The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-08-31
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

~gregation organized In Rutland.
A tragic accident happened north
OF Hendricks when Sigrud Digre vas
killed by runaway horses hitched to
q binder,
Preliminary arrangements are be-.
ing made for the annual Mellette
county fair, to be held in Wood on
September 26, 81 and rs.
o. M. Brady, a furnace man resid-
ing at Mitchell. vas killed in an auto
mobile accident near Plankinton,
when his car turned turtle.
The Doland commercial club Is
having the telephone poles In its ter
rltory on the "Short Cut" highway
marked for the guidance Of travellers.
Jack Heinrichs, aged 3h years, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Heinrichs, OF
Claremont. died from an infection re-
sulting from a slight scratch on n
OF his feet.
The 19-month-old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Kraaggbrink, living on a
Lake county farm, died from burns
received when she fell into a bucket
Of boiling water.
The Springfield commercial club,
with the backing OF the business men
OF the city, is pushing the project for
the installing of a modern co-opera-
tive creamery In Springfield.
The city council OF Emery has
awarded contracts for installing
waterworks and a sewer system in
Emery. The two systems will cost
an aggregate OF more than $4,000.
The Lennox community club, an
organization OF boosting farmers and
business men of Lennox and the
surrounding community. will hold its
first annual agricultural fair and
celebration on Aug. 20 and 80.
The 2-year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hughes. living on a farm five
miles south OF Bradley, was found
drowned by the mother. who started
q search when the child vas missing.
The body was found floating In a
water tank.
Spruce Gulch, one OF the best pros
poets In the Black Hills for gold
mining, will resume operations short
ly, following the installation of a
new l50-ton roll mill. the first OF it's
kind to be Installed in the Hills.
A movement is on foot in Oaida to
Install a sewer system in place of the
cess pools now being used. It being
argued that the cost of the system
will be materially less TO the property
owners affected than the upkeep OF
these cess pools, besides being much
more sanitary.
Bernie Burdick. OF Sisseton, who
had but recently received his dis
charge from the army after serving
since 1917, was almost Instantly KIN.
ed three miles east of Mobridge when
the car In which he was riding went
over IN embankment while endeavor.
ing to pass two other cars.
Tourists travelling through Mitchell
may now take a direct highway routs
through the city without the least
difficulty, as the main highways lead.
ing east and west. and north ane
south, have been thoroughly marked
with arrows indicating right and left
turns. and with sign posts designating
the highway.
The first effect of the coal and
railroad strike to be felt In woon.
socket was when the Schiller Light
and Power company was forced to
shut down from a 24.hour service to
a 12-hour service on week days and
cut out the Sunday service. This was
done to conserve the coal supply un-
I'll more coal could be procured.
The cream shipment record for
this season has outclassed all former
years. II has been e~onservatively
estimated that the receipts tof cream
shipments between Rapid City and
Mitchell amounted to the huge sum
of $780, 900 during the past month.
The greater portion OF these ship
ments we're fromawest of tho river.
In an attempt to offset as far as
possible an impending shortage Of
freight cars for the movement OF
agricultural produce from that section
OF the state. the traffic bureau Of tho
Watertown chamber OF commerce
has appealed to the state railroad
commission and to the interstate com
merce commission for a sufficient
supply OF ears to handle the move
ment necessitated by the harvest
season.
Dead fish by the thousands are
lining the shores OF Lake Byron. the
summer resort for Huron and BeadIe
county. II miles north of Huron.
causing that place to be summed.
Those most conversant with con-
ditions al the lake lay the blame for
this condition to the rank growth of
vegetation In the lake bottom. which
natures about this time Of the year
and is dug up by the carp. catching In
the gills OF the fish and sausing them
20 die from s~uffocation.
with Iowa in the first place and
South Dakota in the second place in
corn production per farm, according
20 the federal figures OF the 1921
crop. the northwest is coming u the
front as the corn country. The
figures for last year show that. while
several other states were ahead Of
South Dakota In total production.
alone was ahead in production