The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-10-28

ments of the Hamlin county larM Ou-
reau has been the work In marketing
potatoes, improvement in certified
seer potatoes and an educational cam
paign to increase the acreage with Q
better product. As a result OF agita
ton and education in the way OF CO.
operative shipping, more efficient
methods and facilities for easier hand.
ling of the crop, the farm bureau of
this county has increased the acreage
from 2,74S acres to $500 acres this
year.
The fifteenth annual report Of the
bureau of vital statistics has been
printed. The showing of that report
indicates that in the state for the
year ending December 81, 1920. there
was an increase over the previous
year of 995 in the birth rate: 40 in
deaths and SAT in marriages. There
is shown a decrease of 81 in divorces
for the year.
The latest reports from the drill in
the test we'll at Standing Butte, in
Stanley county. is that they are down
over 100 feet, working in sandstone;
that the gas flow increases with depth,
and the small pockets OF oil shale
which have been encountered are con
sidered most favorable to reaching .
real oil flow at that location.
While walking across a Custer
street which is being graveled with
material obtained from gravel beds Of
this vicinity, Mrs. E. w. Matejka no.
ticed something glitter in the gravel
at her feet. She picked it up and dis
covered that vas a small gold nugget,
worth several dollars. She will have
it mounted as an ornament.
Cavour is the scene of a road build
ing bee, the. object of which is to
gravel the streets of the city. Bust
ness and professional men. farmers
and other public spirited citizens are
doing the work of hauling and spread
ing gravel on the streets. The wo-
men are furnishing the meals to the
laborers.
The preliminary work for the new
concrete bridge across the Belle
Fourche river has been completed
and the real work of construction
commenced. The construction of
this bridge will prove a benefit to
hundreds Of ranchers living on both
sides Of the river.
In order that a greater measure Of
safety a be secured to every place
Of business in Huron, the retailers Of
the city adopted a resolution to en-
ploy a merchants policeman, whose
duty it will be to patrol the business
section OF the city.
The shortage of help for corn pick.
ing still continues in Yankton county.
aiost of the farmers are willing to
pay tour cents a bushel, but where
they have elevators for unloading the
corn they are offering only three
eents for picking.
One of the most unique features
ever staged in Scotland was a Mother
and Daughter banquet, in which 16L
mothers and daughters participated
Music was furnished by the boys
hand. and the banquet was served by
the men.
Fire Of unknown origin swept the
main storage barn at the Sioux Falls
ponitentiary and caused a loss est
mated by Warden Jameson at SO,
900. Horses and cattle kept in the
- 80 rovnnuoA -s$h@,,k ~ {,,Wvy
The enrolment in the Woonsocket
high school shows an increase of q
per cent over that Of last year. The
growth of the school is due largely Il
the offering of all OF the modern
courses for high school.
Louis Schmall. an employee Of thu
Warren Lamb Lumber Company, O
Rapid City. was killed when hi.
clothing became entangled in a pow
srful shaft making 400 revolutions .
minute.
The contract for the concrete arm.
Dry and equipment for the battery or
anized In Pierre has ben sublet and
->rk will start at ono with hopes OF
finishing It by the first OF the year.
The largest crop Of durum wheat
ever grown in South Dakota has prob
,bly been harvested this year. accord
ing to Ralph e. Johnson, state college
extension agronomist.
J. w. Batchsller. OF Mission Hill
reelected president Of the South
7akota Farmers Union at the closing
Z the annual state convention IL
Mitchell.
Mystery surrounds the death Of Cole
nan w. Dawson. q travelling man o
Omaha, whose body ri found In BET
n a room at a Yankton hotel.
James A. Grow, aged 50. . we'll
known farmer Of Moody county. dice
from q sudden attack Of heart failure
while 1t work In q field.
Thirty South Dakota students wht
ast year attended schools and col
legos outside the state are enrolled
1t the state university.
Another pier Of the Meridian High
way bridge At Yankton has been com
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