The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-04-03

VIA MlSoiOh, MAI ilu anu Il luS htuS5.
If the proper financial support is CIV
en- the trail will go from Canton to
Worthing, Lennox, Chancellor, thence
to Parker and west past Marion to
Freeman, Memo, Trip, belmont,
Geddes and Wheeler.
Sioux Falls.-Bachelor residents OF
the village of Moe, and bachelor
farmers Of the surrounding district,
fearing the raids of young m
seeking husbands during the present
leap year, met at Moe and organized
a bachelors snion, the members
pledging themselves not to succumb
to the pleadings Of any young women
to their acquaintance who take ad.
vantage OF their leap-year privilege to
propose.
Webster.-Resident of Day, Mar.
shall, Roberts and Grant counties are
protesting against the practice OF the
state fish and game department in
SEEMING the game fish fry from the
lakes in these counties for the pur.
pose of stocking lakes in other
sections of the state, ~contending that
the fish in these lakes belong to the
people IF this section who have been
responsible for their planting here.
Huron.-With a brand ley carnival
company, a new fireworks program.
new free acts and al evenings pro.
gram entirely new and novel for South
Dakota big Broadway musical
revue brought dinect from New York
this years state fair attractions
promise the residents of South Dakota
a program that will be ~unequalled in
interest this fall.
Fort Pierre.-A growing number OF
Stanley county farmers are consider
ing the poultry marketing business
with renewed interest following - a
demonstration by A. A. Ulmet, farmer
near here. who devoted his efforts to
capons and found that these birds
last season brought him triple the net
return realized from the other fowls
marketed.
ton Of a monument to Mrs. Annie
Talent, the first white to en-.
ter the Black Hills following the dis
covery of gold, is growing rapidly and
within a short time the entire fund
will have been subscribed, so the
work of manufacturing the monument
may be started this spring.
Okaton.-This part of western
South Dakota, Notwithstanding tina,
the season yet is ear'S, already is
receiving a large number Of new set
tiers, who are locating on farms in the
Okaton district. Many of these come
from surrounding states, where farm
land is much higher in price than In
this part of South Dakota. ,
Yankton.-His right arm amputatet
at about the elbow, George Cooley
Bon Homme county youth who wa!
found guilty by a jury in circuit cour'
at Tyndall of completely in the muf
der Of Mrs. John Mudloff, at Tabor
in January, 1928, died in g local hos
pital after fighting a desperate battle
with blood poisoning.
Parker.-That there is lots Of ready
money in eggs and poultry is evidelc
ed by facts and figures available here
From January l to March l. this year
the Parker Produce company shipped
four carloads of eggs to eastern
manifestation eggs all raised II
this immediate vicinity.
Wasta.--FlOyd Muckler and Pau
Gillian are authorities for the state
ment that ii Is not safe to thaw Oh
a frozen gasoline barrel by. building
a fire under it. They tried 1t a few
days Ago., and when the barrel burstet
they we're hurled a considerable dis
lance but not seriously injured, al
though bruised.
Alexandria.-The voters Of Alex
andria, at the annual city election il
April, will have submitted TO then
the question of the city taking owe,
the pdblic library, which for about II
years or more has been operated b!
almost a dozen women of the city.
Yankton.-Work is in progress OF
the falsework for the final span of TIT
Missouri river bridge here. Steel II
SClhS uooOIiIDlCu oh u oDALH dh'
next to the last span Completion o
the steel contract is promised in April
MISUNDERSTANDING will decid'
whether or not the commission form
Of government, now in use here, will
he retained or whether the alder
manic form shall be adopted. at a spe
cial election on March %.
Hitchcock.-Over $500 worth o
silk bolt Goods, silk stockings ant
hose, shoes and other dry goods ant
clothing were stolen from the farm
ers' cooperative store here.
Colman.-A large number OF farm
ers and townspeople staged a gravel
ling" bee in Coiman, during which
number of blocks OF streets wer'
covered with gravel.
Lead.-Elaborate preparations art
being made for the annual meeting q
members of the Black Hills Rod an
Gun club. which will be held In Lea
on April Z.
ACCOMMODATIONS klansmen showet
their activity in this locality wheI
they burned a large cross In the hear
Of the city.