The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-05-20

linseed oil which Is required by paint
manufacturers and varnish makers
as well as for many othex purposes.
The imported flax comes mainly from
Canada and Argentina, but the freight
rates are so high on the Argentine
flax that importations from that
country are not likely to reduce the
price OF flax to a point where it will
not be profitable in South Dakota.
Flax Is en- easy crop to grow IL good,
clean seed is sown on land that Is
s~easonabiy free from weeds, such as
timothy seed, alfalfa sod, wild grass
sod. thoroughly cultivated corn or
potato ground or land which was
spring-plowed last year and raised a
crop of millet or Sudan grass. The
seed bed should be firm and even.
The flax can be sown any time from
the middle OF April to the first Of
June.
At q special meeting of the stock
holders OF the Pierre and Rapid City
and the Chicago and Northwestern
railway company. by a vote of the
Ss1>hAOtuNAo lhC ilnC Vi lnG Tall
from Pierre to Rapid City was sold
to the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company. This line will be
operated as a part of the Northwest
ern system instead OF as a separate
system. All the equipment which has
been used in the past on this road
was the property of the Northwestern.
but the road itself was not owned by
the company. The taking over of this
part OF the system will also include
the Pierre and Ft. Pierre railroad
and the Missouri River bridge at
Pierre.
The Black Hills section OF the state
is getting in shape to help boost the
tourist business for the coming year
and is issuing a booklet showing the
best routes to follow in the Hills
country. the different towns of that
section paying the expense of COM
piling the same. The route will be
n which covers two different lines
north and south through that beauti-
full region, and will give the tourist
an idea OF what lines he wants to
travel over to visit the locations
which he most desires to see.
With the high price Of seed pota-
toes this spring 1t is more necessary
than ever to give attention to the
various factors influencing the yield
of marketable tubers. Anything that
will increase the yield will decrease
the cost per bushel. Treating seed
potatoes before cutting to prevent
scab and black scurf or rhizoctonia Is
yields big. suggests r. e. Mccall, ex-
tension horiculturist at the Bookings
State college.
The University Of South Dakota has
come into possession OF sixty-one
genuine Babylonian tablets, discover.
ed by Arabs in the ruins OF buried
cities and collected in Bagdad. They
have been ~deciphered by DIR. Edgar
j. Banks, OF Alpine, N. j., an author
ty on these clay and brick records OF
1000 years ago, and their genuineness
authenticated.
Instead OF only n crow hunting
az Canton during the year there will
be two beginning with this year and
every year hereafter IL the hunting
Of crows is kept UP at all. BY the
change of the plan which was made
recently there will be two crow hunts;
n in the fall of the year and Ine
other in the spring of the year.
Varieties Of vegetables we'll suited
for South Dakota conditions are list
ed in an interesting bulletin on '"The
the South Dakota presidential primary
Bal@rced Garden" which is now be.
ing distributed by the extension divf
sion OF the Brookings State college.
The list includes perennial and annual
crops.
A new bank, to be known as the
Farmers Savings bank. will soon
commence business at Chancellor.
The officers and directors are lead.
ing farmers of the vicinity. With this
Institution Turner county will have Is
banks.
Extensive improvements are being
made to the Freeman telephone ex.
change and a great deal of new equip
ment Is being added. the inten-
ton being to make the system one OF
the most efficient in the state.
The business and professional wo-
men OF Pierre have taken the pre-.
liminary steps toward the ~organiza.
ton OF a business and professional
club, which is expected to bring them
into better mutual relations.
The state railway commission after
a hearing has granted permission to
the Pullman company to add % cents
additional charge on all intrastate
ticket sales within South Dakota.
II cost Gen. Leonard Wood $14,791
to carry the republican primaries at
last month according to a statement
filed by the state manager for the
Wood campaign.
A considerable sum is being ex-
pended in improving the interior
of the Yankton county court house.
The Office Of the adjutant general,
which has been located at Reddeld for
the past seven years. Is being moved