The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-29
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western Newspaper rninn Nexs serx,.

Sufoa NeWs S0vEA
Sioux Falls.-Gasoline went on sale
~ the state pe%nitentiary here at l6
cents a gallon. under Instructions OF
Gov. w. II. McMaster. who ordered
the state highway depot at Mitchell
10 sell 1t at the same price. indie.
pendents n the Standard Oil com
pany are selling gasoline in South
Dakota for Is cents. GEORGE Dan.
forth, attorney for independent deal
ers' has started an investigation OF
the governors action and will try 20
stop the state competition in retail.
ing gasoline, he announced.
Rapid City.-A program has been
prepared for q g~et-together meeting of
the farmers Of Pennington county,
which will be held in Rapid City on
December 20. The meeting will be
tor the purpose q discussing the
matter OF cooperative marketing, and
II Is expected that as a result the
farmers will form a cooperative
marketing association.
Buffalo.-Farmers and business men
OF Harding county have determined
TO exterminate the gray wolves which
have taken heavy toll OF livestock
in the county during the past few
months. An organized hunt" will be
in the near future. Only
shotguns will be used by the mount
ed hunters and coyotes will not be
bagged.
Rapid City.-According to a Iced
received at the register of deeds
office, Thomas A. Edison has pur.
chased the Bull-Con mining lode two
miles southeast of Keystone, in Penn
ington county. 1t is believed Mr..
Edison is interested in spodumene,
lithium bearing mineral, of which
large deposits are found near Key.
stone.
Sioux Falls.-George w. Egan, of
this city, under two years sentence to
the Sioux Falls penitentiary for max.
ing a false claim for fire insurance,
will ask for a reheariug before the
state supreme court which last month
affirmed he action of the lower
court. according to an announcement
made by one OF his attorneys.
Belvidere.-All former records for
wheat shipments from Belvidere will
be broken during the present wheat
shipping season. One elevator already
has sent 13 cars of wheat to market,
II expects to reach a total OF 40 car
loads-the greatest number ever
shipped from here in a single season
Beresford.-The members Of the
city council have under advisement
the matter of calling a special election
to submit to the voters the question
of changing the city government to
the commission form. A petition ask
ing that such an election be called
was filed with the city council.
Faith.-=Shipment OF 1870 doubledeck
cars Of sheep and IA cars of wool is
the record Of this place for this sea
son. Faith has of late years become
the central sheep and wool section of
the state, a distinction which was
for a long time held by Belle Fourche.
Yankton.-Crossing Of the Missouri
river here on the pontoon bridge will
be resumed within a few days, ii is
expected, with piling used for the APP
proaches to take the place Of several
of the boats which were smashed in
a recent breakup due to high water.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are engaged
in locating the highway running west
from this town towards the Black
Hills. Two plans have been sug-
gested. One would necessitate an
underground ~tresle, the other an
puarhnod railuvau crpaaip0
Mitchell.-Charles II. Eyler. Sioux
Falls, secretary OF the South Dakota
Farmers Grain Dealers association,
has completed arrangements for the
18th annual convention of the organ,
ization which will be held in Mitchell
December 5, 6 and z.
Mitchell.-Turkeys will be more
plentiful this veal than for some
time, according to produce men. and
the price Thanksgiving will be APP
proximately 10 cents a pound lower
thar they were last year.
Deadwood.-The Society Of the
Black Hills Pioneers is backing the
movement to raise funds and erect a
monument to Mrs. Annie d.. Talent,
| the lIbt WultO oiio W SoSaS s"N
Black Hills.
Piankinton.-The holding Of an
other annual farmers institute In
Plankinton was decided upon by the
members Of the community club. The
dates selected are December IL and
~.
Murdo.-The farmers of this dis
trict have struck a bonanza In alfalfa
seed. Two carloads have been
shipped recently oinging from IS to
40 cents a pound.
Elkton-Poisoned moonshine liquor
is supposed to have caused the death
Of Frank Kalousek, who was found
dead in bed at his home by his
brother-in-law.
Rapid iCty.-Mr. and Mrs. Horatio
N. Chapman, in Rapid Valley. have
just celebrated the 50th anniversary
OF their marriage.
Oldham.-A lodge Of Eastern Stars
has been instituted here.
Madison.-With a gas engine and
gravel screener installed in the
county gravel pit, the county expects
to start distributing gravel on the
Meridian highway south in q short