The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-20
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF TIE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Newspaper Union News Service.

SIOUX allS.-Fea OF an
hard coal strike and a consequent
shortage of fuel for the winter in
most parts of the United States do
not worry the residents of North and
South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana
to the same extent as some years ago,
before the coal of the four
states werC developed. Before the
development of the coal in
the states mentioned they had to de-
pend entirely on the east for their
supplies Of coal. During the past two
or three years, however, there has
been a great development in the use
of Ignite in the four states. At the
present time many of the big cor.
sumers of coal depend upon Ignite al
together. The result is that those who
have become accustomed to using
Ignite are not at all alarmed over any
possible strike condition.
Mllbank.-In accordance with the
result of a special election held here,
when a large majority of the voters
authorized the issuance of bonds of
SIPS 600, early steps will be taken to
utilize the bond issue in increasing
the water supply Of the Milbank mum
icipal waterwOrks system. The bonds
were authorized for the purpose of
piping spring water from Mammoth
springs in the hills west of Twin
Brooks to Mi!bank.
Yankton.-Although located on the
Missouri river, the city Of Yantkon
must look elsewhere for safe swim
ming facilities, and so it is building
a large concrete plunge, so feet wide
and 100 feet long, with shallow water
at one end and deep water at the
other, to accommodate all ages. The
new plunge is located in Trip park,
nearly in the center of the city, and
will be ready for use mex year.
White River.-Now that the town
council of White River has rejected
the bids for harneS sing the Little
White river, with the object of pro
viding the town of White River with
a water supply and power for an
electric light system, it is thought an
arrangement will be made with an in
dependent contracting company to in
stall the plant.
Neutrality-suspicious. Of the differ
end railway mems organizations in
this city have raised a fund and leased
a building in a central location, which
is being converted into I labor hall.
In the new hall, meetings will be held
by members Of the organizations for
the discussion Of such labor problems
affecting them as may arise.
Pierre.-A bitter controversy owe
the location of the first state bridge
over the Missouri river in the Rosebud
territory was settled when the high.
way commission announced that it
had approved the plans of State
Engineer j. f. Kirkham for the cree
ton of the structure at Wheeler.
Miller.-A number of the farmers of
this (Hand) county have this summer
been marketing corr from their 1920,
1921 and 1922 c'ops, having held the
surplus because Of the low prices
which prevailed when they gathered
their corn crops of the three years
mentioned.
Pierre.-The home melon CROP is
making its appearance, the water,
melon being the first to appear on the
market. The cantaloupe crop is re,
ported to be a good one, and the melon
raisers in the DeGrey country are be.
MI, ,f,r 10 yo,, El,i. ny,,,,I ha rynct
Mitchell.-Mrs. Myrtle Carter OF
Mitchell, who, on May 20, shot her
mother, Mrs. Sarah Beutolle, in a fit
of anger, pleaded guilty to first de,
gree m~anslaughter and was sentenced
to Is years in prison by Judge Frank
E. Smith of the circuit court.
Bancroft.-Local elevators since
July l have shipped an aggregate OF
$4,000 bushels of grain. Last year the
elevators shipped a total of nearly
that they will reach the 500, 900 bushel
mark this year.
Sioux Falls.-Jack Syppli, an
escaped convict from the state peni,
Tertiary in this city, has been located
in a Texas prison, according TO in
formation received here by the peni.
Tertiary authorities.
New UndeTwood.~-The body of the
~eight-year-old son of l.. p Wilson
who vas drowned in the Belle Fourche
river when crossing that stream, was
recovered several mil IS from where ii
entered the water.
Bemis.-No trace can be found of
the bandits who entered the combina.
ton store and p~ostoffice at Bemis,
and escaped with about SO. o. in loot,
including stamps and currency.
Quinn.-Work has been started here
on the village waterworks which
when completed, 1t is expected, will of.
fer adequate fire protection to this
place.
Viborg-Little Mildred fund, SIX
years old, was run down and killed on
the outskirts Of Viborg by a driver
from a neighboring town.
Aberdeen.-Tourist travel brought
into the Aberdeen trade territory
$123,545, according to figures just
given out by the Yellowstone Infor
nation bureau, computed from ay
erages which the association has
found to be accurate.
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