The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-07-02
WILL TRY TO FIND OIL
WELLS ARE TO BE SUNK IN SEW.
ERAl PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.

The oil question will no doubt be
settled so far as the Black Hills sec
ton OF this state is concerned, as
several rigs are ready to begin drill
ing in the vicinity of Buffalo Gap and
other points farther west in the state.
The possibilities Of successful oil
drilling in the central part Of the state
will be tested before fall, as the con-
tracts for drilling rigs have been let
for a test well a short distance from
Fort Pierre. The company which pro-
poses a test in Perkins county, is
also making Roadway.
The wild ducks which have re-
NAMED in thousands on the many
ponds and sloughs OF the state this
year are reported to be Matching and
taking their young broods out to the
water. Some OF these birds nest fully
a half mile from the nearest slough
or pond. concealing their nests in
tufts OF grass or weeds, and hurry
the young to the water as soon as
they are Matched.
The members OF the state cement
commission have completed their in
vestigatiOn Of the shale and limestone
deposits neal Deadwood and it is said
are favorably impressed. 1t is under.
stood the commission is ready to go
before the legislature and make rec
Ommendation as to the location Of a
state plant for the manufacture of ce.
ment.
Damage. amounting to many thou
sands of dollars, was done by a
series Of storms which swept the
southern section Of South Dakota.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
demolished. barns and farm buildings
were blown down at several places,
windmills were destroyed and train
service delayed.
Miss Jennie Ford, of Sisseton, was
awarded damages Of 81 and costs in
her breach Of promise suit against
Rudolph Miller, a farmer, also Of Sis
seton, by a jury in circuit court at
Sisseton. She sued for SIS, 900 and
upon her first trial was awarded $500.
She secured a new trial.
Land prices in the vicinity Of Violin
again broke the record when a 40-acre
tract situated about seven miles
northwest of Violin, was sold at pub
lie auction for s432 per acre. This
is about the highest price ever paid
for farm land in that territory.
Watertown has been selected fol
one of the series Of short courses in
vitalized agriculture to be given fol
rural and county school teachers
shortly before the opening of mex
winters term of school in September
A single produce house at Doland
during a period Of sixty days, paid
farmers Of that territory aggregate
of more thar $4,000 for eggs alone
The eggs purchased during the period
were equal to eight carloads.
A recent report of the register
shows that since its organization IL
1908, several hundred young men ant
women have been graduated from the
school of agriculture at State college
at Bookings.
The City Federation Of Women.
clubs of Mitchell will request the man
agement Of the new corn palace aud
itorium to install a club room and pub
lie swimming pool in the new building
Extension improvements have beer
made to the plant OF the White Lake
creamery, which rapidly is becoming
one OF the leading institutions of it
kind In that part Of the state.
Huron college, the local commercial
club and the residents Of Huron il
general have decided to get behind
a big celebration, which will be helt
on July 5.
Among the new industries which ART
planned for Madison is a concrete
tile factory, which is expected to bs
installed and operated by a materials
company.
The party now engaged in marking
the Black and Yellow trail have
reached Rapid City after having stem
ciled some 1900 miles Of highway.
Reports from the Black Hills sec
ton OF the state indicate a surviva
OF the sandstone quarry interest in tn
vicinity Of Hot Springs.
Arrangements have been practical
ly completed by the Indians to holt
their annual big Fourth Of July cele
bration in Wood.
Herbert Morgan, II, went beyont
his depth and was drowned in a waite,
hole on his fathers homestead nea1
COlome.
The Huron commercial club has Sc
aside the sum of $1,000 to aid in goot
road work in the vicinity of Huron.
Work has commenced at McLaugh
lin on the construction of a fine new
Masonic temple.
A meeting OF the state ~livestocl
commission has been set for June 81
in Pierre.
Hog cholera has again broken GU