The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-12-13
NEWS Of The STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pierre.-Apparently the precinct
proposal meetings did o call out any
heavier vote this year than in former
years, except in towns where there
vas a contest staged for representa-.
ives at the county proposal meeting.
he average vote at such meetings is
possibly from five to 10 per cent of
he voters of any ward or precinct, ex.
.ept in a few special cases where
some one gets busy and gets the
Foters out.
Miller.-The conditions have been
SO favorable that many farmers have
finished husking corn. These used
picking machines and have since sold
hem to others or hired them out. In
iividual hand huskers have made as
high as $40 a day. The price is 10
cents a bUshel in some instances and
an extra good man will husk leo
bushels a day. The yield is 80 to so
bushels an acre. Considerable new
corn is being marketed.
Mitchell Through the efforts of
the South Dakota board of railway
commissioners a number of important
freight reductions have been obtained
for Mitchell since the first of last
April, which are proving of benefit TO
Mitchell jobbers. Other instances in
which lower rates on various com
modities are pending before the
board and further freight reductions
may he expected in the near future.
Milbank.-That the livestock indus
try is taking on new life in this dis
trict is shown by the steady increase
in shipments, especially OF hogs. A few
years ago two carloads per week were
the average shipments from Milbank.
These shipments now have increased
to eight and nine carloads per week, a
continuous flow that brings a substan.
tia amount of money to the farmers
of the Milbank territory.
Newell.-A Newell business man
needed some salt. He ordered a car
load from Lyons, Kan. The invoice
shows it cost $92. The freight
charged from Lyons to Newell amount
ed to 1913, almost three and a half
times the cost of the goods. A wag
lose it's SAVIOR, at that price, and a
substitute would have to be provided.
White Lake.-Graveling operations
have commenced on the stretch of
road between White Lake and Plank.
inton, and when this is completed, the
| C,,gtar Dntt1afia1I hi0huau will hn
graveled from Chamberlain through
to Bridgewater. 1t is expected the
crawling from here to P%lankinton will
be completed not later than February
I.
Highmore.-The post office at Zieg-
Ter, 80 miles north Of this place. will
be discontinued on or about November
80, according to advice received by
Postmaster Carter. Ziegler is one of
the oldest postoffices in this part Of
the state. After December ! mail to
patrons at Ziegler and vicinity will be
supplied out of Seneca or Sedgwick.
S~isseton.-In the. circuit court here
Howard Taylor, OF Missouri, and
Bryan Adams, Of Kentucky, entered
pleas Of guilty to the charge Of at
tempting to attack two Sisseton girls
last summer. and will be sentenced
later. They are each subject to a term
Of not to exceed five years In The
state ~penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
Belle Fourche.-Belle Fourche has
shipped out more than 400 carloads Of
sheep this year, with the prospects
that an additional 100 carloads will be
shipped. This place also has market
ed so carloads of wool, or more than
1000, 900 pounds.
Pierre.-The assignment Of auto
mobile numbers for the different
counties of the state have been made
for 1924. The numbers start On 90
DOL, which goes to Aurora county. and
run to 147-000 which goes to Ziebach
county.
Sioux Falls.-Gertrude Kraemer,
aged 10. whose home was near
Parker, died in a Sioux Falls hospital
after a futile effort to save her life
by amputation of a leg which was in
jured when an auto truck ran ove
her.
Oacoma.-Lyman county this year
produced the greatest corn crop in its
history. The corn acreage of the
county was IS, $50 acres. 1t is esti-
mated that the corn raised this year
totaled nearly 2,O00,0 900 bushels.
Edgemont.-The biggest concrete
Job of it's kind ever undertaken by the
state. the building of the bridge
across the Cheyenne river. hear this
city, will be in the hands of a Sioux
Falls contractor.
Brookings.-Plans are being laid by
the Commercial club OF Brookings for
its first annual corn show, which will
be staged at the high school gymnas
ium early in January.
Iroquois.-Work was completed Oh
the new graded state highway between
~Iroquois and Cavour, the work having
been in progress since last spring.
Belle Fourche.-Odd Fellows here
have organized an encampment with
AZ charter members.
Sioux Falls.-Dean Early. IS years
of age, died in a local hospital from
wounds received when he was acct
dentially shot in the liver Will, him