The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-17

there Is building material which will
give the people Of that section cheaper
buildings than in sections. where the
gumbo is not so easily obtained. His
plan is that the material at hand can
be formed into blocks and sun dried.
as inner walls with an outside cover
ing OF concrete. and inside plaster to
protect it will make a durable and
cheap wall. He declares the gumbo to
be the adobe" material being used SO
extensively in California and that
there is no reason. in his estimation,
why it cannot be used Just as success.
fully here.
South Dakota bankers OF group /,
comprising Clay. Union. Yankton,
Charles Mix, Bon Hnmme and Doug
Las counties. will launch a concerted
effort to secure governmental action
in stabilizing the prices Of farm prod,
ucts through some system OF co-opera-
tive marketing as a means of hasten.
ing a readjustment OF financial con.
d~itions, it was decided at a group
meeting held in Yankton to discuss the
best methods OF relieving the situa.
ton.
A year ago hundreds of hay baling
outfits were at work in the country
between Pierre and Redfield. packing
hay for shipment. and every station
along the way showed cars being load.
cd with baled hay. This fall a lot OF
hay was cut and stacked in the same
territory, but is yet standing undis-
turbed in the stacks or bucker piles
IN the fields. The demand for baled
lay has dropped along with the price.
L. X. White, a contractor working
N a ditching project near Huron, is
he Inventor OF a ditch digging ma.
thine which, il proved a success, will
'evolutioniZe the present ditch opera
ions. The machine is different from
he ditching machines now on the mar
Het in that it is smaller, easily manipu-
,ated, and will entirely do away with
he big, awkward parts which are dif-
-icult to move.
Many South Dakota landowners are
N the lookout for Oil. Samples OF
lay and dried mud on which supposed
Ill indications nave been found are
coming into the chemistry laboratory
1T State college quite frequently Of
ate. No oil has been found in any Of
the samples.
J. B. Holiday walked inc a Dead.
wood hotel and indignantly denied
tilat he was dead, as had been official
y asserted las. spring by a coroner's
Jury, which was summoned to inyesti
gate the identity and cause Of death
of a man whose body was found in a
sulch.
Rural schools throughout he STATE
Of South Dakota, except In localities
where conditions make it not feasible,
will be consolidated within a period
Of ten years, Is the prediction OF Mrs.
Emma McClintock. superintendent OF
Dawson county schools.
The delinquent tax list for Perkins
county appears to be about the big.
sest thing in that line in the state
this fall. In most Of the counties the
list IS a short one, but it takes eigh!
pages Of paper TO carry the Perkins
county lis.
A meeting was held in Nisland lie.
Gently for the purpose Of drawing IN
and circulating a petition to nave the
county seat Of Butte county changed
from Belle Fourche to a more central
ly located town in the county.
1t is probable a special election will
be called at Montrose in the near fu.
ture to submit to the voters the ques,
ton of issuing bonds for installing a
sewer system and extending the NUM-
cipal waterworks.
For the purpose of guarding against
serious fires, the authorities CT Mid.
land are establishing a fire zone. An
ordinance for the control of auto and
Appropria+ ion for an additional la
dies 9ormitory for the Southern S-ate
Normal school in Springfield will be-
asked Of the legislature at its session
next January.
The postoffice department has no.
tilted Postmaster Littig, of tlandteau,
that that city is entitled to erae mail
delivery and can have it ny March
/, 1921.
The Greater Northwest Poultry as.
ISOLATION will hold its poultry and egg
show in the live stock pavilion IN
Yankton on December 90 to q, inclu.
sive.
Fire of unknown origin in the plant
Of the Memo Light and Power com
rany completely destroyed the build
ing, at a loss of $4,000.
Plans are being made by Spencer
for the erection OF a new
Masonic temple. A site already has
been purchased.
Since July l, 1919, bridges and cnl.