The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-03-22

field.
Elon Dahlberg, q hardware and i'm
plement dealer living al Cottonv God.
committed suicide by hanging.
The new public school building in
Hill City is practically completed and
is expected to be dedicated soon.
A woman's auxiliary to Codington
county post of the American Legion,
of WATERFOWL, has been organized.
Geddes. which recently suffered a
fire that destroyed it's school build
ing. is to have a fine new modern
structure.
The total Indian population OF South
Dakota, according to the last census,
was 1884 or 2.6 per cent OF the IN
tire population of the state.
Highmore is again to have an opera
house. Workmen are engaged in fit
ting up the third floor Of a business
block for opera house purposes.
Notwithstanding that there is much
snow OF the ground, good progress is
being made in the work OF crawling
the county highway south of Lennox.
A new engine costing nor than
ST., 900 will be installed in the Tyn.
dali municipal light and power plant,
giving Tyndall first class electric SER
vice.
For the past few years the people of
Moody county have abandoned the
holding of a county fair. but now agi-
tation has been started to hold a fair
next September.
The Near East Relief of the Free
man district has now shipped owe
1000 bushels of corn to stricken Rus
STA. 1t is expected that another car
will be shipped
The spring reunion of the South
Dakota Consistory of the fourth dis
trict, Scottish Rite Masons, will be
held in Aberdeen, commencing March
20 and closing March Is.
A movement has been inaugurated
to improve the highway from the
-Minnekahta locality into
Hot Springs. 1t is expected that work
will be started in the spring.
The Mitchell police department re.
ports that during February it col
lected fines amounting to s551.25.
Thirty-six arrests were made, with
drunkenness as the main ause.
Installation of the radio telephone
transmitter has been completed at
the Vermillion State university and
already, after the first few tryouts,
has given very satisfactory results.
A new freight rate, representing .
reduction of 81 cents per 100 pounds
on canned fruit from California point.
to stations in South Dakota and Min
nesota, went into effect on March 13.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual spring conference
Of the agricultural agents Of the coun
ties of western South Dakota, which
and 20.
The sunshine department Of the
goth Century club Of Flandreau, will
undertake the work of making exten
sive Improvements in the city park at
that place, and will equip a play
ground for children.
"Grandma' Venting, one Of the
best known women of that part OF
the Black Hills, met death at the home
of her son, nea Pringle, as the result
Of missing her footing and falling
down a flight of stairs.
A very successful corn and grain
show was held in Armour. The show
was under the auspices Of the bust
ness men of Armour and the county
farm bureau. Liberal prizes were of
fered by the business men.
Definite decision to go ahead and
lay out a city park along the banks OF
the Missouri river was taken by the
park board of the Yankton city com
mission. The park will be one Of the
most picturesque in the state.
Coacher post of the American lie.
gion in Mitchell, is starting a series
of citizenship meetings. In subse-
Quent meetings the future voters of
the community will be given compe-
tent instructions in their duties as
citizens.
Renewed interest is being taken in
the restoration of Canyon Lake, near
Rapid City. This lake was in exist
ence q number Of years ago in Rapid
canyon. A heavy flood came one
spring, tearing out the dam and drain.
ing the lake.
The move to put up a sanitarium at
Capa, to make use of the hot water
from the ~artesian well at that place,
has started q move at Midland to sink
a well at that place with a hope that
the same kind Of a flow can be struck,
Is they are only about 10 miles from
the Capa we'll.
The strange case OF Philip Piele-
meier, former Watertown boy and an
ex-service man, who vas reported
drowned and whose relatives be-
lieved him to be dead, has finally
been cleared up with assurances that
he Ia very much alive despite the gen
eral reports that he was dead.