The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-05
NEWS OF The STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF The
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

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the age of 100 years. one month and
nine days.
Vermillion authorities are looking
for a check %swindler, who succeeded
In victimizing a number Of local busi'
ness institutions by OF worth
less checks.
Land in Yankton county has an
estimated true valuation of s159.75 an
acre, although the average county
sale price per acre during the period
from January, 1916, to June, 1922 was
only $133.l2.
A destructive fire that originated
in an outbuilding at the rear OF the
Wilson hotel, at Platte, Destroyer
nearly two blocks OF business houses
and the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul passenger station.
A cooperative COMPANY composed
| OF Local business men has been organ
ICED for the purpose of taking Over
and conducting the Belvidere electric
light plant, The new company will
make extensive improvements to the
system.
Charles F. PIERCE. superintendent OF
the Flandreau Indian training school,
has entered upon his seth year as al
Indian service worker. FIR. PIERCE has
been at the head of the institution
since 1900. He has charge OF all the
Flandreau Indians located at Elan
dreau, as well as in other states.
Alpnnn hoe tha nhan,ninn hahv nf
the state, little Maxine Ruth, the ~
month-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank c. Ripple, of Alpena, scoring
96,l, the highest score Of the l52
babies entered in the statewide baby
contest conducted under the direction
Of the South Dakota public health
department.
The central counties of the state
have cause to take pride in the show
ing they were able to make at the
state fair. A small group, in fact, al
most contiguous counties, took first,
second and third prizes for county
exhibits. The first went to Hand
county, with Hughes second and Sully
third. Hughes and Sully are adjoining
counties, and only the narrow strip
Of Hyde county separates them both
from Hand.
With apples selling at a high figure
in most points in the state, local
papers in the Black Halls tell OF
apple growers turning their hogs into
the orchards to clear up the fallen
fruit for which there is no market.
In Charles Mix county apple growers
are advertising that they will sell ap-
pies at the farm for so cents a bushel.
but the supply is in excess of the
local demand. The shipping charges
are-so heavy that it prohibits shipping
fruit even a short distance.
AS a result Of negotiations conduct
ed by the South Dakota board of rail
road commissioners with the railroad
companies operating in the state,
arrangements have been made to
publish as early as possible substan-
TALLY lower rates on coal from all
Lake Superior docks to all stations
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul railway IN South Dakota west
of Mobridge, and to all points on the
Chicago and Northwestern and the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
lines between Rapid City, Pierre and
Chamberlain.
The oil fever which struck the
western part OF the state with a ser
ious outbreak a year 6 has settled
down to a few actual tests. The well
at Standing Butte is going deeper
slowly, and there are several new
projects in sight in the Lennon field
Work at Blunt is suspended and the
latest dope" is that the Big Bend
country is a structure" which will
show up actual production on develop
ment. Work on possible development
on what is known as the Weedman
Dome, where the first excitment start.
ed in southern Perkins county, will no
doubt be delayed by the loss OF their
derrick, which was struck by light
ming and destroyed a short time after
ii was erected.
For several years the state insur.
ance department through its fire
marshals has been taking fire pre-,
NeHJlOH as the IISC Slep tOWdTu re-
ducing the fire Toss in the state. This
has been the main line of work for a
long time, and at the meeting of fire
chiefs held at Madison in June fire
prevention was given the leading
part in the program. The minutes OF
this meeting have been printed in
bulletin form and are being sent out
for general information. While the
prevention work Of the department
has not abolished the fire menace and
loss in the state. ii has without doubt
materially reduced IL, as the fire
marshals are requiring the cleaning
up of fire ha ards in every town OF
the state, and this work alone goes
a long way toward preventing many
fires.
In Juno, 1921, the voters of Milbank
authorized the issue of $50, 1000 in
bonds for the erection of a city audi.
forum. Tho bonds were sold and
the money placed in the city treasury,
but because of the financial and bust.
ness depression no steps nave been