The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-19
MILLIONS TO FARM Frs
SOUTH DAKOTA RURAL cREoira
BODY MAKES STATE
MENT.

The state rural credits commission,
which IL now floating . $5.000,o0o
bond issue to raise funds to carry
On It's work Of lending to farmers. has
just made a statement Of its activities
and its fiscal condition at present
Practically s2o.f0e.0 900 Of loans is the
record SO far made ~ the state rural
credits commission. according TO their
statement showing their condition OF
business on the 18th day Of January.
They had made 1895 individual loans.
which amounted to 1886, $50, which
was secured by 1.28s, 1872 acres OF farm
land In the state. with an average
ioanins rate of $i6.3S per acre. The
W counties OF the state have been
more ready to take this method of
assisting In developing than have the
older counties, and tho valuation per
acre has been held down by this. The
showing indicates that at this time
there are but two counties In the state
In which loans have not been made.
these being Douglas, east OF the Mis-
souri, river. and Washington, west Of
the river. While the loans in several
counties get ear the $1,000, 900 mark.
only two counties have gone over that
figure. B~rookings has 1880, 900. with
several loans In that county running
at $45.82 per acre, and Hand has
Sl.l30.500. the average loaaing rate
e acre being s19.6S per acre. The
highest loaning rate In any county has
been that in Union. where it was
S67.37 per acre, and the lowest is in
Armstrong, a reservation county,
where the average was only S4.46 per
acre.
Minnehaha county Is to have an
other consolidated school, making the
fourth that the voters have author
lied. with another section to take &C.
ton before long. In a special election
six districts. including the town OF
Baltic. voted overwhelmingly to con-
solidate and erect a school at Baltic
This summer. The plans cali for a
building to cost approximately SIS, 00O.
South Dakota towns and cities
SAaNA0h WhtSh luO u SlpuS lI1l!
passes, subscribed $500 to the up
keep OF the trail during 1890, $500
more than was allotted to the state.
or this amount si.109 was paid In
cash.
At a recent meeting OF tho city
council IL was determined to pave
the main streets of Winner. Resoiu.
lions calling for about three miles OF
paving at an estimated cost Of $780,.
600. have passed the second reading.
Odd Fellows OF Aberdeen are max
Ing plans to build a homo for all Of
the I. o. Q. 2. lodges ,a the city. The
lodges wi their building site and ex-
pect 70 make plans for the erection
OF a home by early spring.
Floating $4,000. 600 worth of bonds
has been undertaken by the rural
credits board OF the state OF South
Dakota. These bonds are in denomi-
nations Of SIS. $50. $10o and $500,
with interest coupons extending over
q period OF twenty years at S per
cent interest, payable annually.
The Clark Athletic club has been
organized by young men of the city
and arrangements are being made to
open a gymnasium in a business block.
Petitions have been presented 70
the board Of education by the teachers
OF the Water wn schools asking that
their minimum salaries be fixed at
According to Information reaching
Aberdeen, United States District At
torney e. w. Fiske. OF Sioux Falls, has
ruled that all evidence in cases in
violation OF the prohibition enforce
ment act In the future must be sub
mitted to him before arrests can be
made.
Great quantities of hay continue to
be shipped from the Miller territory
to the Black Hills and Wyoming.
wheer stockmen are short of feed for
their animals and have to ship In SUI.
ficient amounts to carry their live
stock over the winter months.
The new 5000 heated. electric
lighted. water supplied and modern
equipped stock sales pavilion being
erected in Fl. Pierre by the stockmen
OF Stanley county is in process of
rapid construction and will be com.
pleted by March l..
The pastors OF the churches OF the
state are reminded that the big con-
ference for the state in which copera-
ton OF the churches in the big mis-
sionary movement will be discussed,
is to be held In Mitchell. during Feb
ruary.
The development OF the tin mines
Of the Black Hills is progressing well
and the production of the metal prom.
Uses in the hear future to be an i'm
portant part OF the mining industry
or the Black Hills.
Voters OF Perkins county viii have
the opportunity or March % to ap-
prove or reject the proposition OF H.
suing bonds In the sum OF $500. 900 for
a systematic highway program in the
county.
Eagle Butte business men have or.
ganised a company for the purpose
Of building an electric light plant
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