The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-12-02


This will be built solely for an office
structure. and while the material of
the outer walls will be Ia harmony
with that used In construction Of the
original capitol building it will in no
way attempt to follow the lines Of ira
ditional capitol structures either in
style Of architecture or internal ar
rangements.
The Watertown Chamber OF Com
merce. reorganized recently through
its amalgamation with the Merchants
association and now beginning its &C
tive work for the year with a budget
campaign. is to have a young mems
bureau. Tentative plans for The for
nation OF a department for the young
men, including clerks, employees and
statesmen who are not included In the
regular budget membership. were
made known.
The government will the coming
Water attempt to move q large steel
bridge about two miles by sliding 1t
along ON the ice Of the Moreau river.
1t has been decided to change the To-
cation Of . bridge across that stream.
on the Cheyenne River reservation.
and the ~'skidding" plan In the one
which will BE- attempted. as 1t Is be-
lieved that heavy enough Ice will form
on the stream to carry the weight
Physical education or a gymnasium
course was added to the cui riculum
OF the evening school at Haroi high
school with the opening II a class in
city, and also for boys clubs. which are
physical education for the men of the
maintained in conjunction with the
Sunday school work in many Of the
churches.
After a lapse OF some weeks, the
people of Philip are enjo ing first
class lighting service, the engines in
the power plant having bcen over-
hanled and placed in good condition. Ii
is claimed hat Philip now is n Of
the best lighted towns in western
South Dakota.
1t is announced that local capital Is
behind a movement to erect more than
a score Of bungalows in Spearfish dur
ing the winter and spring. 1t Is be-
lem in this city, where the shortage OF
suitable dwellings has been acute for
some time.
At a special election the voters OF
Tyndall granted a 20-year franchise
to the Dakota Central Telephone com,
pany for the rebuilding OF the tele.
phone plant and converting it into an
automatic system in place of the mag.
neto system now in operation.
A special election will be held in
Egan December 10 for the purpose OF
submitting to the voters the proposi.
ton of issuing bonds Of $150,000 for
the purchase of a site and the erection
Of a consolidated school building.
The Pierre Commercial club is al
present working with other CONNER
cial clubs of the state along the plan
of uniform lines of handling conven.
tons and club meetings by all the
cities Of the state.
Much improvement is planned for
highways of Charles Mix county. AS
part of a big program the board of
county commissioners Is receiving bids
for a number IL large reinforced con
crete bridges.
Freight traffic over the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad at
Aberdeen has moved into the new
switching yards which have been un.
der construction during the past sum.
mer.
Some Of the street paving which
was undertaken in Madison this sea.
son now has been completed, and sec.
tons of the streets thus improved
have been opened to the public.
Mitchell's municipal ice skating
rink. established q year ago. will De
operated during the present winter
on an even more extensive plan than
last year.
The Custer Peak section CT the Den.
ver-Deadwocd highway has Just been
completed by the engineering depart.
ment OF the United States forestry
service.
Mitchell has at last succeeded In
getting a sleeper on the Omaha rail.
road attached to the fast train, which
arrives in Minneapolis at 1856 a. m.
Members of the DeSmet American
Legion post have leased a building,
which will be transformed into a per.
manent club house for the post.
Plans to construct an ice skating
rink to accommodate the youths of
Yankton this winter have been
launched al the high school.
Nearly. 10000 acres Of prairie dogs
have been exterminated in Haakon
county during the past two years as
a farm bureau project.
Through the efforts Of the farm bu-
eau a cooperative live stock shipping
association was organized at Carthage
recently.
The white way In Milbank at last
il a reality. the lights having been
installed and the system placed In
operation.
Removal OF the pontoon bridge
across the Missouri river at Yankton
has been completed.