The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-05-27

cub members to be $4,621 536.O3. This
report makes South Dakota the ban.
ner club state for 1920. The South
Dakota boys and girls also headed the
list in the work for 1919, the Sun
shine state taking first place Of all
the states in the union for the past
two years.
Canton may finally obtain q new
government building t be used for
%postoffice purposes. Postmaster Jones
has been asked by the p~ostoffice de-
partment at Washington to furnish it
with information necessary for it to
determine the need for a government
building in this city.
Formal organization Of the South
Dakota Potato Growers Cooperative
Exchange, a subsidiary association OF
the State Potato Growers association,
for the marketing Of the states po-
tato crop, was completed at a meet.
ing OF the potato growers in Water.
town.
Through the efforts Of members of
the Black Hills Rod and Gun club OF
Lead an aggregate OF more than 200,.
600 young fish will be placed in ponds
which have been constructed by the
club along the banks of Spearfish
creek and other streams of the Black
Hills near Lead.
Conversion of the courthouse
square into a playground for the chill
dren Of Watertown and the whole
county, and the construction of seats
about the bandstand for persons at
tending the weekly programs there
was planned at a meeting OF the
Watertown Rotary club.
Forming an association similar to
one now in existence in Minneapolis
and other larger cities, the freight
agents and the s%hipperes of Aberdeen
Will attempt to gain cooperation
from both sides for the purpose OF
maintaining better service for local
merchants.
Mellette county and Jackson coun.
ty have locked horns over payment
for a bridge constructed across White
river at Belvidere, the Mellet.e coun-
ty end of the bridge being at the ex.
IRENE northwest corner of Mellette
county.
Miss Laura Lindley, who for the
past nine years has been connected
with the South Dakota Anti-Saloon
league, has been summoned to Wash.
ington to take charge of the National
AntiSaloon league headquarters at
that place.
Bread loaves will be cheaper in
Mitchell after July / when bakers, in
compliance with the state law passed
at the last session of the legislature.
begin to scale a uniform loaf which
will retail at 10 cents a pound.
After months of effort the Melle. tie
county Red Cross hospital has beer
opened in White River. 1t will be
one of the few hospitals in the north.
west to be installed and operated un.
! der the direction of he Red Cross.
Another gold producing mine win
be added to the other mines sof the
kind in the Black Hills as the result
OF development work now in progress
by the Eagle Bird Mining company
on it's ground on Squaw creek.
Mrs. Arthur Luke, wife Of a Ham.
lin county farmer, and her 7-year.
old son, We're badly burned and had
narrow escapes from death when a
can Of kerosene used by Mrs. Luke
in kidding a fire caught fire.
Under the supervision Of the forest
service, nlen are engaged in improv-
ing the highway from Deadwood to
Mt. Roosevelt IN anticipation of a
heavy tourist travel to the famous
mountain this simmer.
Completion Of arrangements to Dor.
row the money needed to build Mitch.
ellis proposed new st. Joseph's hos.
pital, resulted in the announcement
being made that construction will be
under way by May 20.
The average wages being paid to
unmarried men on South Dakota
farms during May are $34 per month.
according to the monthly labor sur
vey conducted by the state farm bu.
e federation.
The work Of erecting a fine new
public school building in Highmore has
commenced and will be pushed in hope
OF having the structure complete in
time for the opening of the fall term
Of school.
The city council Of Mitchell at ito
last meeting used the pairing knife on
salaries OF city employees, looping Oft
from SO to 925 from the pay OF all
but five Of the workers.
Extensive improvements are to be
made to the circuit court rooms in the
county building in Deadwood. which
will be transformed into up-toldate
quarters for holding court.
Members of the Madison American
legion post are making preliminary
arrangements for a celebration and