The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-08-01

tion Of state taxes this year than they
have in any previous year. The total
amount for this year win be $39,SS4.19.
compared with $33,6S1.27 last year.
and smaller amounts previous to that
This money represents ~ Dot cont
Of the premiums on IRE insurance bust
done by foreign companies and
l per cent on the business done By
South Dakota companies, In the stats.
Each department is given it's amount
on the ratio Of the business done In
it's home town or city. This would
indicate an enormous increase in the
fire risks taken out in the state dur
ing the year.
The report which appeared in news
papers Of the state to the effect that
washington Springs water supply wan
gradually failing proves to be erron-
oous. The towns water supply comes
from a huge, never-failing spring
which has been walled with concrete
and furnished with q covering. The
wall and covering have become de-
lapidated and an announcement in q
local paper that the towns water sup
ply was in danger led to the enron.
eous newspaper report that the spring
furnishing the city with water was
slowly drying up. washington Springs
water supply is said to be among the
best and most abundant In the state.
Pooling Of the wool clip owned by
the wool raisers in the western part
OF Lyman county will insure a much
higher price for the Offering, it 10 be.
lieved. and warehouses where the wool
will be stored will be arranged for 1t
Presho and Kennebec. 1t 10 estimated
that the wool clip in Lyman county
this year will total $4,000 pounds, or
more than four carloads.
Within 4 year the King OF Trails
highway north and south through
South Dakota will be hard surfaced or
nearly all Of 1t we'll on the way to that
desirable condition. say F. w. FARRELL.
A. c. Ward and G.. w. Brazier, repre-.
sentatives Of the King Of Trails asso-
citation of Kansas City.
The United States attorneys ONCE
In Sioux Falls has received instruc.
lions from the attorney general to
prosecute private manufacturers OF
beer and light wines in the homes,
which practice is reported to be on
the increase there. as it is said to be
in other cities.
Mrs. Otto Sharon, OF Belvidere, is
believed to be the first woman to hold
the Office of county treasurer in the
state. When Fred Barth resigned that
office the Jackson county commission.
ers appointed Mrs. Sharon to take his
place.
A Sisseton doctor has arranged to
provide the town with much needed
hospital facilities. Work has been
started on a new hospital building
which will be modernly equipped and
provide quarters for IL patients.
Visions Of golden fields OF ripened
grain such as South Dakota has pro
duced for the past few ears are bring
ing the advance guard OF harvest hands
to the state in quantities fully two
weeks before they are needed.
AT a meeting of the directors Of the
Tri-County Fair association held q
Faith recently September 3, 4 and I
were selected as dates for holding
what promises to be the best fair evel
held there.
Another woman has come into hel
own, Mrs. Nettie Johnson having az
sumed the duties Of superintendent,
Of schools OF Grant county, to which
she was elected at the election last
November.
Despite the fact that there were 12e
fewer fires in South Dakota during the
year just closed than in the twelve
months previous, thirty-three persons
we're burned to death in the sbte last
year.
South Dakota will have all the farm
help 1t needs this year, according tt
A. L. Barkman of Kansas City, assis
tant to the director general of the
United States employment service.
The city council has decided to In
stall a sewerage system in Elk Point
and plants Of surrounding towns now
are being inspected with a view t.
adopting the best for Elk Point.
At q meeting of returned service
men Of Madison and vicinity prelimi
nary steps were taken to organize q
local post to be auxiliary to the state
American Legion.
High water mark in the price o1
farm land in the Violin territory was
reached recently when Henry Knutson
sold a forty acre tract for $3.50 an
acre.
The Flandreau park. the chief city
park. is being improved BY the erec
ton Of a pavilion and bath houses
The pavilion will be one OF the best
in the state.
It is believed that 30 far as building
in Sioux Falls this year Is concerned,
the usual ST. OO, 900 mark will be Ok