The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-05
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF The
WEEK IN CONDENSED
FORM.

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Yankton will go steadily forward as
weather and river conditions permit
In spite of the prevailing financial
stringency, II was unanimously voted
by the stockholders of the Meridian
Highway Bridge company in annual
meeting at Yankton recently.
The work of building a monster
reservoir for the w~aterworks system
at Montrose has been completed.
The tanks are constructed Of rein
forced concrete and are of sufficient
size to give the residents of Montrose
effective fire protection and an abun-
dance OF pure water for domestic pur.
poses.
The motor fuel tax law, enacted by
the last session Of the legislature, be-
m operative on January l. BY
the provisions Of this law every gallon
Of gasoline or other motor fuel used
in operating automobiles and other
motor vehicles on the highways of the
state will be taxed / cent.
or the foreign born population Of
McCook county, nearly SO per cent
are Germans, according to the 1920
government census figures, which
show the total foreign born popula-
ton to be 1927. OF this number 5l5
were born in Germany, POI in Swed-
en- and lis in Russia.
Several counties Of the state are
evidently desiring to start the new
year with as clean a slate as possible
At public meetings it has been the
expressed desire OF those attending
that grand juries be drawn to investi-
gate into general conditions within
these counties.
Two of the children Of Mrs. Carl
Vahigren were burned to death be-
fore her eyes when her homestead
shack aear Ludlow was destroyed by
fire. Mrs. Vahigren herself was so
seriously burned in trying to save
her children that she may not recover.
Resolutions will be presented be-.
fore the next state legislature asking
that the name of the NortherG Nor
NAL and Industrial school in Aber-
deem be changed to the state teach
ers' college, according to an unoffi'
cial announcement.
Fire starting in the basement Of
the Lane hotel at Whitewood, laid the
building in ruins and caused a loss
estimated at not less than $4,000.
The stock in a drug store adjoining
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According to figures compiled by
the state immigration department,
South Dakota stands ninth in the list
of corn production states for the year
1921, having taken a lead over Kan
sas in production of this cereal.
The contractors on the bridge ove
the Cheyenne river nea Carlin, have
been taking advantage of the open
winter weather to push work on that
structure, and expect to get the foun-
dations in this winter.
The student body Of the University
of South Dakota at Vermillion, at a
largely attended meeting, unanimous.
ly adopted resolutions denouncing
the hanging of President Slagle in
effigy recently.
Practically every Methodist church
in the Mitchell district has shown a
marked growth in the last year, &C.
cording to reports submitted at the
session of the conference held in Nit
chell.
At a meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the Black Hills Poultry as
sociation it was decided to hold the
mex annual show in Belle Fourche on
January 81 and February / and 2.
AS a result Of attempting to remove
a bunion on his foot by home meth.
DDS, Sebastian Schmitz, of Estelline.
was obliged to have his right leg am
putated at the knee.
Two r~attlesnakes as his kill" for
the middle of December is the record
claimed by Sam Smith, a teamste'
who made his find" on a rocky hill
side east Of Pierre.
The first annual poultry show TO be
held under the auspices of the new
Dacotah Empire Poultry association
Will NC hCtu Al AbCi uCSn III Jdn. ~ W
20, inclusive.
A large attendance is expected at
the annual convention OF the South
Dakota ~Bee-Keepers' association, to
be held in Mitchell on Feb. Is and IA
Mrs. John Tollock Of Redfield, was
instantly killed when an automobile
in which she was riding turned turtle
on the outskirts of Redfield.
One-fourth of the school children
OF Dawson county are under weight.
according to a survey just completed
in that county.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Rowley OF Nit.
chell, celebrated their golden wed.
ding anniversary recently.
Garretson houses and stores will be
lighted heres tier by electricity from
Sioux Falls.
Trappers In Pennington county are
reaping a harvest this year, it is said
While the Cherry Creek oil boost
ers are busy in their attempts to get
ready for operation early in the
airing actfye work Ia prootiaalJv af a