The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
South Dakota
News

AS further evidence of the interest
being taken by the farmers of Sphinx
county in purebred stock, the Poland
China men have just concluded a pre-
liminary session to perfect the SPHINX
County Poland China Breeders asso-
citation.
The chief OF police of Belle Fourche
has issued an ultimatum to all speed
demons. In making the c ement
the chief states that anyone VINO
drives over Is miles an hour. whether
he be a resident of this city or not,
not matter who he or she is, Will be
prosecuted.
William H. Morrison, aged 40 years,
for the past 10 years engaged in the
produce business in Arlington, who
recently was seriously injured by be-
ing run over by his automobile, sue
cumbed to his injuries in a hospital at
Rochester, Mimi, to which he was
rushed in an effort to save his life.
The Sioux Indian is always ready to
meet at a council to talk owe matters
Of interest, and a council has been
called at a point neal Wood and Rose
bud reservation for June 2, 3 and 9,
10 discuss the rights of the Sioux In
regard to their claim of payment for
the Black Hills.
All accounts go to indicate that
farming operations in the Little Mis-
souri, country are on a more extensive
scale than ever before. Every rancher
and farmer is taking advantage of the
favorable spring and seeding every
available foot of ground to crops OF
some kind.
In South Dakota the average expen-
diture in the public schools for the ed
ucation Of each child Of the generation
of children entering school IN the fall
OF 1895 and reaching the normal g
OF high school graduation in 1918 was
$S17, according to computations from
the United States bureau Of education.
The work Of remodeling the girls
dormitory at the Madison normal and
undermining all of Its rooms which
was made possible by the appropria-
ton of $4,000 by the last state legis-
~lature, will be. under way in a few
weeks, the bids having already been
offered to contractors.
Resumption OF the campaign for safe
and sane Fourth Of July celebrations
In South Dakota is taken up in the
May issue of the Fire Marshal Butle-
tin, published by the state insurance
department, which is just off the
press. The Bulletin calls attention to
the large number of deaths and larger
number of injuries resulting from fire
works on that day throughout the
country each year and urges that these
be discarded for other more harmless
entertainment.
For the first time in about a year
and a half the Homestake Mining
company, according to word from its
New York office. announces a divid-
end OF rs cents a share payable on
May rs on stock of record Of May 20.
Ipswich, il Edmunds county, with a
per capita sale of 47h cents, again
won the state banner offered by the
South Dakota Public Health associa.
ton for the best showing in the sale
ton of the need for this particular
towns of the state.
In a statement by Attorney General
Payne he holds that under the recent
decision OF the supreme court there
Is no effective statute against pictures
Of any form of dramatic performance,
including tragedy, comedy, opera or
farce. That the only pictures effect
lively prohibited on Sunday are pic
lures Of a ballet, negro minstrelsy,
sparring contests and trials Of
strength. Any other class Of picture
may be shown on Sunday and the
question of admission Price In no way
affects the situation. This makes a
rather clear field for the pictures, but
baseball is held yet to be under the
ban where an admission is charged, or
anything Of value is accepted. and 10
the opinion of the attorney general
this law should be enforced.
Mystery surrounds the finding Of a
human skull in a cave high up on a
cliff, Immediately adjacent to the west
ern outskirts of Rapid City. The skull
was found by some adventurous boys,
who entered the cave. The boys, while
playing on the lower ground in the Vi
entity, had espied the opening OF the
ave hear the top Of the cliff, and de-
termined to reach it and explore 1t.
The opening Of the ave is about 10
feet in diameter and the cave extend
ed back a short distance into the cliff.
They were poking around the interior
with sticks when they rnearthed the
human skull. Then a "spooky" feel.
ing came vel the boys and they hur
riedly made their getaway, but not for
getting to take the skull With them A
doctor, who examined The skull. pro-