The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-11
Apples and plums are ripening. On
the whole apples promise only a fair
yield; plums better.

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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 ccuntias
and in some parts of the Black Hills
region.
Flax continues to do well, except on
old land in some limited localities.
Early flax cutting is progressing ia
vorably and the bolls are we'll filled.
Fred J. Schaerer, recently from Ev-
arts, S. D., was arrested at Redield
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 we'll and the
late sown is generally in good condi-
ton. The second crop of alfalfa u
promising. Pasturage is a 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 a total of 5l2,47 pounds of
milk were received at the creamery.
for which the farmers received an ag-
gregate of $3,566.51.
The main 3,OOO-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 a 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.
1t is expected that the court house
will soon be completed and ready to
turn w to the county by the con-
tractor.
The department of tn 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 a contract for the sink.
ing Of a three-inch we'll, which must
furnish not less than forty-five bar.
rels of water each twenty-four hours.
Work or the well is now in progress.
1t is designed to furnish water for
fire protection and domestic purposes.
The weather during .he week aver
aged quite warm witt scattered but
generally beneficial sL,Twers, and on
the whole was favorable for harvest
ing, stacking, threshing and hayilg.
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
Methodist society have paid off the
last dollar of Indebtedness on the old
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money for the construction of a new
church ediice. The old church was
destroyed by a 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 con
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
Dpen DSlQ 10 answer 10 Lne 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 a jury.
Up to this time officers have been
unable to find Rev. Dawson Burgess,
the absconding preacher of Wessing-
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 a year or
more since for forgery, and has a wife
living there, who has just learned Of
the marriage of Burgess to a girl in
Washington. From all accounts the
alleged preacher is a smooth scamp,
and is giving officers no little trouble,
TO saw nothing of the disgrace brought