The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-04-04
NEWS OF THE STATE
a RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENiNGS OF THE
WEEK..

Representative Royal C. Johnson is
expected to reach Aberdeen SOC on
his return home from Washington. 1t
is understood Mr.. Johnson, j.. Adam
Beede and others will make a number
of addresses on public questions from
the republican point of view at differ
ent points in the Second district later
in the month and early in Apn..
The Mill Colony ranch in Beadle
county. which was owned and operat-
ed by a band of Russian colonists un-
til a few months ago, has been sold
at auction by Roy Housman and Geo.
w. Cobel, who purchased the tract OF
some 5000 acres from the Russians.
The ranch brought al average price
OF $500 an acre. The names of the
purchasers have been withheld.
Residents of Bison already have
subscribed more than 81. coo to a fund
with which to erect a city auditorium
there. 1t is expected several thous-
and dollars more Will be raised. Pres
emf plans are to have the work of con
struction commence within two or
three weeks. When completed the
auditorium will be the largest gather
ing place in the northwestern section
Of South Dakota.
Farm land sales hatr ~~sn greater
In number in the Avon territory dur
ing the last month or two than for
years and the prices at which the
farms were sold broke all former rec
ords. Land is constantly increasing
In value, this being especially tru OF
land embraced in stock farms. which
are in greater. demand than ordinary
farms because Of the high prices paid
for cattle, hogs and other live stock.
The business men Of Deadwood, as
the result of a meeting held by them.
have decided to cooperate with the
Elks and other residents of Lead in
furnishing entertainment to the sew
eral thousand Elks of South Dakota
who will attend the annual convention
Of South Dakota Elks, which will be
held In Lead in June. The Deadwood
possible in making the convention a
success.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by committees for the annual
convention Of the South Dakota State
Sunday School association. which will
be held in Sioux Falls on May 6, 7
and s. Initial steps now are being
taken in reference to entertainment
and accommodations for the ]. 800 del
egates who are expected to attend the
convention. All Protestant churches
in every part Of the state will be rep
| resented.
1t is officially announced by DR.. w.
f. Moore, city health officer, that in
tiuenza has become a thing of the
past in Sioux Falls. At the present
time there is not a single ease in the
city. During the time influenza pre-
vailed in Sioux Falls there was a to-
tai of more than $500 cases. and Of
those afflicted with the disease eigh-
ty-five died. In combating the influ-
enza in Sioux Falls a careful system
Of quarantine was ~inaugurated and
strictly adhered to.
Judgments in favor of the state OF
South Dakota We're rendered by the
United States supreme co.,. in dis
posing Of original. proceedings brought
by state officials to collect from Chas.
B. Collins, of California, former state
treasurer, interest from state funds
which he is alleged to have appro-
priated for his own use. The supreme
court upheld the findings or the CON-
missioner appointed to take evidence
who reported that the interest
amounted to $50, 0a4 in the four years
Collins served as treasurer.
When the new highway commission
gets to work under the law of the re-
cent session of the legislature. it will
require a large force of men TO carry
on the headquarters work alone with
out considering the field men. F. S.
Peck, OF the state highway depart
ment, says that the trouble at this
time is to find highway contractors
to bid or the work already in shape
for receiving bids. The department
has been searching the northwest for
such contractors, but up to the pres
ent has not located very many who
want to bid On work.
The appraisal board Of state school
lands which will be offered at the sales
in April, has set figures as high as
$3.50 an acre on land in Trip county,
that being the maximum at which the
tracts a be sold. Other tracts in
tina county are placed at 500 an acre,
and the average for the county is
above $50 a acre. The appraisal OF
the state lands in the irrigated section
near Belle Fourche runs al about 500
an acre, but the purchaser must add
$40 an acre to the price for the gov
eminent assessments against the land
which is under the Belle Fourche ir-
rigation project.
After q consultation between State
Game Warden Hedrick and Deputy
Came Warden Edholm, it was decided
to telegraph to the authorities of
Wyoming for so head of elk. which