The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-12-13

SuCU ldrSe NUMBERS tndl tuey may
glut the market on both these comma
dities and thus lose much of the
possible return for their 1923 crop, &C.
cording TO j. j.. Sullivan, Sioux Falls,
general agent for the Northwestern
railway. Nh. Sullivan declared that
the farmers are selling young and i'm
mature hogs because they do not wish
to keep the corn TO feed them when
they can get the present prices for
their grain. He says hat shipments
of both hogs and corn from South Da-
kota have reached unprecedented fig.
ures during the past few weeks. This
situation, he says, will not only break
the market for both corn and hogs,
but it will seriously decrease the
breeding supply of hogs on the farms
and will likely result in a shortage of
porkers next year
Sioux Falls.-The governors OF
North and South Dakota and Mime
sofa will meet in the very near future
to determine by what method the in.
crease in North Dakota coal rates, &C.
cording to an announcement by Gov.
Nestos. of North Daokta, just received
here, The executive made it known
that he bad sent letters TO Cows, Nc.
Master, of South Dakota, and Preus,
of Minnesota, requesting that they
meet with him, possibly at Fargo, at
a date convenient to them.
Lake P~reston.-To make a profit of
$50 an acre from sweet clover seed
was the experience this season of
Gudmond Odden, a farmer living
southwest of Lake Preston. He had
30 acres sown to sweet clover, and
from this obtained clover seed which
brought him a return of $1,000, ii
having been sold to a seed company at
F%airbault, MINI. The clover averaged
eight and one-half bushels of seed to
the acre, and he received 10 cents per
pound for the seed.
Mitchell.-Dry rot, which has not
been in evidence to any extent in
South Dakota for several years, has
made its appearance this year and
will lower the quality OF the corn in
some sections of the state, grain deal.
ers say They differ in their esti
mates as to the amount of the damage
done, the estimates ranging from 5
to Is per cent.
Huron.-Three county health units
will be established in the state this
winter by the state board CT health
cooperating with the international
board of health, a subsidiary of the
Rockefeller foundations. Minnehaha,
Yankton, Pennington and Beadle our
ties have the first chance.
Pierre.-The state livestock SAM
tary board has just completed a re.
ciprocal agreement with the state OF
Nebraska, by which licensed veterina
rians of one state may practice in the
other without an examination, the Ger
tificate of one state being held goot
in the other.
Canistota.-At a meeting of business
men and citizens 1t was decided to
go ahead with the project to provide
Canistota with a community building
Shares OF stock will be sold to an
amount of $4,000, which it Is thought
will BE ample for the erection of a
building.
Bryant.-The steadily increasing
prosperity Of the farmers of Hamlin
county is shown by the increase In
the deposits Of the 10 banks doing
business in the county. The deposits
show a gain of $26,027 in a period OF
only a little more than three months
Sioux Falls.-The state supreme
court denied a rehearing in the case
of George w. Egan, a prominent dis
barred attorney OF Sioux Falls, who Is
under sentence Of two years m the
Sioux Falls penitentiary for making a
false claim for fire insurance.
Sioux Falls.-The Woodman lodges
Of South Dakota are engaged in a live.
ly contest for the state banner, which
is to be given the Woodman camp
which obtains the largest number OF
new members during the year ending
December 81 next.
Miller.-It is expected Judge Mo.
Nenny, OF Deadwood, will come to
Miller about January / to hear argu-
ments for a new trial in the case oi
A. j. Ferguson, of Miller, who last
March was convicted of killing his
wife.
Custer.-More than 100 bushels OF
pine cones gathered in this locality,
are being threshed at the United
States forest service extraction plant.
The seeds so secured will be used to
reforest denuded timber land.
Onida.-A luncheon club known as
the Oneidas has been organized here
along lines similar to the Kiwanis
club. The club will meet once each
month in regular session,
New Underwood.-Forty babies, &C.
companied by their mothers, attended
the baby clinic here recently which
was n Of the largest ever held in
Pennington county.
Philip.-A new speedometer for
small cars. operated from the drive
shaft instead of from the front wheel,
has been perfected by Dick Williams,
OF Philip.
Mellette Steps to effect a merger
Of the two congregations have been
taken by members of the Presbyter.
ian and Methodist churches In this
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