The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-04
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

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waterworks system OF the town car be
available.
While cleaning a chicken, Mrs. War
rem r. Bond Of Custer found a gold
nugget in its gizzard. That chicken
must have found Q gold mine some.
where p
The two chemical engines recently
purchased by the town of White for
fire fighting purposes were tested the
other day and proved to be excellent
for the purpose for which they were
bought.
White at work repairing the fence
around his residence, Leroy Phillips
of Alcester suffered a stroke of paraly.
sis and died a short time later. Sew.
eral persons were near and saw him
fall and hurried to his assistance.
At a mass meeting of business men
Of Baltic the organization of a com
mercial club was perfected. The fol-
lowing officers were elected; Presi-
dent, M. B. Semoe; secretary,
James Questad; treasurer, d. o. Lo-
gan.
At the annual meeting of the rtem-
berS of the Tyndall volunteer fire de-
partment the following officers were
elected for the coming yea: Chief,
J j. Mais; assistant chief, A. Herlo-
nee; secretary, Emil Ptak; treasurer,
Jos. OLIVIA.
The Odd Fellows have instituted a
new lodge of the fraternity at Viborg.
James S. Pingrey of Hurley had his
left hand caught in the cog of a pump
ing engine, the member being so bad
ly mangled that amputation was nee
essary.
A double wedding took place at the
-Bobseen home at -Rockham when Miss
Alta Bobseen became the bride of
Ray Parish and Miss Martha Bobseen
married Clyde Parish. The brides are
sisters and the bridegrooms are
brothers.
NJ. j. Nancy, a well known resident
of Aberdeen, has become an active
candidate for appointment to the; posi-,
ton of postmaster, and it is reported
his petition is being quite generally
signed by the business mea and 9TH
er residents.
Mrs. Thursza Lusk, aged nearly 81
ter, Mrs. Eta L.. Lewis of Andover,
on November II. She vas born in
New York on Janury 7, 1880, and was
the eldest of II children, Of whom
four brothers and two sisters survive.
The members of the Watertown
ness meeting. elected the following
officers for the coming year: Presi.
dent, Mrs. Eugene Wilson; vice presi'
dent, Mrs. Gus Johnson; secretary,
Mrs. H. l.. Loucks; treasurer, Mrs. e.
c. Hopkins.
In the Dewey county term OF court
the question of jurisdiction was raised
in a criminal cas- OF account of in
definite boundaries, Judge Taylor of
the Ninth circuit acting for Judge Dill.
committed within the territory claim.
ed to be Dewey county and proceeded
to frye the case.
Reports made at the annual meeting
Mutual Farmers Insurance co npany,
composed of the reading tanners OF
Scotland, prove the company TO be one
OF the most successful of it's kind in
the state. During the year covered
by the reports fire losses aggresating
s~15.S21.50 were paid.
Trapping out of season came high to
Jacob Mendel, a farmer living some
miles from Parkston. Mendel, after
trapping a muskrat, discovered that
the season for trapping these animals
was over, and accordingly voluntarily
appeared before a local justice and
pleaded guilty to the charge. He was
fined $25. which he paid.
Residents of the towns along the
Sisseton line of the Milwaukee railroad
arc making another determined effort
20 have mail service re-established on
the trains. Residents of Corona. Will
mot, Sisseton and Peever have signed
petitions to the postmaster general
asking for the reinstatement Of mail
service, which was discontinued Some
time ago.
Manager Voy, of the. 4S0-acre farm
which is conducted in connection with
the government Indian school at
F~landreau, reports that the year now
closing was the most prosperous in
the history of the farm, more crops
having been raised and more profit
having accordingly been realized. The
pl oducts of the farm go far toward
toward the support of the school.
Otis Wiswick, a young man living
near Cotton, displayed great nerve
when his hand became caught and was
crushed in a corn husking machine
which he was operating on the farm
OF. his father. 1t required nearly as
hours time to break parts of the ma
chine to accomplish this. During the
time he must have suffered greatly,
but his nerve did not fail him as he
assisted as much as he could and gave
directions how to release the hand.
Arrangements are being completed
for the annual farmers institute
" . 90 - 49, $1,000