The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-12
OF THE STATE
A REoUMl or IMPORTANT HAP.
p1NlNG9 OF THE
WEEK.

Engineers for the state highway
commission are surveling the Wash.
ington highway, preliminary to grad
ing and ~grayeling it. The driveway
proposed 10 to be "a feet wide.
Ravinia IL putting in H. and 1+inch
drainage pipe to run into Lake Andes.
About 5000 feet Of this pipe 10 to BE-
laid. Preliminary and permanent sur
veys have been made and the contract
tor the work will be let next month. 1t
10 estimated the work will cost $780,
900. Bonds for $3.50 0 viii be Aoated
IN the near future.
The Sioux Indians Of the Sisseton
reservation are making elaborate prep
Arations for their annual fair, which
will be held at the agency on Septem-
Der IS, IS and ~. The Indians take
pride in these fairs and plan making
this years fair the best evsr held BY
them. The entertainment features will
be There will be races and
sports Of various kinds.
Prof. P. G. Holdsn's new educational
theory for rural school teachers 10
proving highly successful in those
states whore 1t is being tried, and since
he began its Introduction in South Da-
kota rural teachers are becoming more
and more imbued with the belief that
it will revivify the rural schools OF the
state in such q way az to create q new
feeling both In the schools themselves
and in the homes.
Apparently some county officials In
this state do not believe in the old
maxim Of mot looking q gift horse in
the mouth" At least rum0rs come
floating along that some Of the coun-
ties are not greeting with happy ex-
preston the trucks donated to them
By the federal government for their
highway work. The complaint appears
70 be that these trucks have been used.
and the maintenance charge and re-
pair bills are so high that they are an
expense to the county rather than .
benefit.
An important meeting between the
county commissioners Of Harding and
Butte counties. attended by Governor
Horbeck was held In Belle Fourche re-
emily. The purpose was the construc-
zion and improvement of q highway
tom Belle Fourche to Buffalo. There
10 already q highway north from Buff
falo to Bowman, N. D., and il the re-
mainder of the road between Belle
Fourche and Buffalo were put In good
condition. 1t would give almost .
straight run from Belle Fourche on
the Northwestern to Bowman on the
Milwaukee. Half Of the Butte county
end Of the road 10 already in good or
der. There was no definite arrange
mont made. but . tentative plan was
worked out.
The rural credits commission will
place another issue of bonds upon the
market about the middle Of September,
probably Offering 5000, 900 at that
time, which will provide the cash for
some time In the operation Of its loans.
Up to the present time the commission
has loaned farmers OF the state ap-
proximatsly SIS, 900. 900. These loans
are scattered in every county Of the
state. q total OF 1874 loans having
been approved, which places the
amount Of the average loan at q little
under $4,000. This department. the
only state rural credits plan which has
been In operation in the United States
up to the present year, has done more
to bring down real estate interest rates
in this state than any other one thing,
not only on the loans they have made
directly, but from the fact that private
loans had to compete with the rates
charged for rural credit loans.
Preparations are rapidly going for
yard In the Hill City tin mining dis
trict for the adding Of another indus
try to the mining activities of the
Black Hills-the production OF tin on
. large scale. At the Cowboy mine,
which 10 one Of the group OF tin mines
now under development. = raise from
the 800 foot level to the surface has
been completed, by means Of which q
third compartment will be added. 4
force Of men II at work timbsring the
new compartment and this work will
b. completed In thirty days. Then the
work OF sinking 10 expected TO begin.
The mill ut the mines also 10 being
overhauled and the latest machinery
installed. A new smelter y being
erected near the mill. the company
having decided to smelt IL wi prod
uet. At the Mohawk mine Of the com.
pany arrangements are being made to
take out hundreds OF tons Of good tin
ore. Much development work also 10
being done ON the Annie and Tin Boob
mines OF the company in the same
group Of tin mines. The men who
have taken hold Of the development
e the tin deposits Of the Black Hills.
which are almost wholly in the group
Of mines now being developed, are con-
sentative and are feeling their way
carefully In developing this new indus
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