Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-03
South Dakota
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Blakely and Williams, of Gettys-
burg, are preparing to plant a quarter
section in navy beans this year il they
can get the seed
Trip county voted down a propo-
sition to bond the county for 100000
to fund the county debt and $65,0O0
to build court house, at the recent
election.
The Catholics, as q result of several
recent meetings. have decided to
erect in Geddes Catholic school, with
sufficient capacity to accommodate
200 students.
| Jacob Frende, aged GO. unmarried.
was found dead in his bachelor apart
ments in Webster. Death is believed
to have resulted from an attack OF
heart failure or meningitis.
The Elks of South Dakota have pre-
pared an elaborate program OF enter
tainment and side features during
their annual convention at Lead dur
ing the first week in June.
Bristol is organizing modified form
of the old time minute men. Citizens
are banding together to take military
training, and man experienced in
military life has been engaged to train
them.
Maj T.. d. Mossman, of the past
four years in charge Of the Sisseton
Indian agency, has been promoted to
the position of superintendent of the
Fort Peck Indian reservation at Pop
lar, Mont.
The general store of Harley & Mel
son. in Hetland. was entered by
thieves who succeeded in making their
escape with a large quantity Of valu.
able silks. Not the slightest trace of
the thieves can be found.
Prominent business men OF Lake
Norden and farmers of the surround.
ing territory have incorporated a com.
pany and will establish new bank
to be known as the Security State
bank. 1t will have capital Of $4,000
The Douglas County Fair Associa.
ton has been recognized for the
coming year. At the annual business
meeting Of the stockholders the fol-
lowing officers we're elected: Presi
dent, c. Z. Altenburg; secretary-treas
urer, Eli Thomas; speed secretary, T..
Norton.
M. R. Miller, a Perkins county farm
er near Bison, has gone into the reg.
istered cattle business on an extensive
scale. He has just purchased two
bulls, IL cows and five calves, all reg.
istered Herefords, one bull costing
him $1,000, and the cows averaging
$40 each.
The boy scout organization Of
Bridgewater determined to do their
part in the way of production. has
leased two acres of land near town,
which will be planted to beans. the
net proceeds derived from which will
be turned over to the soldier boys
enlisted from Bridgcwater.
A school land sale held at Madison.
Lake county, on April %, surpassed
all previous records. j. T.. Rose, OF
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forty acres north of Madison for 1920
per acre, raw land. One thousand,
four hundred acres were sold for
$3.50, or $68.10 average per acre.
Seven companies of the South Da.
kota national guard have now been
recruited to their full war strength
They are Companies l. of Aberdeen
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Of Redfield, of Rapid City. X OF Lem
mon. and M Of Yankton. Recruiting
will not stop, however, until all the
companies Of the Fourth South Da
kota are raised to their full wal
strength.
A telegram has been received by
Superintendent Leach, in charge Of
Yankton Indian affairs at Washington
ordering the immediate closing of the
government Indian school. which fol
thirty years or more has been one o.
the leading institutions OF Yanktor
Indian agency. The reason for the
closing of the school was stated to b
the failure of congress to make al
appropriation for its maintenance.
F. M. Melin, superintendent of tn,
Aberdeen division of the Milwaukee,
railroad. states the freight car situa
tion has improved but little, II any
with the coming Of spring. The rail
road itself has dumped over 1000 ton
of coal on the ground in Aberdeen
for lack Of storage CT car capacity
and officials are now preparing t
dump between $4,000 and 100000 ton
more of coal at Aberdeen to secur
empty box cars.
Eight young men of Trip have re
turned from Yankton, where they er
listed in Company NJ, of tho Sout
Dakota national guard. A large al
sembly accompanied by the Trip
band turned out to welcome the mer
, Enthusiasm is running high, and man
more enlistments are expected. 1t
. worthy Of note that of the men thu
have enlisted from here all are {
German narontapo and that IN dot