The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-09
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Inc BUSINESS men OIL AluOl nave SuD-
scribed sufficient funds to assure the
drilling Of an artesian we'll for fire
protection.
During the past week a large mum
Der of people from Eastern states have
been looking over and investing in
Hyde county lands.
John Cantrell and John Sidall were
arrested at Athol by the sheriff of
Sphinx county and a deputy for the il.
legal sale Of liquor and for gambling.
E. F. Crandall, agent for the Mil
waukee railway at Elk Point, has re-
signed, after four years service, and
place.
The surveyors of the proposed rail
road from Webster to Veblen are with
in six miles of the latter town and
Veblen citizens believe the road is a
certainty.
iiiioA A~uhoy "ha ~ AAoo W.
arrested on an east-bound Milwaukee
train and taken to Webster to answer
to the charge of having robbed a farm.
er named Kemp of $50.
The tenth annual convention of the
w. c.. T. U. is to be held in Sturgis.
Sept. 81 and %, instead of at Lead.
This is one week before the state con
vention, which is to be held at Beres-
ford.
O. F. Green, living seven miles
southwest of Ethan, recently thresEed
a field of oats that averaged 76 bush
els per acre. Steven Judge, two miles
north, has just threshed 6,400 bushels
of oats.
From a number Of applications for
the position of st~enographer to Judge
COrson, he has selected c. F. Manson
of Canton for that position, and the
young man began his duties the first
of the month.
May B. Lewis has been granted a di-
vorce from Fred e. Lewis at Great
Falls, Mont. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Miller of Canova
and was married against their wishes
at Sioux City on April &c, 1902.
During the summer months the fac
ulty of the state school of mines has
honr Iynrficipu nvtoncjvnJv tho NOR.
it's of the school. with the result that
the opening on Sept. Fl will be the
largest in the history OF the school.
DR.. r. l.. Slagel, who has had charge
for several years, has increased the
attendance from twenty to thirty a
year to about 200.
Mrs. Cornwall Of Lakeport has com
pleted threshing her oats from a field
Of ninety acres, and her yield is 67
bushels to the acre. Other fields in
that nuighborhood show as well. A
number of farmers in the vicinity re-
port they are confident of from Is to
20 bushels to the acre in wheat, which
as a rule is ahead of other parts of
the county.
Albert Wagner of Alpena has
perimented for a number of years Nlth
winter wheat and usually has been
successful. This year however, his
winter wheat proved an entire failure.
The long, hard winter and unusual
scarcity of snow, except in drifts,
.o,coJ ITO YyIn,t ta uintar lin Mr.
Wagner is not discouraged, but ex-
poets to try again on a larger scale.
Hobos have been giving the people
of Britton much trouble. A %stabbing
ARRAY took place between members of
the travelling fraternity, cars standing
on the sidetracks have been broken
into and the contents stolen, among
them being a number of bottles of
whisky. which the hObos drank and
then proceeded to create further dis
turbances, which finally eliminated in
the outfit being driven from, town.
A Mr.. Reid of Lane, this state, has
given out a. timely warning to men
who are in the habit of feeding wheat
straw to cattle. He states that dur
ing the black rust plague in Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Iowa about fourteen
years ago large numbers Of cattle died
from eating the straw. 1t was quite
q time before the cause was discov-
cred, but finally the government ex-
detrimental station gave out informa-
ton that the black rust straw was the
cause.
That bee culture is a profitable in
dustry in South Dakota is proven by
the experience of a Day county man
named Adolph Wolff. This season Mr..
Wolff has sold Is stands of bees and
has II remaining. They multiply rap
idly, each hive producing from four
to seven swarms, and he has sold a
large quantity of honey, besides hav-
ing nearly 500 pounds stored away.
He expresses the belief that thee is
more money in beeS thar in Whx.