The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-03
DRY WEATHER NEEDED
MANY FIELDS or CORN HAVE HAD
TO BE PARTLY REPLANTED;
CONDITIONS BAD.

Dry weather Is badly needed in
South Dakota for some days TO en-
able the farmers to cultivate their
corn fields and remove the accumula'
ton Of weeds, which grew faster
than the corn during the wet weather
OF the last 10 days. Corn fields were
in bad condition a. to weeds when
the rains ceased for the time being,
but during every favorable hour since
that time the farmers have been hard
at work in their corn fields and rapid
ly are placing them In first class con
dition. Cut worms also operated ex-
tensively during the wet period, and
in some instances practically wiped
out entire fields of corn. The farm
ers thus affected have now. for
The most part, replanted the de-
stroyed sections of their corr fields,
and generally anticipate big crops Of
corn because of the unusually moist
condition of the ground.
Preparations were being made to
take a force of men to the country
west of Lead to ~extinguish a forest
fire which had been burning there
several days, when a rain storm saved
them the trouble. The rain was OF
sufficient volume to put out the fire.
Ii is believed the fire wal started by
a band OF gypsies who had camped
In that locality. They evidently had
failed to extinguish their camp fire
when they broke camp. The fire had
been gradually spreading since 1t
started. AS the section where the
fire broke out is outside the national
forests Of the Black Hills, the forest
rangers attached to the national for.
ests to protect them against fires,
were without authority to fight the
fire.
The wool growers of Stanley coun-
ty are forming an organization for CO.
operative marketing this year. They
have agreed TO bring their wool clips
TO Fort Pierre and put them all on
the market on July 1. In this way
they expect to get several buyers on
the ground for that date and get a
better price for their product than
they would by individual marketing.
Whether or not the mild winter had
any bearing on the situation is un-
known, but the general report is that
wool clips are lighter than usual this
year, ranging about six pounds to the
clip, where seven or more Is the u.s.
ual range.
DR.. Granger and Claude Williams
Of Lead, have departed for the state
game preserve east of Custer, in the
southern Black Hills, for the purpose
Of getting the largest elk now in the
large herd in the game preserve. The
elk has been donated by the state
to the Elks of South Dakota, and ii
will be butchered and the meat serv-
ed at a real elk meat barbercue,
which is to be one of the features of
the annual convention of South Da-
kota Elks to be held in Lead.
Ralph Brooks, a Deadwood young
man., will be one of the instruments
in promoting good feeling in foreign
countries toward the United States
and in extending the foreign trade of
the United States. He has resigned
from the navy and has been appoint
ed by the United States shipping
board, division OF operation, Washing
ton, to the supercargo student class
for s-upercargoes.
The Sunshine Highway is being
marked throughout North and South
Dakota. The marking is Of metal, a
yellow base with a large letter IS"
within q heavy circle. The circle and
letter are In black. The executive
committee Of the Sunshine Highway
has arranged to log the highway
through both Dakotas and Sioux City.
This work is being done now.
The attorney general rules that
thresher operators cannot exempt
themselves from the provisions OF the
workmen's compensation law, as they
could formerly. This is in line with
the present statutes on the matter.
and will cause all such operators to
be under the workmen's compensation
provisions Of the law enacted last
winter.
Local business men and other resi-
dsnts ara organizing a stock company
for h purpose OF providing Freeman
with . modern hotel. IN one day more
than $4,000 worth of stock was SUBJ
scribed for. II is hoped to have ev-
erything in readiness so the work of
erecting the hotel can commence in
the near future.
In the opinion Of those In charge of
the Sioux Falls bureau OF the United
States employment service. wages for
laborers in the harvest fields OF South
Dakots will be 10 high this year as
last. Fifty cents an hour, with lodg-
ing and meals, appears to be the wage !
which the farm hands will demand.
A new public school building will
be- erected at Timber Lake at a cost
Of about $50. 900. The contract re-
Quires that the building be completed |
ready for occupancy by October /. \
Farm boys from Custer. Meade. |
Haakon, Jackson. Lawrence, Lyman, |
PenninRton and StanIav ~corntfoa will