The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-03-15
NEWS Of THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western Newspaper Union News Serv'~

are beginning to take actual stock IN
tbs repeated assertions that the Cou
try is steadily returning to normal.
Corn. which a few months ago was
selling for as low as 10 and Is cents n
bushel. and which many farmers burn
ed rather than sell. is now bringing 40
cents. Hogs. which are eating this
same Accent corn, and which as late
as 80 days ago brought only about IS
pei 100 pounds, are now selling for as
high as $40.
Twelve district meetings OF the
South Dakota meetings Of the South
Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION will be held in the state, it
was decided at the recent convention
held in Mitchell. The towns in which
the district gatherings will be held
will probably be Gregory, Mnrdo,
Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Lennon. Mo-
bridge. Aberdeen, Sisseton Huron,
Yankton, Hot Springs and Water
town.
There are 42S0.O6 miles of main
railroad in South Dakota, of which
nearly 70 per cent belongs to two com
panies, according to the records OF
the office of the state tax commission
in Pierre. Pennington county, i'll the
Black Hills region, is shown to have
the greatest mileage of any county,
with a total of $40 miles. Brown
county is second. with 219.93 miles,
and Sphinx is third. with 1860 miles.
Aa fatal accident occurred to the 49,
year-old daughter of John Geidle, near
Hillside She was assisting with the
family washing at the home of her sis
ter, and, while working at the wiring
er, which was being run by a gas en-
CINE, the shawl which she had on her
head caught in the rolls Of the wringer
and before help could arrive she was
choked to death.
Wholesale cuts in teachers salaries
will be made in the Rosebud country
ext term as the result Of a confer
ence of schoo. officers held at Bone
steel, but cuts in teachers salaries
will not be thu only economies effect
ed, as numerous other Portions OF the
school budgets will be curtdi!ed also.
Congressman Royal c. Johnson Of
tee to which has been referred the
truth.in-fabric bill. The farm bureau
is urging MIR. Johnson. in behalf of
the wool growers Of the state, to help
get the bill before the house Of repre-
sentatives for a vote.
The convention of South Dakota
Threshermen will be held in Sioux
Falls for three days, beginning March
IA and lasting through March 16, it
has been announced, together with a
program that many prominent
speakers and an abundance of enter
tainment.
Comparison of figures of loans made
by the state rural credits commission
with the assessed valuations of real
estate in the different counties show
that the loans are under fifty per
cent of the assessed valuations in all
counties.
S~eventv-fonr fires, causing a total
reported to the state fire marshal dur
ing the month of December, according
to a recent issue Of the fire marshal
bulletin.
According to the annual report of
the Pukwana Shipping association,
the farmers who are members OF the
association were saved the sum of
s10.76S on livestock shipped during
the past year.
It is reported that farmers in the
northwestern part Of the state VIII
refrain from seeding any great acre
age in wheat this year. on the theory
that wheat is not a dependable crop
in hat section.
Because there are not more than
TWO candidates for any one judiciary
office in the state there will be Nc
judiciary ballot at the March primaries
this year, according to Secretary OF
State Charles Burkhart.
Mrs. A.. G. Leavitt. who resided or
q farm near Langford, was found
frozen to death in her door yard, SOC
feet from the house. The discovery
was made by ~naighbors.
Edward Ball. a farmer Of Roberts
>ounty. who was badly mangled by a
bull which came up behind him and
crushed and trampled him, died OF
mis- injuries.
Andrew Benson, aged q, OF New
Ellington. died from the effects Of ex
posture following the burning Of the
dwelling house where he made his
home.
The Beadle County Livestock I'm
provement association has been or
yanized under the auspices of the
arm bureau.
A loss estimated at s20.O 900 resulted
rom a fire which sweptsa part of the
business district Of Montrose
The rural mail carriers Of Gregory
county have organized a county car
.iers' association.
Non-political petitions were pre-