The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-05-18
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

MAI VII duuOuIlNSo Nhob I'm
of July will be celebrated in that vii
lage.
A movement has been inaugurated
by the women of Worthwhile to organize
a relief corps.
The Presbyterian church society of
Groton has awarded the contract for
the erection of a new $4,000 edifice.
The Masonic Building association at
Wagner has completed its building and
the lodge has moved into its new
quarters.
The people of Stratford have organ
lied an independent school district
and will build a new school house to
cost $4,000.
AS the result of several recent
meetings a baseball association has
been organized at Pukwana and a team
placed in the field.
An electric light system of limited
capacity has been installed at Lennon
and and will be increased until the
entire town is lighteI.
The dates for the auto show at Delle
Fourche have been changed to June
% and %, so that they will not inter
fere with the dates of the horse racing
at Spearfish.
Memorial day has been decided
upon as the time for the laying of the
corner stone of the fine new Sully
county court house, which is to be
erected at Onida.
The Aberdeen Railway company has
added three new street cars to its
equipment. Work is being pushed on
the extensions of the line in the south
east part of town.
Frank Garskel of Watertown, a tin.
ner, suffered several broken bone
and bruises about the head and face
as the result of a 30-fOot fall from
roof of a residence.
Watertown will have the honor OF
entertaining the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Merchants association
next year as a result of a vote taken al
their meeting at Huron.
f. o. Churton of LaDelle recently
sold fourteen Galloway steers which
averaged 1913 pounds in weight each
altogether 1890 pounds and the av
erage price was $73.S4, the entire
bunch selling for $1,033.76.
Arrangements are being completed
for a big historic pageant TO be put or
in Yankton during the semi-centennia
celebration of Dakota, depicting tht
earliest days among the Indians and
French traders. The dates of the eel
ebration are June IL to II.
Arrangements are being made fol
the erection of a new public schoo
building at White Lake, for which the
voters at a special election authorized
bonds of $4,000. Only 81 votes were
cast against the proposition. The new
term commences.
James O'Brien, Joe Howard and Joe
Smith were sentenced in federal cour'
at Aberdeen by Judge Willard for rob
bing the ~postoffce at Stockholm or
December %, 1910. O'Brien and How
ard received five years each for bur
glary and three years, but Smith wa:
let off with three years for burglary
and two years for robbery.
Sioux Falls has been chosen by thu
national committee in charge of thu
Men and Religion Forward movement
as one of the 80 cities of North Ameri
ca which shall be used as centers o
this movement. A campaign, similaI
to the laymen's missionary campaign
of last year, is being planned for thu
fall of 1911 and the spring Of 1912,
Aroused to the importance of secur
ing better fire protection, the business
men and other residents Of Claremon
have commenced ar agitation for mu
nicipal waterworks.
George Croisant of Ramona, me
with a bad accident while blastin;
rock. A charge of powder premature
ly exploded and the charge struck tn
young man in the face, making a bat
hole In his forhead and severely injur
ing his eyes and burning his face. Hi
left hand was also badly lacerated ant
it was necessary to amputate all blu
two fingers.