The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-04

TO those who look after legislative
matters, and under existing circum
most likely candidates for that place
stances il is safe to say that the two
are X. o. Frescoln, Of Trip county,
and George b. Otte, of Clark county.
This Toes moi mean that there will
not be other candidates for the place,
but these two apparently stand out
as the most probable at the present
time.
Brookings.-South Dakota soil lie
rich in plant food for growing crops,
It is indicated by the tests made on
25S, $40 acres of land surveyed and
tested under the direction Of Prof. ].
G.. Hutton. of the agronomy depart,
ment az State college. Since 1918
complete surveys have been made in
Beadle. McCook, Union and Grant
counties and $50 square miles of
eastern Lyman, eastern Jones and
southern Stanley counties also have
been tested.
Mitchel.-Mitchell school authori-
ties have just completed a search for
$50 youthful residents of the city
within the compulsory school age. who
did not report at school when the
work started this fall. |. T. Lothrop,
city truant officer, is the official In
vestigator, and under his direction
1877 of the $50 missing pupils have
been located.
Buffalo Cap. e. Emick returned
to Buffalo Gap after taking a carload
of horses to Arkansas for sale. While
on his trip he was in a train wreck,
vas held up on account of the strike,
and when he arrived at his destination
he was forced to sell his horses for
about 50 a head. He realized enough
on his car of horses to pay his fare
home.
Huron.-Plans are being made by
the officers and directors for the first
annual meeting of the Automobile
Trades Association of South Dakota,
which will be held at Sioux Falls.
January Is, according to an announce.
ment issued here by o. M. Phelps,
president of the association.
Pierre.-The state received in in.
h%eritance taxes during the first nine
months of the year, with the reports
Of Is counties not received, $179, 591
from South Dakota estates, and
s23. l60 from nonresident estates.
according to the annual report Of the
state tax commission.
Yankton.-An order was issued by
Judge r. B. Trip in circuit court
here directing the county auditor and
clerk to make a recount OF ballots
cast in the recent election to settle
the contest between Gilbert Larson
and Hardy Carlson, candidates for the
state legislature.
Beresford.-The dates for the Beres.
ford farmers institute have been set
as January IL, 10 and 10. at which
time 1t is arranged that a poultry
show and a corn show will also be
held. January rs, 26, and ~ are the
dates for both the Aleester and Elk
Point Institutes.
Chris. Kovaceyich, a business man
OF Terry, was defrauded Of 1896 in
cash by the ancient boy" swindle and
two well dressed and smooth talking
Siavonians. the perpetrators Of the
fraud, have disappeared. The Black
Hills officers now are striving TO To-
cate them.
Chancellor.-A large number Of
residents OF. Chancellor have signed q
petition asking the town council to
authorize the issuance OF bonds of
$4,000 for installing an electric sys-
tenn, so the town can be provided with
electricity for lighting and power pur
poses.
Mitchell.-A plan for utilizing the
waste power at the Mitchell water
works for generating electricity for
the municipal buildings in Mitchell
and for the streets lighted by the or.
namental lighting system is being in
~vestigated by the city administration
Pierre.-The elevators and ware
houses Of the state handled for the
year end ing May j last, S0,311, 355
bushels Of grain of all kinds. OF this
19.6S0,9 $40 bushels were wheat and
flax and e0,630.3 1856 other kinds OF
grain.
Madison.-A local ice company has
lined mp ice cutting machinery on the
north shore Of Lake Herman and is
ready to start the ice harvest as soon
as the ice has frozen in the lake to a
thickness of Is or 16 inches.
Aberdeen.-Private advices received
here by . local residents report hat
oil was struck i'm the Davis well, four
miles northeast of Lennon. Oil be,
gan flowing at the 1,450 foot level.
Pierre.-There is a move on foot in
the sttae to obtain from the next
legislature an amendment to the
South Dakota bad check law, which
viii make it Of some value."
Britton.--Falling from the spring
seat on a three box grain wagon, Mrs
o. N. Olson OF Britton, was instantly
killed when the wheel 90 the loaded
wagon passed over her neck.
Lestervilie.-Joe Tozcek, 35, Of Les
| ~terville. was almost instantly killed
when his automobile turned over
north OF Lesterville. His back was
| broken.
Dallas.--The Dallas hotel, the first
hpilH;uo arocfod haro ond The foraav