The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-13
Plans for Mitchell's improved

for an expenditure or $il,OVV' Aho
plans are awaiting the approval OF
| City Engineer Sid Smith and it is ex'
pected that construction OF the new
power house and the sinking or nVe
| new soft water wells will be begun
early next spring. The new plant VIII
consist Of a modern pumping station
4S by 100 feet in dimension. The
plant will be equipped with q new
125-horse power boiler to supplant the
present one Of the same capacity. A
new pump will also be added to the
equipment to increase the pressure
needed for fire protection. An once
for the superintendent OF the plant
will be fitted up in the same building.
The five new wells will be able 10
furnish at least 1000, 900 gallons or
water each day. The decision to erect
the new water plant follows a long
fight between two factions in the city
for the past five years or more. Bonds
were voted to the sum OF 100000 IL
a recent election after a previous cam
paign had resulted in the defeat or
Liz upRoL ISAo vi IA
Because the element Of fire protection
was not stressed sufficient, it is be-
lieved, the first bond election failed.
MitchelPs city water Is acknowledged
to be poor and 1t Is expected that a
much better quality will be obtained
by digging the new and deeper wells.
Whether or not betrothal bonds will
secure the payment OF $4,000 from a
war risk insurance will be decided by
the federal government In the case N
a young woman who was engaged to
Jesse Christianson, q Black Hills sol.
der who died in IN army camp during
the recen influenza epidemic. In a
letter to the girl written shortly before
his death Christensen declared that
he found that regulations forbade him
leaving his insurance policy to her be.
cause she was not his wife and was
not otherwise related. He added,
however, that he had made his
policy payable to his estate and
willed the estate to her. A govern
ment official recently investigated the
matter, but has made NJ report as
yet.
An ordinary cottontail rabbit sour
rying across a cornfield came near
causing the death OF Lincoln Feltman,
a young farmer in Brule county. Felt
man was operating a corn husker in
the field, and when the rabbit started
out In front Of the machine the young
man threw an ear of corn at the fee.
ing bunny and in this lost his balance
and fell directly in front OF the ma
chine and was caught in the husking
rollers and drawn into the machine,
but his bulk was too large to be drawn
completely into the gear and the ma.
chine was stopped by his body wedg.
ing into the rollers in such a way
that while he was badly squeezed and
bruised no serious damage resulted.
The federal board for are OF dis.
charged soldiers is asking for CO.
operation of the states in the organ
ization Of community boards In every
city to aid the returning soldiers in
securing employment. Further it is
urged that each state send a repre-.
sentative to each Of the camps at
which a large number of, state troops
are located to give them the informa.
ton as to where to go in their home
states to secure employment In case
such Is not available at their old home
town location. The whole is intend.
ed as unification of the different plans
under way in this direction for the
benefit Of the soldiers.
The dairy department Of State col
lego at Brookings will hold it's special
creamery short course January 6 to
March 13, 1919, for the purpose of
training butter makers and
operators. The course will be offered
with the cooperation of the veterin.
airy n agronomy departments of the
college and will include the following
subjects: Factory operation, testing
milk and it's products, dairy bacteriol-
ogy, dairy arithmetic and creamerv
bookkeeping, creamery mechanics.
dairy laws, dairy farm
agronomy-raising feeds for dairy cat.
tie and veterinary Northumberland
Of dairy cattle.
The first prize offered by the inter.
national live stock exposition at Chi
cago for the best carload of feeding
steers from the northwest district Of
the United States, was awarded IA
Magness Bros, Of st. Lawrence. 8. u,
The showing comprised 20 head which
averaged a little more t.ian 500 hounds
In weight. The yearlings were p,,rs
bred Herefords, sired by bulls from
the Twentieth Century stock farm OF
Thomas J. Hartnett, of Jackson. Neb
n raised by Frank Yoder, OF Yves.
sington, S. ID.
The usual winter epidemic amone
cattle. commonly known as the corn.
stalk disease, has made it's appearance
In herds belonging to Beadle county
farmers. Veterinarians say, however.
that the disease is by no means as
serious as in past year.
State Superintendent CT Instruction
Shaw has called a conference of All
county superintendents of the state