The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-04-19
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF The
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.


DAKOTA.
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At the anGual city election 70 b.
held in Madison ia April Is the voters
will have submitted to .ll-i. ~ a
separate proposition the question
of authorizing the issuance OF bonds
of $45, 900 for the erection q a new
school building and tho additional
sum of $4,000 for building additions
to present buildings. The school
facilities II Madison have become in.
the bonds will be voted.
il is quite n while until Nov. 7. hnt
the people OF the northern part Of the
state are pushing the campaign for the
hydo-electric development plant at
Mobridge, and not allowi ng the or.
portunities to slip in putting forward
all their arguments as 10 why the
state should o the necessary bonds
in November TO make this q practical
going proposition.
Preparations are being made for
an anniversary celebration, 10 be held
in Summit on April Is. That date
will mark the 3gth anniversary Of the
founding of the town, which sprung
into existence Immediately after the
opening to settlement OF the Sissetou
Indian reservation, which formerly m
cluded the land where Summit how is
located.
The body Of the 9-year-cld son IL
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson. Iesnihg on q
ranch on Plum creek. w,c wa. drown.
ed IN the stream while pla wing with
other children, was discovered aud
recovered by searchers Is days after
IL lost his life by fai,irs into the
swollen waters Of tbs creek.
Aberdeen is . candidate for the 10.
cation or one Ct the new Shrine
hospitals for crippled children which
are to he established. Ten such
hospitals are to be erected at once,
and one OF them is TO he located in
n Of the towns al this jurisdiction.
Dcadwood people sre not worrying
over the coal strike. as it is estimated
that local dealers have supplies
enough ~ last for ut least two months
Even il he coal gives ont, the supply
o! wood in that part of the Black
Hills is practically inexhanstible.
Arrangements have been completed
to resnme drilling at the Standing
Butte oil test well on the first of next
month. The well is already drilled
down 1000 feet. and it ia hoped that
definite results can be assured before
II depth Of 5000 feet is reached.
Work has been resumed on the
improvements 20 the state capitol
grounds in Pierre. The improvements
we're started last summer and con,in.
ned through a part OF the win,er. 1t
ia estimated .ha, 30 rar cent OF the
work already has l,cea done.
~Flandreae srcrtsmen are organic,
ing q crow hunt in the territory near
Flandrean. II is expected that several
townships will he embraced in the
crow roundup, which is expected to
be 'cne Of the greatest ever staged in
Moody county
Should Erotor be selected the place
for holding tho annual meeting of the
Holstein-Fresian association of South
Dakota. which will be held in June,
the commercial club will give a big
community picuic in connection with
the meeting.
The snow has been melted Oft the
cattle and sheep ranges /. the west.
err part OF tbs state aud Tanchers
now have their cattle and sheep feed.
ing on grass. thus eifecting a great
saving in feed
Plans r being made in Aberdeen
for the erection Of 4 mammoth open.
air theatre for the entertainnan of
the people Of the city and county in
4 course Of free events this summer.
Otto 7. Flcerschipger a farmer hv.
Ing about eight miles southwest OF
Chester, was accidentlv killed by the
discharge o. a shotgun. while crawl.
ing through a wire fence.
The city commissioners Of Aberdeen
Ir !, made final arrangements for the
1922 paving program in Aberdeen,
and the plans as originally made will
he carried out.
Mrs. A. ". Crcssett, wife OF DR.. A.
w. CrQssett, a practicing veterinarian
OF Mitchell, died at her home there as
the result Of being overcome by coal
gas fumes.
Refunding bonds of $4,000, to re-.
fund the outstanding warrant indebt.
edness of Bonesteel, earned by a
vote OF over SIX to one at a recent
election.
Edward Plat, electrical engineer
employed by the Dakota Power com.
pany. was found dead in the spillway
Of the ccmpanys plant near Rapid
City.
TIE Highmore city council has pur-
chased a large tractor, which will be
utilized in Keeping the streets Of the
city in first class condition.
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