The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-30
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South Dakota
49,, State News
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western part or Lincoln county, 10 pre-
pairing to incorporate.
U. Perry of Freeport, H., has leased
one of the Sanderson storerooms AT
Salem for 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
I. is expected that the race meet at
Sisseton on Oct 3 TO ) 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 a visit. lie
was a pioneer of the Hills.
Philip Fallas, a half-breed Indian,
was brought up before Justice Peters
son. at Oacoma. He was charged with
stealing a horse from Mr.. Rubey. Ow-
ing to lack of substantial evidence be
was acquitted.
The McCook County Fire and Light
ming company, doing business only In
this county. has been hit pretty hard.
| Out of over LOO paid in losses, all
but two we're 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.
/ s, 3 and 10.
The 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 declara-
tories which are filed, will mean the
taking I'D of more than $50 quarter
sections in Stanley county for the
month
Options have been secured on about
900 acres of land north of Sturgis and
a hole is to be bored for oil Among
the promoters are Charles Francis,
II. E. Perkins, ]. ID. Hale, G. G. Polk
]. F. Henry, G.. f. Farley and Q. L.
Bradford
Local veterans Of the Philippine war
have applied for charter for camp
of the national society, Army OF the
Philippines. 1t is the purpose to form
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
DIR. T. B. Boughton of Bridgewater
Rev. F. II. Richardson and Rev. II. >
Wilkinson, both of Huron. took part
in the exercises. The year premises tc
to be one of marked success.
The Methodist society at Centeryills
is improving it's church building by
good sized addition. w. ErEga is put
ting $500 worth of improvements or
his opera house. Ole Anderson IL
building the finest residence in town
to cost $4,000. Work is being pushed
on the new school and IL is thought Il
will be finished by Feb. l.
]. d. Hale of Tilford has returned
from st. Louis, where he had been tc
market fifteen head of young mules
The animals brough $50 apiece unbro
ken. Mr.. Hale said he saw carload
of 4 and 5-year old mules sold on the
open market for 81 1900. or 5000 apiece
He says they were no better than car
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 will
his skull cracked on the Chicago 4
Northwestern tracks about half mile
J west. He was supposed 10 have beer
beating his way from Hetland on al
) east-bound freight train. which passed
, shortly before he was found
Supt. of Schools Ustrud Of Mime
haha county has completed a report
which contains some interesting facts
1t shows there are lis rural schoo
houses, five OF which were erected the
past year. The buildings and furni
ture are worth $4,000 A total of 14(
teachers are employed. Outside of Tho
independent school districts there are
1852 children of school age, 3,0S6 o.
whom are enrolled. Tn rural schools
of the county have lie Libraries, con
tanning total of 6,043 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