The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-30
South.
Dakota
General
State
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charge of illegally selling liquor.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Gold & Co. State bank OF
Big Stone City, with a capital Of $2S,.
900. Incorporators, John T. Gold
James A. Gold, M. E. Gold, Robert ]
Hicks and George H. Clark.
The referendum petition on the
question of granting the ten years re.
bate of taxes for the erection of an op-
era house in Pierre has been filed with
the city auditor and the question will
be submitted at the regular spring
election.
The Pierre board of education has
rendered to Prof. E. E. Frisk of Oma-
ha the position of superintendent OF
city schools made vacant by the resig.
nation Of w. P. Dunlevy. Mr.. Frisk
has been for many years professor OF
science and mathematics in the
schools of Omaha.
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The acetylene gas plant in Nc
Nish's saloon at Hill City blew up.
completely wrecking the building. The
ruins caught fire and burned to the
ground. Thirteen or fourteen men
were in the saloon at the time of the
explosion. One man was seriously in
jured; the others escaped.
Suffering broken leg in runaway
accident and lying on the prairie for
four hours with the temperature
around zero, was the experience of G.
Halsch, Hutchinson. county farmer.
He finally was found by two of his
sons and some neighbor boys who
chanced to pass along the road.
The public school officers of Brown
county held convention at Aberdeen.
The subjects discussed were: THE
School as a Social Center" Patriotic
instruction in Our Public Schools"
Teachers Wages (a) Past, (b) Pres
ent, Co Future" Rural Schoolhouses
and Grounds" Responsibility of Sue
cess or Failure of School"
In the oratorical contest held at
Huron, Charles r. Miller was the sue
cessful speaker, and will represent
Huron college at the state oratorical
contest to be held at Huron in May.
His subject was abraham Lincoln"
and was pronounced by judges as well
as the audience to be one of the finest
orations ever delivered by college
student in Huron.
The state board of pardons met at
Pierre and recommended a cOmmuta-
ton of sentence from life imprison-
ment to ten years in the petition of
Michael Andres, sentenced from Car
rington county on charge Of murder.
The petition of Andrew Nightpipe for
pardon was denied, and the petition
of Richard Hayes was laid over for
further consideration.
The members of the Dell Rapids
volunteer fire department, at their
annual business meeting, elected the
following officers for the coming year:
Chief. G.. H. Blow; foreman, D. R.
Richardson assistant foreman, M. V.
Medin; secretary, JOHN Meldrum;
treasurer, S. Swanson. The depart
ment is well organized and is one OF
the most efficient in the state.
Work at the copper property be-
longing to the Dakota Calumet at Hill
City is going along in great shape.
improvements are geing made with
vie VITO employing large number OF
men this summer A new bunk house
is being built and grading is being
done for large barn. The new ma
chinery has been set up and is in
working order, and work at the mine
has been resumed.
The last report of the national banks
of the state on call of condition Jan.
2 9last shows Is such banks in the
state, an increase of 3 in the last six
months. They carry deposits to the
amount Of $15,194,SS2, as against de-
posits of $15,079,714 six months ago.
This increase is not so great as was
expected and is not nearly so great
an increase as will be shown by the
state banks for the same period.
The board of directors of Portage
township, Brown county, has sent
word to Contractor Nickel of st. Paul
to appear before them and show cause
for not having completed the township
high school building now in course OF
erection at Hecla. They claim that
the contractor has secured contracts
for larger building sand has devoted
his time to them to the neglect OF the
school building, which, they allege,
should have been finished before this.
The members of the board threaten to
| hire men to finish the building and
! deduct their pay from the contract
| price TIE building is to cost $12,-
600. and when it is finished town
ship high school will be installed.
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