The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-23

IN some localities In the central part
OF the state there appears to be .
strong demand for flax straw for bal.
ing. At Gettysburg. the price Of this
product is such that farmers who have
q supply Of the straw are finding that
II brings them q larger return per
acre han their corn crop does. and
they are holding the corn and haul.
Ing In the flax straw.
On account Of the crowded condi.
tion OF h statehouse. at Pierre, aud
the need OF room by official depart
ments for legislative work, several
rooms have been rented In q down
town building, and some OF the de-
partments will be moved to that To-
cation at least while the legislative
session is on, II not permanently, un-
I'll a new office building is provided.
A committee of bankers represent
Ing the South Dakota Bankers As
ISOLATION has sent q telegram to
United States senators and congress
men from this state. urging legisla-
ton for the fixing Of minimum price
at certain terminals for surplus grain
on hand at the end OF the crop year.
The bankers declared that the pro-
posed extension Of credit would not
meet the present crisis.
The state game department this
year issued a few permits to applk
cants TO shoot elk In the state game
park. These permits are issued to the
first applicants. and cost $100 each.
The hunter Is allowed one old bull
as his share OF hunting. and limited
to the particular animals selected for
him by the park commissioner.
Mrs John Ovre. a pioneer resident
or Canton territory. who died recent
ly, had the distinction OF being the
but In the territory reaching from I'M
Ion county to the Pembina settlement
on the Canadian border.
The state free library department
in Pierre is busy filing demands for
reference books ON many differeut
subjects. those demands coming from
schools Of the state, which are more
and more using that department for
reference work.
Ice came down the Missouri river
with a rush on the crest OF a rise OF
over four feet in the water stage, and
eight pontoon boats which had been
parked on the Nebraska side of the
river In the lee OF some small piling
waiting for a freeze-up went with II.
South Dakota Indian schools and
other government institutions are to
have an increase OF s1l9, 900 in ap-
propriations this year over last year.
II the present session OF congress
grants the requests made. OF II.
Western Lake county will have ex.
tensive good road construction next
season. Representatives of the state
highway commission navs been visit
ing that section preliminary to the
work being ~inaugurated In the spring,
The Excelsior flour mill. of Yank.
ton. which has been closed for sew
eral weeks during the transfer Of
ownership. has resumed operations
and will feature Yankton made prod
ucts.
The South Dakota Yellowstone
Tail Association. in annual meeting.
In Aberdeen. passed resolutions fav.
oring the adoption OF a budget Of s4o..
600 for use by the national sssoct
ation of trail projects in 1921.
After having been shut down for
about a year. the flour mill OF the
Spencer Farmers union has again
been placed In operation. after having
been extensively overhaulsd and i'm.
proved
With the Al rival OF several cars OF
horses and machinery belonging to
contractors. work of gu e. I,
Washington highway north Of Platte
has started in earnest.
The Lake Couaty Improved Live
Stock association has secured the aG.
ditional 81, 900 needed to permit the as.
~soc!ation to complete the stock sales
pavilion In Madison.
The baling and shipping of flax
and rye straw has become an impor.
tant industry at Castlewood. As many
Az two carloads a day have been ship.
ped from the city
The new live stock sales pavilion
which has boen In course OF coastruc.
tlon al Davis for some time is near.
ing completion aud will soon be ready
for sales.
Foundations are being laid for the
heavy machinery VIII ch will be used
in the construction OF the Meridian
highway bridge across the Missouri
at Yankton
Manager Clark OF the University OF
South Dakota band has completed ar
rangemeit for the Coyote band to
visit several OF the smaller towns
near Vermillion In the nesr future.
Agitation all over the state for a
mems auxiliary to the American lie
gion may result In some tan~ible legis.
lation favoring such a movement.
Gov Peter Norbsck purchased the
first s2s health bond that was offered
for sale in Pierre In connection with
The Christmas seal sale.
Canton and vicinity Is To he treated