The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-05-11
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Chicago market
Sully County reports a much larger
acreage Of crops being put in for that
! section than for last year.
Lake Andes is the name of new town
% be started by the Chicago, Milwaukee
md st. Paul Railway on the Platte
branch.
The members Of the Gettysburg Wo-
mems Relief Corps have decided to hold
/ carnival next September under the aus
pices Of the corps.
The baseball teams Of Lead and Dead
wood are considering the location for
proposed new ball grounds between the
two towns this year.
At meeting of a number of men II
was decided to organize volunteer fire
department. for the better protection Of
The property in Alpena.
A new Presbyterian parsonage will be
built at Madison. The building will
cost $2,400. The work of construction
will commence at an early day.
The annual track meeting Of the Black
Hills Athletic Association, which was to
be held at Spearfish the latter part OF
May. has been changed to Sturgis.
The young fellow who tried to pass
| 81 100 worth of bogus checks OH the
State Bank at Lennox, is still in Jail. He
will be prosecuted by the bank officials.
Ross Funk, the Pierre young man who
was injured by fall at the gas well der.
rick last week, is out of the hospital, and
| expects to get to work again in q few
| weeks.
Prof. Jones, who has been superintend
| emit of the city schools of Vermillion for
the past seven years, has been elected
| member of the faculty of the Springfield
| normal school.
Douglas County has just sent out TWEEN
| ty carloads of live stock to the market,
which speaks well for the farmers, many
| Of whom are now putting their corn into
beef and pork.
| About one dozen homes are now in pro-
| cess of building at Armour, with pros
poets for more in the near future. Ar
mour is experiencing good healthy
boom at present.
The people of Lyman are raising sub
| scription for the sinking of an artesian
well at their place. One well in that
section Of the country will mean the
| sinking of several more.
Work has commenced on the construc-
| ton of new grain elevator at Parkston,
the owner being Christopher Rempfer.
The new grain elevator will have a ca
pacity Of 10000 bushels.
| At q meeting of number Of men at
washington Springs, it was decided to
| organize a tennis club. Grounds have
been secured and will be placed in con-
dition in the near future.
! An election has been called for the
i 4 M <af Rri6 w n fnr
will vote upon the proposition Of incor-
| porating the town as city under the
| general laws of South Dakota.
The sheriff of Meade County has turn
ed over to Warden Swenson at the Sioux
| to do a six years sentence for assault
with firearms with intent to murder.
Manager Lindsay, Of the passenger
transfer line on the river at Pierre, has
| received a new gasoline launch which
| will be added to his string Of boats on
the river, and very much improve the
| service.
Mt. Vernon was completely wiped out
y prairie fire about twenty years ago,
| and the people were fearful of similar
| calamity during the recent fire, and
nearly every man was protecting his own
| residence.
Earl Bros, VINO conduct large farm in
the vicinity of Hazel, are preparing to be-
come the potato kings Of South Dakota.
| They will this season plant about 1000
| bushels of potatoes, devoting many acIes
to this crop.
Petitions have been circulated at Ar
lington asking that the question Of au-
thori2ing the issuance of bonds for the
construction Of a new school building be
submitted to the voters at the regular
school election.
The creamery at Oldham place has
been temporarily closed down, owing to
| the fact that the farmers in the vicinity
| have failed to bring in sufficient guam
| tity Of cream and milk to pay the ex-
penses Of operating.
| The business of the creamery at Clear
Lake is rapidly increasing this spring
| the Increase being far beyond expecta-
tons. New machinery was purchased
| for the plant recently, and it is now one
| of the best in the state.
Steps will Immediately be taken to
complete the sewerage system at Brook
| ings, and in order to give an outlet for
the sewer the council was obliged to pur-
| chase five-acre tract of land, paying
therefor $500 per acre.
A Sioux Falls architect has been at
| Howard comforting with members of the
| Odd Fellows lodge in regard to the pro-
posed erection by them OF AZ opera
house and lodge hall building on lots now
| owned by the lodge. The building will
cost about $4,000.
| The bunk house at the artesian well
Il af fra frnv,
unknown cause Thursday evening while
the whole force was absent from the
well, and did about $25 Of damage be-
fore stream of water could be turned
| on the blaze and put 1t out.
| The agitation in favor Of the construc-
ton Of new school building at Twin