The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-10

provement is being made in the build
lngs and grounds OF the State Normal
his summer.
Pierre-Governor Vessey has ap-
pointed Floyd w. Brown, of Lead, a
OF the state board Of phar-
macy, to fill the vacancy caused by
the expiration of the term Of James
Lewis Of Canton.
Chamberlain-Edward Cullen of
Reliance, was bitten on the finger by
a r~attlesnake and brought here for
treatment. He reached down in the
grass to pick up some wire when q
snake bit him on the little finger. AT
ter drinking a quantity Of whisky he
was hurriedly brought here on the
gasoline handcar for treatment.
Aberdeen-Emil Victor was found
guilty at the termination Of his trial
on last Wednesday afternoon of the
murder of ] w. Christie, his wife and
daughter and Michael Ronayne, on
July 3. The penalty was fixed at death.
He will be sentenced Sept. 80. V~ictor's
defense was insanity.
Mltchell-The annua meeting OF
the South Dakota Anti-Saloon league
will be held in this city Sept. 20, dur
Ing the week of the corn palace. 1t is
proposed to make the annual meetinl,
more of q convention and delegates
Will be present from every section Of
the state. This was arranged for at
a meeting of the board of directors
held in this city on Wednesday last.
"
Lead-BIack- Hills prospectors will
hunt for radium. The first step to be
taken will be to find pitch blende.
This has been discovered in Colorado
and as the formations there and in
the Hills r sc familiar, much en-
thusiasm has been created among
mining men and prospectorA 1t is
predicted that the next boom in the
Black Hills will be q radium boom.
Murdo-A movement 10 on foot for
q new artesian we'll here. The con-
tract price is to be $4,000, Of which
the c. M. & St. P. r. r. Co, will pay
one-third, the Milwaukee Land Co., a
third and the city of Murdo q third.
The city voted $4,000 bonds for wa
terworks some time ago and when the
old well was tested it was found that
it had been filled up with sand and
no water could be pumped. making it
necessary to start a new well.
Rapid City-One of the oldest men
to prove up or q claim is Zachariah
Pitman, who has recently proved up
on his ranch near Wasta and has now
come into Rapid City to live. He was
born in Mt. Carroll. ILL.,. in 1908, and
although he is now 101 years old re-
tains all his faculties to a remark
able degree. He ia said to be the
oldest man who has ever filed on a
claim in this part of the country. He
is a blacksmith by trade, and until
recently has been active al his bust
ness.
Aberdeen-The smaller South Da-
kota In the newer section of the
state nave been in the habit Of paying
6 per cent per annum for time de-
posts of one year. and 5 per cent per
annum when they remain in the in
stitution for six months. AS a result
of a meeting of the Northern South
Dakota Bankers association here.
the rate will be reduced to 5 and 4 per
cent, the increasing prosperity, MAX
ing satisfactory loans more difficult
to place. not justifying the bankers
in paying the higher rate on time de.
posts.
MISUNDERSTANDING a conference here
Of Chicago & Northwestern railway
officials. it was announced hat the
Gettysburg & Blunt extension Of this
road would be completed this season.
Contracts have been let and the
work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. 1t is doubtful. however. if
anything more than the securing OF
titles to right of way for the Hitch
cock nida branch will be accom-
plished this season. the company pre-
ferring to complete the other line be-
fore beginning work on the last nam
ed route. The completion Of this
branch will be ~incalculable benefit 10
settlers in n of the most fertile AMI
attractive agricultural and stock Sec
tions in the state. Large quantities
Of material are now being distributed
for the work.
PieFfe-The state capitol commits
sion after two days consideration OF
tho propositions presented by the
different bidders IN decoration Of the
new building. let the contract to the
William g: Andrew Decorative com
pany Of Clinton, Iowa. There were
six bidders and all had fine decorative
effects to offer. and after q long con-
sideration the plan presented by Mr..
Andrews was considered to be the
best ~ q whole.
The general plan IL q color scheme
IN harmony with the marble f%inishings
OF the building and each particular
location. The art glass of the rotun-
da has been selected to harmoniZe
with the general color scheme. start
ing with the light glass in the EYE" Of
the rotunda. and shading !mpercepti-
bly, into the darker shades lower
down. While all the decorative
schemes were good. Mr.. Andrews Of
fered mural paintings by such artists
a Edwin II. Blashfield. and Edward
Simmons. whose work IL known all
over the United States. There IL to be
one picture by Blashfield in the recep-
ton room Of the governor. the work of
that artist being shown in the con-
gr~sicnal library at Washington: and
the state buildings OF Minnesota, Wis
ccnsin. Iowa and Massachusetts.