The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-03
NEWS OF The STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

order here. The state Grand lodge
now has granted a ~dispensatiun for
the organization OF a new lodge, aud
under this the lodge will be conduct
ed until April 50. next, when appli-
cation for a charter will be filed with
the state Grand lodge The new lodge
will be known as Hamlin lodge. and
permanent quarters now are being
fitted up.
ParKcr.-As q result OF action taken
by the Parker Kiwanis club when
they appointed a committee TO get
the Parker business men and farm
ers of the vicinity interested in gray
cling the two roads to the two Parker
cemeteries, a number OF men Of Par.
ker and community gathered with
teams or shovels and went through
with the project.
BrOOkings-South Dakota is on the
eve of a pronounced influx OF rural
home seekers, according to indica-
lions which in all respects duplicate
those of the unprecedented popula.
ton boom of 1880 and 1881, Irwin u.
Aldrich, state commissioner of i'm.
migration, asserted here at a confer
ence of the South Dakota Commercial
club secretaries.
Deadwood.-Gold is not the only
thing being shipped from the Black
Hills. From the valleys surrounding
the. Black Hills shipments of pure
bred hogs are being sen to eastern
markets and are bringing the ranch
ers large sums OF money. ST. Onge
and wildwood are the centers Of
these shipments.
Sioux Falls ,-Beuuests amounting to
about 800 900, according to a will
filed in the probate cOurt here are
left by Neils Peter Okesen to Miss
Matilda Kringsberg, a nurse, while
the will provided that a brother of
Okeson should receive 81, n Of his
sisters 81 and a sister at. Seattle,
Washington $40.
Parker.-With the coming of winter
steps are again being taken TO organ
ize a boys band at Parker. A similar
move was made last winter. hut not
much was accomplished. However,
since the city of Parker has appro
priated money for the purpose, some
of the citizens are urging the organ
iZation. y
Edgemont.-A movement has been
inaugurated by several country
school districts near here to e 'ect a
consolidation. At present there are
seven schools in the district to be
consolidated, with a total of about 30
pupils. The expense Of maintaining
these schools is about $4,000 per
year.
Dell Rapids.-Burt Sanders, a ten,
ant on a farm sast of Dell Rapids, has
finished harvesting a crop of pop
cor which he put in last spring, and
finds that the crop paid him a profit
Of $50 per acre for the acreage de
voted to the pop corn. The crol
brought him the sum OF $4,000.
PieTre.-The campaign committee
OF the Congregational church at d
recent meeting took definite steps
toward securing the necessary funds
and financing the construction of q
new church building by that Congre
CATION, the work being laid out for
the present year.
White.-Fed Polzin, 40, deaf mute
automobile mechanic, employed in a
garage at White, is dead as the re
suit OF a new automatic revolver be
ing accidentally discharged when the
family dog p~layfully leaped upon him
as he was returning 10 his home after
testing the gun.
Hot Springs.-In order that the
womcn of western South Dakota may
have representation in the next leg
isIature, a campaign has been inaugu,
rated for the election OF Miss Jessie
Martin, OF Hot Springs, to that body
Mitchell.-An increase of more
than a third n the business Of the
Farmers Union exchange here was
reported for the past year over 1922
at the annual meeting Of the stock
holders.
Rapid city. A. Hauge, Box Elder
rancher, was killed by being thrown
from a load OF hay. His chest was
crushed, apparently by being stepped
IN or kicked by one % the horses.
.Clark.-The dates OF January s, 8
10 and IL, have been selected az the
time for the annual Clark county
poultry show, which will be held in
this city.
Sioux Falls.-W. z Madden, a
ira "eling man of Huron, was instant
ly killed when the auto he was driv
ing went in the ditch near Dell
Rapids.
IIuron.-The family OF Henry
Thompson, Is miles north Of Yale
Is worried over the disappearance OF
Mr. Thompson and his son here.
Marion Fire which swept a part
Of the business district OF Marion
caused damage and loss Of about
$4,000.
yankton.-Two spans OF the Nerd
Ian highway bridge across the Mis-
souri river here are In place, and
steel for the third is on the ground OF
enroute here There are seven spans
altogether. and all of tn steel |.
scheduled 10 arrive by the middle o,
January.
Observation-Disclosures TO resurface