The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-08-17
SOUTH DAKOTA VIEWS NOTES

Another bank will be established at
Vermillion in the near future by local
capitalists.
Five Huron physicians have rented
an entire floor of a business block
and have gone into partnership.
The St. Louis road has closed its
station at Chelsea and w. F. Hughes,
the agent, will go to Canada to take
up similar work.
The public improvements made at
Marion thus far this year have sur,
passed those made during the cores,
~ponding period of any former year.
]. R. Dollar, of Springfield, S. D., has
leased the Bridgewater grist mill,
which has been shut down for some
time, and will place the same in oper.
alton at nee.
The new opera house building at
Webster is rapidly nearing completion
and will be opened to the public in
the near future. 1t is one of the finest
in South Dakota.
A Hand county man has sold butter
from four to six COWS that he has been
milking, to the amount of $110.1S since
January /, and thinks the o is the
mainstay of the South Dakota farmer,
rain or no rain.
During a severe electrical storm,
lightning struck and set fire to the fine
farm house Of c. w. Patrick, some
miles from Iroquois. The building
was destroyed but most Of the con
tents were saved.
The Methodist church building at
Hurley has been extensively improved
and now is one of the finest edifices
of it's kind in this part of the state
About $4,000 was expended in making
the improvements.
The work on the big 100000 brick
building OF Academy is progressing
in fine shape. The structure will be
used as a girls dormitory. A very
large attendance at the school is
looked for this year.
The new municipal waterworks
system at Gettysburg has been com
pleted and now has been officially
accepted by the City council. The
system cost about $4,000 and is one
of the most modern in the state.
For the first time in many years
the body of water near Lake Preston
is dry, and haymakers now are al
work gathering hay from the bed OF
the former lake. Thousands of tons
will be cut from the land which during
the past years was covered by a large
body OF water.
The grain elevator belonging to the
Cargill company at Dell Rapids was
struck by lightning and burned
There was no grain in the building, il
having been closed for about a year
The loss is probably $1,000. The fiat
house attached and the office and
engine room were saved. Only the
heavy rain that had just fallen pre-
vented the fire from spreading tc
other elevators and warehouses.
The breaking of a rotten plank pre-
cipitated Miss Anna Broum, of Scot
land, into a cistern containing over
~ feet of water. She succeeded
while falling, in catching hold of &
sound board, and to this she yves hel
life. There was no one at home but
her little nephew, but his frightened
cries finally brought assistance from
neighbors. When rescued she wa.
nearly unconscious from fright ant
contact with the ice cold water.
Lightning struck a telephone wir,
near White Rock the other day ant
followed the wire for about a mile un
til it struck the farm house of Chri
Swanson. The family succeeded il
extinguishing the fire that followed.
Many of the homesteaders Of west
ern Soutn Dakota Nto have determin
ed to remain in the country have TAX
en- advantage CT the recent rainI
to plant corn, rye and millet, an,
will raise large quantities of late feed
This will enable them to tide thei
stock over the coming winter and wi!
| put them In good condition.