The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-06-27
As the danger period for disastrous

| forest fires in the Black Hills now is
approaching. it has been decided by
| the forest officers to maintain look
outs on the SUBMITS OF both Harvey
| peak and Bear mountain, in addition
to the lookouts maintained in other
portions of the national forests IN the
| Black Hills. These lookouts will be
on duty constantly until the close OF
the fire season. They will have tele-
phone communication with different
centers.
The Mitchell Masonic Building asso-
| citation has come into being and III di-
rectors representing the York Rite
bodies and the Eastern Star named to
have charge of their new temple to be
built there. Plans and specifications
have been called for with this defin-
tie step toward building. and it is ex-
pected that these will be adopted and
work begun on actual construction
within a few weeks.
The report OF the field agent in
South Dakota OF the bureau OF crop
estimates, department Of agriculture.
states that with conditions as of
June /, South Dakota gives promise of
producing an aggregate Of So 1888, 900
bushels Of wheat for the present year,
providing. Of course, that present on
ditions are not seriously affected by
unfavorable weather or unforeseen
agencies.
The new automobile highway to-
Harvey peak, near Custer, the high
est point in the Black Hills. now Is
open the entire length, after extensive
good road work extending over a per-
iod of more than a year. Last year a
portion of the road was surfaced with
gravel and this year it is planned to
surface the remainder OF the con-
structed portion.
DR.. Eli Lewiston of the Canton high
school educational board has asked
that the people Of the city consider
the question Of a new high school for
Canton. The buildings which were
formerly Augustana college will Their
be used for the Canton Normal which
is to be esta blished there. Canton
is in great need of a suitable high
school.
Hundreds OF stockholders or the
Farmers Cooperative Packing COM
pany were in Huron to attend the sec
ond annual meeting of the owners OF
the company. A business meeting and
a tour of inspection of the plant OF
the company which is now being
erected here, were the principal fea.
lures of the program.
1t is reported that the government
has withdrawn all the balance Of the
homestead lands on the coded portions
of the Cheyenne River Indian reserva-
ton and that such lands will be offer
ed for sale to the highest bidders,
This would mean a clearing out of all
homestead opportunities in thas par
of the state.
The largest land sale in western
South Dakota was contaminated at
Draper when the "A. T." ranch was
sold. The ranch consists Of 1920
acres of decided land. 1880 acres OF
leased land, GOO head of Hereford cat
tie, It's head Of P~ercheron horses and
equipment. The consideration was
S175,00
State Fire Marhal Van Camp, while
advocating an enthusiastic observance
of the Fourth Of July in South Dakota
as in keeping with the victorious end
OF the war and the return Of the sol
diers has issued a warning against
carelessness in the use of explosives
and firework on that day.
At a meeting Of about so Deadwood
young men who have returned from
war service preliminary steps were
taken to organize a Deadwood branch
of the World War Veterans. At an.
other meeting the organization Is ex-
pected to be perfected.
Butte county. under the direction OF
the county engineer of that county. is
doing extensive work on the Butte
county end of the Deadwood-St. Onge-
Belle Fourche highway. The road ia
being Strengthened, brought to grade
and rounded up.
Police authorities have been unable
to find a clew which would solve the
mysterious death tof Ernest Meehl, a
prominent farmer living near the Nc
Cook-Turner county line, who was
found slain in bed.
Huron has probably never seen as
many cases of smallpox as have pre-
vailed in the city during the last two
months. in the opinion of DR.. G.. III.
Hall, head of the city board OF health.
South Dakota in general and Sioux
Falls in particular, will send a good
delegation to Milwaukee June IS, to-
attend the meeting Of the National
Educational association.
Fire, believed to have started from
a boiler, burned the hoist at the Iron
Hill mine in the Carbonate district.
A great deal ct wood and mine tim
bers also were burned.