The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-03-12

burglars, the safe was opened and $40
in money and checks were taken.
Mrs. Anna Miljas. the check forger.
convicted in the circuit court at Dead
wood, was sentenced to spend three
years and eight months in the peniten-
tiary.
Despondent through no known rea-
son, Chris Christianson, %janitor Of the
federal building at Yankton. COUNT
ted suicide by hanging himself over
the postofice.
The first issue of the South Dakota
State Review will be issued this week
in Pierre by w. H. Bruno. The Re-
view will be exclusively devoted to
the u%pbuilding of South Dakota.
On his initial run on the Bald Noun
tain division of the Burlington rail-
road, Floyd Sterling, a brakeman, was
crushed between the cars and narrow
ly escaped death. 1t is believed tina
he will ecover.
BY a vote OF 366 to 60, Rapid City
voters decided to issue $40, 900 worth
of bonds for a new school house. The
women took a keen interest in the
election and worked ever harder than
tho man m hripo ont N ,,ofa
The Missouri river at Lower Brule
is becoming dangerous to cross on the
ice with teams. Several head OF
horses and cattle have been drowned.
George Hall lost his team and wagon
and he barely escaped with his life.
Because, it is charged. he sought to
drive his guests from his cabin with
an AK, and in doing so attacked and
injured Thomas Sutich, a jury in the
circuit court will try Mike Redman OF
Maitland on a charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon.
Fire destroyed the large barn on
the John Gunderson farm. southwest
Of Vermillion, together with ten valu-
able horses, 40G bushels of grain and a
large quantity of hay. The total loss
is "a, 1000, with but $500 insurance. The
horses were owned by Ben Noah, the
renter of the farm.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
South Dakota Stock Growers associa-
ton will be held in Rapid City April
ID, Ia and Is. The stock commission
houses of the Middle West will re-
ceive invitations to send representa-
tives. The officers are: G. X. How
ard of Smithville, president; II. A.
Dawson Of Pine Ridge, vice president:
F.. M. Stewart Of Buffalo Gap, secre-
tary and treasurer.
Col. Robert NJ. Pringle, supervising
engineer of the Indian department.
has arrived at Lower Brule to locate
the sites of four artesian wells to be
drilled at convenient points on the res
ervation. The successful completion
of these wells will solve the problem
OF water supply for domestic and ir-
rigation purposes for a large number
of the Indians and border settlers OF
that part of Lyman county.
The South Dakota State Holiness
association, a non-denominational or
g~anization Of the state, has decided
that it should have a permanent home
and has purchased a tract on Rock
creek about four miles from Mitchell
on the Omaha road, and will fit 1t up
for a permanent annual camp meeting
place. Secretary r.. A. Leggett OF the
association says that they will get ev-
erything possible in shape for the
meetings, which will be held this year
from July II to %.
The state board Of assessment, I'M
der the provisions Of the law OF 1905,
has placed upon the tax rolls eight
miles of North-W Western trackage from
Blunt to the gravel pit in Sully coun-
ty. This trackage was omitted from
the report made last year by error,
and the placing OF that mileage on the
tax list gives Sully county it's first
railroad taxes ever to be paid in that
county. Further, that little piece OF
road leaves Buffalo as the only organ
lied county in the state without a rail-
way line.
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For the first time in the history OF
Deadwood, a Chinaman will cast a
vote in the coming municipal election.
The Celestial who thus adopts another
American custom, is Hong Quong. son
of DR.. Wing Tsue, the wealthy mer-
chant, and recognized leader of his
race in the Black Hills. Quopg is
twenty-four years old and is an unusu-
ally bright young man. He was edu-
Gated at the University of Canton, al
though born in Deadwood; married a
Chinese wife. by whom he has one
child. When he came back TO this
country he had difficulty with the i'm
migration officers in re-entering and
was not permitted to bring his wife.
He then entered the State School OF
Mines at Rapid City, where he took a
two years course in mining engineer
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