The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-08
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

AT the town lot sale of Lantry,
Dewey county, a new town on the
Cheyenne branch of the C.. M. d st. T..
railroad, a total of 81 lots were sold,
the highest price paid being 1855, and
the lowest S105.
The town trustees OF Albee have
purchased at considerable cost a great
deal OF fire fighting apparatus, and AL.
bee will in the future have good pro-
tectiCn. A movement is now on foot
to erect a fine town hall.
Arrowhead, nine miles west of Du
pree on the Cheyenne branch. recently
established a ~postoffice and is soon to
have a depot; also a newspaper, called
the Arrowhead Signal, will be estab-
lished by Mrs. Lauretta Scribner,
Emmanuel p. Hebner. a farmer liv-
ing 10 miles from Oelrichs, was taken
to the hospital at Hot Springs with a
bullet in his right leg. Hebner let a
pistol fall on the ground when it tx.
ploded. The bullet lodged in his hip.
1teN. r.. II. bdintiI, icSNoi VI II
Episcopal church at Mitchell, has been
forced to give up his pulpit on account
of a partial stroke of paralysis which
affects the right side Of his face, and
is causing an impeachment in his
speech.
The $40. 900 court house at Highmore
is under construction and the material
for the same has commenced to ar.
rive by the carload. The so ,000-gallon
w~aterworks tank Is about completed
and the contract will soon be let for
the new school house.
Committees have been appointed
and are making preliminary arrange.
ments for the tw~enty-ifth annual en-
campment of the Lake Madison Veter-
ans association, which will be held
at Cotton, northwest of Sioux Falls,
on June IS, IA, Is and 16.
Peter Berg, a pioneer farmer OF
K~ingsbury county, Is dead as h re.
suit of injuries sustained in a run.
away several weeks ago. The iniur'
les we're of such a nature as to bring
on a stroke Of paralysis from which
he was unable TO ecoyer.
J. +. Halliday, former state auditor,
and Mrs. Halliday of %Iroquois, have
been married % years and were the
victims of a surprise by their friends
in that town, in the nature of a silver
wedding celebration. Mr.. Halliday is
editor of the IroQuois chief.
While driving to Academy the little
black driving horse belonging to w.
f. Shepard became so frightened at a
moving gasoline engine that he drop
ped dead. The accident proved a very
lucky one, as no one was hurt and but
little damage was done TO the rig.
w. A.. Williams of Olivet, who some
weeks ago startled the scientific world
by the announcement that he had per-
fected a new wind turbine, Is having
a sample turbine manufactured and
win soon be able to give a practical
demonstration OF his unique invention.
With the cessation of hostilitjes in
Mexico, the big cattlemen are prepar-
ing to bring up stock from old Mexico
ranges to put on the ranges in the
vicinity Of Wakpalya. w. s. Parkin is
bringing up about 1000 head, and w.
/. Walker will have several trainloads.
A baseball association has been or
ganized at AlpheIa and a team placed
in the field, with DIR. Burns as manager
and Karl Asenbury, captain.
The 8-yeai-old daughter OF Thomas
Smith, living about three miles south
east of Kiriball, was killed during a
storm. The mother, as well as the vic
tim OF tho tragedy, were out in the
yard and took shelter in a hen house.
When the storm struck the hen house
the force OF the wind demolished the
building, the little girl being killed
by the falling timbers. The mother
was also injured. but not seriously