The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-06-10

visions are presumed to apply, in fact
they nave not taken much root to date
Stray stock has been the bane OF the
homesteader. and many have been the
~quarrels, law suits and personal en-
counters over these ~estrays.. Now the
local township authorities are taking
the matter up and at their town meet
ings are passing laws OF their W
to restrain that trouble, and il re
mains to be seen whether the authort
ties OF that part of the state will &C
any further toward enforcement OF
these local laws" than they do &c
enforce the general laws Of the state
government t~respassing animals.
For the purpose Of uniting the
schools of South Dakota into an or.
ganiZation which shall consider the
problems of the school room from an
experimental point of view, the South
Dakota Research association has been
organized under the auspices OF the
bureau OF educational research of the
Northern Normal. Membership is linn
tied to teachers III South Dakota. The
first meeting of the association will
be held here on June % and %, when
heads of all state educational institu
tons will be present.
A party of Huron men purchased
$4,000 worth Of liquor, which, when II
was delivered, was found TO be water,
according to a story circulated there.
| Tho man aonArA;ny 20 Al, n,nr,, -,
tributed s175 each with which 10 make
the purchase. The b~ootlegger collect
ed his money and told his victims the
supply was at a certain spot outside
the city limits. When the party went
to secure their purchase. they found
several kegs, which upon being opened
were found to be filled with water.
The foothills of the Black Hills may
become the scene OF a new gold ex,
element. Gold placer locations have
been filed with the Fall River county
register of deeds on land in the ex.
treme northwest section Of the coun
ty. The land covered by the filings
includes a section In a strip two miles
long. The six men who filed the
placer claims give Philadelphia as
their home. They appear to believe
they will find placer gold In sufficient
quantities to make them rich.
One OF the most valuable wagon
loads OF farm products ever market
ed in Castlewood was hauled to the
city by a farmer. 1t consisted of Il
bushels OF red clover seed, which
brought 6 cents per pound. the II
bushels bringing about 1920. The
seed was raised on only a small part
of his farm and gave him a return
nearly equal to the land on which II
was produced.
A new industry is to be added tt
the other industries of the Blacl
Hills. the supplying of lime rock IL
large amounts for the Great Western
Sugar company, which requires large
quantities of the rock for refining pur
poses. A monster limestone quarry
is being opened up in the vicinity OF
Pringle TO supply the needs OF the
company.
Residents along the Cheyenne river
lost practically everything they pos
sessed in the recent floods, in some
cases. where their buildings stood
anywhere ear the stream. All high
water records were broken. and build
ings which had never before been
known to be flooded were carried
down stream.
The oil test idea is being urged In
Perkins county. Several differen
projects have been proposed. but al
OF them are getting back OF one test
well, on the theory that one test 1,
as good as a half dozen, and IL tina.
proves successful. it will then be
time to push individual projects.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars were received for the first
year Of the operation of the mortgag,
registration tax in this state. The
collections OF the tax are divided one
third to the state. one-third tn tn.
counties and one-third to the schoo.
districts.
The board OF education OF Huron
has adopted a resolution declaring Il
necessary to purchase a suitable site
and erect a new school building. The
resolution favors the authorization by
the board of bonds in the sum Of
$4,000.
On or before June Is the state OF
South Dakota. through the commits
sioner of public lands and buildings
will %apportion approximately $685. 0t
to the various counties OF the state
in proportion to population.
Rock slides. caused by the recent
wet weather soaking the Black Hills
so thoroughly, are causing the author.
tiles of Lead. Deadwood and the resi-
dents OF intermediate points consider
able trouble and expense.
Boys and girls of Lyman county arc
greatly interested in club work. A
corn club was recently organized al
Vivian with % members.
An average of $94 was obtained for
the SO entries in the recent sale held
by the Hamlin county Duroc breeder.
association at Bryant.