The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-11-11

~ 80 LaSs8
ey under the new state law have
saved themselves Sass. s72.S7 In inter
est At the time the rural credits
board became operative the average
rate OF interest, including each COM
missions. fees and registry tax. was
IN per cent. The board has made
loans at three rates OF interest. as fcl.
lows: $20.378,6S0 has been loaned at
5h per cent. s5.21s.40O has been
loaned at 8 per cent, and $1.sSs, 900
was put out at the 7 per cent rate.
The total amount loaned IL $27, esq.,
$50. Statistics compiled by the tax
commission show that there are about
$4,000 farms in the state, and hat SIS
per cent OF thsm are m~ortgaged for
the average amount OF 81 1900. The
amount Of money borrowed ON farm
LAND In he state, according to this
compilation. totals $500, 750, 900. Ac
cording to this figure, the rural cred
its board has loaned about IL per cent
Of that put out with farm land for Sc
curity.
AS a result of the arrest at Terry,
a small mining town near Deadwood.
OF Carmelo Cacci. aged IS. a miner.
who had been accused of larceny, IL
L. believed by Black Hills officers
the boom outrages which have
startled the country during the
past few months. and especial
ly the terrible explosion In Wall
Straof pyhjnh tAAb c,ok Ro~rRr ALL
of life on September Is. may be solved.
When officers searched Cacci's room
they found about 100 pounds of giant
powder tdynamite), decorating caps
and fuse, which had been stolen from
the Trojan Mining company. He vas
employed by the company as q min.
er.
The Hubbard Hill bridges with a
110foot steel span, said to be the long.
est span of its kind in the state, was
ty commits sioners. The project has
been termed Dawson county's little
Panama." because it was necessary to
make a cut through Hubbard Hill
The excavation Is from 80 to "a feet
deep and is 80 foot wide at It's widest
the work. The bridge was erected
at a cost OF SIS, 900 while the GU cost
in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
Vale shows signs of coming back"
In the early days Of that part Of South
Dakota Vale, situated 80 miles east Of
Belle Fourche. was one of the enter
prising communities Of western South
Dakota. With the extension of a rail-
road down the valley several Of
the Vale business houses moved to the
sew towns on the railroad, among
these being the Vale bank. Now Vale
has taken on new life. The old hotel
has been opened and a number Of new
business houses are planned.
On account of the price of corn.
there will apparently be a shortage
Of ri pickers this fall. Men are
passing through the heavy corr grow.
ing section In Eorwest Iowa and the
southeast part of this state, and com.
ing further north. They say they will
not pick corn ut from five to six cents
a bushel offered in the Sioux City ter.
ritory, when they a get ten cents in
the central part of this state.
Arrangements have been made by
the Yolga city council with the owner
Of the local electric light plant. where
by the plant is taken over by the city.
which will operate 1t in the future.
For the present the city will rent the
plant, but It has the privilege of buy.
ing It and thus embark In permanent
municipal ownership.
A special election some time in No.
vember to secure authority for the
issue of $4,000 by the city of Yankton
in order that equipment may be in.
stalled in the proposed missouri river
bridge for supplying the city with
river water, has been approved by the
board OF city commissioners.
The table Of averages by the state
tax commission for the 1920 assess.
ment places the real estate average
for the state at $44.64. with the aver.
age for 1919 at $40.S5. The highest
average for any one county is that Of
Clay, with an average of $128.68.
Two or three inches OF snow fell
in the first real snow storm of this
TALL TO sweep over the northern Black
Hills. Extreme cold weather has not
yet been experienced In that part OF
the Black Hills. Notwithstanding the
high elevation.
Eight boys and girls clubs winners
in pig work are to attend the Inter.
national livestock show at Chicago
this winter. the trip being financed
by the South Dakota Poland China
Breeders' association.
One Of the NEST successful q Ne
Madison clubs IL ne Madison Radis
club. composed Of high schso stu.
dents. who are reported to DO makias
fine progress.
Union county has . good pstats
crop. The average yield In South Da.
kota has been published at Ss.S, Civ.
ing Union county approximately g..
500 bushels.
The receipt Of small quantities OF
hard coal has somewhat relieved the
c0al affuaftnu ~ Tror,.