The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-02-01
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

plunge into municipal semi-owener-
ship to the extent Of leasing the cleo.
trio light system. The city will re-
tain control Of the light system under
lease until bonds voted for municipal
electric purposes at IN election, held
in February Of last year. can be sold
at Q satisfactory price, when 1t is ex-
pected the city will take steps to
permanently acquire the plant and
operate it for the benefit OF all the
resident of Castlewood.
To live with a bullet In his brain
is the experience Of Leonard Allen,
aged Is years, Of Winner, who &C
c~identally shot himself with a % cali
Der rifle which he was cleaning. He
was Immediately taken to a hospital
for treatment and an x-ray examina-
tiOH snOwed the bullet, which entered
hie temple, had shattered into three
pieces all lodging in the brain. His
condition is critical and physicians are
uncertain whether or not he will re-
cover.
uS at IAO DlulL III "Cl1
are now down 500 feet and have the
casing on the ground to 60 at least
1000 feet. They are working only
a day shift, and while the progress is
not as rapid as it would be on 24-hour
work, the drill is going deeper every
day. and they expect to get down to
the depth where they feel the issue
Of existence of oil in that vicinity will
be indicated, sometime early In the
spring.
That the state gasoline tax is going
to net the state of South Dakota con.
siderably more money than was es-
timated by the state highway COM
mission at the time the law was pre-
scented to the last session of the legis-
lature for action is apparent at the
state auditors office although all in
ventory reports for this month have
not yet come in.
A jury in the state circuit court in
Rapid City after being out 81 hours,
returned a verdict of second degree
manslaugnter in the case OF Steve
Bodish, an ex-service man. tried on
the charge Of stabbing and killing
William Morgan, a trick wild west
rider, at the Palace cafe in Rapid
City early in the morning of August
Is last.
The campaign for free corn for the
ear east relief corporation in South
Dakota is nearing an end, according
to Mrs. Grace Reed Porter, state
chairman of the organization. Prac-
tically every county in the state has
been organized and the majority Of
them already have contributed their
share.
One man is dead and one wound
ed with a bullet hole through his arm
as a result of a quarrel in Aber-
deem over the payment of money in
a poker game. The dead mar is
Peter Dalahanes, the wounded man
is George Gregg. while Peter CLAWS is
held for the Staying.
Mrs. John Morris, whose home was
on a farm south of Frankfort and
who was injured when an automobile
being driven without lights struck
and demolished the buggy in which
she vas riding. died on a train
while being taken to Rochester, Mimi,
for treatment.
It is announced that more than
$4,000, 900, to be loaned to the farm
ers of South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa
and Wyoming, will be made avail
able through the authorization Of a
new bond issue by the federal land
bank at Omaha, Neb.
As the result Of an accident Mrs.
William Misel, wife of a ranchman Of
the Cottonwood district Of western
South Dakota, accidentlly shot herself
through the heart and died instantly.
Under the direction OF the local
Parent Teachers association. organ
ization Of a Camp Fire Girls club has
been completed in Canton with 20
members.
The city commissioner OF Fort
Pierre have purchased two mammoth
electric motors which will be in
stalled in the city power plant.
Ministers of Lawrence county have
formed an organization, which will be
known as the Lawrence County
Ministerial federation.
A movement has been started to
erect a modern hospital in Custer, and
it is expected to be pushed to q sue
cessful conclusion. s
A new Catholic parochial school.
which recently was completed at
White Lake, has been opened to
students.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hove, of
Centerville, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
The Masonic lodge of Parker has
organized an all-Masonic band among
its members.
A local branch of the league OF
Women Voters has been organized in
SissetOn.
Gettysburg will have Q municipal
band this m