The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-04-28
Fruit Crop Badly Damaged

Dakota, not unlike others in the & eat
sisterhood, has it's misfortunes as well
as the rest of them. Following near
ly six weeks of beautiful spring
weather there came a sudden change
on Friday. the 18th, and after a cold
and dri7Zling day, came snow and
wind, the mercury dropping down
within about ten degrees of the fgeez-
ing point in manv sections of tie
state. doing considerable damage To
the fruit, such as plums. cherries and
apples. and killing m~ah early and
blooming shrubbery. In the Black
Hills sections of the state fully a foot
of nov fell, In the northern and east
nrn section, there was a lighter fall,
hut it drifted so badly that trains on
all lines were delayed. and n line
was tied I'm for at least twenty-four
hours in consequence of the had
weather. The small grain was quite
generally in the ground, and will be
greatly benefited by the moisture,
while on the other hand, much early
garden vegetation, which was at least
two weeks ahead of the usual season,
was frozen to the ground and will have
to be %replanted. While Dakotians
generally regret this misfortune,
they have no occasion to COM
plain, as the situation prevailing here
was prevalent over the entire middle
west and in many Of the southern
states. In fact there is hardly a To-
cality that did not suffer from the eff
fects of this storm. 1t vas most gen.
eral everywhere but not so severe In
some localities. although it may be
said that Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
Wisconsin and Illinois have lost all
their fruit crop, and this being the
stable in some of the states named, it
will go hard with them. The fruit
crop here is the least of our concern.
Lead-Alderman Harry Howard,
candidate for mayor. has just return
ed from a trip through Meade county,
going about 100 miles northeast of
Sturgis. Mr.. Howard declares tNat
people in this section Of the country
have no idea of the extent of land
that will be broken this spring or the
number of new settlers dai'" ar"i ing
in this part of the state. There Is a
daily average of from twenty TO
thirty newcomers leaving Sturgis for
the country north and east in Meade
county. Mr.. Howard met two large
gasoline plows, PARTIES of prospective
homesteaders every few miles Of the
way and twenty-eight "bonyocFers"
with their equipment of farming uten-
sils and household goods. Scarce'v a
foot Of land in northern Meade u
ty that looks good for anything. has
been left unified and yet the stream
of settlers continue to pour In, mi
grating over into Perkins or Harding
counties II they do not find what they
want in Meade county.
Sioux Falls-Memorial services In
honor Of the late Bishop Hare were
held in this city on Wednesday or last
week. The services were of an inter-
esting and impressive nature and par
t~icinated in by many Of the distin-
guished members of the Episcopalian
church from all over South Dakota,
as well as thousands of others who7e
love and respect for the distinguished
opineer has caused universal regret
at his death. Out Of respect to the
memory of bishop Hare. through
whose friendship and PERSONAL infu-
ence this city owes so much, all busi-
ness houses were closed between the
hours of 3 O'Clock and 4:30 in the aft
ernoon, during the union services at
the theatre, where fulv two thou
sand people had gathered to give ear
to the eulogies of the fellow asso-
ciates in the christian work in which
the bishop was so long engaged. Sew
eral of the bishops from neighboring
states were present.
Terry, April 23.-Searching parties
are scouting the hills for Louis Kline,
aged 20, of this place. who has been
missing for nearly a week. With two
companions young Kline was out fish
ing in Spearish canyon when the Sc
we're snowstorm came on, and they
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The other hoys We're found by come
Lead bows in an exhausted condition,
due TO the exposure. and they had no
-~ace~o OF Eiinr-~+~-was thought tirrr
he would return home In a dav or so,
.and-na-s fsortg gsrs- Taas~: 80 -fnd-him
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when parties commenced a search.
LA - Co.. - $685. Nh