The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-06-25
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
a RESUME OF THE IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS OF THE
WEEK.

A~S ~ ny AAo -
ball for the time being.
An explosion at the plant Of the
Aberdeen Gas company virtually para
lyzed all industries depending on gas
for fuel.
Building projects begun in Mitchell
during the month of May totaled $780,
800, according to records from the Of
flee of the city engineer.
Troop No. 3 of Spearfish Boy Scouts
we're the recipients of tho handsome
present OF a camp site at the hands
Of the Homestake Gold Mining COM
pany.
1t will be q month before the entire
work of repairing the track and grad
ing Of the c.. and N. w. near Blunt
and Wasta, destroyed by %'washouts.
10 completed.
The report of the c. & N. W. rail
way for its lines east of the Black
Hills shows that IS cars of emigrant
goods were brought into South Da-
kota on these lines during April.
Miss Ruth York, of Huron, who
made several long distance swims last
summer, maintains her reputation as
one of Huron's leading swimmers
when she swan a distance Of about
five miles.
After getting along without a coun
ty agent for a couple of years Sully
county commissioners have arranged
for the appointment of such a repre-
sentative for the farmers, and a new
man will be picked for the place.
The entire holdings of the Britton
Cooperative Milling company and the
Britton Electric company were pur-
chased by a Britton man. The mill
will be operated and Improvements
made in the electric service by the
new owner.
There appears to be a race between
the oil test plans in Perkins county
and those in Stanley county, and n
OF the two is likely to be able to state
whether or not oil exists in this state
before winter, as both show jndica-
ions OF meaning actual business.
Work will begin at Aberdeen to inn
prove the 160 acres Of land purchased
by the Tri-State Fair board for the
site of the proposed fair. Prepare
| lions are under way to condct a fair
this fall, but it will not be possible 10
carry out the entire program agreed
upon.
Postoffice officials are making ev-
cry effort to Gov the box contain
ing the official census Of twenty-one
enumerations of the third South Da-
kota district. The box containing the
enumerations was lost or misplaced
in the mails. The authorities have
denied the theory that the o was
lost in the Missouri river in a rail
road wreck.
In charge of Judge John McPhaul
and assistants from the General Land
office at Washington, a sale of gov
eminent land is being conducted at
Lennon and will be continued until
$4,000 acres are disposed of. The
land is mostly grazing but contains
a few pieces suitable for farming.
The average appraisement is from 81
to $3.50 per acre and the terms re-
CURED are one-half cash down when
the purchase is made.
The South Dakota sheep and wool
growers association is now becoming
well organized and has promise OF 81
cars of wool to go to the state pool
Every county agent who has a part OF
a car of wool in his county is working
up a pool and five counties not having
local managers and pool their wool
and ship to the state pool. The CO
operation Of wool growers is imper.
alive in order to get the wool graded
fairly and the Ia that produces wool
of quality will get the high prices.
On rehearing the supreme court has
refused to change its views on the
Hayti consolidated school question.
The court held that the consolidated
rural schC 81 plan voted at that place
was invalid, ON the ground that the
| law does not show that an independ.
ent district can be included in a con-
solidated rural school plan. This is
a case in which most of the CONSOLE
dated schools OF the state have a vital
interest. The state educational de-
partment states that the decision not
only decides the matter for the Hayti
district. but also affects in greater
or less degree the consolidated school
plans of the towns Of Groton, Kimball.
Pukwana. Wakonda, Toronto. Faux,
ton. Bonesteel, Fairfax. Canning. Lane.
Erwin. Worthing. Reliance, Oacoma.
Vivian, Presho, Montrose, Spencer.
| Humboldt, Baltic, Garretson, Cotton.
Gettysburg. Fort Pierre and Hurley.
This will no doubt mean a flood Of
validating acts to be presented to the
special session of the legislature. and
an amendment to the consolidated
school law to eliminate the trouble
| found in the present law under the