The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
Great work has been done duyns

and vicinity by the members On Wnat
is known as the ambulance crew. This
organization is composed OF 70 men
and three women, who have worksd
| steadily day and night caring for In
iuenza victims. Their work is both
dangerous and difficult. Every hour
Of each "a they take their lives in
their hands, so to speak, and have
braved direct and intimate contact
with the most virulent cases that the
city has produced. Thirteen OF the
members, including two of the won.
EN-. have themselves become victims
Of the disease, and one Of them,
George Packard, sacrificed his life in
the work OF caring for other victims.
They have been in almost constant
association with more than 1000
cases Of the disease that have broken
out in Lead, in taking patients from
their homes to hospitals, in moving
them from the influenza to the pneu-
monia wards and from the latter 70
the Conyalescent wards. The expert
ences Of the members have been var.
led and in many cases distressing
since they took up the work about a
month ago.
Every county auditor in the state
except the n in Campbell county
has made an unofficial report OF the
votes cast in the county, and, with
the vote Of that county out. the totals
show: Senate-Thomas Sterling So.
Oil: Orville w. Reinhart, 1885; w.
Il. Rafferty,, 5,164. Congress-First
district, c. A. Christopherson, 10, 240;
r. E. DowdeIl, 14,752; o. F. Carlson,
1853; j. d. Wipf, 1888: Second dis
trict, Royal c. Johnson, 81, 1872; J. w.
McCarter, $500. Third district, Harry
P. Atwater. 1903; Harry L.. Candy,
10000; J. E. Basford, 210; Thomas H.
Ayres, 2,50S. Governor-Peter Nor
beck, 1881; James e. Bird, 1850;
Orville S. Anderson, 1873: Mark p.
Bates, "a g. Knute Lewis, 1852.
Friends have been advised Of the
death at the home Of her son at San
Jose, Cal, Of Mrs. Betsy Moon Rice,
aged 1O2, who for many years was a
resident Of Alexandria. Herself and
other members of the family were
among the pioneer residents Of Han
son county. In 1895 Mrs. Rice and her
son moved to California, where the
home OF the family has since been.
During her residence in South Dakota
Mrs. Rice was an ardent advocate OF
woman GI1 ffpn nn nr1 uyh-N Ill.,.
gave women the right to vote she was
the most aged woman in the state to
cast a vote for Charles f. Hughes for
president.
some m are commencing to
think that the corn huskers are play
ing a game OF hide and seek, for. al
though there appears to be umerou
men and women seeking jobs of va
riOus sorts and a constant labor turn
over, for some unexplained reason
even the high wages offered fail to
tempt them into the cornfields. The
wages permitted are 8 and 9 cents
per bushel, which, with only ordinary
diligence, SO bushels per day can be
readily picked, netting the workers q
fair sum for their labors, considering
that most Of them get their dinners
and many are taken to and from their
work.
influenza caused the death on the
same day at their homes on farms
some miles from Sisseton Of j. G..
Manley and Eugene Hagen, who were
married to sisters. The Hagens were
married about 10 years ago, while the
Manleys were married early in 1916.
Hagen was returning from attending
the funeral OF a sister at Westhope,
N. d., when stricken with influenza,
Thus the two sisters were made wild.
ows within period of Is hours, one of
the husbands dying in the morning
and the other in the evening of the
same day.
The secretary Of war has called up-
on the authorities Of the different
states and the larger cities asking that
they retain the control of health con.
ditions which has been taken up dur
ing the war. It emphasizes the de-
Aiiiiidtiou Vi Tic TO re-
turn to their homes the men clear of
venereal disease and asks especial
control along that line. The state
health department has established a
division Of veneral disease for the
purpose Of prevention, treatment and
control OF these diseases.
That wheat raising greatly exceed.
ed other grain production is indicated
by the threshers' reports from farms
near Mt. Vernon. One report, GOV.
ering nine farms, shows a total of a..
31S bushels Of wheat as compared to
1928 OF oats, 1892 Of barley, and $50
OF rye. Another report, based upon
several other farms in the same part
OF the county, gives a total of 11.O36
bushels of wheat, 1888 of oats, 1854
OF barley, and 17S Of spelt. Reports
from all parts Of the county are un
available as yet.
The total assessed valuation of Min.
nehah county aS shown NV rooors~