The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-12-12

Stock HreedeTS ASSOCIATION are HldH'
ing preliminary arrangements for thu
annual exhibit Of the association,
which will he held in Madison on De-
cember 10. Large numbers OF the
finest cattle and hogs ever raised in
the state will be on exhibit. |
A Milbank produce company in one
shipment sent a total of rs. 900 pounds
OF poultry TO Chicago. The car cor.
tanned II 900 pounds of live poultry
and 5000 pounds OF dressed. All the
poultry was purchased from the farm.
ers of this vicinity, and they received
an aggregate of several thousand dol
lars in payment therefor.
The state railway commission has
set a number of hearings at points
over the state for the month OF De
cember. practically all OF them being
on applications to increase telephone
rental, such applications being made
by both the large and the small rural
companies at points covering practi-
cally all of the eastern counties of the
state, there being twenty-six hearings
extending from the 9Th of December
up W Nv -ibl Va ting oiith .
The sugar beet crop from 1872
acres in the Belle Fourche country
has reached a total OF 1851 tons for
this season. according TO accurate re.
ports, made by beet raisers there.
This crop is approximately 500 car
loads, Mr.. Murray, OF the +. N. Fuller
ranch. averaged 20 tons an acre on
.. DC ,.u ,..-. MI
farm had one field of three and one.
half acres which yielded 251A ons an
acre. The tops are sold to feeders at
$40 an acre.
States Attorney f. B. Adams, OF
Hot Springs, met with a serious scci.
dent in going down the stairs to the
basement of his office. He fell and
in throwing out his hand to catch
himself plunged it into a heap OF hot
ashes which had just been taken from
the furnace The hand and arm were
burned TO the bone. He was taken
to the hospital and the injury dressed,
but Mr.. Adams will be disabled for
some time. Mr.. Adams is prominent
in county and state politics. and in
Iu- idot 'ahipuiSh hdu Ahui w VI nv
work of the republican committee in
Third congressional district.
Nearly 5000, 900 bushels of grain
was harvested in Turner county In
' 1918, according to the report of the
l county agent, who based his statement
] on the results reported by the thresh.
ers Of the county. The report in
i nI,lnc. What D14 1910 b,,gbala. nntu
1891, 463; barley, 167, $50; rye, 10,S11.
The reports are incomplete. J. A. Jen-
sen. OF Yiborg, raised the most oats,
II, 265 bushels being threshed. John
! B.. Deckart, of Marion, with 10,904
bushels, raised and threshed the most
wheat. The crop acreage report OF
the state tax commission shows thai
Turner county ranks second in South
T. Dakota in oats acreage with ss,754
y acres, and third in corn with 1885
Churches opened their doors FOL
public worship for the first time since
the influenza epidemic made it's ap
n pearance in Huron. Huron churches
now that the ban has been lifted here
$ or all public gatherings, are making
preparations for great religious activ
ity on Thanksgiving day, when al
churches will unite in a service OF
y thanksgiving at Grace Episcopa,
o church. This is the first time that q
y union service OF this nature has ever
been held in an Episcopal church IN
Q Huron, 1t is believed. 1t is expected
y that the church will also observe Lib
Il arfp GnnAay ~ nannpahar NTH ary
ices of rejoicing over the signing o
y an armistice between the allied ant
central powers.
!, The annual report OF the state gam,
; commission indicates that the hunt
ing conditions in the state after tn,
. enforcement Of the new game Law
were better than for many years
There was a shortage OF grouse am
prairie chicken i'm the northeastern
part Of the state. but this is attributes
e largely to the increased area unde
cultivation. In the western part Of
n the state grouse and prairie CHECKER
e were more numerous than for man,
years past. But the greatest chang,
noticeable was i'm the duck shooting
- as the uHTtOiesteu uuChS Hdu HesLet
! in the lakes and ponds of the state
q breeding a large number of duck
which were old enough to be stronj
n on the wing before the opening OF III,
Is season. and the hunting OF water fow
was better thar it had been for years
:, The Retail Merchants association
= of South Dakota will hold its twenty
= second annual convention in Aberdeen
x some time next May, The meeting
> will bring approximately 300 mel
= chants from all parts of the state
~ The work of the merchants associa
- ton said Mr.. Berdahl, has bee
. heavy and OF great importance dnrini
4 the war by way OF assisting and GO
ie operating with the various depart
a. ments Of the government that hav
L been created as war measures. How