The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-05
week IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Important Events in the State
Briefly Told.

Pukwana-A very disastrus fire de-
stroyed the Stransky hotel here. Some
travelling men had a very narrow es-
cape, getting out of the second story
Just after the floor Dropped in. Fire
also destroyed the drug store adjoin-
ing. Very little of anything was saw
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 sowed
last fall, have 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 collections.
which was sent out to a number of
counties in the state has brought the
treasury over 100000 which means
that cash will be paid for several
weeks longer, and that 1t 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.
Huron-Hereafter, only passenger
trains and trains carrying perishable
freight will be operated on Sunday on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
way, for which hundreds of railway
men in this city are thankful. 1t Is
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 W III
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 thu
history of the state.
Pierre-The money appropriated by
the last legislature for the defraying
Of expenses of conveyance of cosviCtS
to the penitentiary Is exhausted and
sheriffs who take men to the Irvine
plant from this time on will have to
wait until another legislative session
provides the money to reimburse them
for such expenses as they incur in
that discharge of their duty.
Mitchell-While the good road idea
10. hoo, a. tIADr,y IN thin nnrrtyy ~
has become a highly popular one with
the organization of a committee which
is doing things. A fund of over 81 200
has been raised in this city, Mt. Yer
non and Ethan to commence the work.
The county commissioners have shown
their good will by buying an expensive
road elevator grading machine which
will greatly simplify the work.
A~berdeen-The Rev. w. D.. Deetle,
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
p~arishioners with an automobile than
he could with a horse and buggy.
Aberdeen-Figures Just compiled
show that the jobbing business OF
Aberdeen during 1909 aggregated $l2,-
000, coo, an average of 100000 a
month, and about double that of 1908.
AS a large number of new wholesae
houses have been established in Aber-
deem within the past few months, in
Guiding Crane e Ordway of Chicago,
it is believed the trade during 1910
will show another 100 per cent gain.
Observation-Disclosures preparations are
being made for the annual picnic and
celebration of the Old Settlers Asso-
citation of Day county, which will be
held in Webster on June 9. A fine
program of sports will be provided
for the entertainment of the several
thousand persons who will attend. All
persons who nave resided in the
tv for twenty years or more are eligi-
BILE to membership in the association.
RAND City-Following the nuner-
Gus complaints received at the land Of
fee and at Washington over the
scarcity of assistants at the local
United States land Office, two exper-
fenced clerks have arrived and ccm-
menced work. One Of them, w. j.
Hanna of Salt Lake City, was form
erly assistant to Louis r. Claws who
brought the charges against Secretary
Ballinger. The rush seastn at the
land Office Is now In n the filings
exceed 80 daily.
Yankton-During the months OF
May 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
70. The following week Yankton will
entertain the Grand Lodge OF South
Dakota 1. o. o. F. and R~ebekahs, the
dates being May 16 to 10. June s, 3
and 10 will be devoted to the annual
convention of the South Dakota Bank
ers' association. Arrangements for
his convention show that the pro-
gram so far made up contains the
$500 - covaral monument bankers /