The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-22
PREPARING FOR FAIR
MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN. PROG
RESS AT SOUTH DAKOTA
FAIR GROUNDS.

FAIR GROUNDS.
Many improvements are in progress
at the South Dakota state fair
grounds preparatory to the coming
fair. The secretary's office is be-
Ing changed and remodeled. and 1t is
planned to move the downtown office
OF The fair board out to the grounds
about the 1st of August, Several new
corrals for sheep and swine have been
put up at the north end of the live
stock row. and are entirely completed.
Plans are being made to enclose the
east end of the big concrete grand
stand at an early date. The large
open space under the grandstand has
not been enclosed and the new en-
closure will render the space avail
able there, underneath the seating
tiers for use by some concern as Of
fices or stands. It is expected that
this work will be started at once.
The largest building that has been
erected on the grounds this year is
the new dormitory for the country
girls club which has in previous
years housed the Voorhees, do.mitory
for girls at Huron college. There has
been a dormitory built and used by
the boys club for several years past,
and the new one for the girls is a
similar building, Immediately to the
north of the dormitory for the boys.
1t is constructed along similar lines,
being a long narrow building two
stories high with spacious wards on
each floor for the placing of double
rows OF cots. The new building will
accommodate in the n%eighborhood of
200 girls. Premium lists for the 1920
fair have been printed and are on
hand at the secretary's office. Many
copies OF them were mailed out to
various parts Of the state by the of.
flee force.
A less complicated substitute for
the Richards primary law, known as
the Amsden primary law, was among
the measures OF the last day of the
special session of the state legisla-
ture. The bill will be presented to
the voters at the November election.
Oil OF a dark variety has been dis
covered In a boring in an artesian
well on a ranch five miles southwest
Of Belle Fourche. This strike is some
thirty-five miles southeast of the Rock
Ford district, where several test wells
already have been sunk. On the
strength OF the discovery a company
has been formed and a large number
OF leases have been negotiated.
Forty-four years ago this month,
shortly after the Custer massacre. a
party of about $50 men under Captain
Mills. OF the Fifth cavalry. was at
tackled near Slim Buttes, and for two
days it was a question whether any
would escape alive. w. M. Camp, of
Chicago, the historian of the famous
Seventh cavalry, the Custer regiment,
located the battle ground a year or
two ago. and under his supervision
a monument has been made, and will
be erected with public exercises the
latter part Of this month.
Hard boiled eggs "a la lightning
were. 1t is alleged, served at White
Lake as the result of a curious &C.
cident. All the eggs in a nest were
hard boiled when a barn on a farm
near town was struck by lightning
and partly destroyed. The hen re-
NAMED uninjured. The blaze was dis
covered and ~extinquished before much
of the building was burned. A pony
which had just been turned into the
barn was also struck by the lightning
and killed.
No more Indian lands on the Chey-
enne reservation will be sold by the
government. An indian council at
LaPlant recently voted to retain all
lands still in the possession of the
Indians instead OF giving the govern
ment permission to sell it.
Considerable damage was lone to
growing crops in the vicinity of Aber-
deem by a terrific rain. The grain has
grown very rank by reason OF so
much moisture and the wind that ac-
companied the rain laid some fields
of heavy grain flat.
The South Dakota board of railroad
commissioners has issued an appeal
to the people of the state to purchase
their coal supply this summer, and
urging dealers to make ample pro-
vision for the winter needs Of their
community.
Regular army barracks, artistically
arranged inside, with a ~cobblestone
walk and Handicapped grounds. will be
a unique home. situated somewhere in
the heart of Mitchell, for Coacher post
Of the American Legion.
A large clubhouse is being con
structed on the permanent county
fair grounds In Bookings for the use
Of members of the American Legion
pest of that city.
Good weather has frightened the
hopes and prospects Of Rosebud
farmers the past few days. All crops
are in good condition.
There are 1896 persons OF school
age in Dawson county according to
the annual census report.