The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-05-06
week IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Important Events in the State
Briefly Told.

cape, getting out of the second sorry
just after the floor dropped in. ii e
also destroyed the drug store adjoin-
ing. Very little of anything was say
ed.
Fort Pierre-Some of the farmers in
western Sully county, where the snow
fall was light the past winter, say
the fields Of winter wheat they sowet
last fall, nave been frozen out, and
they have to reseed with spring wheat.
But wherever the snow was deep there
has been no such complaint.
Pierre-The special call Of state
taxes secured in the March collectors
which was sent out to a number Of
counties in the state has brought tie
treasury over s1C0,0 600 which mems
that cash will be paid for several
weeks longer. and that it will be some
time before warrants are again regis
tered.
Huron-Prof. Garnett Hedge Of CHI
cago will come to Huron COLLEGE to
take charge of the musical department
of the college. Mr.. Hedge is a tenor
singer and was formerly connected
with the Minneapolis symphony or
chestra. He will enter upon his new
duties at the opening of the fall term
of college.
characterization, only passenger
trains and trains carrying perishafle
freight will be operated on Sunday on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
way, for which hundreds of railway
-,N~ -, ~, 81 80 ~-c a
the purpose of the company to make
Sunday a day Of rest as far as it is
possible to do so.
Huron-The annual meeting Of the
South Dakota Baptist convention II
be held in this city in October. 1t
will bring here prominent div mes,
laymen and christian workers from
various parts of the country. The pro-
gram as outlined is one of unusual
interest and the gathering promises to
be one of the most important in the
history of the state.
Pierre-The money appropriated by
the last legislature for the defrayfng
of expenses of conveyance Of cosvlCtS
to the penitentiary is exhausted and
sheriffs who take men to the Irvine
plant from this time on viii have to
wait until another legislative SeSS on
provides the money to reimburse them
for such expenses as they incur In
that discharge of their duty.
Mitchell-While the good road idea
has been a theory in this county it
has become a highly popular one with
the organization Of a committee which
is doing things. A fund of over $1,000
has been raised in this city, Mt. Yer
non and Ethan to the work.
The county commissioners have ST
their good will by buying an expensive
road elevator grading machine which
will greatly simplify the o
Aberdeen-The Rev. w. d. Decide,
a Congregational minister, who has
lust removed from Groton to High
more. is perhaps the first clergyman
in South Dakota to own an autOmo-
bile. He has purchased a fine ma
chine of an Aberdeen dealer. Rev. Mr..
Decide has a large territory to cover,
and believes he can better serve his
rarishioners with an automobile than
he could with a horse and buggy.
Aberdeen-Figures just compiled
show that the jobbing business O.
Aberdeen during 1909 aggregated ST.
coo. coo. an average OF Sl,000,Ojo a
month. and about double that OF i99>.
AS a large number of new Who'e a e
houses have been established in Aber-
deem within the past few months. IN
clnding Crane & Ordway Of Chic igo,
it is believed the trade during 1919
will show another leo per cent gan.
Webster-Elaborate preparatlonsafe
being made for the annua picnic II
celebration of the Old Settlers Asso-
citation of Day county. which vii b
held in Webster on June .. A me
program of sports will be provided
for the entertainment of the several
thousand persons who will attend. All
persons who have resided in the u
ty for twenty years or more are ellgl-
BILE to membership in the association.
RAND City-Following the numer-
o1s COMPLAINTS received at the land Of
fee and at Washington over the
ccarritv of assistants at the local
United States land Office, two eXper-
fenced clerks have arrived and com
mpnePQ WO1k. Oit VI tLVIh. W. %
Hanna of Salt Lake City. was form
erlv assistant to Louis r. Gavis who
brought the charges against Secretary
Rallinger. The rush seastn at the
land Office is now in and the filings
exceed 80 daily.
Yankton-During the months OF
Nav and June Yankton will entertain
three state gatherings. The first OF
these will be the South Dakota Retail
Merchants convention which will hold
its annual convention May 10, IL and
u. The following week Yankton will
entertain the Grand Lodge Of South
Dakota /. o. o. F.. and RebekahS, the
dates being May 16 to 10. June 8, 3
and 10 will be devoted to the annual
convention of the South Dakota Bank