The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-12-30
NEWS OF THE State
IMPORTANT HAPPENING or TAD
WEEK. IN CONDEMNED
FORM.

tired as 81 cretary Of the South Dakota
State Fair board after having served
in that capacity Is years. has just
completed his finnal report on the
1921 fair. showing a total net loss c!
$17,011 on the conduct of this fair.
This loss is due to the two days OF
rain prior to the fair and the five
days and nights rain during the fair,
which cut down the attendance to 4
fourth of what it was last year. The
receipts from concessions were like.
wise less than half of what they were
during the year Of 1919 and 1920,
and less than the receipts of the two
years previous.
Sheriff Miller of Beadle county, has
devised a way whereby he a utilize
the large quantity Of moonshine liq.
uor he has seized in the past few
months. The sheriff does not be.
lieve in thrown this hooch down the
wi and then purchasing denatured
alcohol at Is cents per gallon for the
radiator OF his car. The result is
that he feeds illicitly-made booze into
the radiator Of his Ford, and finds
that 1t serves the purpose perfectly.
Cancellation of the annual show of
the South Dakota Poultry association.
scheduled to be held inn Mitchell
early in January. has been announced
by officers OF the association. All
plans we're complete for the show
when 1t was learned that the state aid
for the annual show. which would
mount to about 500, was not avail
able this IA because Of a clerical
error in the listing of the state ap-
preparations for the year
Crawling has started on the high
way west of Miller, the gravel being
shipped from Blunt to Miller and Rec
Heights. An effort is being made to
have the crawling extended from
Miller to st. Lawrence. on the Black
and Yellow trail, the 30 per cent re-
duction in freight rates on gravel
making this now possible.
The strike in the big packing cen.
ters Is said to have been a benefit in
a way to Sioux Falls. Farmers in
the southeastern part of the state who
have been shipping to the big pack
ing centers are said to be afraid to
take the chance and as a consequence
are shipping to the Sioux Falls mar
ket.
Complete report of the South Da.
kota farm bureau gift corn project
last spring, just received from the
Chicago office Of the American Farm
Bureau federation, credits South Da-
kota farmers with a total donation of
more than 1.176,0OO pounds prepared
corr food.
Patrick McNaboe, a wealthy farmer
living IL miles northeast Of Bridge.
water, IL believed to have been muir
dered. A former hired hand is be.
lieved to have done the killing, which
took place at the McNaboe farm.
The dates of the annual convention
OF the South Dakota Farm Bureau
federation have been changed from
January 4, 5 and 6 to January 8, 4 and
5 by the executive committee of the
association.
An interesting fact cleaned from
the 1920 census figures is that the
entire population of Miner county is
white. there being no negroes, In
dams, Chinese or Jananese in the
county.
Little change in the employment
situation was noted in South Dakota
during November, according to he In.
dustrial Employment Survey Bulletin
issued BY the United States govern
ment.
Hunters over the state generally
report that rabbits are more numer-
GUS than usual this winter, and many
hunting parties are reporting large
bags" Of the cottontails on their
trips.
Owing to the fact that the farmers
Of that section are devoting a great
deal of attention to dairy interests, a
movement has been started to organ
ize Z cooperative creamery in Volga.
A large number Of road signs di-
rectsng the way to Tyndal have been
purchased by the Tyndall commercial
club and will be placed along the var.
GUS highways Is an aid to travellers.
Not guilty was the verdict of the
jury on the case Of Zell CoffiE,
charged with the death Of Ross How.
ard, both of nea Ardmore. after de-
liber ating three hours.
A fine new schoo' building in Es-
telline will soon be ready for occu-
pancy. This school, when completed,
will be the best equipped in Hamlin
county.
The Sully County Credit Mems AS
sociation was formed at Onida re-
Gently by merchants and professional
men from the several towns in the
county.
The owners Of the Philips buffalo
herd near TT. Pierre, expect to ship
the carcasses Of about so buffalo tc
the eastern markets this year.
Word comes from Philip that "Buf-
| falO George" cattle ruatler" and