The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-08-10

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Hoven and going west. The new high
way will connect with one running
north from Gettysburg and will prove
of benefit to about 100 farmers and
all travellers passing through that
district.
Sven Johnson, a 6-year-old boy. Of
Garretson, died from an injury re-
ceived In a peculiar manner. The
lad vas watching a thing machine in
operation and was sitting on a length
Of tile which was standing on end.
The tile tipped over. throwing the
boy to the ground and iniuring his
spine in such a manner as to cause
Inconsistencies at once. and he died
a few days afterwards without regain
ing consciousness.
That striking railway shopmen in
all South Dakota centers are maintain.
ing orderly conduct is the consensus
of reports received from Aberdeen,
W~atertown. Pierre, Mobridge and
Huron. A number of the men have
obtained other work to carry them
over the period of the, strike. No dis
turbances have been reported from
any point.
Forty-eight South Dakota counties
are o included in the list Of those
employing county extension agents.
Meade, one of the latest counties to
make an appropriation for the extern
sion work in agriculture and home
economies, will employ two men be-
cause of the size of the county.
The draining of Prior lake at Woon-
socket, and the SEEMING Of the lake for
carp are now nearing completion, the
SEEMING resulting in tons Of these
game fish destroying pests being re-
moved. Some of the carp seined out
of the lake have weighed as high as
Is pounds.
After being out two hours, the jury
hearing the murder trial OF Clyde
Chambers. at Faulkton, found him
guilty of killing William Y. Monroe on
the night of April %. Judge Hughes
Immediately sentenced Chambers to
life Imprisonment.
Mrs. A. B Meester. of Brookings,
was killed instantly by a live wire
when she went to the cellar of the
butcher shop in which her husband
works. She was found dead with the
wire across her chest and her clothing
on fire.
That hog thieves in the Mellstte
territory are utilizing chloroform in
carrying On their bog stealing opera
tons is the claim Of a farmer living
near Mellette. who reports the theft of
% spring pigs from his place In one
night.
The James river claimed two more
victims when William Ienke, IS years
| old, drowned in a deep hole near
Sentinel. and Ellsworth Whiting, 81.
year-old farmer. lost his life while
swimming 25 miles north OF Huron.
Carl K. Chase, found unconscious in
Huron July Is. apparently from a blow
on the head, and who died following
an operation a week later, was identi.
fled as the son Of Mr. Rose C. Chase,
Of Manhattan, Kan.
The officers and members of the ad.
visory board Of the Old Settlers asso.
citation Of Union county. at a recent
meeting chose Alcester as the place
for holding their 37th annual picnic
on Aug. 20.
Samuel Moncur Of Miller, died as
he result of The automobile accident
north Of Highmore. on July 9, in which
he and several otherNyoung men from
Miller and Highmore were seriously
INJURED.
Watertown voters at a recent
special election authorized the issue
IF $685. 600 bonds for the completion
Of the municipal lighting plant by one
Of the lightest votes on record.
Robert Tolton, rs years Of age. a
member of a bridge crew on the North
western road out Of Fort Pierre, was
"un over and killed west of Fort
Pierre, by a passenger train.
III. e Soleberg, Of Colman, had the
unusual experience Of having a bolt
Of lightning tear off a leg Of the bed
on which he was sleeping, without be.
ing seriously injured.
| george Harris. a RODert county man,
was killed by gas while attempting
70 reach the bottom of a 70-foot well.
while himself and two other men were
digging e well.
Fatally injured by a young colt.
which knocked him down and tram.
pied him. John Foreman. farmer, re-.
siding near Pukwana, died Of internal
INJURIES.
Mrs. Thomas Raines OF Dell Rapids,
was burned TO death while attempting
to kindie a fire in her kitchen range
with kerosene.
Members Of the Plankinton Ameri.
can Legion are preparing for their big
harvest festival to be held Aug. 16. II
and Is.
Jack Lewis, ~10.year-old son Of
George Lewis. OF Sturgis. fell from .
raft on Elk creek and drowned.
Members OF the Centerville Modern
Woodman of America lodge now have
a lodge building of their own.
The ffremen Of the state will get
s46.7S2.S5 as fire tax assistance for
this year.
At a meeting held in Brookings by
representatives Of IL Of the Is banks
in Brookings county what will be
known as the Brookings County Bank.
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