The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05
SOUTH DAKOTA TOPICS.
Events of the Week Related in
Brief Paragraphs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Neutrality-suspicious. Hart, who con
ducts resort south OF this city, was
held up and robbed Of all his diamonds
and several hundred dollars in cash
by five masked men. The highway.
men escaped.
Presho.-Joseph Musselman and his
aged mother, Mrs. Blork, who resiGe
on a homestead In western Lyman
county. lost their house by fire. All
the cash they possessed was secretnd
In the house and was burned.
Sturgis, s.. D.-While she was
playing on the banks Of Elm creek.
the little daughter of Gus Jones, a
rancher Of Meade county, fell into the
stream. The family dog Immediately
plunged in after the girl and, grab,
bling her dress in its mouth, pulled her
up on the bank.
Lead.-Butchers here have com.
bined and are waging a campaign to
force the packing houses in Dead:
wood to put in refrigerator cars here.
It has been the custom of the packing
houses to ship their meat consigned
to Lead butchers by wagon, and local
butchers complain that the meat is
subjected to unsanitary conditions
and frequently tainted. Butchers are
now turning back all such meat, so
Lead meat eaters will be vegetarians
until the packing houses and the
butchers reach an agreement.
Deadwood.-Naja temple of Dead.
wood Order Of Mystic Shrine is organ,
izing a patrol. The shrine has felt
the need Of good patrol. and the
work will be taken up at once. At
largely attended meeting the fol.
lowing officers of the patrol were
elected: President, George S. Jack,
son; vice-president, K. J. Reuther; sec
retary-treasurer, Paul d. Kelleter;
chief. Frank w. Medbury; board OF
control, Geo. 8. Jackson, Paul D. Kel-
letter, Chas. Ellis, Geo. NJ. Reeves and
d. II. Crary.
Lennox.-The 1S-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Fokken, well known
residents Of this place, had a miracul-
Gus escape from instant death as the
| result of being struck by lightning.
During the storm he stood under a tree
to avoid getting wet and 1t was there
he was struck. The lightning played
all about him and rendered him I'M
! conscious, but he finally recovered, af-
| ter his parents had given him up for
dead. AS the result of his thrilling
experience the young man states he
can yet taste birthstone.
Pierre.-A drowning accident has
been reported from Cheyenne river
In the northern part of Stanley coun-
ty. A party from Marietta went to
the river to operate a seine. They
were swept into deep water, and tan
gled in the seine, making their escape
| difficult. One settler named Baum
Gartner was unable to swim, and
drowned, while several others had
close calls before they succeeded in
getting out. The body of the unfortu-
nate man was found two days later
three miles down the stream.
Clear Lake.-Last Thursday was
| red-letter day in the history Of the
local Catholic church society, the oc-
casion being the dedication Of a fine
new Catholic church building, which
will be known as st. Mary's Catholic
church. The dedicatory exercises
| were conducted by Rev. Mgr. Flynn.
v. G., of Madison. assisted by a num-
Der of priests from this place and
| surrounding towns. Solemn high
mass was sung by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Shee-
| han, Of Elkton. The dedication SER
mon was delivered by Rev. J. F. X.
Burns, Of st. Paul, MINI. The new
church building is one of the finest
| In this part of the state, and the To-
cal Catholics have reason to be very
proud of the enterprise displayed in
its erection.
Pierre.-In discussion of the ratio
between real estate values and the as
sessment values, which was called UP
by the railway representatives before
the state board, they submitted fig
ures which would indicate that gen.
orally the assessment value does not
come up to one-third of the selling
value, which Is the basis supposed to
be secured. The figures were taken
from a number Of different sales re-
corded in the counties used, where the
transfer price was given, and shows
the following figures, for the list Of
counties selected, being Minnehaha,
McCook, Hanson, Dawson, Beadle,
Hughes, Stanley. The average selling
price in Minnehaha being $51.65, the
assessment price $14, which is 1920
per cent; McCook, selling value $47.41,
assessment s12. $3.50 per cent; Han.
son, selling price s47.72, assessment
$11.59, 24.10 per cent; Dawson, selling
price SALES, assessment $1,000, 25.19
per cent; Hughes, selling value
$20.17, assessment SIS, 1925 per cent;
Beadle. selling value $31.4S. assess.
ment $3.50, 5000 per cent; Stanley,
selling value $11.21, assessment 1925,