The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-03
The state capitol commission u get |

AiSe OuAVlu6 W uSlU Out Iu0 COU&0SLNu
conditions in the present building.
This will be built solely for an office
structure. and while the material Of
the outer walls will be In harmony
with that used In construction Of the
original capitol building it will in no
way attempt to follow the lines OF ira
ditional capitol structures either In
style OF architecture or internal ar
engagements.
The Watertown Chamber Of Com
msroe, re%organized recently through
its amalgamation with the Merchants
association and now beginning its &C
tive work for the rear with a bulge,
campaign, is to have 4 young mems
bureau. Tentative plans for the for
nation OF a department for the young
mon, including clerks, employees ant
statesmen who are not included in thu
regular budget membership, were
made known.
The government will the coming
winter attempt to move a large steel
bridge about two miles by sliding 1t
along on the ice Of the Moreau river.
1t has been decided to change the 10.
cation Of a bridge across that stream,
IN the Cheyenne River reservation,
and the "skidding" plan is the one
which will be attempted. as 1t is be
lieved that heavy enough ice will form
On the stream to carry the weight.
Physical education or a gymnasium
curse was added to the Gu, riCulum
Of the evening school at Huron high
school with the opening " a class in
city, and also for boys clubs, which are
physical education for the mon Of the
maintained in conjunction with the
Sunday school work in many OF the
churches.
After a lapse OF some weeks, the
people of Philip are EMO ing first
class lighting service, the engines in
the power plant having lcen over,
hanled and placed in good condition. II
is claimed that Philip now is one OF
the best lighted towns IN western
South Dakota.
1t is announced that local capital Is
behind a movement to erect more than
a score of bungalows in Spearfish dur.
ing the winter and spring. 1t is be.
lieved this will solve tne housing prob.
lem in his city, where the shortage OF
suitable dwellings has been acute for
some time.
At a special election the voters Of
Tyndall granted a 20-year franchise
to the Dakota Central Telephone com.
phone plant and converting 1t into an
automatic system in place Of the mag.
neto system now in operation.
A special election will be held In
Egan December 10 for the purpose of
submitting to the voters the PROPOSE.
ton of issuing bonds of $3.50, 900 fol-
the purchase of a site and the erection
Of a consolidated school building.
The Pierre Commercial club is a.
present working with other CONNER
cial clubs of the state along the plan
OF uniform lines of handling CONVEX
tons and club meetings by all the
cities Of the state.
Much Improvement is planned for
highways Of Charles Mix county. As
part Of a big program the board OF
county commissioners is receiving bids
for a number OF large reinforced con.
crete bridges.
Freight traffic over the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul railroad at
Aberdeen has moved into the new
switching yards which have beer un.
der construction during the past sum.
mer.
Some OF the street paving which
was undertaken In Madison this sea.
son has been completed. and sec
tons Of the streets thus improved
have been opened to the public,
Mitchell's municipal ice skating
rink, established a year ago. will be
operated during the present winter
OF an even more extensive plan than
last year
The Custer Peak section Of the Den.
ver-Deadwocd highway has just been
completed by the engineering depart.
ment Of the United States forestry
service.
Mitchell has at last succeeded in
getting a sleeper on the Omaha rail
road attached to the fast train, which
arrives in Minneapolis at 7:55 a. III.
Members Of the DeSmet American
Legion post have leased a building,
which will be transformed into a per.
manent club house for the post.
Plans to construct an ice skating
rink to accommodate the youths OF
Yankton this winter have been
launched at the high school.
Nearly 10000 acres of prairie dogs
have been exterminated in Haakon
county during the past two years as
a farm bureau project.
Through the efforts Of the farm bn.
reau q cooperative live stock shipping
association was organized at Carthage