The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-09-05
EARN FOR RED CROSS
MILLER RESIDENTS shock t,foo
ACRES OF ~0RAiN-WOMEN
HELP.

The Hand county Red Cross Is $sos
better OF, and IS farmers were help
ed BY the work of Miller people going
into the fields each evening for more
than a week. and shocking up 1000
acres Of grain The men were assist
cd on we or three occasions by girls
and women. The work was scattered
given by the townspeople. who fur
nished their out automobile for trans
portation. The campaign covered q
period of eight nights. and q total
mileage of 22o. II was about equiva-
lent to the work of two shockers for
So days. st. Lawrence residents also
gave help to a number Of farmers by
evening shocking.
The German language order. after
a long discussion on the part Of the
state council of defense, was allowed
TO stand without change, giving Ger
mar ministers with congregations
who do not understand English. per
mission to give a 15-minute sumo OF
their sermons in German after the
service has been carried put in the
English language. The minister must
first sign a pledge to use his In
iuence to support all the activities OF
this nation to win the war and pro-
cure the approval of the executive
committee of the council of defense
to conduct such services.
II cost three young men living in
Dimock 500 and costs each for
seized and stored In the Dimock Jail
a quantity OF a so-called temperance
drink, which was seized because II
contained more than the permitted
amount Of alcohol. The three young
men became aware Of the storage
place of the beverage and broke into
the jail and secured quantities OF 1t.
They entered pleas Of guilty when
taken into court.
The Kingsbury county authorities
were called upon to dispose of a case
involving the eight children Of Martin
Bergerson, a farmer, all Of whom are
feeble minded. The authorities have
ordered that the eight children be
sent to the state asylum for the feeble
minded at Redfeld, on the ground that
the parents are incompetent to look
after them. The children range in
age from 8 to Is years.
An unusual record for continuous
duty with n company was made BY
Angus Mcleod. OF Lead. who just has
retired and departed for California to
spend his remaining years. For 38
years he was IN the employ Of the
Homestead Mining company. He was
one of the veteran employees OF the
company, having been "on the job"
practically without interruption since
1880.
At the meeting Of the state board
Of education for vocational training
held in Pierre besides the routine
work Of the board. a resulution was
adopted asking for two additional
members of the state educational de-
partment force, one to have charge
of inspection of high school work and
one of rural school work. along the
lines of vocational training.
The horse market appears to be
picking up In the western part of the
state, and indications are for heavy
shipments of horses for the next few
months. The market has been off
for the last year, but appears to be
looking better. and there will be a lot
OF stock marketed this fall.
a bold thief stole the automobile Of
Frank Craven, a travelling salesman,
from a street at Tulare. Craven had
! left a salesman's bag containing
checks and books and cash amounting
to $50 in the car. and the thief also
secured these. When Craven return
ed the a vas gone.
While driving a large automobile
truck on his farm north of Huron,
Paul Waiter accidentally ran over his
own son and injured the boy so Sc
riously that he died a few hours AFTER
the accident. The youth was abou.
16 years old.
Ground has been broken for a new
Episcopal church hailding which is to
be erected In M~ohridge. Members OF
the Ladies T. lid are procuring funds
for TIE c % ion of the building and
hore TO hage it dedicated free from
| deSt
A number of women are now en-
ployed as engine wipers at Ve NIL
waukee railroad roundhouse in Aber-
deem. The road employed women en-
CINE wipers at the Madison round
house several weeks ago.
The first Of the new automobile
plates for next year are on hand
and show that the new plates VIII
have q background OF battleship gray.
while the embossed figures win g
aluminium in color.
Richard Lleweilyn. county agent Of
Kingsbury county, wa in Mitchell en-
~deavortng to procure 200 harvest
hands for work rear DeSmet.
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