The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-10-28

cess of that Of any former year for
this part OF the state. II Is said that
with this increased forage supply
there will be fewer cattle 10 iced
than for many years in this section.
Hay Is yet being piled up in stacks
all over the prairie. and tie huge
stacks Of alfalfa which show UP all
over the western part Of the sta.a,
are another proof that the STOCK own.
er is firing OF taking chances of his
stock getting through the winter
without feed.
In spite Of the fact that South Da.
kota farmers will produce this year
larger crops in almost every kind Of
grain than they did last year, accord
ing to the statistics of the depart
ment Of agriculture. they will lose mil.
lions Of dollars because Of the low
prices which prevail for farm produce.
1t is estimated that South Dakota
farmers will receive some S31, 900, 200
less for their grain this year than
they did for the smaller crop in 1919.
Because he was believed to have
been angry at the order of the circuit
court, restraining him from paying
visits to his wife from whom he had
separated some time ago, William
Lentz murdered his wife and then
committed suicide on the farm of Mrs
Lentz near Mansfield.
In an official statement recently
issued by the members of the school
board at Lake Preston. the board
serves notice that the tuition charges
for outside pupils will be $40 per
month for high school students, and
So for those entering the grades.
Among the heavy losers by the
slump in the price of corn are the
$3.50 per bushel or more and could
not get cars in which to ship the
corn to market just before the price
ait the downward trail.
The drive which is being staged by
the Union county farm bureau, which
is canvassing the county for new men,
bers, has resulted in the addition OF
$50 new members and but one-third
Of the. county has been covered.
The farmers of this vicinity, greatly
pleased with their success this year
in raising sugar beets, have agreed TO
increase their aggregate acreage OF
sugar beets next ear to 1000 acres.
and may exceed this figure.
Definite decision to organize a poul.
try association, and to hold a poultry
show in Yankton some time this fall
or early winter, was reached at a
meeting in Yankton of poultry breed.
ers and fanciers.
A convention of leading citizens will
be held in Geddes, December ID, for
the purpose of backing the project
of a big power dam across the Mis-.
| souri, river at the Mulehead ranch site
near Geddes.
Representatives of all the farmers
union locals in the counties OF Au-
rora, Brule, Douglas and Charles Mix
met in Lake Andes and decided to pay
s cents per bushel for corn husking.
Clark county is the first county in
he state to raise its quota in tbs
Salvation Army drive which how is
being made throughout South Da.
kota.
The Volga city council rejected a
bid for $4,000 of city bonds because
the bidders wanted a 10 per cent dis
| court under the face of the bonds.
The lid has been placed on speed.
ing, gambling, bootlegging, the manu-.
facture of home brew and other OF.
lenses by the Werthing authorities.
The Homestake Mining company,
which is one Of the great old produc-
ers Of the world, is arranging for a
| greatly increased production.
Two carloads Of wool have been
shipped from Day county by the wool
growers association, n from Bristol
and one from Crandall.
The Clay county farm bureau has
increased it's membership about zoo
per cent as the result of a membcrship
drive conducted recently.
Seven thousand bushels Of grain
was consumed in a fire which de-
stroyed the ]. j. Muilaney grain ele.
vator in Canova.
1t is officially announced that at
the present time rs of the rural
schools Of Edmunds county are with.
out teachers.
The work OF enlarging the switching
yards of the Chicago, Milwaukee aud
st. Paul railroad in Mitchell is almost
completed.
Philip business men probably will
be given state aid in rebuilding their
business places, which we're destroyed
by fire.
Arrangements are being made for
the early commencement of work on a
state highway extending west OF Ard.
more.
Fred Muckler. a farmer living three
miles from Sioux Falls, was killed
by an angry bull.
Campbell and Mcpherson counties
have united in the organizatio n of a
farm bureau.
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