The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-19
news OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

made of the Jim river in the vicinity
of the Broadway bridge IL miles north
OF Yankton, for the body of Patrick
McNaboe, missing McCook county
farmer, who is believed to have been
murdered by a former hired man. The
trail OF the suspected murderer def.
'nitely crosses this bridge, and it was
believed he had thrown the body of
his victim into the stream from that
structure, for small fragments OF
bone and flesh, identified by med
ical men as portions of a human thigh.
bone, were found on the bridge by
Searchers.
An earthquake lasting about IS Sec
onds was felt in Chamberlain recently,
Many brick chimneys in the city
were tumbled down, dishes were shak.
en- from cupboard shelves and house
plants were thrown to the floor by the
tremors. The trembleing of the
earth's surface could be plainly felt
and there was distinct s"ubterranean
rumblings. 1t is not known that ser.
ious damage vas done to any build.
ings and no one is known to have
been injured.
With the erection of another reser.
voir on the Buttes neal Gregory,
Gregory now has one of the most com.
plete water systems in that part of the
state. During the ummer the city
built a reservoir, larger and stronger
than the first one. Owing to the de-
lay in getting the pipes, connections
were not made until recently. With
new wells sunk last summer Gregory
has an abundance OF water.
A yiligance committe has been
organized in the central part of Per.
kins county, with a large membership
Suspected bandits OF that vicinity
have been warned that If they do not
cease their operations the bodies
will be hanged to convenient cotton.
wood trees.
With the mastering of Battery F at
Vermillion and the service battery at
Mitchell, the organization of the l47th
Field Artillery in the state of South
Dakota is about completed, and within
the next few months all details of the
organization will have been worked
out.
Tony Schlosser, c young man whose
parents live at Labolt, was instantly
killed while working with a bridge con,
struCtion crew of the Minneapolis and
St. Louis Railway company near
Strandburg when a piledriyer hammer
came loose and fell on his head.
A new feature of service to farmers
of the Iroquois locality has been insti-
tuted at the stock pavilion there with
the opening Of a farmers exchange,
to which the farmers can bring hogs,
cattle, horses, poultry and farm ma
chinery for sale or trade.
The Robert Pettys store building
at Roswell in which was also located
the postoffice, and the Jack Wilge
restaurant, was totally destroyed by
fire, which is believed to have start
ed in the restaurant. The loss il es.
timated at $4,000.
More public building was done in
Mitchell during the year just closed
than in any other similar period in
the entire history of the city, accord
ing to figures on file at the office Of
the city engineer.
Authorities in Fiandreau, are look.
ing for Milton Smith, a local farmer,
who has departed for parts unknown,
leaving behind him his wife and two
children, said to be in very poor cir.
cumstances.
A bequest of s50,00e for the con-
struction of a girls dormitory at Sioux
Falls college is contained in the will
of Mrs. Josephine Martin Glidden, who
died a few days ago.
Fire destroyed two business build
ings at Claremont, the restaurant of
VIM. o. Underwood, and the Benson
Auto company place Of business.
Dawson county ex-seryice men
have received approximately S36. 900
in cash from the state bonus board,
according to estimates.
The bridge across the White river,
south of Belvidere. is reported to be
near enough completed that it is be-
ing used for travel.
Sioux Falls fire loss during the
yea 1921 totaled but s202. 661 Of
which s143,994 was stock and $751;.
SGT on buildings.
A new municipal skating rink has
been opened in Irene, and skating Is
proving a popular sport both for the
young and old.
Roy Graham, Of Keystone, logger
and teamster, met violent death while
hauling a load of logs to mills.
Huron Elks Lodge No. 444 will oc-
cupy it's new home in the splendid
Elks hotel before March 1.
The Springfield light and power
plant has been placed in the hands OF
a receiver by its creditors.
The community church building at
Geddes "a completely destroyed by
fire.
State Game Warden III. S. Hedrick
states that work will be commenced
within a few days to restore the lodge
in the state game park. This building