The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-31
NEWS OF The STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Ne"elL.-Ine newell depot contrO-
Versy finally is settled. The North.
western depot is located some dis.
lance from the townsite. Newell has
Deen trying to get the line extended
and the depot moved nearer to the
business portion of the town. So far
the city seemed to have the best of
the legal proceedings but the railroad
company carried the matter to the
supreme court. Recently the railroad
offered a compromise which has been
accepted by the city, thus ending the
case which has been in the courts for
several years. The depot will remain
IN It's present location, but the rail
o company will pay the city 81 600
TO improve the road between the de.
pot and the city.
lsabel.-Although Isabel is situated
In the W part OF the state west of
the Missouri river, the farmers and
ranchers of the district are devoting
a great deal of attention to raising
hogs and other live stock, and are
finding it more profitable than grain
crops alone. In a period of four
months an aggregate of A carloads o.
hogs alone have been shipped from
Isabel, the farmers receiving a total
of SAL ,569 in payment for them.
Okaton.-The dairy industry has
spread rapidly through this part of
western South Dakota. The farmers
and ranchers are realizing good sums
from this ource. One OF them re-
siding two miles from Okaton, dur
ing 1928, received an aggregate OF
$l,O53 for cream shipped during that
period. He MIXED an average of Is
cows daily the year around.
Kadoka.-A remarkable boost in
the production of corn in this terri.
tory has resulted from a yield Of 49,.
900 bushels of sound m~erchantable
corn or a 325 acre field by the Eaton
brothers, a few miles south of here
Estimates show thSt this amounts to
more than the total corn production
in all Washahaugh county in the 81
years prior to 1918. . w
White River.-Efforts now are be-
ing made by the Sioux Indians living
In Mellette county to have the federal
government make them a payment
aggregating aboyt $4,000, the
money to come from the Indians
fund in the United States treasury,
which was derived from the sale of
surplus Indian lands in the county.
Custer.-The federal forest office
here has received authority from the
national forest service to permit the
grazing OF $4,000 head of cattle and
horses and 1890 head OF sheep on the
Harvey national forest in the Black
Hill in 1924. Last year was the first
that sheep were permitted to Craze in
the Harvey forest.
Yankton.-A promise to have the
Missouri river bridge at Ysnkton com
pleted by the last of April with
reasonable weather conditions. was
given stockholders in the bridge al
their annual meeting by w. l.. Kelley
president of the Kelley-Atkinson Co.
Of Chicago, steel erection contractors
Elk POint.-Union county's birth
rate is On the increase according to
tbs figures for the past year when
there were PIC births against $50 in
1922. Marriages also increased, there
being 245 as compared with 1853 in
the year previous, Deaths In 1923
numbered 113 against "A in 1922.
Artesian.-The board of education
has awarded the contract for the
erection of a new and modern public
school building, which will cost about
$50, The building will be cor
structed of brick. Material will arrive
in a few days, when the work Of con
struction will commence.
Rapid City.-Work OF opening up a
recently discovered cave is progress,
ing rapidly. When opened, a gust OF
wind came from the interior. 1t is
ton with Wind cave or Crystal cave,
or both, as neither have been explor
ed to their limits.
Plankinton.-Owing to the fact that
during the past year the municipal
lighting plant made a good profit for
JIS CITY, inc iIly tOuINII u q
resolution lowering the charges FOR
electricity to consumers in the city
Buffalo.-The school election OF
September %, in which the voters
expressed themselves in favor OF a
consolidated school by a majority OF
one, has been declared null and void
by Judge w. F. Eddy, OF Lennon.
Aberdeen DIR. S. A. Darling, prom
ineat dentist OF this city, was instant
ly killed when the large car he was
driving went over a six foot embank,
meTt one mile south OF town, when he
attempted to make a sharp turn.
Pierre.-The farm labor party as
a new organization. has selected blue
as the color for its primary ballots.
The republican ballots will be white
and the democratic will be pink, as
in former years. o
Hot Springs.-Fire caused by spon.
taneous combustion in the basement
completely destroyed the high school
building here. Only a few type.
writer's were saved
Sioux Falls.-The Sioux Falls Ma.
tional bank, capitalized for st50.00O
one of the oldest banks in South Da.
kota, has been closet. The bank
opened May 1, 1882. Inc december