The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-08-02
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

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The South Dakota Abstractors' as
ISOLATION will meet in Aberdeen Au-
gust q and %.
Garretson is putting on metropoli-
tan airs, the latest evidence being the
installing of a public drinking foun-
tain.
Lightning struck the barn Of s.
Gould of Waterfowl and killed a val.
liable horse during a recent thunder
shower.
Two Deadwood boys were arrested
at Sturgis having in their possession
two bicycles that they were accused
of stealing.
Preparatory to moving the South
Dakota grain crop, the Northwestern
railroad has put in fifty extra train
crews at Huron.
South Dakota will send a large dele
cation to the national irrigation on
gress which %convenes at Salt Lake
City September 80.
The average yield Of wheat per acre
in South Dakota for this year has
been estimated by the Millers' asso-
citation at IA bushels.
The county commissioners Of Ed
munds county have appropriated So
900 to aid in building a model road
from Aberdeen to Mobridge.
Charlie Strong of White Owl has
cut the first crop from a patch Of al
falfa sowed last year which made a
ton and a half to the acre.
A series of lectures under the aus.
pieces of the South Dakota Better
Farming association will be delivered
during the state fair at Huron.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection of a new school build.
ing in a district near Gayville. The
structure will be modern in every re-
speCt.
At a special election the voters OF
Miller authorized the issuance Of &c.
900 worth Of bonds for the establish
ment Of a municipal electric lighting
plant.
At a meeting of a number of bust
ness men of Estelline a gun club vas
organized, with A. B.. Calef secretary.
treasurer. Suitable shooting grounds
will be fitted up.
Beryl Smith. a ~16-year-old lad. is
being held in the county jail at Alb
nrInnn ou-o;tinn t,;o1 an tho oooroo
of burglary. Smith is alleged to have
stolen from a residence.
The Davenport company is erecting
a new elevator at White and expects
to have it completed in time to cur
its share of this seasons crop. The
new elevator will have a capacity Of
5000 bushels.
The county commissioners Of Ed.
munds county have appropriated So.
300 to aid the Parmley highway which
is being built between Aberdeen and
Mobridge, through Brown, Edmunds
and Walworth counties.
At a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee OF the Stanley County Fair as
sociation committees were appointed
to make arrangements for the sixth
annual fair of the association to be
held at Kadoka September Is, 10 and
20.
Despondent because of an ~unfortu-
nate love affair. Olaf Anderson. aged
%, a Grant county young man. son OF
Ed Anderson, a prominent farmer of
Pennington township. committed sui.
eide by shooting himself through the
head.
The crops Of Yankton county. corn.
oats, and wheat. with a large acreage
of alfalfa, are all in splendid condi.
ton. Small grain is now being cut
and gives promise OF as good a yield
as has been harvested here in many
years.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Minneapolis. st. Louis and
Canadian railway. with headquarters
at Watertown. The company is CAPT
tailed at $1,000. 900. An extension
will be built from Watertown to the
Canadian line.
Reports made at the annual meet
ing Of the stockholders Of the farmers
elevator Of Vienna show the CON-
pany to be in good condition. A divi.
dend of l cent per bushel was de-
and s per cent interest also
paid on the stock.
A fine cow belonging to Joseph
Dietl, a farmer living near Turton,
virtually committed suicide by walk
ing in a circle around a tree until the
picket rope attached to it had been
wound SO tightly that the animals
neck was broken.
Samuel Demming Of Sturgis, aged
about 60 years, who has been working
a farm hand of late. met with a
peculiar death. He was eating dinner
in a restaurant when he suddenly be-
choked. Going out on the side
walk he staggered and fell down the
basement steps. Medical aid was
immediately. but Demmino