The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-12

| Nov. Is has been determined upon
as the date for the dedication Of the
new Christian church at Oacoma.
Lars Brudvig is at Sacred Heart
hospital at Yankton suffering with .
broken leg. He was in runaway &C
cident.
The state treasurer has received
draft for $3,34137 from the national
government as aid for the state sol
diers' home.
wniie Swan Torkeison OF Basiy was
driving down Main street at a rapid
rate his horse ran into little boy
named Erickson and severely injured
him.
At the annual meeting of the Tur-
ner Comfy Teachers association tho
following officers were elected: Pres
;dent, E. ID. EIDE; secretary, Miss Caro-
line Dexter.
A body OF farm land containing
about LOO acres in Liberty township,
and including the Medberry ranch. has
been sold to iowa men by the Union
Land company of Huron for $26 an
| acre.
Chairman Edward Cachelin Of the
board of county commissioners is bad
~ bruised as the result of an accident
with a wild horse at Spearfsh He was
thrown by the animal. striking on his
head
Fire at Groton destroyed the barn
and sheds OF T. o. Johnson, together
with eight head of horses, two steers
and most of his farming implements.
The loss amounts to about $1,000, part
ly covered by insurance.
tablished at Huron in the next two
weeks. Miss Schmock and Mrs. SUIT
phen have arranged to engage in the
notion and ladies' furnishing business
and are in the East purchasing their
stock.
Another extension Of thirty days has
been granted at the Sisseton Milling
company in which to get the municipal
electric light system in operation at
that place. The delay is due to the
difficulty in securing an engine Of suf-
llcient capacity.
Lead and vicinity were visited re-
Gently by a snowstorm. Although the
snow only fell to depth of an inch.
or two there, at Preston, Crown Hill
and other higher points it lay to the
depth Of six inches. At Deadwood the
storm amounted only to rain shower.
The Erwin Telephone company has
extepfed rural lines in various direc-
tons, and now the local business
houses are in direct communication
with practically all the farmers who
reside in the territory tributary to
that place.
A seven-year- son of Charles
Brophy of Palmer Gulch. Pennington
county, was killed by falling from .
wagon. The boy, with several others.
| was riding on load of potatoes when
the wagon struck an obstruction.
bounding him off. His neck was
! broken.
The annual sale OF delinquent taxes
| was held at Salem recently and was
the smallest in the history OF the
county. Two townships did not have
a delinquent piece OF land. At the time
of the publication the list was unusual
ly long, but payments have reduced It
to minimum.
The farmers around Whitewood are
having difficulty in obtaining threshing
crews, largely owing to the destruc-
ton by fire two weeks ago of two OF
the machines operatin 81 nthat vicin-
ity Theer is a large grain crop or
both wheat and oats. and only small
part Of it has been threshed.
The drill at the Spring Creek oil
prospect, near Sturgis, has reached q
depth of over 400 feeet, and strong
flow of water was encountered which
rose in the pipe to height OF eighty
feet. The representatives OF the Bear
Butte Oil company are we'll pleased
with the progress OF the work, and
with the favorable indications thus far
developed.
George Morehouse president OF tbs
Bank of Brookings, died after a long
illness. He was the pioneer banker
of this county, and had wide 40
quaintance because of his philanthropy
ic deeds. He was FIRST in every enter.
prise to promote the interests of the
community. He accumulated a good.
sized fortune. His wife and one son
survive him.
L. N. Grill OF Elk Point has consoli-
dated his elevators at Elk Point, Bur.
bank and Aberdeen with those of the
Sioux Grain company at Jefferson.
Trip, Vermillion and Parkston, S. d..
and Chatsworth and Ticonic, Iowa IA
the spring the head Office Of the COM
pany will be moved 10 Sioux City. 0.
ID. Whitney having charge of the Office
and Mr.. Grill attending to the outside
work.
The story sent out from Canton last
week to the effect that a travelling hyp-
notist at Lamont buried Ole Rasmus-
son at school house exhibition and
the next night was unable to arouse
him, was an unmitigated fake. Has
musson moved from Lamont to Sioux
City nearly four years ago. There has