The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-06-09
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Aottl.
A farm belonging to the Peter COX
hoff estate near Parker sold for Sl4,
500, or $9l an acre.
A farm school for the boys of Clark
county VIII be held at the fair grounds
in Clark the week commencing June
II.
Edward Gardner, the ~13-year-old son
OF Mr.. n Mrs. julius Gardner, living
on a fam near White Lake, accidental
~ snot himself TO death.
At an enthusiastic good roads meet
Ing at Bristol a permanent organiza-
ton was perfected. The object is to
maintain the highways III that vicinity.
information has reached Niborg of
the death at the new family home in
California OF {. NJ. S~orrenson, who was
8 pioneer business mar of Niborg and
Hurley.
Wool prices for this year on the
ranges i'll the northwestern part of the
state, are starting at from % to 27 a
pound, and the clips are said to be eX-
ira heavy and Of good quality.
Gus Hart. station agent and post
master at Corona. committed suicide
by shooting. He left a note to his
wife, stating he had made a failure Of
life. and asking her forgiveness.
Returns from the school census Just
complied for Sioux Falls show that
there are 344 more children Of school
& and 2S4 more under school
this year than in 1915, making a total
gain of 62S for the year.
The Farmers Mutual Tornado In
surance company of Lake county, at
Madison, has been authorized by the
state insurance department to trans
act business in the counties Of Brook
ings, kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Mime.
haha Il Moody.
The great municipal "at home to
be known hereafter as the Harvest
Festival, had its dates officially set
at a meeting Of the executive commit
tee OF the Aberdeen Merchants assoc
citation The observance of the festi-
val Will be on Wednesday. Thursday
ohA ! Aiday, o1ttb1l I, - IL U,
The Sioux Falls Poster. a Norwe-
gian weekly newspaper published in
Sioux Falls for the last nine years,
has been sold to The Scandinavian OF
Chicago. which is one of the leading
papers published In the United States
in the NorWegian-Danish language. and
has thousands of subscribers in South
Dakota.
south Dakotans who uera or,ntad
patents from the patent office 81 Stony
City last week We're: Otis VI. Kuhn
Watertown. scale: August G. Linde-
kugel. Spencer, yaporizei: Charles
Singer. Winfred, window construction:
Edwin r. Thorne, Forest City. portable
harbor; Theodore s.. Hinf9en, Bel
mont. halter.
After soma DELAY On dacidinp on tho
MANS for tho new school hniIdfnp ~
be erected at Webster the board de.
ciaad RI lat no CONTRACT ., an.a p,r,
OF the Old building Will be used, the
new structure being annexed 10 this.
The estimated total cost will amount
" if'Vo SiNIlS S00slt i'll VI tI6
finest school buildings III the state.
Henry ID. Packard. formerly a postal
clerk at Gary, S. D.. taken before
United States Commissioner y. ]. Con
way Of Sioux Falls to answer to a
charge Of ENLIGHTENMENT of postoffice
funds. waived examination and has
been held for trial at the next term
Of the United States district court for
that division. He furnished bonds in
'ie sum " 9i'ooV ioi MS appearance.
Inc directors OF the Planklnton tel
ephone system have let the contract
for placing the wires underground in
the business district, and to otherwise
improve the plant and the service.
Owing to the war the contractors will
not be able to get the cables for the
Underground system at Planklnfon be-
fore August. but It IS hoped 10 get the
underground wiring installed by Oc-
tober ].