The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
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| South Dakota /
c., state News
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General



T. s. Hale has been appointed post.
master at Volunteer, Mead county.
Farmers around Alexandria report
that the blackleg has made its appear
ance in their herds.
Gov. Herried has appointed Fred
Schemeerer Of Fairfax as game war
den for Gregory county.
Four artesian well drilling machines
are at work In the country near Plank
Ington. sinking wells for farmers. The
county Is already pretty well supplied.
The Finland famine relief fund.
which has been at a standstill for sew
eral days, was enriched recently by
the receipts Of 1921 so from Minnehaha
county.
Seven applications for positions to
fill vacancies on Rural Routes / and 8
have been filed with Postmaster Reid
at Elk Point. A special examination
will be held at the postoffice.
Yankton parties have bought con.
! trolling interest in the Yankton tele-
phone company and remedy is now
being sought for the over-telephoned
condition of most of our citizens.
Edgemont is to have another bank
on June 1, when ]. A. Stewart, post
master, and G. f. Forbes will open the
Citizens bank. 1t is probable that C.
A. Grippen of Hot Springs will be cash.
| Ter.
Supt. Nash Is receiving many favor
able replies from state educators in re-
Spouse to his call for meeting at Can
ton in June to formulate plan for a
uniform course Of study in all the state
high schools.
The volunteer fire department of
Clear Lake elected the following off,
GERS: Chief, Robert Grout; assistant
chiefs, Alexander Hanson and NJ. A
Adams; secretary, T. L. Vought; treas
urer, George Artus.
The volunteer firemen at Lesterville
are preparing to go on strike, and
all because of differences with mem
bers of the town council as to the sum
which 1t shall contribute for the sup
port of the department.
There will be no saloons In Blunt
this year. A petition was circulated
asking to have the question submitted
to the voters, but It was not presented
to the board in time provided by law,
and did not contai nthe required mum
Der of signatures.
Farmers have organized an elevator.
coal and lumber yard at Waubay. The
following trustees were elected: c.
Fallmer, Joseph Gruba and Mat Reese,
! They will secure charter and meet
again in two weeks to arrange the pre-
liminaries.
The plans for Yankton's new federal
building are now being prepared al
Washington and it is expected will bt
completed in June. OF the $4,000 ap
propriated for construction, $4,000
will be available July 1, so that the
prospects of seeing the building under
way this season are very good.
The Sons of Veterans of Salem have
decided they will hereafter take charge
of Memorial day, for soon there viii
be no G.. A. r. to do so. They have
appointed a committee, D. w. Ding
man, c. c. Lowe and DR.. r. T. Dott, &c
have charge Of the program. They
plan to give over the day to appropri
ate exercises for the old soldiers.
Justice Henderson of Spearfish has
held Ernest Willard over to the next
grand jury on the charge Of cattle
stealing. Willard is charged with the
theft of an animal belonging to Jesse
Porea of Blacktail gulcb and was ar
rested few days ago. 1t is alleged
that Willard had cattle in his pasture
belonging to other persons at the Cine
of his arrest.
A large force of Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul graders has arrived at Yves
sington Springs and is now encamped
near the town. The force comprises
200 men, with complete outfit OF
grading implements and 100 teams
Several other crews will operate be
tween that place and Woonsocket., The
contracts require the grading to be
completed by September Is.
| ne OuIOu lGlSpuOHc COIupduJ uds
begun the construction of rural line
which will extend twelve miles south
of Bridgewater, reaching into the heart
of the great Russian settlement. Al
intervals OF every few miles branch
lines will be run of, thus bringing q
large section of country into closet
connection with the outside world. The
company Is deserving Of much credit
for the enterprise shown In this mat
ter.
Residents Of Fairview township
Clay county, who some time ago agi
tated the erection of telephone line
from this city to the east county line
have organized for business. The line
will be ten miles long and will be com
pleted in sixty days. w. A. Ufford is
president, Stanley Ketchum vice pres
ident, f. H Mawcer secretary, P. H
| Chausee treasurer. John Bruyer
Thomas Mcclure and Charles Chausee
trustees.
The Modern Woodmen OF South Da.
lSota held a meeting at Sioux Falls re-
Gently. A resolution was passed send.