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

lions were stopped Inc Ice bearers
are hoping for cooler weather regard
less of the desires of the average coal
buying citizen, and unless the colder
days put in an appearance soon the
householder may go short of ice for
the hot days OF next summer
While the South Dakota hail insur-
ance department has just recently re-
turned to the tsate general fund $780,
00o, appropriated to put the depart
ment into operation when it was first
created, under the North Dakota con-
ditions the hail department. is asking
for a special appropriation of $4,000
to pay expenses Of operation Of the
department for the past year.
The contractors on the new $780,
600 corn palace-auditorium in Mitchell
have whipped the quicksand on the
new building site. The contractors
have completed sinking sheet pilings
and began pouring concrete. While
the specifications call for excavations
of only four feet it has been necessary
to dig II feet IN some places to pass
the q~uicksand.
It is announced thai the directors OF
the Corn Belt National bank, which
closed its doors in Scotland a few
days ago, have decided to place the
affairs of the bank in charge Of a fis-
cal agent in order to liquidate its at
fairs and place the institution in con-
dition so it can reopen for business.
Mitchell is not large enough to war
rant public Fairgrounds. Such was
the decision of the advisory commit
tee Of the board of education. AS a
result the school board will not agree
to finance the Fairgrounds during the
coming summer.
Howard McClintock, aged 26, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. s. McClintock, Of
Deadwood, lost his life as the result
OF an automobile accident which oc-
Cured three miles south of Hot
Springs, in the southern Black Hills.
At a special election to be held in
Mobridge on March II the question Of
issuing bonds of $4,000 for the on
struction of a large addition to the
present high school building will be
submitted to the voters.
What was the largest hog shipment
ever sent out from Mitchell was
shipped from the Milwaukee stock
yards to Seattle packers. F~orty-five
d%ouble-deck cars, loaded with hogs.
made up the shipment.
I;-o Jaox,a,,oJ tba ,toor, of tta Nor.
filed Wholesale Grocery company at
Madison, but the two-story building
was not badly damaged. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, with Insurance
to cover the loss.
A banquet, at which the city fire.
men, city engineer, w~aterworks en-
ployes and the architects were guests
was given in mftchqll, in honor of the
formal opening Of a fine new fire sta
ton in that city.
Initial steps toward the actual Sc
curing of a Masonic temple for Mitch.
ell were taken when the building com.
mittee employed Mitchell architects to
furnish preliminary plans for the build
ing.
A special election will be held in
Miller for the purpose of submitting to
the voters the proposition of issuing
bonds of $40, 900 for extending and i'm.
proving the municipal waterworks sys.
tenn.
The students of the University of
South Dakota may nave a moving pic.
ture theater of their own on the cam.
pus. A movement to establish one has
been started by the editor Of the Vo.
leta, the students weekly.
Extensive improvements and en-.
largements of the Aberdeen park sys.
tenn are planned during the spring
months. The park system will be
made one of the most attractive in
the state.
A survey of the farm electric light.
ing plants in the state which has just
been completed by the state immi.
grafton department gives the total at
2,7S9, or one to each q farms in the
state.
The 4-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hedrick, who reside on a
ranch near ~Fruitdale, Butte county.
lost her life in a fire which destroyed
the dwelling house on the ranch.
William Roatch, Black Hills pioneer,
and veteran of two of Americas great
wars, died recently at the state sol
diers' home at Hot Springs, at the age
of LOG.
The announcement Is made that Au.
gust 8 and 4 has been fixed as the
time for the annual singing festival OF
the Sioux Valley Singers association,
which will be held IN ~Brookings.
A special election will be called at
Canistota in the lear future for the
purpose of submitting 10 the voters the
question OF issuing bonds for installing
an electric light plant.
Half Of the business district OF Gam
Valley, an inland village in Buffalo
county. was destroyed by fire which
broke out In the Gilbert hotel there.