The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-04
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
A shortage of cottages for rental
purposes is complained of in Redield.
Milbank Methodists have perfect
ed plans for the enlargement and i'm
provement of their church building.
The business men of Lesterville
have started a movement to have that
town provided with a municipal elec-
trio light system.
The enrolment of the Redfield
schools is Gag compared to 56S for the
same period in 1914. showing a salts
factory gain for the two years.
The present school facilities OF
Trent have become inadequate for the
increasing number of school children,
and a movement has been ~inaugurated
for the construction of a larger build
ing.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed in United States district court at
Sioux Falls by Harry E. Stein, owner
and manager of a hog cholera serum
plant at Canton. He lists his liabili
ties at $36,63O.98 and his assets at
$~11,S17.33.
The students from Sioux Falls at
the University of South Dakota espe-
cially distinguished themselves last
year by maintaining a scholarship av-
erage higher than the students Of any
other large town represented at the
university.
The annual report OF the county
agent for Sphinx county shows that it
has cost an average of 35 cents a hog
to save Sphinx county hogs from the
ravages Of hog cholera. The disease
has been wiped out of Sphinx county.
practically, through vaccination.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the consolidation of eight
Of the district schools in Spring Valley
and Swan Lake townships, lear Hur-
ley, the plan being to have but one
school, situated at a central point in
the territory embraced in the two
townships.
Mrs. E. S. Heals, southeast of Miller.
Is the only nurse of the civil war in
that part of the state. She draws a
nurses pension of SIS a month. Her
husband is a veteran of the civil war
n also draws a pension. They cele-
brated their golden wedding about a
month ago.
William Nuendorf, south of Miller,
noticing a mad bull rolling his young
son over the snow, ran out to drive
the animal away when he was attack
ed and quite badly injured. The bull
pushed the boy $50 feet through the
snow and it is considered miraculous
that the boy was not killed.
The Midland authorities only a short
time ago landed in the Sioux Falls
~penitentiary a fOrger who was caught
at Denver and returned to South Da-
kota after passing a number of forged
checks on Midland merchants, and
now a second forger is being searched
for. He passed a forged check for
SIS at a local store.
Land movements are quite active
in Corson county at present. and for
a comparatively new county, prices
are good. Register of Deeds C. H.
Lawrence received for record last
week one transfer of land comprising
quarter sections in Corson county for
which the consideration totalled s69,.
500. Another quarter sold for $4,000
and another for $4,000.
An %inter-city chess tournament be-
tween members OF the Deadwood Bust
ness club and the Homestske Rec~ea-
ton club of Deadwood and Lead. has
been arranged. Eight or ten teams
will take part in the tournament.
first, which was also the first chess
tournament ever PLAYED in the Black
Hills, was won by Deadwood players.
Aberdeen had the distinction of lead
the percentages OF increase in bank
%clearings for the week ending January
20, over that week a year ago. accord
ing to Bradstreet's. Aberdeen leads
the field with a gain Of Is per cent.
Evansville, Ind, is second with CPS
per cent. Cleveland third with ola per
cent, and New York fourth with ST.
per cent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Jones, promi-
nent pioneer residents of Hot Springs,
have just celebrated their golden wed.
ding anniversary. A large number Of
relatives and friends were present to
aid them in suitably observing the
event. Mr.. Jones is Is years of age
and is a veteran Of the civil war. His
wife and himself have been prominent
in that city and vicinity for years.
Both are enjoying the best of health.
Thomas Dare. a prisoner serving q
term of eight years and a half in the
state penitentiary for the conviction of
shooting at the cashier and endeavor-
ing to rob a bank at Lead in Noyem-
Der, 1910. was released by death last
week from serving the remainder of
his sentence. Dare. who was so years
old at the time of his death, was born
in Boston. and at the time of his ar