The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-20


examination of the affairs of that coun-
ty and reported ~overpayments to vari-
Gus county officials. The state attor.
ney failed to take any action for a
recovery, and this resulted in a grand
jury investigation and indictments and
prosecution of the states attorney and
some of the members of the board OF
county commissioners, the actions be-
ing brought by the attorney general
and conducted by his department.
A Potter county farmer who raised
over 100 acres of sweet clover this
year for seed has found a big demand
for the seed. He sent a sample to a
seed house in Minneapolis and asked
for a bid on something over 400 bush.
els. The bid came by wire, offering
S2l.50 per hundred for the entire
amount, sacks furnished. The farmer
says that he lost easily s. 5000 on the
crop because he was delayed in getting
it threshed until over half the crop
had shelled out upon the ground.
Farmers who use only pure-bred
sires in their focks and herds are now
enrolling in the national sire improve
ment campaign. J.. c. Holmes, extern
sion live stock specialist for South Da-
kota, has supplied ali county agents
with blanks. Farmers may secure
these from their agent and enroll for
n of the government Certificates of
merit" This drive is expected to add
many millions of dollars value to the
holdings of South Dakota breeders.
There will be no race question to
bother the residents of Lennon in
the immediate future. This is due to
the fact that negroes are not allowed
to live in Lennon. Several colored
men recently appeared there, and as
the citizens did not like their looks
he newcomers were quietly requested
by some OF the young men Of the
town to seek new fields.
Announcement has just beer made
by the government at Washington that
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school Of Aberdeen has been approved
for federal aid in the organization OF
a department of hygiene under recent
act of congress, whereby federal aid
may be granted to one state institu.
ton of higher learning in each state
Of the union.
Volga Masons have purchased a for
mer church building, which will be
remodeled and converted In a Masonic
temple, to be used as the permanent
home Of he local lodge. Extensive
improvements will be made to the
structure.
Prospective teachers attending the
Northern Normal and Industrial school
at Aberdeen were advised not to join
teachers unions by DIR. Martha l.. San
ford. one of Americas foremost women
educators.
Two special trains carrying stock
men OF South Dakota to the interna-
tional live stock exposition at Chicago
this month will leave on November
2S. One will go from Mitchell and the
other from Huron.
Bert Curtis, a Turner county farmer
residing near Hurley, was instantly
killed when the automobile he was
driving skidded and overturned on a
country road between Hurley and
Parker.
Bank c%learings in the city of Sioux
Falls for the month of October we're
nearly $4,000, 900 more than during the
previous month. Bank c~learings for
the month of October were $17,121,-
1861.
Ernest S~choonover. a resident OF
Henry, S. D.. nineteen miles west of
Watertown, was killed at his home
by a masked man whose order to
Throw up your hands!" he did not
obey.
Extensive improvements have been
| made to the buildings at the state
school of mines in Rapid City, which
is proving to be one of the most sue
cessful of the state institutions.
To relieve the coal situation Mayor
Binder of Pierre placed on the market
a car of coal which had been ordered
by the city. He put it at the disposal
of those in need at cost price.
The first week of the State college
school Of agriculture began with an
attendance Of 24G students, an increase
of about twenty-five per cent over that
Of last year.
The entire city Of Aberdeen trembled
and windows for blocks around were
shattered when a large gasoline tank
at the Standard Oil station exploded.
Two Hudson men received a check
for $3.50 In payment for the alfalfa
hay crop raised on an 18-acre tract
OF land. The hay brought $40 per ton.
The directors of the Elk Point Co
operative Telephone company have ap-
piled for a charter authorizing a cor
poration with a capital stock of SIS, 900.
An organization of business men and
other residents is planning for a win
ter carnival. to be held in Waterfowl
during the winter.
The students OF the Deadwood high
school hape organized an athletic as
ISOLATION.
The average working day for farm
women is Is hours in summer and II