The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-07-22
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA


a 1alue OF $4,000.
The Boy Scouts Of Philip are this
year taking an outing with a hike
through the Bad Lands, camping out al
different points of interest.
The Boy Scouts OF Philip are this
year taking an outing with a hike
through the Bad Lands. camping out
at different points of interest.
The official footings for Bon Homme
county population for the 1915 censu
are placed at 1850, a gain of 499 In
five years, a percentage of As gain.
Nearly every South Dakotan be
lieves in good roads. Some of them
believe in them hard enough to de
vote n days time working the roads.
1t was practically assured that @
farmers elevator will be erected al
Hoven. About $4,000 already has been
subscribed by farmers of the vicinity
4 substantial increase over the bus
mess of the prior quarter is shown
by the United States land office al
Gregory for the three months ending
June so.
The unofficial figures for Haakor
county are given locally at 1883. AS
there was no such county at the time
OF the 1910 ensus there could be nc
comparative figures.
The county commissioners of Brown
county, by a vote of two to three, re
fused TO appropriate the sum of $1,000
to aid in the support of the Brown
County Farm Extension association.
C. +. Clayton, a farmer living foul
miles from Ward, fell from the top o,
a stock car loaded with cattle. which
he was taking to Sioux City, and was
instantly killed. The car passed owe
his body.
A homesteader, F. M. Pierce, neal
Wall, in Pennington county, met his
death when he collided with a motor
cycle, his back being broken. His
daughter, who accompanied him, was
uninjured.
Lake county has just finished paying
off the last of its bonded Indebtedness
The warrant was for $15,337.50. These
are the old county court house bonds
which have been hanging v G thu
county for many years.
Two former Sioux Falls girls were
married i'm the Twin Cities the othel
day. after an acquaintance Of five hours
with their husbands. One was Mrs
Heiser. a divorcee, and the other he
sister. Miss Thompson.
A fund is being raised for the erec
ton OF a fine new church ediiice a
Cuthbert. More than $4,000 alread.
has been pledged. The church will b.
known as the Union church and viii
be used by several church denomina
tons.
The Sioux Falls ~postofice has Sc
cured permission to place an ice BIO,
in the office to handle the ~perishablt
parcels post articles. This is the frs
ice boy 10 be installed and every of
flee in the state will probably put in
requisition for one at once. Mighty
handy things to have in the office.
The Dawson County Better Farming
association, through their directions
have perfected their organization
made application to the government
for government aid and have filed
their application with the county com
missioncrs and are hopeful and believe
an expert will be in charge by Au
gust l.
According to the reports of assess
ors, Lawrence county has 1879 inhab
itants. This means a slight falling
off, ~noticeably in Deadwood and Lead
Lead shows 7,125, Deadwood 3,110
Spear1ish 921, Terry 903, Whitewood
299, st. Onge 296. Central City 1862
Englewood 70 and the balance of the
county 3,735.
Tremendous rains have been falling
west of the river in the past few days
A cloud burst just north of Murdo and
in Murdo township was swept out with
the heavy flood of water and will have
to be rebuilt at heavy expense to the
township. The Kings dam at Reliance,
one of the largest along the Milwaukee
vent out and the water rushed over
the tracks.
There have been sci divorces grant.
ed in Brown county during the last
ten years. The books in the clerk OF
courts office also show that 1897 mar.
riage licenses were granted from July
/, 1905, to July 1, 1915. In that time
also there have been 4,47S births and
2,376 deaths. First naturalization pa
pers to the number of 1877 were taken
out and 249 of these foreigners finally
became citizens.
Ground has been broken for the new
central heating plan for Yankton col.
lege. which will heat all the buildings
on the main campus, five in number
The structure is to be built on a plan
of architecture that will conform with
that or the rest Of the buildings, and
will be of brick. II will cost about
IS 900 and the equipment $4,000. Con
tracts call for the completion of the
building by August rs. and the install
lation OF equipment by October Z.
At the present time there Is only