The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-22

State.
Ho,%ard--A. Steinke, who lives E
mile and q half north Of Howard, s)ld
his farm this week for $40 per &C e.
That is the highest price paid lor land
in Miner county.
Huron-In place OF the Chicago &
Northwestern depot, destroyed by fire
at IroQuois a few days since, q better
and more commodious structure is te-
ing erected and when built will be one
of the best depots on the Northweste n
line between Minnesota and the Miss
ouri river.
oo%nsocket-J. A. Davis a progressive
farmer living near here, reports thai
his wheat crop for this season, which
has just been sold by him, netted him
a profit Of $21 per acre for tae acre
age devoted to it. This with the other
crops raised by him this season will
practically give him a erturn equal to
the value of ais land.
Vermillion-Word comes to the city
that the fine sc%hoolhouse in Bluff Cen
ter district was destroyed by fire. 1t
is said that there had been no fire in
the building, and the superstition is
that tramps camped in the school,
house all night and left cigar or cigar
cite stubs from which the blaze start.
ed. A new heating plant was just be-
ing installed.
Aberdeen-The Milwaukee road is
shutting down improvement work on
its tracks in this section of South Da-
kota for the winter esason. Already
about 500 Italians who have been en-
ployed in ~graveling the road surface
on the James river division have been
discharged, and others will lose their
positions soon, the cold weather MAX
ing 1t difficult to do the work satisfac-
torily. The work will be resumed next
spring, early.
Observation-Disclosures from all over
the Black Hills national forest show
that there will be a severe shortage OF
Pine seeds this year that will likely
prove costly tot he government. These
seeds which come from the cones, are
annually contracted for Inc local Of
ficials for ~reseeding purposes and are
collected by individuals with difficulty.
Last year 60 cents per pound was paid
for 1000 pounds OF seeds, but this year
the price will be considerably higher.
Deadwood,-Ffre supposed to have
been caused by a defective flue, de-
stroyed the dining car equipment
maintained by the Burlington railroad
at Rockford, south of here.
The fire had gained such Roadway
when discovered that four cars were
burned up, a bunk, kitchen, dining
and commissary car. The ioss to the
company will exceed 2 1000 and until
new cars are received. Hill City will
be used for meals between here and
Edgemont.
Woonsocke~-W. H. Little, a we'll
known farmer living some miles from
Woonsocket HAD an exciting expert
ence with a holdup man. Little had
been marketing grain at Alpena ana
had the proceeds In HIS pocket when
he started home. At a point on the
road, after darkness had fa.len, the
holdup man sprang from the side OF
the road and seized his horses heads,
but Little instantly whipped up his
horses and after a hard run succeed
ed in making his escape.
Pierre-Representatives Of e state
land department are Out on the Chey-
enne River and Standing Rock rese- va
lions making selections Of prac. ically
forty thousand acres Of land or that
reserve. as indemnity for tn. state
school lands which have been includ-
ed in Indian allotments on that re-
serve. They will be out for some time.
and will get a good sized slice Of some
OF the good farming lands n these re-
serves by the time they have seleated
all which is u the state as such In
demnity.
Bristol.-One Of the bonanza farm.
ers OF the northeastern portion of
South Dakota Is Fl. F.. Hansmeir, who
lives near Bristol. He has a farm Of
720 acres. and a a threshing out
fit Of his own. with which Re has
Just completed the work of threshing
the grain raised on his farm this sea
son. He did not weigh the grain as
It came from the thresher. but 1t 10
estimated that he has fully $1,000
bushels Of grain stored upon his place.
He erected a large grain elevator on
his farm last spring. but this was
found inadequate for storage purposes
the volume OF grain raised this sea-
son by him being so great. n 80
he has been compelled to store the
grain in various buildings On
his place.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts In
the cattle market at Chicago show 4
falling OF from last al there Ii
decrease in the amount Of cattle
sent from the Black Hills. Local rail-
road oficials report that thus far
over 1000 car loads have
been shipped from Belle Fourche and
Casper this year and the season prom