The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-09-30

Several changes have been made in
the state highway department. State
Highway Engineer F. s.. Peck has re-
signed and will take the position Of
district engineer for the department
In the Fifth district. the Black Hills
section. which will allow him to live
IN his old home at Deadwood. Fred
w. Schneider. who has been assistant
highway engineer. has been advanced
to the position Of highway engineer.
II. S. Sternberg has been made district
engineer for the First district, with
headquarters at Pierre; Earl Eby has
been made district engineer for the
Second district, with headquarters at
Brookings; o. N. Hetel has been made
| district engineer for the Third dis
trist, with headquarters at Pierre, and
A. S. Manning has been maded istrict
| engineer for the Fourth district. The
state highway commission has re-
moved Tie county highway engineer Of
| Hughes county on a charge OF neglect
| of official duty, 49,
Misn Nina M. Ferguson and Floyd
P. LoefIer, of Luverne, Mimi, enjoyed
the nuyelty Of being married in an
automobile. This was due to the re-
sourcefulness Of Cupid. They arrived
In Sioux Falls, expecting to be mar
ried there, after first providing them
selves with a license from the clerk
OF courts in the Minnesota county,
where they reside. Everxthir~
- -N-. po,. thN y. IL GA G.
Falls when the clergyman noted the
license was issued in Minnesota and
was not valid in South Dakota.s Loci.
Ter got out of the difficulty by sum
moning his auto. bundling the clergy
man and his wife and daughter and
Mrs. Earl Horton and himself and
sweetheart into It. The car was head
ed eastward. and when the Minnesota
boundaryewas crossed the car stopped
and the marriage ceremony was per-
formed.
II is expected that choke cherry
"jags' will SOON make their appear
ance in Lead and vicinity. Scores of
people now are engaged in gathering
the choke cherry. crop. which IL album
liant this year. in the lower valleys
OF the Black Hills. AS numerous per-
sons who never thought of choke cher.
ry picking before are among those
gathering this fruit, it is suspected
that many Of the choke cherries will
find their way into liquids with the
necessary kick" b.
AS the result of q tent In which
they were sleeping catching fire, three
children of Mrs. John Blewitt, Of Mad
ison. had a narrow escape from being
burned to death. The tent was enc in
which the ~members.of the family had
been sleeping during the summer. The
tent caught fire during the temporary
absence OF the mother. Mrs. Raeligh
Scudder. driving by. discovered the
fire and rescued two Of the children,
while the third was rescued by Thorn
as Walden, a n%eighbor.
Sheriff e. A. Keller, of Madison, had
! narrow escpae from death when he
was overcome by gasoline fumes IN
his garage, where he was found in an
unconscious condition. When Mrs: Kc,-
Ter retired at 1920 o'clock she heard
the engine OF the car running In the
garage and thought her husband would
come to the house soon When she
awakened at s a m she discovered
her husband was missing, and, going
to the garage. found him unconscious
and near death,
According to Superintendent Roy
Bragell. of Wind Cave. August Of this
year established a new record Tor The
number Of visitors to the park Up any
one month. The record o file shows
that approximately 5000 persons paid
admission to the cave during that
month. ~. -4. 4
A total OF s465. 05o40 Ii spread for
the support. OF Aberdeen city depart,
ments and schools. in the annual bnd-
get ordinance whjch was given fs first
reading at a .1eeting OF the city COM
mission. 5
The famous, case of the state fof
South DAKOTA aEsthsf John Hayes, a
formey Eost pisrse.sshapkegnewhose
ssSfsss- :s:.<4 n$=S-> ycs-= ssc sgin be
tried II the sssse circuit court for
Hyde county at Highmore- a change
OF vas granted 70 the Hyde
oonnty circu;t court 50 the defendant
can ooenro 4 fair and impartial trial