The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-16
PURE WATER DISTRICT

south Of Wood.
Bls Nollsch was at Winner last Fri.
day and Saturday on business.
NJ NJ. Hutchens sold bunch Of fat
COWS to Hal Durrn n this week.
Mrs. S. l.. Funk was on the sick
list last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Nancy Schmidt was clerking
at II. b. Hollands store last week.
Martha Kennedy was out and spent
several days on her homestead last
week.
j. A. Segmund soll a bunch of
steers to II. 5. Durrin the first Of the
week.
A. +. Townsend and VI. NJ, Hutch
ems are doing the carpenter work on
the Duarin house.
Henry Heying sold and delivered a
bunch of II head of , year old steers
to Mark Weed last week
The Ladies Society will meet at tie
Happy Hollow church basement
Thursday afternoon and sew for the
Red Or Dss.
5. ). Conrey went to Valentine for
two loads of lumber, for tie Durrin
house this week Captain Hall ac-
companied him.
Fred Schmidt is among those who
are called for service the last of this
month an4 will leave for Camp Fun
StOn about the 26th.
There will be another ice cream So
cial given by the Ladies Society at
the basement Of the church, Friday
night. August Both. Plan to come
and have a good time.
Mrs. f. Graham and children and
II. +. Gillespie are expecting to leave
the last of this week for a ten days
visit with home folks at their old
home in Blanchard, Iowa.
Miss Naomi Gallagher departed last
Friday via Winner, for Bloomfield,
Nebraska for "A visit at the home of
Misses Anna and Alice Lundberg.
She expects TO be gone about two
weeks
The days growing shorter and the
cool weather remind us the summer
is fast going and winter will soon be
here. Have you purchased your sup
ply of coal yet? 1t won't be long un-
til you need it.
Last Tuesday Pete A. Petersen sold
26 head Of three year old steers and
twelve COWS to a party from Carter
for 100000. This is one of the big
gest cattle deals that has taken place
III our district SO far
Misses Nellie and Ruth Houseman
drove to Murdo last Monday, where
they boarded the train for the Black
Hills country, where they will visit
with relatives and friends. They
will be absent about ten days
Mrs. John Bonser is still confined in
the hospital at Valentine where she
was operated on about three weeks
ago. She is slowly regaining her
strength and Mr.. Bonser says he hopes
to bring her he me in about two weeks
Frank limerick bought another
800 acres Of land last week. 1t is the
west half OF 81 and is Joined on the
north by the quarter he purchased of
! A. l.. Groom, some months ago. He
| will soon own and control all the land
in that part of the district.
Mrs. Housemans' father, Ezra Voor
hees and brother, Manley VOORHEES,
and Mrs. John Young arrived last
week and were guests in the House
man home until Monday. They were
SO well pleased with the country they
began looking for a location almost
as soon as they had arrived
Mr.. Conrey and children and Frank
Jarboe we're guests Of the Durrins
| Sunday at dinner, in honor of tie
departure Of Miss Madge Durrin, w 0
II Will NdNC tlIC ldSU Vi IillS NCCh lol
! Altoona, Kansas, where she will be-
| gin nine months term Of school in
the same district She taught in last
term.
That new house being erected on
1 the Durrin RAJ C is nearing compile
tion. 1t is ~ 2G, two story and base
ment. Miss Anna says, Hal is wOr-
rying because it is SO large, but that
| she thinks it is just right. Well at
any rate I'll is will give them the mu II
needed room, they have done " it lCut
\ so long. 1t adds much to the appear
| ance OF their place, and shows they
certainly have great confidence in the
future of the country, They have a.
| bout 50 acres Of fine corn, 20 acres of
| alfalfa, and several acres of small