The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-05-13

lCIIC-1 IN oIdlC dAu uSPdl IAlCAI
this week sold 1920 acres of school
lands in Beadle county receiving $751;
700, or more than ~ffty-five dollars an
acre for average selling price.
is paying to the commission a little
over five dollars a day, which will go
a long way toward paying the next
year fuel bill, up to the time when
the proper device can be secured to
use the gas by the state.
Pierre - Miss Jennie Stapleton of
No. s Malvern Roard, Worcester,
Mass, included a request for a west
ern correspondent in M Of the rolls
Of carpet for the new capitol, and it
was brought to light when the car
pets were laid this week.
Pierre-The state gas we'll having
been completed before they were ready
to put in a gas receiver, the state has
been allowed to put in a temporary
tank on the ground and take out what
gas they can gather in so small a
tank, and take it out through a meter
paying the state % cents a thousand
for the same. On this basis the we'll
Lead-Daily shipments of union
men. former employees of the Home
stake mining company, are leaving
here for Thermopolis, Wyo., where
the Burlington railroad has contract
ed for nearly 400 men for construc-
ton work on its new lines south. The
men are going put at the rate OF a
carload a day. the road declining to
take more than that number in one
day.
Nisland-A celebration is being
planned by the residents Of this lit
tie town in the irrigation district. on
account of the arrival Of the fist
baby. a boy which was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Abe Workman who have de-
cided to christen the boy Nisland. The
town has only been in existence a
few months and is enjoying a boom,
attracting people from all over the
hills.
Huron-A. b. Brightman has Just
returned from a tour of tho state In
the interests of the travelings mems
association, which holds it's annual
convention in this CITY about the mid
die of June. He reports that much
j interest IS IH'nfieSJ mere III
the coming gathering. not only among
t~ravelingmen, but wholesale houses
also. The gathering promises to be
one Of unusual interest.
D~eadwood-All of the high school
and nuhl'c school teachers within this
Jurisdiction received a substantial
raise in salary at the meeting Of the
board of education held here. Some
of the teachers bad applied on the
ground that living e'nenses Wee
higher but a number did not ask any
raise. The salary Of high school
teachers was made 500 ner month
and the grade teachers $50.
Kimhall--As the result OF an over
whelming vote in favor Of the nroDO-
sition the town of Kimhall will have
a rev school house, Of which it has
heen in need fo~ soma time. Owinr to
the growing population of the nlace.
Bonds were voted by a majority OF
225 to issue in the sum Of $40 .OoO with
which to erect a school house this
summer. Taking the vote as a bass
Kimball's population is now over
1000.
Deadwood-A telegram from Con-
gresham Martin in Washington an
nOunce the treasury department has
arranged so that in the future the
branch United States assay Office here
will purchase and shin east the gold
from the Homestake mine. amounting
to Sc. ZOO, 900 a year. At present this
Is shipped direct to New York from
Lead. The change means a big in
10000 g. Aho 1oao 0dHna IN hNfh
prestige and business.
Uncomfortable county school lands
did not sell as rapidly as expected,
the appraisement being greater than
farmers cared to pay. The sale was
conducted by J.. e. Truman. The
lowest price paid was $40 per acre and
the highest price was $3.50 per acre.
This was for forty acres of the Sec
ton lying Immediately north of the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
tracks in this city and was purchased
by the Huron Athletic association for
track purposes.
Pierre-While most Of the Chew
enne River and Standing Rock reser-
vations will be opened this spring. a
portion of each has been left to the
Indians until a new bill can be PASS
ed, and these tracts are vet under
lease by cattlemen. and with the ex-
perience Of last winter with late ship
ped southern cattle they are getting
into the work earlier this year, sew
eral shipments Of such stock having
already arrived at TeBeau. the main
shipping. point for that section Of the
state.
Belle Fourche-Work on the ftg
Relle Fourche dam is progressing rap
idly. only 1ao. 200 cubic yards out OF a
total Of 1000. 900 cubic yards remain to
be nut in their place. The PRINCIPAL
work to be done is to face the upper
side Of the e~mbankment with gravel
overlaid with concrete blocks to pre-
vent a wave action. The dam will he
$500 feet long, with a maximum