The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-05
S. D. MINE PRODUCING
CHIPPING 200 TONS A DAY TO
FUEL coN9UMERS-OPER.
A1EO At COST.

The Claremont mine, purchased
last summer by the state upon rec
Of the committee ap.
to investigate the ~advisability
Of the state entering the coal mining
business, to protect, az far as possible,
citizens Of the state against coal short
age. is now shipping coal to South Da-
kota points at the rate of approx
mately 200 tons daily. Several years
ago owners OF the mine began grad
ing for a railroad to the property from
Haynes, N. D., thus connecting the
mine with the main line Of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
through this state. Owing to the war.
this plan was not completed, although
an accurate map OF the mine was
made, and the coal contours outlined.
The railroad vas to enter the mine
through 4 new tunnel to be driven
through the southwestern corner or
the property, and coal for shipping
could be loaded into cars with but lit
tie loss. The state. having purchased
this mine, is now building the pro-
posed railway, and this, WHEN conf
pleted, will triple the capacity Of the
mine in the production OF coal. While
the product Of the mine is classified
as Ignite, it is OF a quality known as
blue Ignite" closely approaching tht
Roundup product in heating value and
in thermal unit. The state, in operat-
ing this mine, makes nc profit, and
coal will be furnished at cost to con
suners.
The use Of field corn for fuel in
stead OF coal may become common
this winter In South Dakota, accord
ing to several farmers and business
men near Geddes. Corn this year.
they state, is we'll dried u and by
winter should burn we'll. A shortage
Of cattle and hogs has meant little
demand for feed, and farmers find
their enormous surplus OF corn almost
unstable. Since coal is held at pro-
hibitive prices, it 10 said, corn will be
a much cheaper fuel.
Cheap electric current for four-fifths
Of the people OF South Dakota will be
provided by a dam at Mulehead, ae-
corGing to speakers before the big con
vention Of Southern South Dakota III
Geddes. d. w. Forthes, OF Burke. es-
timated current would be produced at
about / per cen kilowatt at the dam.
A government trapper belonging to
the bureau of biological survey, sue
ceeded in capturing the gray wolf that
for the past eight years has been a
menace to the stockmen in the west,
ern part OF Custer county, having
killed over 100 head of cattle in that
time.
Two cooperative farmers shipping
associations have been organized in
Hand county at Rec Heights and Mil
Ter by the county farm bureau. A
joint Han1-Faulk county association
was also organized at Orient. Fcu-
separate live STOCK breed associations
1t develops that Frank keiffer, an
Aurora county q who died sudden
" while at McAllister. Okla, was not
murdered, as was at first reported to
his relatives and friends in South Da-
kota, but that he died a natural death.
Community corn picking bees like
the old fashioned days when country
neighbors helped each other husk,
may be resorted to by the farmers
of Minnehaha county in their efforts
to get their corn in.
The Mitchell chamber Of commerce
wants the United States government
to work out some sort Of a plan where
by the farmers can avoid selling their
crops at the present disastrous prices.
Out in the beet sugar section Of the
state there was a good crop this year
and farmers of that section are sign
ing up in large numbers for an in
creased acreage for next year.
we're formed covering Shorthorn cat
tie, and Poland China, Chester White
and Duroc Jersey swine. The Poland
China association will hold its first
sale on October 80.
The state game department is carry,
ing out a policy Of seeding a number
of lakes, ponds and creeks Of the state
to wild rice and wild celery as food
for game.
Kenneth harrington, aged Z. son Of
residents OF the Rosholt territory, was
instantly killed when a shotgun in the
hands of John Olson, aged Is, was dis
charged.
Good progress is being made with
street paving work in Bookings, the
weather this fall having been unusu-
ally favorable for this work.
Spearfish is, according to the 1920
census, the only city in Lawrence
county which has gained in population
in the last ten years.
The city Of Artesian vas visited by
. disastrous fire when the implement
warehouse OF William Mack burned.
The Edmunds county farm bureau
hoe odOpfo al tho nar1v Wisconsin black