The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-03-17

49, OPP iASAtClus WulSu wac SAooOu lHot
summer under an act OF congress, will
be r~eopened on July / of this year. due
to the efforts of Senator Thomas
Sterling and the three congressman
and of a Springfield business mems
committed.
Despite the predictions that b
sands of acres of land, sold last year
during the real estate boom wouli
revert to the original owner in March,
when final payments were to be made
in many cases, Mitchell bankers be-
lieve there will be no widespread
hardship, occasioned by the land spec
ulation.
Arrangements are being made for
the purchase Of material for the con.
struction of a transmission line to
bring electricity from Kimbail to
White Lake, so that the residents OF
this city may be provided with cleo
tricity for lighting and power pur-
poses. 1t is planned to have 2i-hour
service when the line Is built,
Isaac Turpin. aged so, father of
eleven children. for many years n OF
the best known ranchmen OF the Ar
pen district of western South Dakota,
diea II blood poisoning resulting from
wounds self-infieted on both wrists In
an attempt at suicide. His act was
oue W opondency.
In anticipation OF d lively trout fish.
ing season along Spearfish creek, one
of the best trout fishing streams in
the Black Hills, residents of this city
and other Black Hills towns are pre-
pairing to erect cabins in Spearfish
canyon, adjacent to the creek, where
they can camp during the spring and
summer.
Mrs. Bert Fetters, farmers wife,
armed with an ak, won a fight with a
large gray wolf at Groton, when she
cornered the animal in a hog house
and killed it. A dog pack had been
fatigued when the woman joined the
chase. ..a
Melting of a heavy fall OF snow in
tnC upptI DidSh lillo SuuoCu II "a NV
err to go on a rampage, rising several
feet in a few hours. The result was
that several bridges were carried out
and extensive damage was done to
highways extending along the stream.
Mitchell women already are making
plans to win a place on the board OF
education. At the regular meeting Of
the league of women voters a COM
mittee was named to seek q candidate
for the board.
Extensive building operations are
planned by the Bridgewater Catholic
society for this sumemr. II has been
decided to erect a parochial school,
and work on this will commence in
the spring.
Farmers of this district may be com
PEELED to organize a vigilance commit
tee to put a stop to- wholesale thiey-
ing which now is being carried on in
the farming community.
The annual training conference for
Christian workers for the state Of
South Dakota will be held at Dakota
Wesleyan university, July Is to Is,
this year.
At a meeting held in Howard by the
Hereford breeders of Miner county
what will be known as the Miner
County Hereford Breeders ~associa-
tion vas organized.
A number of farmers in Hand coun-
ty have sowed wheat and many have
plowed, narrowed and %pulveriZed the
ground with a view Of sowing any
time now.
The town of Colman has purchased
a new pump~for the waterworks. The
pump throws 800 gallons per minute
against a head of $50 feet. A new 25-
horsepower motor was also purchased.
School consolidation won another
victory in Lyons, when the question
Of issuing s45 900 worth Of bonds to
build the new consolidated school, won
out by five votes.
Fred Reed, garage proprietor at
Athol, aged IS, committed suicide by
shooting himself above the heart with
a shotgun. Dependency oye his
health was the cause.
There promises to be an interest
ing contest for appointment as post.
master of Canova under the incoming
republican administration.
Mobridge Masons have organized an
association for the purpose Of erect
ing q new Masonic temple in Mo-
bridge.
Sioux Falls has been selected for
the coming state convention OF the
South Dakota League OF Women Vot-
ers on March 90 and 80.
Six cents and a pair OF holey socks
was the sum total OF the loo secured
from the Yankton -team laundry by
robbers who entered the building.
A woman's auxiliary of the Madison
American Legion post has been or
ganized with a good charter member
ship.
Oscar w. Olson, aged 81 years, a