The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-19

That A~bcroeens Dopui tA y 10
streth. supervisor thu .sus In thh
district
The engineering c,atract ter the
Meridian highway bridge aoross the
Missouri river has be@a let by the d.
r~ectors Of the bridge S,mpany.
Shippers Of Abspdesa win save sp
proximately ss,.oe4 q year by reason
Of the freight rSts adjustment just
ordered by the Interstate commerce.
commission.
Gov. Frank CT Lowden and Mai
Gen. Leonard Wspd will debate repub-
hcan party principals under tho
South Dakota primary aw in Pierre
March 20, according to an aoceptancs
filed with the secretary Of state.
The county commissioners OF Tripp
n Lyman counties met In joint ses.
sion recently down on the White river,
between KennebecN and Winner. where
it has been agreed Ito put In q bridge
across the river.
Mitchell's school hoard has taken
cognizance OF the high cost OF living
and voted to pay ell city school teach
ers a bonus Of 500 at the end of the
year. The teachers asked for q
monthly salary increase. but tais the
board refused.
Petitions ASKING the board OF county
commissioners to put before the vot-
ers at the March election the PROPOSE
ton OF bonding the county for $500, 900
for building a highway system. are
being circulated among the voters Of
Perkins county.
Road improvements are to be made
In Moody county during the coming
season. both the roads east and west
from Flandreau coming In for o good
share OF the work. From the Lake
county line TO the Minnesota line
this road will be ~graveled.
After the railroads are returned to
their owner on March 1, Il is expect
ed he Milwaukee company will make
good on promises made the residents
OF Alexandria before the war that q
new passenger and freight depot
building would be erected in that
city.
In the Orland consolidated school
district in Lake county. a special cleo
ton will be held when the proposition
for issuing bonds of $40, 900 to be used
to erect a consolidated school build.
ing and a home for the teachers en-.
ployed in the school, will be submit
ted to the voters.
The May brothers win establish In
the vicinity Of Parker a new industry
FOR he state, the manufacture OF sorg.
hum molasses. The decision to estab-
lish the industry will result in q
greatly increased acreage OF sorghum
cane In this territory this year. Seed
viii be provided the farmers at cost,
and the state agricultural college nj
Brookings will cooperate in making a
success of ths new industry.
T~hsrtysth-ee South Daaotans lost;
their lives during 1919 through the
medium Of fires, according to the an.
nual report Of w. N. Van Camp. state
lire marshall. The total loss from
fires amounted to s 1905, esS 4s. This
resulted from asa conffagrations. sta,
tistics how that 50 per sent OF oil
Tires are ~preyentabls. Il was noted
that the per capita less from fire
last year was S1.71.
There is excitement In the 80 called
colony oil sieids. some distance north
OF Belle Fourche. and daily big trucks
are leaving Belle Fourche loaded with
material for those who are drtilins
test wells for the purpose of demon.
strating whether or not oil can be
found In paying quantities. There
also is excitement in the Nine Mile
creek district. where several OH drill.
Ing rigs have been set UP preparatory
to developing the district.
Kennebec has reason to feel rather
boastful because OF the rapid growth
IL has made recently and tho prospect
there Is for the immediate future. II
has been estimated that 100 families
VIII move into the town and ountr
contiguous this winter and spring, and
much building and other improve
ments are planned. The town has a
commercial club OF forty members,
who have recently rented a brick
building to be used as a club home.
Among plans for the immediate future
are the installing Of q W system
and purchasing OF the electric light,
plant which is now in estate and 20
be sold. The town has a splendid
water system and some OF the best
residences in Dakota west OF the Mis-
souri, river.
At a business session OF the annual
meeting Of the Society Of Black Hills
Pioneers. OF D~eadwood. the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President, Capt. C. ". Gardner;
secretary. Paul Rewman: treasurer,
Charles Zoellner; historian, R s.
Hughes. During the meeting former
Congressman e. w. Martin announced
that the late Capt. Seth Bullock. be-.
fore his death, arranged for the pur.
chase OF twenty acres of land sur.
rounding the White Rocks, with the
desire that II be made Into n mark