The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-08-20

| sion has allowed a contract for furni
ture amounting to about $4,000 for
the new capitol.
Aberdeen.-J. O. Adams, townsite
agent Of the st. Paul railroad, says
the grading on the three extensions in
! western South Dakota will be CON-
pleted by Nov. next
Aberdeen.-Duringa wind storm the
south wall of the second story of the
addition to the Mechanic Arts build
ing at the northern normal and indus
| trial school here was blown down.
Pierre-Gov. Vessey and wife have
left for Spokane, Wash, where they
| will attend the national irrigation con-
, gress and visit the Seattle exposition.
Their stay Is limited to about two
| weeks.
Aberdeen.-Owing to the great in
crease in the school population of
Aberdeen, the school board will find
rooms for at least three grades until
| new school building now under way
is completed.
Jul llouAlCu UoIuiCo
robbed the State Bank of Crandall of
over $1,000 and escaped over the prai
rie. The charge of dynamite with
| which they blew open the safe
| wrecked the building and aroused the
| nearby residents.
Sioux Falls.-Rev. G. A. Anderson,
| of Des Moines. Iowa, eastern district
elder of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will dedicate fine new Meth.
odist church at Sedgwick, Hyde coun-
ty, Sunday, Aug. %.
Washington, D. C.-Rural carriers
appointed at Burke, s. D., are: Route
| l, Gustav E. Linden, carrier; route
No. 2. George s. Gudge, carrier; Fan
ME e. Gudge, substitute; route 3, Luz
ther e. Snyder, carrier; Ingersollia 8.
Snyder, substitute.
Vermilion.-Lillian Morse, domes-
tic employed in the home of John T.
Hfrt, here, was found dead in the Gel
lar. She took laudanum and carbolic
acid. No cause for her act is known.
Her father, Henry Morse, lives on
farm three miles from the city.
Pierre.-The August teachers ex-
aminations brought out 1900 app4i-
cants. If the average number pass,
it will mean about eight hundred new
teachers to fill the demands for the
schools, which has shown indications
of shortage for the last few years.
Woonsocket, S. D.. Aug. 12.-The
| Citizens Association of Woonsocket
has planned big field day for Aug.
Is. There will be horse races, base
ball games, foot races, a tug OF war,
band concerts and big bowery dance.
The association is advertising every
| thing free except the bowery dance,
for which nominal charge will be
| made.
Spencer.-At the village of Farmer.
stereopticon views called at the farm
home of Oscar Pugh, and when Mrs.
Pugh refused to buy he started to cut
the screen wire from the door to get
In. Mrs. Pugh frightened the man
| away. He was arrested near Spencer
and taken to Farmer. fined $50 and
released. Just after his release Pugh
gave him a sound thrashing.
Pierre.-Dan Bierwagen, Of Leslie,
one Of the progressive farmers of
Stanley county. a number of years
| ago began experimenting with alfal-
IA. and now has $50 acres Of that
crop. He has fine stand of alfalfa
| this year, and has contracted to fur
nish 1000 bushels Of seed this fall at
| Sc bushel. He thinks he can fill his
contract with the product of his field.
| If he can do this 1t will bring him
a return of $40 on an acre for seed
besides the first cutting for hay, a
good return from Stanley county land.
Emery.-Peter Jackson, a barber of
this city, Is In precarious condition
| as the result OF peculiar accident.
He was repairing cistern at his
place and used gasoline in the ce-
| ment mixture to make it dry more
quickly. Having finished the work he
| entered the cistern again to inspect
It, and lit a match. Immediately there
| was an explosion. Johnson was able
to climb out Of the cistern, but his
clothing was burned off and he was
badly scorched. Fears are enter.
tanned that he may not recover.
Aberdeen.-Hogan Brothers, of
| Aberdeen, who own a large ranch,
have been investigating the raising of
| winter wheat In northern South Da-
kota, and have reached the conclusion
that it is entirely feasible to raise that
| variety of wheat in this section. They
state that winter wheat can be sue
cessfully grown wherever red clover
| will flourish and red clover does we'll
here. State Senator Ira Curtiss and
| former State Senator Isaac Lincoln
have raised big crops of winter wheat
on their ranches for several years in
| succession, and are enthusiasts on