The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-06-11

tney nave not taken mucn root 10 uate.
Stray stock has been the bane OF the
homesteader, and many have beer the
quarrels, law suits and personal en-.
counters over these estrays.. Now the
the matter up and at their town meet
ings are passing laws Of their own
to restrain that trouble, and it re-
mains to be seen whether the authOri-
ties of that part of the state will go
any further toward enforcement Of
these local laws" than they do to
enforce the general laws of the state
government t~respassing animals.
For the purpose of uniting the
schools Of South Dakota into an Dr.
problems of the school room from an
experimental point of view, the South
Dakota Research association has been
organized under the auspices of the
bureau Of educational research OF the
Northern Normal. Membership is linn
tied to teachers in South Dakota. The
first meeting of the association will
be held here on June % and %, when
heads of all state educational institu-
tions will be present.
$4,000 worth of liquor, which. when it
was delivered, was found to be water,
according to a story circulated there.
h men, according to the story, con
tributed $175 each with which to make
the purchase. The bootlegger collect
ed his money and told his victims the
supply was at a certain spot outside
the city limits. When the party went
to secure their purchase, they found
several kegs. which Upon being opened
were found to be filled with water.
The foothills of the Black Hills may
become the scene Of a new gold ex-
element. Cold placer locations have
been filed with the Fall River county
register of deeds on land in the ex-
IRENE northwest section of the coun-
ty. The land covered by the filings
includes a section in a strip two miles
long. The six men who filed the
placer claims give Philadelphia as
their home. They appear to believe
they will find placer gold in sufficient
quantities to make them rich.
One of the most valuable wagon,
loads of farm products ever market
ed in Castlewood was hauled to the
city by a farmer. 1t consisted of &c
bushels of red clover seed, which
brought 6 cents per pound. the &c
bushels bringing about $72O. This
seed was raised on only a small part
OF his farm and gave him a return
nearly equal to the land on which il
was produced.
A new industry is to be added te
the other industries of the Black
Hills, the supplying of lime rock il
large amounts for the Great Western
Sugar company, which requires large
quantities Of the rock for refining pur
poses. A monster limestone QUAR-,
is being opened up in the vicinity o
Pringle to supply the needs OF thu
company.
Residents along the Cheyenne rivel
looN PioSNiSdiiy SS1l al thSy poS
| sessed in the recent floods, in some
cases, where their buildings stood
anywhere near the stream. All high
water records were broken. and build
ings which had never before beer
known to be flooded were carried
down stream.
The oil test idea is being urged. il
Perkins county. Several different
projects have been proposed. but al
Of them are getting back Of n ties
well. on the theory that one test il:
as good as a half dozen, and if tina.
proves successful. it will then be
time to push individual projects.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars were received for the frs
year of the operation of the mortgag,
registration tax in this state. Ths
collections of the tax are divided one
third to the state, one-third to thu
counties and one-third to the schoO
districts.
The board of education OF Huron
has adopted a resolution declaring l.
necessary to purchase a suitable site
and erect a new school building. Tit
resolution favors the authorization by
the board OF bonds in the sum OF
$4,000.
On or before June Is the state O.
South Dakota. through the commits
sioner Of public lands and buildings
will apportion approximately 1915, OOt
to the various counties of the STATE
in proportion to population.
Rock slides. caused by the recent
wet weather soaking the Black Hills
so thoroughly, are causing the author.
tiles of Lead. Deadwood and the resi-.
dents of intermediate points consider
able trouble and expense.
Boys and girls of Lyman county are
greatly interested in club work. A
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