The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-05-24
Occurrences Of the Week From
All Over the State.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS
Events Chronicied In Brief Form In
Order to Facilitate Their
Rapid Perusal.

The ambition of Dawson county is
to build up its Red Cross chapter to
1000 members.
The recruiting Office at Lennon
has been closed and those In charge
have returned to Mobridge.
Governor Norbeck is requesting all
state departments to stamp the out
going mail with the legend, Buy a
liberty loan bond"
The completion Of the organization
of a Red Cross chapter took place at
Hecla when fifteen new members were
added, bringing the membership up to
more than seventy.
Arlington has decided, on account
of the war, to have no baseball team
this year and the Tri-County league.
of which Arlington was a member,
therefore will not be reorganized.
Pukwana township has set q new
good roads mark for that territory by
deciding to purchase traction engines
and graders to maintain the roads
Each of the eighty-one farmers of the
township owns an automobile.
The state equal suffrage organiza-
tion has notified the governor that ii
is ready to take up any work required
of it in the war situation and is sub
ject to call for any duty which may
be required of it by the governor.
Charles Sanders of Plankinton is
believed to have established South
Dakota record for returns from . ship
ment Of live stock from one feed
patch when he sold fourteen cars IS
cattle and ten OF hogs for e5A,s ,s16.
Farmers have been rushing their
spring work, but on account Of the
lateness of the season the wheat acre
age will be small. In place Of wheat
the acreage of potatoes. beans. corn
and fodder crops will be increased.
H. Wakes has been brought back
from Arkansas to face the charge of
causing his wife's death in Bonhomme
county last February. 1t is alleged
that shortly after his wife died
Wakes went to Arkansas and mar
ried.
Mayor George w. Burnside of Sioux
Falls has ordered that no sales of ex
plosives or firecrackers will be al
lowed in Sioux Falls after June 1.
The idea is to conserve all explosives
for war uses and to avoid fire danger
on July 4.
Louis Larson of Mobridge met with
a serious accident while employed as
a brakeman. Slipping in some way
his foot was drawn under the wheel
of a freight car. He was taken to the
Mobridge hospital, where 1t is thought
the injured foot can be saved from
amputation.
By unanimous vote the members Of
Cavalry Troop M of Webster, which
recently was mustered into the serv
ice of the state and nation, have
elected the following as officers of the
troop: Captain, Lewis w. Bicknell;
first lieutenant, R. w. Pitsor; second
lieutenant, w. A. Arthur.
Probably the largest assemblage
ever gathered in the Black Hills re-
gion took part in the Loyalty day ex-
ercises at Deadwood on May 16. A
parade in which approximately 5000
persons participated marked the eel
ebration. During the demonstration
twenty-one guns were fired. Later
mass meeting was held.
Crop conditions are exceedingly
good in the vicinity of Watertown. In
many sections small syndicates have
been organized and beans and pota-
toes, wartime" products, will be
raised on a large scale. The labor
situation has not been serious. While
there is an evident shortness d help
most farmers have been able to get
along by working extra hours
A number of the ladies Of Pierre
have formed themselves into knit
ting club to knit articles Of wear for
the soldiers, these to be Of class
and character which is approved by
the war department. Several ladies
had secured the necessary instruc-
tions and begun work on the individ-
ual initiative and from this start the
work is to be pushed with organized
effort back of It.
Charles I. Howe, who hes been ex-
aminer in charge Of the old Meade
County bank for several years. has
rendered his resignation and Robert
Muckler, who has been In charge Of a
bank at Bryant for the department,
goes to Sturgis to look after the af-
fairs of the Meade County institution.
The affairs of the Bryant bank will be