON the new school and it is thought it
will be finished by Feb. /.
]. ID. Hale of Tilford has returned
from ST. Louis, where he had been to
market fifteen head of young mules.
The animals brough $50 apiece unbro-
ken. Mr. Hale said he saw carload
of A and 5-year old mules sold on the
open market for 81 500. or 5000 apiece.
He says they were no better than can
be raised in western South DAKOTA.
An unknown man about forty years
Of age, who had lived around Airing
ton and Hetland for month and had
begged his living, was found dead with
his skull cracked on the Chicago &
Northwestern tracks about half a mile
west. He was supposed to have been
beating his way from Hetland on an
east-bound freight train, which passed
shortly before he was found.
Supt. of Schools Ustrud of Mime
haha county has completed report
which contains some interesting facts.
IL shows there are 118 rural school
houses, FIVE of which were erected the
past year The buildings and furni-
ture are worth $4,000 A total of lao
teachers are employed. Outside of the
independent school districts there are
1852 children of school age, 3086 Of
whom are enrolled. Tn rural schools
of the county have 116 Libraries, con-
tanning total of 6,04S volumes.
Persons have been in Pierre looking
over the situation with view of es-
tablishing small wooden mill to han
die the wool grown in this section OF
the state. A meeting of leading citi-
zens was held few days ago and the
matter informally discussed. The
chances are regarded as favorable.
At a meeting. of laboring men at