The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-03
ESSitzsh
ahort Notes.

meeting at which they decided to organ
lie a CUR club.
At a meeting of the ladies OF Java and
vicinity preliminary steps were taken to
organize a Ladies' Aid Society.
R A. Klinge, who for a number OF
years has been agent at Elkton of the
Rock Island Railroad Company, has ten
dered his resignation.
The business Of the Revilio creamery
Is constantly increasing and an aggregate
of over one ton of butter per week is be-
Ing shipped to eastern markets.
AS the result of a mass meeting Of
Irene business men it was decided to hold
a carnival and baseball tournament at
Irene the third week in August.
The past two weeks have been the
most active which the land market in
Mitchell has experienced in many
months. The homeseekers were mostly
from Iowa and Illinois.
1t is estimated that during the past
year more than 150, 1000 bushels of wheat
have been shipped from Orient. 1t is be-
lieved that no other town in FaU!x
County made so good a record.
The annual meeting of the sheriffs Of
South Dakota scheduled for Sioux Falls
last week was not the success that had
been anticipated. But sixteen of the
sherifs of the state put in an appear
ance.
The ~4-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Doonen, well known residents of
Lawrence County, wandered away from
home about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and was not found until s o'clock the
next morning.
The board of trustees of Veblen has
awarded to a Redield well drilling firm
inc contract for sinking an artesian well,
which is designed to furnish the people
of Vebicu with water for fire protection
and domestic purposes.
At a meeting of the stockholders Of the
Scotland Wittenberg Telephone Com
pany it was decided to at once order the
material for the construction of the
line which is to connect the two
places. The contract for the building of
the line has been awarded.
Chief Of Police 81. A. Johnson, Of Can
ton, has received three sets of balls and
chains for use in cases where tramps
and buns come along and refuse to work
on the streets after being arrested and
are unable to pay their fines.
Preparations are being made by the
Farmers Elevator Company of Madi-
son for the enlargement and improve
ment of the plant operated by the COM
pany. The capacity Of the elevator will
be increased to 10000 bushels.
A1thnrh + aIrN AYIae 20 o~o - tho
newest towns in South Dakota, it is rap
idly becoming a place of Importance.
The latest business house to open its
doors is a bank, which was incorpora-
ted under the name OF the Lakeside
State Bank.
Parties from the west have secured
Hand County in search of horses and cat
tie upon the plea that they had beer
strayed, but to officers the owners de.
clared their belief that the animals had
been stolen. One bunch Of 80 steers be-
longing to a farmer near Blunt mysteri-
ously disappeared.
A contract has been awarded by the
board Of trustees of Java for the sink
ing of a well on ground recently pur-
chased by the town authorities. The
well will be three feet in diameter, aud
will be the first step in the plan Of the
authorities to provide the people OF Java
with first class fire protection.
John Sadler, of WATERFOWL, ran away
from home two years ago. He was re-
Gently found by his father at work in
a machine shop at Minneapolis. He is
about Is years old, and uses neither to-
bacco nor liquor. The father had re-
ceiyed no word from the son during his
absence, and the meeting was a very
affecting ne.
The fight for a municipal water works
system at Sioux Falls has been Temporal
rily overshadowed by the difference
among the citizens of Sioux Falls over
the payment Of a bonus of $4,000 to
the South Dakota Central Railroad CON-
pany, which is now engaged in construct
ing a railroad from Sioux Falls to Mad
ison, via Cotton.
Ole Larson, a farmer living near Fair
view, has something of a suriosity in the
form of a grated timothy head OH a
wheat straw. The stalk is about FIVE
feet long and is a perfect wheat straw
until within about a foot of the top,
where the timothy straw sets in. As a re-
suit, the wheat stalk has a fine timothy
head about six inches long.
III. ii. DeLong, J.. e. Millett, and Geo.
Gerber have been appointed by the Lin
coin County commissioner for the pur-
pose Of making a selection Of agricultur-
al displays for Mitchell's corn palace.
The commissioners appropriated 500 for
the purpose, and that means that all the
exhibits must be donated by those con-
tributing to make up the exhibit.
The recently organized athletic club of
DeSmet has purchased six acres of
ground in the eastern part of town and
win fit 1t up for a baseball park. The
work Of constructing a grand stand al
ready Is in progress. 1t is the intention
Of the members Of the club to enclose the
entire six-acre tract with a high boa d