The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-09-05
NEWS OF THE STATE
4 RESUME or IMPORTANT HAP.
pENlN0o OF THE
WEEK.

MISS Marie Toohe1, . young oman
Of Sioux Falls, has been selected to
ohristen the merchant steamer Sioux
Falls, which will b launched At Du.
luth soon.
No trace has yet been found Of I'M.
known yeggmsn, who entered the post.
Office at Elkton, blew the safe and 81.
capped with 5000 in stamps and money.
1t is believed they were provided with
. high powered automobile.
Preparation Of the old One Hundred
and Forty-ssventh field artillery regi
ment in South Dakota, as a part OF
this states share In the new national
guard, which the war department is or
ganixing, is forecast in dispatches re.
ceived from Adjts-0gn. Morris, a. Red
field.
All former records for the total
amount Of wool marketed in Belle
Fourche were broken during the wool
marketing season which has closed.
Approximately 2,00O,0 900 pounds Of
wool were handled by buyers during
the present season. One warehouse
alona handled $780, 900 pounds. The
wool was sold at an average price OF
from 57h cents to s. cent per pound.
The commissioners OF Bonhomme
county will be petitioned to make an
appropriation for the erection of a sol.
dier's memorial in honor of the Bon.
homme county young men who lost
their lives in the world war and those
who served their country during that
time. The exact form Of the memorial
has not been determined upon. bu that
it will be erected in Tyndall, which ia
b county seat, 10 assured.
The residents Of Garretson have
p%etitioned the county commissioners
to construct a modern road from the
corporate limits of the town to the
Minnesota line, there connecting with
state roads in Minnesota. An extern.
sive road improvement program has
been arranged in Minnehaha county
and the petitioners ask that an addi-
ton of the two miles east from Gar
retson to be added to the original
The supreme court has sustained the
validity of the suffrage amendment to
h constitution adopted at the last
general election and incidentally all
other amendments adopted at the cleo.
ton. This ruling was in the Hutchin-
son county sheriff case where Karl
Schmidt was elected as sheriff, but
had never completed his citizenship.
The decision acts as an custer so far
as Schmidt acting as sheriff is con
cerned.
Federal agents state that special
men are to placed in the field with
autos and every effort made to en-.
force the game laws. 1t has been re.
ported from certain sections of this
state hat birds have already Deer
slaughtered. The open season for prai.
RE chickens begins September 16 and
continues until the close OF October 10.
The duck season opens on the same
day and remains open until Deem.
Der /.
A number CT state departments are
finding it hard to secure and hold EN-.
ployees under the salary restrictions
placed by the legislature. Pay is so
much higher in many lines of private
employment that the private employer
gets the e One Of the latest is the
head OF the engineering department at
h state agricultural college stepping
out to take the position OF county high.
way engineer as a better paying job.
In fact counties generally are paying
more than the state highway depart.
ment can pay for like work.
The forthcoming report of the state
fire marshal will show figures OF fire
losses for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1918, and June 80, 1919, with the
comparative summary. For the first
fiscal year there were fifteen elevator
fires with a loss Of $3.50, 25S. 80, and 579
miscellaneous fires with a loss OF ST..
4OS.25O.46. For the second year there
were five elevator fires with a loss OF
$47,O5O. and AT miscellaneous fires
with a loss Of $~747,165.81. This re.
duction Of practically 80 per cent in
fire loss is attributed to a large extent
to the fire prevention campaign which
is carried or every day by the depart
ment.
The Bixby and Faith districts, north.
east Of the Black Hills, are scenes OF
the latest oil excitement in western
South Dakota. An expert from the
Edgemont oil fields, who has Just Wis.
tied the oil prospects in the vicinity
Of Bixby expresses the belief that the
dome which has attracted attention is
a good n and that the prospect for
oil is excellent. At Faith, which is
only a short distance from the new
field, there is a great deal OF excite
menta and ample money has been sub
scribed to exploit the supposed OF!
fields and definitely determine whether
or net oil al be found in paying
quantities. Portable rigs, with q capac-
ity OF drilling 5000 feet into the bow.