The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-02-05

this fall. Sorghum IL one of the crops
which ID about As certain as any
which can DO planted In tho central
and western part Of the state. and the
~inducement Of assurance of the neces-
ssry mills for making OF the syrup
will no doubt tempt many farmers to
put In small tracts for this use, a.
well as that OF a general fodder crop.
for which cane IL being more and
more extended In its acreage every
year.
Members OF the Sioux Indian tribe
on Standing Rock reservation In west
ern South Dakota will hold a meeting
at Mclaughlin on January 30 for the
purpose OF perfecting an organization
for the betterment OF individuals who
have been and will be issued fee pat.
ents. which will throw them on their
the organization shall be wholly with
in the Indian population OF the res
eryation and that IL viii take the mi.
tiation in protecting the rights OF the
Indian.
IL the efforts OF chemists TO dis
cover a process whereby potash can
be successfully extracted from green
sands and ~glsuconite shales In COM
mercial quantities are successful. as
they are epected to be. there Is every
prospect that the Black Hills will ve-
come a great potash producer. II is
announced that the eastern research
chemists who now are investigating
the matter will in the near future
make public the result Of their ind
ings. II Is rumored that a successful
method Of extraction has been dis
covered.
AT a special meeting OF the school
board members of Hanson county the
Hanson county school officers associa.
ton was organized for the purpose OF
working In unity IN the whole county
for the betterment OF the schools.
Old-timers and weather sharps' Of
Hot Springs say a reading Of the
signs" apparent this winter indicate
that the semi-arid sections Of the
northwest will during the spring and
summer experience an unusually wet
period.
George Jameson, Of Sioux Falls, WI
appointed warden at the state peni.
tentiary at Sioux Falls 10 succeed DR..
G. c. Redfeld, and DR.. George s.
Adams was appointed superintendent
OF the state hospital for the insane
at Yankton. TO succeed the late DR..
L. c. Mead. at a meeting of the board
OF charities and corrections.
The work of the winter quarter at
the University Of South Dakota has
opened with q larger enrolment than
was attained in the first quarter after
three days registration. There are
now 594 registered as against 672 OF
last quarter.
The $40, 900 damage suit Instituted
by Glenn Harvey OF Moody county,
against about twenty residents OF that
county. which had become widely
known as the yellow paint. case, was
dismissed when II was called for trial
In the Moody county circuit court.
The peace time nursing program Of
the American Red Cross Is taking hold
so strongly in South Dakota that coun-
ties which are ready to put on county
nurses are unable to get them. Seven
counties already have nurses which
are paid by the Red Cross Chapter.
The correspondence courses In agri.
culture and home economics offered
for the first time this winter by the
state college extension division began
with A students. Thirty are studying
agriculture. More than so communi.
ties are represented.
One hundred and thirty.two head OF
the prize herd OF Galloway cattle OF
State Senator Isaac Lincoln, of Brown
county. have been condemned and
slaughtered after they were found to
be affected by tuberculosis.
The premium list has been prepared
for the annual exhibition OF the Tri-
County Poultry association OF Union,
Lincoln and Clay counties. which will
be held in Beresford on February 3. 4.
s and 6.
The Brookings commercial club has
commenced work on several projects
for the upbuilding of Brookings and
expects to push them to a successful
conclusion during the spring and sum-
ner.
Deputies and CLERKS In the county
offices In Aberdeen were given a 7
per cent increase In salary by the
county commissioners.
The Hereford Cow association of
Clay county is being organized at
Webster for the purpose OF placing q
pure-bred Hereford COW on every
farm.
Live stock shippers OF Mcpherson
county have organized the Live Stock
Shipping association. Thirty-seven
farmers and live stock men have
Joined.
Breeders Of Duroc hogs in Brook.
ings county have organized an associa.
ton with IS members.
Preliminary steps have been taken
by the Aberdeen knights of Columbus
to build q new club house during 1920.