The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-31
OF SOUTH DAKOTA

A commercial club has been organ.
lied at Hayti with about forty charter
members.
President Wilson has nominated
Edward Mcdonald for postmaster at
Deadwood.
The arrest of an individual named
Zach Guthrie at Vivian, it is believed,
solves the mystery surrounding sew
eral robberies in that city during the
last few weeks.
Rev. r. Wilson, for the last five
years rector of the Madison Episcopal
church, has rendered his resignation,
and on April l was succeeded by Rev.
Louis X. Gwynn of Winner.
Garden City will have a building
boom this spring. Already a number
Of modern dwelling houses have been
planned and several business houses.
Among the latter will be three brick
structures.
Owing to i'll health Sheriff Davis
of Hutchinson county has rendered his
resignation to the board of county
commissioners and will go to the far
west in the hope that his health will
be improved.
A number of Miller farmers started
sowing wheat last week. This is un-
usually early for such operations. The
wheat seeding during the last few
years has extended we'll up to the mid
die OF April.
James McConville, a campbell coun-
ty sportsman, was fortunate enough to
bring down a large black eagle as it
was flying over his place. The eagle
is a fine specimen, measuring z feet 2
inches from tip to tip of it's wings.
Some Of the business men of Red
field have expressed themselves in
favor of Redfield trying the city
ager plan, and an effort may be made
to secur an expression on this SUBJ
ject from the voters at the annual city
election or April Is for putting such
a plan into effect.
The report Of the condition of the
state treasury at the close of business
February 20 showed all funds $685.
610. In the general fund $201, 1856; in
the Irvine plant fund, $230,625; and in
the game fund $59,166, and in the va
rious farm extension work funds, ap-
proximately $40. 200.
Rapid City banks gained in deposits
from the call of June %, 1915, to that
of March z, 1916, 75.927.40. On June
%, 1915, the total deposits of the four
banks, one national and three state
institutions, stood at $1,S56,377.64,
while the last call shows them to have
been on that date 81, g. ,305. 04.
It cost Nick Gerber Of Dickinson
$116.75 to show his temper. At a
dance recently, Nick asked Miss Min.
ME Bigelow, school teacher, for a
dance. She refused. He slapped her.
Miss Bigelow alleged that was not q
nice way to show ones affection and
had Nick arrested. S%eventy-fve iron
men went to prevent her suing for
damages.
Production of durum wheat last
season in Minnesota and the Dakotas,
where s. per cent of the country's
total crop was grown at the time Of
the last census, was about $1,000
bushels, compared with Is. 900, 900 in
1914 and 2,529,O 900 bushels in 1913. the
recently. The average acre yield was
1873 bushels.
Church consolidation is being adopt.
ed by the Methodist and Congrega-
tional people of %Iroquois and Vienna,
for h purpose of strengthening each
church organization. In %Iroquois, the
trustees Of the Congregational church
last week transferred their building
to the local Methodist organization. In
exchange, the Methodists at Vienna
are deciding their church property to
the Congregationalists.
The general program for the Aber-
deem high school commencement has
now been arranged and the first prep.
arations are under way for the festivi-
ties that will mark the exit Of the sen.
Tor from the public schools and the
termination Of his twelve-year course
of studies. Rev. O. Glesne will preach
the baccalaureate This will
be delivered in the Methodist church
on the evening of May %.
The annual high school athletic and
declamatory contest will be held in
Aberdeen May II under the auspices OF
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school. Gold, silver and bronze med
ais will be given the winners in addi-
ton to two silver trophy cups, one to
the winner Of the relay race and the
other to the school making the larg-
est number Of points. A tennis tour
nament will also be held. Coach l.. R.
Brown Is In charge of all general ar
rangements.
Franz Korth, q we'll known farmer
living ear Watertown, is charged
with employing an unusual but Ger.
tainly effective method to convince his
hired man of the sin of laboring on
Sunday. The hired man. Henry Col
Inns. offended by cleaning out the
horse barn on the Sabbath. Collins
complains that Korth pointed a loaded
shotgun at hi3 chest and fhronfonod