The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13

Mr.. Weineger put down a well for
Messers Utz ard Scrivens. just back
of their residences this week.
The Abourezk Store will have a
good line of new up.to-date suits and
Christmas goods. i34tad
Dabney Miller this week had well
put down in his back yard. Mr..
wsineger did the job.
Why not send the PIONEER to the
folks back home fora year as Christ
mas gift' They would appreciate it.
c. f. Kell. States Attorney elect,
of White River, was in town Wednes-
day night. He was on his way to
Winner
Fred and c. d. VonSeggern of
Gregory, were in Wood. Monday and
Tuesday looking after their business
interests here.
Dallas Shaw and family were a
mong those from here who attended
the Walker-Prue wedding Wednesday
at Oak Creek.
Santa Claus has certainly establish
ed headquarters at the Draper Mercan
tile Co., store. Gifts for everybody
can be found on display there.
What will get her for Christmas ?"
The problem is easily solved if you
will inspect our large display of gift
goods. Draper Mercantile Co.
If you are interested in buying a
REIMBURSEMENT near the best town in
the best part of Mellette county write
the First State Bank, Wood, S ID.
Mrs. Maxine Crosby who has been
visiting with relatives and friends
in Trip county for more than week
past, returned to Wood, Saturday.
Mike and Tom Richardson who has
a claim six miles south east OF here
left Saturday for Norfolk, Nebraska,
where they will visit their parents.
Mrs. Rev. Yonvoltenberg passed
through here Wednesday enroute
from Ainsworth, Nebraska to White
River, where she will join her husband
q. A. Powers and wife of Murdo,
stopped in the city Thursday night.
They were on their way home from
Burke where they had been visiting
with friends.
G. w. Wilson and wife who spent
Thanksgiving with his parents at
Colome, returned inc first of the week
His wife will visit ut Colomc for a
couple of weeks yet.
We enjoyed very pleasant call
from Rev. Alec Russell, the Congre-
gational minister at Carter. Rev.
Russell will preach here every second
Sunday at the school room hereafter
1t showed all day last Thursday,
and Saturday night it showed some
more, but we are again having fine
weather. The actual precipitation of
the two SHOWS amounted to about
three tenths of an inch.
I. G. McGilvera returned from
Draper, Tuesday evening, where he
had beer for two weeks. We under
stand he has concluded to move his
entire stock of goods to Wood and
center all his business energies here.
Easter falls on March % next year,
aud Lent commences February IL.
This is the earliest date for Easter
and the commencement of Lent since
the year 1918. IAN early Easter
means an early spring" So mote it
| be.
The parcels post does not go into
effect until January LIST, but judging
from the number of packages recciv.
ed at the Wood post Office in the
mails one would imagine that the
parcels post was already in full force
and effect.
In our last issue we neglected to
mention the departure OF G. r. I'm
thank and wife, father aud mother of
Mrs. G. H. Sherman, who had been
here visiting for several weeks. Mr..
Unthank returned to their home at
Millboro, while Mrs. Unthank went to
Richmond, Indiana, to the bedside Of
! her oldest son who Is critically i'll.