The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-11-25
NEWS OF TIE STATE.
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF ThG
WEEK IN CONDENSED
FORA.

Tao survey of the James river val.
ley, which is being conducted by the
state under the authority granted by
the last legislature to obtain . COM
p~rehansiye survey of the valley of
the James and the Sioux rivers, is be-
ing pushed along. The engineers be-
gun their work at the mouth Of the
James and are now working in Sp.nk
county. 1t is expected that they will
complete field work in that VALLEY
before the cold weather stops their
movements, and that the field work OIL
the Sioux valley viii be carried on
next year, to get the report ready for
the neXt legislative session. The pur-
pose of the movement is q survey
which will show the facts for the pur-
pose of establishing proper drainage
systems for control Of flood waters OF
the W streams, which many times
flood the valleys 1t . heavy loss to
the farmers.
Rumors that . special session Of
the state legislature may be necessary
to satisfactorily untangle certain mat
ters in connection with the soldiers
bonus department are becoming cur
rent in state offices and elsewhere.
Governor w. H. McMasters has SO far
neither confirmed nor positively de-
MED these rumors.
What is thought to have been the
work OF incendiaries resulted in the
destruction by fire of three elevators
and a large quantity Of grain at Trip,
with a total loss estimated at approx
mately $4,000. The loss is largely
covered by insurance.
Every one Of the 81 rural schools
In Dawson county is to be equipped
with an outfit for hot lunches. The
public health association will pur.
chase this equipment with funds de-
rived from the sale of Red Cross
Christmas seals.
What is thought to be the largest
yield Of corn reported in South Dakota
Was grown ON the farm OF Z. H. Wiley,
living Near F1andreAu. He has cribbed
This il an average of nearly SO bush
els per acre.
The Boresford chamber Of com
merce Is making preparations for .
RI determination day soon, the pur-
pose being to set concerted action on
the part of every resident in the town
that the rat pest may be e~radicated
there.
Preliminary steps were taken In
Washington Springs looking towards
che construction OF q community
building as . memorial to the Yves
sington Springs boys who fought dur
ing the world war.
The ~2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ohm Elrod. farmers residing in Clark
,ounty, died from burns sustained
vhen he fell backward into q boiler OF
rot water while playing about his
hc-~a
Eileen 0uIluL, infant daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. Dewey Sutton, OF Red
field. Is dead IS the result OF burns
sustained while playing in the yard
OF q neighbours home.
The last report OF the superintend-
of the state coal mine shows that
tho mine had paid all expenses Of op.
Grafton and returned q profit OF $4,000
in round numbers to the state.
The contract has been awarded for
crawling the recently graded state
highway from Henry to Watertown, q
link in the Twin Cities, Black Hills
and Yellowstone highway.
The high cost Of living has been re-
duced in %IroQuois to some extent, the
price of shaves having been reduced
from rs to 20 cents and hair cuts
from so to 40 cents.
A loss of several thousand dollars
resulted from a fire which destroyed
the elevator of the Pacific Elevator
company at Waverly, a small town
near Watertown.
The annual meeting of the South
Dakota Farm Bureau federation will
be held in Huron on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 4 to 6 in
elusive.
Glenn Martin was killed, DR.. L. p.
S%tutenroth fatally injured and Henry
Steiner painfully bruised in an auto
accident about six miles asst Of Mel
lette.
Harvesting the sugar beets In the
ollie Fourche valley came to a close
recently when the last loads we're de-.
livered at the dumps.
Fire of unknown origin burned the
yards Of the Hammond Lumber COM
pany in Whitewood, causing a loss Of
about $1,000.
Fire at Egan destroyed the big
warehouse Of the S~charnhorst Seed
company, entailing 4 loss Of $50, 900.
Preliminary arrangements for the
organization of = boys stock club at
Humboldt have been made.
The contract for graveling the road
between Chamberlain and Pukwana
recently was awarded.