The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
The national board Of fire under

tOr the coming season Is commenced.
If any elevators are found in a con-
dition which would favor fire in any
way they will not be allowed to open
for the handling Of grain until the
risks are removed. Outside this first
inspection a specially close watch will
be kept on all grain elevators in the
state for the next few months, to see
that every possible precaution is taken
to prevent the starting of fires in any
Of these storage houses.
Irrigation systems for some of the
smaller streams in the northwest por~
tion Of the state are being discussed,
the latest plan to be put forward be-
ing the storage Of water on the forks
of the Grand river for use in irriga-
tion OF the valleys Of that stream.
The upper reaches OF the Grand the
Cannonball, Little Missouri and Mo.
reau rivers are all available for such
development and it is only a question
Of time until these streams will be-
developed by use of water stored, in
stead of being allowed to run into the
Missouri and be wasted as an asset
| for crop growing.
Grams Forsell, who for some months
has been serving with a gun crew
with the American troops in France.
according to letter received by his
father, j. T. Forsell, Of Philip, has
| been severely wounded in action.
While the battery was hurrying to the
front the horse he was riding became
entangled with the leaders, and in the
mixup young Forsell received severe
cut on one of his feet. One OF the
horses fell on the foot, smashing it
to such an extent that ii will be nec-
essary for him to spend some time
I'm the hospital.
| The Milbank authorities took into
custody a woman, who claimed Apple.
ton, Mimi, as her home. An examina.
tion disclosed that she was insane and
she now has been taken to Benson,
Mimi, and turned over to the authori-
ties there. She was very bitter in
her anti-American sentiments and
harsh in her criticism of President
Wilson. the Red Cross and the govern.
ment generally, but because Of her
mental condition could not be held un-
der the espionage act.
Several times recently high water
has carried out the spillway at the
.uvnb leeIS pure 'uepIoN sNsT OF lalno
titles OF water and thousands Of fish,
escaped from the lake. Petitions are,
being circulated asking the state game,
and fish warden to take charge of the
matter and have a permanent spill.
way constructed so there will be NO.
further escape Of fish to the more
shallow lakes Of the vicinity, where
they will freeze next winter.
That Webster girls are patriotic is
shown by the fact that seventeen
young women of Webster chartered
two automobiles and drove to the
country where they put in many good,
hard working hours, shocking grain
for farmers. The farmers state the
work done by the girls measured up
very satisfactorily with that perform
ed by the male farm help
The golden wedding anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. White, pioneer
residents, was observed at Beresford.
Mr.. White formerly was marble cut.
ter and aided In carving Lincoln's
monument at Springfield, Ill. The
Whites were married In Pennsylvania
in 1868 and came to South Dakota in
1873, having resided In the state con-
tinuously since that time.
An Austrian farmland, whose name
was not given out, was the first vic
tim Of sunstroke during the present
harvesting period In South Dakota.
He was employed on the farm of Mrs.
Laura Lindsay, near Carthage. He
was overcome by the heat in the mid
die of the afternoon while engaged in
harvest work and died that night.
Threshing has been resumed in Da.
vison county, after delay Of nearly
a week due to wet weather. The yield
OF wheat on the Glen Smith farm.
near Riverside, averaged 80 bushels
to the acre. On the j. F. Wells farm
1t averaged rs bushels to the acre.
The average yield in the county prob
ably will exceed 20 bushels
A son of Frank Lawno, living ON
a farm near Waubay, was badly hurt
as the resul. Of team of horses run
ming away. The team was hitched
to binder, which the boy was operat-
ing. He was thrown from the seat
and had several teeth knocked out.
In addition to receiving numerous
bruises and cuts.
John Polykangas. q farmer living
eight miles southwest of Hayti, suf-
fered heavy loss from lightning. The
bolt struck his barn and set fire to
1t, burning 1t to the ground. Seven
horses and bull were burned to
death, and large quantity OF hay
and grain and other property was con-
sumed.
The first threshing report for wheat
which has been received at Pierre is