The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-01-01
no SEEK PAVED ROADS
sourA DAKOTA 5ETTEk HIGH
WAYS BOOSTERS ALREADY
MAKING PLANS.

IL IL probable tnat CF0bngton courk
~ will be the first in South Dakota
% definitely arrange for the construc-
ion OF a county system OF paved high
ways. and thus lead the way for other
counties OF the state which for some
lime have been a~gitating the construc-
Ion Of such highways. The voters
~ Minnehaha county. which was the
irst 20 vote on the question Of issuing
bonds OF $4,000. 900 for the construc-
ion OF paved highways throughout the
| county. defeated the proposition some
weeks ago. and only recently the vot-
srs OF Yankton county failed to give
heir approval TO a proposed bond Is
sac OF $3.250. 900 for the construction
Of q system OF paved and graveled
highways throughout Yankton county.
A movement now has been inaugu-
rated tn Codington county for the call
ing OF a special election to submit the
question Of issuing bonds for installing
\ modern system OF paved country
Highways. In both Minnehaha n
yankton counties 1t was the vote OF
the farmers that defeated the pro
posed bond issues. The good roads
boosters OF C~odington county held an
Informal meeting. al which represen-
tative farmers of the county were
present. IL the expressions OF these
farmers are to be accepted as q renee.
iion OF sentiment among the farmers
Of the county generally, hard surface
highways will have the Endorsement
OF every part OF C~odington county at
q special election which will be held
throughout the county in he spring
TO vote on the Issuance OF n for
a system OF county highways. 1t Is
planned To construct a total OF ninety
six miles OF paved roads In the coun-
~. The exact amount TO be voted
Oh has not yet been determined
A course in agricultural publicity
methods will b offered to- senior and
Junior students at state Hollege next
term by the journalism department.
| Some OF the subjects to be covered
are agricultural news service. distinc-
ton between what is acceptable as
news and what should be paid for as
advertising. editing farm bureau pub
LEGATIONS. preparation OF plate matter.
advertising county fairs and farm
meetings, and advertising farm prod
ucts by paid newspaper and farm pa
per display. circular letters. sale bills.
sign boards and other methods. This
department has collected much orig
s--a 49,. scA Etf.rtra tsya ,nafmria. HnY
the course.
Whether Il be one OF the big Eve"
packers or q Iowly "Chink" restaurant
keeper, all look alike to South Dakota
police magistrates when brought into
court for violation OF the state pure
food laws. Armour G Co. were fined
$50 and costs In Rapid City a few
days ago for shipping rotten meat
from their Deadwood branch 20 a
Rapid City dealer. and a day OF two
later the Chinese proprietor OF two
large Aberdeen restaurants were each
lined $50 on account of the dirty and
insanitary conditions found In their
Kitchens.
The residents OF Dixon and vicinity
at an early hour recently were aroused
from their slumbers by the quaking OF
the earth and a peculiar rumbling
which accompanied the quake. This
section or the Rosebud country ap
pears to be III the earthquake zone. for
on several occasions In the past earth
quake tremors have been felt through
out this district.
Cattle from Montana points. unload
ed I'm Aberdeen by the Milwaukee rail
road for food. water and rest. are SO
weak because of lack OF food that diff
nculty is experienced in getting them
out OF the car and hardly a car ia
handled that does not contain some
dead animals. according to Milwaukee,
officials.
Stockmen who range their cattle in
the Short Pine forest reserve in the
northwestern Tart OF the state are in
sisting that no horses be allowed tic
craze on the reserve for the next year
The horse market is decidedly on
khese days. and horses are generally
COnSluereu as u ilApliiLy-
firing OF waiting for ice dealers &c
decide whether they would harvest
this years crop. the commercial club
of Hecla voted TO rent . large ice
house and will fiji II, thus assuring the
town an adequate supply next summer
Ice was short last year.
An effort IL being made TO Y
wires extended from q lighting and
power plant at Oldham to Ramona SO
Ramona can be provided With cleo.
tricity for lighting n power pur
poses.
Members OF the Parker Odd Eel
lows lodge has purchased an old store
building In a central location. which
they will transform into a lodge hall,
for the permanent home OF the lodge
Alexandria will have a third bank
ing institution commencing January .
The stockholders are local men.
An engineer employed by the state
highway commission Is In the vicinity
OF Ma6:ssn collecting data for q pro-
posed state highway which Is 10 be