The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1915-10-22


Total precipitation for 1913 1886
Total precipitation for 1914, 1851
FRED &. kIRCH, Observer.
Mr.. Wilsey of Todd county passed
through town last Thursday. and he
told Us that when he was coming
through the gate on the east side of
George Leightons place about four
o'clock that afternoon he smeiIed fire,
and on going few yanls farther he
discovered small prairie fire Just
starting. En pulled his coat and
commenced fighting the blaze, and
was soon joined 10y George Leighton
and they succeeded finally in subdue
ing the flames before they got under
much headway and in that way pre-
vented what might haye been a very
disasterous prairie fire, as there was a
pretty strong south west wind on
that date. How the fire originated is
a mystry as no one was in sight. Peo
pie cannot be to careful about fire
this fall, as there is an extraordinary
heavy growth of grass, and should Il
big fire ever get started, with strong
wind, it would be ALMOST impossible
TO check it and it would undoubtedly
do an immense amount Of damage.
The people in the Pure Water Dis
trict certainly owe Mr.. Wilsey and
Mr.. Leighton vote of thanks for
their timely and heroic work last
Thursday.
We this Week received letter from
X. A. Richards, father of the Rich.
ards primary law, in which he states
that be hopes to receive decision
from the supreme court of the state
as to whether CT not the primary law
passed by the last Legislature will
take the place of his law enacted by
the people at the election in 1912. He
of course is of the opinion that the
courts will sustain his law, and if his
surmise should be correct, he says
that all those who have not registered
in their respective precincts by No
vember | viii be compelled to 60 to
the county seat OF their county to reg
lister if they desire to vote at the pri-
marry eletApn under the provisions Of
his Law No effort is being made to
get voters registered under the pro
visions of the Richards law, and
should the supreme court sustain his
law many would No doubt be dis
franchised from voting at the primary
early next spring. He Informs us
that he expects decision within ten
days.
Sheriff Stone was down from White
River We'd pesday with warrant for
Felix Roubideaux, charging him with
the crime of forgery. Roub.deaux
had left the day before for St. Fran
els and the sheriff went there to make
the arrest. 1T appears that Roubi-
deauX obtained one of G. Abourezk's
business checks and wrote out a
check for 81 80 in favor Of himself and
forged Abourezk's signature to the
check. The check was cashed at
Cody.
The bridgemen have completed
their work on the bridge at Jim IRON
healts, thaj spans Oak Creek. This
bridge was wrecked by the high
waters last Spring. We understand
that the road will be fixed along this
line and itawiIl probably be made the
main road between here and Carter as
it will shorten the distance several
miles.
The bridge gang that hes been
workinsnar he Jim Irpnheart bridge
for the st month passed through
town " srday on their way to West
over whee they will do some work
Cn White river,
Just as,an experiment, suppose you
givea happy smile and cheers Il
greeting to every person YOU meet -
morrow, and by night you will Nee
corroboratng evidence of your 0"
Identity.
j. G. Welniger of Carter was tr
acting business in town Wednesd,
and shakeing hands with old friend
The brapd of weather we have be
getting the past few days cannot
Iequaled anywhere else on earth.