The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-15

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Pierre-Onida, the county seat OF
Sully county, after a quarter of a cen
fury under township government, al
a special election held last Tuesday, by
a vote of more than two to one vote
for town organization, and the place
will begin to put on airs from this
time on.
Vermillion-Yesterday was a big day
for the Lutherans of Bergen Lutheran
church, Norway township, Clay county.
At this time the corner stone was
laid for the new church edi6ce, which
is being erected at a cost Of $4,000.
Services were held in both morning
and afternoon, in charge of Rev. =.
H. Dahl of Gayville, assisted by
Professor Ordahl Of Sioux Falls.
awarded to a Hawarden, Ia, man 70
the construction of a new public school
building in what is known as the Ison
district, a short distance northwest OF
Alcester. The work of erecting the
| DulluIlS Will commence dDOuI k<OFSll-
Der /. 1t will be modern in every re
spect and will be one of the best school
buildings in this part of the state.
Pierre-The bids for grading the
capitol grounds were opened today
only two bidders coming in, they lie
ing Fanebust & Sons of Sioux Fa Is
and NJ. F.. Gary of this city. The bid
Of Gary was the lowest, but he asked
for more time thar did the other bid
der, and the question of the letting
was taken under advisement, bat the
commission this evening decided to lie
the contract to Gary.
Sturgis-The members of the local
women's club already are making
preparations Tor the annual conven-
ton of the Black Hills Federation of
Women's clubs, which will be held in
this city on Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober Is and 16. A splendid program
is being prepared and a large attend
ance is expected. Many of the mus1-
clans, of which the federation is justly
proud, will be heard at this years con-
vention.
Huron-The mission in progress
here for the past two weeks in St.
Martins Catholic church, is closed. 1t
was under the direction of Dean Des-
mond and was the most successful in
the history of the church here. The
chief speakers were Fathers Monaghan
and Brady. All the lectures were at
for1aI hy loron n,,r,boro nf pnny1a nf
non-Catholic belief, representatives OF
the various religious nominations OF
the city being quite prominent.
Observation-Disclosures to secure an,
other mammoth artesian we'll at this
place have resulted unsaccessfullv, tho
drillers finding it impossible to ~tr.ka
the great artesian flow which mada
other artesian wells drilled in this
vicinity among the greatest spoutera
of the kind in the United States. The
old artesian we'll which for years has
furnished the water for the local wa
: terw0rks system, when first struck
was the greatest we'll of the kind in
the west, the flow and pressure being
something enormous. The flow of the
fell has gradually failed until 1t be-
came necessary to seek an additional
flow elsewhere. The new we'll, when
the water from it is turned into the
mains will increase the pressure to
some extent, but the pressure will still
be far below what the city authorities
desired.
Pierre-The report of the state treas
urer at the close of business September
80, shows $423,4O0 in all funds. OF
this $73,2s0 was in the general fund,
but as a call has been made for $72 900
of outstanding warrants for tomorrow,
that fund will suffer a heavy reduction.
The Irvine plant fund has $132 ,0o3;
and the interest and income fund fol-
the benefit of the common schools OF
the states hows STA, 1877. The capitol
state is carrying 1929 900 in call Ger
tif1cates of deposit in q number of the
banks of the state, most Of this amour.
paying the state three per cent inter-
est, which goes into the general fund.
With the interest going into the gen.
eral fund, warrants are kept up close
to the AMOUNT on hand. as the treas
urer has no object in allowing the
general fund to pile up, and collect
the Interest from 1t while the state
Is paying interest on warrants out
standing.
Sioux Falls-The Chicago. Burling-
ton b Quincy Railway company has
been made the defendant in an action
which has been instituted in tne Unit
ed States court in this city by the
federal authorities of South Dakota at
the direction of the attorney general