The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-09-21
NEWS Of The STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western New.p,px Union News serucs.

escaped with a quantity OF firearms,
knives and ammunition. A reward OF
$3.50 has been offered for the capture
of the thieves. Arlington seems TO
be tine mecca for burglars, as several
robberies of business places have been
committed during the past few weeks.
The state railway commission a
received a telegram from the Inter
state Commerce commission in when
they hold that the priority order
granted to freight transportation west
of the Missouri river included gram
of all kinds, potatoes, livestock, per-
ishable products and fuel. This gives
clearance for grain shipments u OF
the northwest.
Protesting against federal red tape
and intricate machinery which causes
a delay of five weeks in getting fuel
into the state through the federal
fuel administration, the board OF
directors of the Huron Commercial
club have sent kilograms to South
Dakota's senators and representatives
in Washington asking that something
be done.
In an effort to stimulate interest
among the young generation In pure
bred livestock breeding, the Faux
county bureau has secured the
promise of the management OF the
Faux county swine show to offer
nearly $500 in premiums to the boys
and girls of the county for the finest
livestock exhibit during the show.
1t looks now very likely that the
Yellowstone Trail will not be com
pleted as a graveled highway across
Brown county this fall. The work
has progressed to a short distance
east OF Aberdeen on the last stretch
of the route from the Day county line
westward, but progress is slow now.
Hunters Of Lake county will find
game plentiful when the season opens,
on September 16, and similar reports
come from other parts of the state.
Lake county has an unusual number
of wild ducks and prairie chickens
this year, while pheasants and quail
are constantly increasing in numbers.
Summit is now assured of a high
line, which means 24-hour service at
a much lower rate. as low as 81 cents
for heating and cooking. These
things were made a certainty when
the city council and the representa-.
tives of the Otter Tail Power com
pany signed a contract recently.
The stockholders of the White
Lake Cooperative Creamery company
which recently had its fine creamery
building destroyed. by fire, have pur-
chased a tract of land in a good To-
cation, and upon it will erect a costly
new creamery building to replace the
burned structure.
The petition of the South Dakota
board of railroad commissioners in
the case involving rates on coal from
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
docks to stations in South Dakota has
been affirmed by the report of the
examiner for the interstate commerce
commission
In a spirit of retrenchment the
local board of education has reduced
the levy for public school purposes in
Hayti during the coming year to
$4,000, which is a reduction of
$1,000 from the amount raised for
school purposes last year.
The state house people in Pierre
are in a comfortable mood so far as
fuel for the winter is concerned. The
big state warehouse Is filled to capac-
ity and the custodians had to wire the
state mine to stop shipping until
further orders.
respite the strike, upwards of 90
carloads of grain, some 1000 bush
els, have been shipped from Willow
Lakes since July /. A large portion
of this was old grain shipped out to
make room for the new crop.
On Sept, 90 and 20 the Scotland
Legion post plans a celebration. at
which Congressman Royal c. John.
Sol will speak IN the 2Sth and
National Commander Hanford Mac.
Nider on the Goth.
A special election held in Presho
for the voting of bonds to purchase
the electric light plant and to add
additional equipment resulted In 1S4
votes for and II against the issuing
OF bonds.
Suffering from a serious fire for the
third time in Is months, Bradley has
about lost hope, and efforts to re-
build the business section OF the town
will not be made this year, IL is said
WaEpala's new $65,000 school
house Is complete with the exception
of the flooring, which has been de
layed because OF the poor railroad
service, II is claimed.
Mystery surrounds the death Of
large numbers of wild ducks which
had been making their home at White
lake, a fine body OF water some miles
from Plankinton,
The work of redecorating the main
lodge room, reading rooms and yes,
tibules on the first floor OF the
Masonic temple in Madison is nearing
completion and members of the
paternity who have inspected the
work find a very pleasant change.
After half a century OF work as O.
blacksmith, Louis Herzog. of Mitchell,