The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-01
WILL TRY TO FIND OIL
WELLS ARE TO BE SUNK IN SEW.
ERAl PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA

The oil question will n doubt be
settled so far as the Black Hills sec
ton Of this state is concerned, as
several rigs are ready to begin drill
ing In the vicinity Of Buffalo Gap and
other points farther west In the state
The possibilities OF successful oil
drilling in the central part of the state
will be tested before fall, as the o n
tracts for drilling rigs have beer let
for a test well a short distance from
Fort Pierre. The company which pro
poses a test in Perkins county. is
also making Roadway.
The wild ducks which have re-
manned in thousands on the many
ponds and sloughs Of the state this
yea are reported to be Matching and
taking their young broods out to the
water. Some OF these birds nest fully
a half mile from the nearest slough
or pond, c~oncealing their nests in
tufts Of grass or weeds, and hurry
the young TO the water as soon as
they are Matched.
The members Of the state cement
commission have completed their In
vestigation of the shale and limestone
deposits lear Deadwood and it is said
are favorably impressed. 1t is under.
stood the commission is ready to go
before the legislature and make rec
ommendation as to the location Of a
state plant for the manufacture of ce.
ment.
Damage, amounting to many thou
sands Of dollars. was done by a
series Of storms which swept the
southern section of South Dakota.
Telegraph and telephone wires we're
demolished. barns and farm buildings
were blown down at several places,
windmills were destroyed and train
service delayed.
awarded damages OF 81 and costs in
her breach Of promise suit against
Rudolph Miller, a farmer. also Of Sis
seton. by a jury in circuit court at
Sisseton. She sued for $4,000 and
upon her first trial was awarded $500.
Sne secured q new trlal.
Land prices In the vicinity of Violin
again broke the record when a 40-acre
tract situated about seven miles
northwest of Violin, was sold at pub.
lie auction for $432 per acre. This
is about the highest price eve paid
for farm land in that territory.
Watertown has been selected for
one OF the series Of short courses in
vitalized agriculture to be given for
rural and county school teachers
shortly before the opening of next
winters term Of school in September,
A single produce house at Doland,
during a period OF sixty days. paid
farmers Of that territory aggregate
Of more than s35, 200 for eggs alone.
The eggs purchased during the period
we're equal to eight carloads.
A recent report Of the register
shows that since its organization in
1908, several hundred young men and
women have been graduated from the
school OF agriculture at State college
at Bookings.
The City Federation of Women's
clubs Of Mitchell will request the man.
agement of the new corn palace aud.
itorium to install a club room and pub.
lie swimming pool in the new building.
Extension improvements have been
made to the plant Of the White Lake
creamery, which rapidly is becoming
n of the leading institutions Of its
kind In that part OF the state.
Huron college, the local commercial
club and the residents OF Huron in
general have decided to get behind
q big celebration. which will be held
on July s.
Among the new industries which are
planned for Madison is a concrete
tile factory, which is expected to be
installed and operated by a materials
company.
The party now engaged in marking
the Black and Yellow trail have
reached Rapid City after having stem.
ciled some $500 miles of highway.
Reports from the Black Hills sec,
ton Of the state indicate a survival
OF the sandstone quarry interest in the
vicinity OF Hot Springs.
Arrangements have been practical
ly completed by the Indians to hold
their annual big Fourth of July cele,
bration in Wood.
Herbert Morgan. IL. went beyond
his depth and was drowned in a water
hole on his fathers homestead near
Colome.
The Huron commercial club has set
aside the sum Of $3.7O0 to aid in good
road work in the vicinity OF Huron.
Work has commenced at McLaugh.,
lin on the construction of a fine new
Masonic temple.
A meeting OF the state livestock
commission has been set for June 80
in Pierre.
Hog cholera has again broken out
In various parts Of Roberts county.
In a recent wire communication
from Congressman Candy it was
stated that the 1920 census showed
the population of Timber Lake to be