The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-13

Tor INV construction is Delng ap
piled Immediately on the road cor
struction program, according to
Robert l.. D~evereaux senior highway
engineer of the United States bureau
of public roads in this state. The
federal aid allotment for this year
amounts to S I,094,SS5 and will be ap-
piled at once to the road building
program owing to the fact that the
state has an equal amount of high.
way funds available for use this year
Pierre.--Publ.c auctions OF lands on
the Cheyenne river and Standing
Rock reservations are being urged.
The general plan of selling Indian
lands is by sealed bids, with a mini.
mum price fixed. Each bidder placing
his figure at any amount he cares to
go over the minimum, and many sales
are made at just the minimum fixed.
The plan asked is that the sales be
on open bids above the minimum, and
it is urged that such sales are likely
in many cases to bring a higher price
for the lands than would be secured
uhuSi tAS SCpiSu II pan.
CastlewOod.-A report of the finan.
cial condition of Hamlin county just
made shows the county is in very
good condition. During the past few
years Hamlin county has kept with,
in the safety zone. The county com
missioners have taken up and paid
$4,000 worth of courthouse bonds,
and the money for taking up $4,000
more of the bonds, due next year, is
on hand. During the past few years
the county has kept on a cash basis
County taxes for this year were re
duced $4,000.
Pierre.-ln the case of First Ma
tional bank, of WATERFOWL. VS.. r. l.
Eddy, county treasurer, which came
to the supreme court from Cooling ON
county with the treasurer as appel
| ant, the lower court was affirmed. In
this case. which was a test one and
which will apply to other banks as
well as to the particular n which
brought in the action, the holding in.
effect is hat banks are entitled to the
same tax rate on bank stock as is
the individual on moneys and credits
Belle Fourche.-With the %opportuni
ty now confronting the farmers Of the
irrigated district to get a most at
tractive price for. their sugar beets
this year and the further assurance
just received of a sugar refinery be
ing located here before the close OF
1925, no doubt remains that every pos
sible acre suitable for this crop will
be working overtime this summer.
VermilIion-An investigation Of
retail bread prices in South Dakota
by the state food and drug depart
ment at the request of the bureau OF
standards of the u. s. department OF
commerce, shows the prevailing
price for the pound loaf to be 10
cents and for the - oGnce loaf, IL
cents. In a very few cities, the pound
loaf may be bought for s cents.
Oacoma.-The first willow riprap
ping ever to be done in connection
with a state highway in South Dakota
has been completed in this vicinity
" pIOtSNt Il hlSH"u g OitOA ms Oh
! coma from being encroached upoD by
the waters OF the Missouri river. The
state contract for the ri%prapping OF
the highway called for $500 yards OF
willow liprapping.
Winner.-State highway No. so
running east and west through the
Rosebud will be greatly improved this
spring. Already there are workmeD
at the task Of blasting out rock and
piling them in preparation for crush.
ing in the spring. Eighteen miles be
tween Carter and Winner is to be
covered with crushed rock.
Pierre.-An ambargo IN livestock
shipments originating in or passing
through California prohibiting theii
entrance into South Dakota, has been
issued by A. Z. Beaumont, secretary
Of the livestock sanitary board, follow
ing definite advices from Washington
of an outbreak Of cot and mouth dis
ease in California.
Custer.-Reading is n of the
greatest pleasures Of inmates of the
South Dakota sa%nitorium for tuber.
Culosis here, and Mrs. A. G.. Covert
librarian of the institution, sends
word to the people Of South Dakota
that more books are needed In order
70 keep the shelves filled with inter
esting literature. ...
P!erre.-Farmers of Day county
have been paid $169,775.15 haii in
surance for losses in 1922 arising
from 1883 individual claims.
Presho.-A population census taken
here Dec. Is and prepared for pub.
LEGATION shows that there are 703 IN
habitants, as against 626 in the 1920
ensUs.
Colome:-Tripp county ranks THIRD
in the amount of corn raised duriHs
1923, being surpassed by Minnehaha
with a yield Of $500, 900 and Charles
Mix with 5000, $50 bushels and Tripp
oming In third with 5,757 ,e9eE bushels
and Gregory county sixth with $751;,
900 bushels.
Brookingss--In the eight COW test.
ing associations OF South Dakota, Jan
uary tests were reported on 2,262
cows. 225 of which produced more
than 40 pounds of butterfat during
the month, according to- records COM
piled at State colleges ri.
neutrality-suspicious. increase in
consumption OF gasoline in the state