Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-31
SAYS STATE CENSUS TO
BEAT FEDERAL EFFORTS

Pierre. $. D.. March 27.-"sout
Dakotas third census. taken by tn
state. will be even better than tina
OF the federal government. if onlv tn
assessors will stand by their jobs as
they did in our second ensus 10 years
ago. said Doane Robinson. superin
Iendent of the census. before tn
County Auditors association. Ten
years ago every assessor in the stat
aid his work we'll, and h result wa
a census which was just as good as
any federal census of this state ever
made. and the one taken May 1 will
be better yet" he said.
The information in this census viii
cover every point abou South Dakota
ITS products. it's people and its indus
tries.
M1LLER-The license question will no
come up here at the city election April
~. the saloon men having failed to petit
tion for a vote on the proposition. The
town went dry last year by Il large ma
5ority and those favoring saloons saw nc
hope OF winning out this spring. The
election will not be without interest. how
ever. as II. ]. Bushfield has already pre-
sented his petition as a candidate for
mayor. and a petition is out and being
LITERALLY signed asking 8. v. Christ, the
present incumbent. to run again. There
will be contests for aldermanic positions,
also.
kADOKA-The experience of Jefferson
Hoon. an enterprising farmer living near
here. demonstrates wha can be lone or
q farm in Jackson Formerly Stanley
county. On March l. 1914, he commenced
milking II cows, and figures that up to
March !, of this year. his income from
the herd. not counting the cost of keep
ing the animals. amounted to an aggre
gate OF $1.0l3.6. The cream sold during
the period stated brought him $42e. O5:
cream and butter used. SIS: sale Of IL
head. $50.
PLANKINTON-At another meeting
held by local baseball enthusiasts a re-
port was made byra committee appointed
AZ q previous meeting to solicit subscrip-
lions to q fund for the support OF a base.
ball team. The committee reported that
: good sum already had been subscribed
Ind that enough additional money was in
sight to assure the placing OF a team In
the field for the coming season.
ABERDEEN-A local railroad man en-
Tered the Aberdeen National bank, Of this
front OF b egteller'ss window a salt sack
wei! snlled with coin. Upon counting the
contents of the sack 1t was found to con-
tain zoos dimes-$2O0.5 90. The man had.
been saving up his dimes for the past two
gears Tor the purpose Of attending the ex-
position at San Francisco.
PUKWANA-At their April meeting the
county commissioners will AXE steps to
put q stock Of fish In Red lake, a fine
body OF water near here. The kind OF fish
has not yet been determined, but they
Will be of q variety suitable to the water
pf the lake. 1t Is probable that following
the stocking OF the lake all fishing will
be prohibited for at least two years in
sofdefye to permit the fish to grow.
IRoQUOIs-Iroquois will become = dry
town at 3 o'clock on the evening OF Hume
50. This Is due to the fact that those
favQrinG, licansn. we're sunabaestO secure the
signatures Of the necessary number Of
freehoiders to : petition asking that the
license question be submitted to the voter.
at the annual city election In April. This
slhRXs that sentiment II against the srant-
III Ok 1itehseS this year
VEfNafEfbN~*Ths CIxy Cotnrss rerc,,x
ers' institute Win be held in vermilion the
week beginning June ~. In conjunction
us1 sssaSt s usgsss ss Sa2st. .' ene.s g : ne $ ].
Jones, .heSA 81 the department 81 s
ton Ia the university. will have eeneral
rAnn4e NJ fhn anna1ona