The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-03-16
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
western Newspaper Union News scrv,-e

DAKOTA.
western Newspaper Union News Service
Huron is to have a country club.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Mitchell
are beginning to take actual stock in
the repeated assertions that the coun-
try is steadily returning to normal.
Corn. which a few months ago vas
selling for as low as Is and IS cents a
bushel. and which many farmers burn
ed rather than sell. is now bringing 40
cents. Hogs. which are eating this
same accent corn, and which as late
as 80 days ago brought only about IS
per 100 pounds, are now selling for as
high as $40.
Twelve district meetings of the
South Dakota meetings of the South
Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION will be held in the state, it
was decided at the recent convention
held in Mitchell The towns in which
the district gatherings will be held
will probably be Gregory, Murdo,
Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Lennon, Mo-
bridge, Aberdeen, Sisseton. Huron,
Yankton, Hot Springs and Water
town.
There are 4,2SO.o6 miles of main
railroad in South Dakota, of which
nearly rs per cent belongs to two com.
panies, according to the records of
the office of the state tax commission
in Pierre. Pennington county, in the
Black Hills region, is shown to have
the greatest mileage of any county,
with a total Of $40 miles. Brown
county is second, with 1888 miles,
and Sphinx is third, with 190.6e miles.
IA fatal accident occurred to the 10
year-old daughter Of John Geidle, ear
Hillside. She was assisting with the
family washing at the home of her sis
ter, and, while working at the wiring
or, which was being run by a gas en-
CINE, the shawl which she had on her
head caught in the rolls OF the wringer
and before help could arrive she was
choked to death.
Wholesale cuts in teachers salaries
will be made in the Rosebud country
next term as the result Of a confer
ence of school officers held at Bone
steel, but cuts in teachers salaries
will not be the only economies effect
ed, as numerous other portions OF the
school budgets will be curtailed also.
Congressman Royal C.. Johnson Of
South Dakota, is on the rules commit.
tee TO which has been referred the
truth-in-fabric bill. The farm bureau
is urging Mr.. Johnson, in behalf of
the wool growers of the state, to help
get the bill before the house Of repre-
sentatives for a vote.
The convention OF South Dakota
Threshermen will be held in Sioux
Falls for three DAYS, beginning March
IA and lasting through March IS, II
has been announced, together with a
program that many prominent
speakers and an abundance OF enter
tainment.
Comparison of figures OF loans made
by the state rural credits commission
with the assessed valuations OF real
estate in the different counties show
that the loans are under fifty per
cent OF the assessed valuations in all
counties.
Seventy-four fires, causing a total
loss of s207, 1874, in South Dakota were
reported to the state fire marshal dur
ing the month of December, according
to a recen issue of the fire marshal
bulletin.
According to the annual report OF
the Pukwana Shipping association,
the farmers who are members of the
association were saved the sum Of
s10.7 1853 on livestock shipped during
the past year.
II Is reported that farmers in the
northwestern part OF the state will
refrain from seeding any great acre
age in wheat this year. on the theory
that wheat is not a dependable crop
In that section.
Because there are not more than
two candidates for any one judiciary
office In the state there will be no
judiciary ballot at the March primaries
this year. according to Secretary of
State Charles Burkhart.
nTS. ~. W. LedNlLJ. WHO TbS1uSu on
a farm near Langford, was found
frozen TO death in her door yard, 800
feet from the house. The discovery
was made by neighbors.
Edward Ball. a farmer Of Roberts
county, who was badly mangled by a
bull which came up behind him and
rushed and trampled him, died OF
his injuries.
Andrew Benson, aged 70, of New
Ellington, died from the effects of ex-
posure following the burning Of the
dwelling house where he made his
home.
The Beadle County Livestock I'm.
provement association has been or
ganized under the auspices Of the
farm bureau.
A loss estimated at $40, 900 resulted
rom a fire which swept a part of the
business district of Montrose
The rural mail carriers OF Gregory
'ounty have organized a county car
'iers' association.