The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-19
u4.vv losses have resulted from tAs

around Tyndau Of blight tt$t ~
ing some OF the apple trees. Nu4SF'
Gus trees which apparently were psf
fectly healthy in the spring. which
blossemed and were loaded with ap'
pies. now are dying Some believe
that an insect is causing The damage.
The cherry trees Of that vicinity all
have been attacked and are nearly all
dead. Experts will be asked to make
an Investigation and ascertain the true
cause so measures can be taken TO
save trees which have not yet been
affected.
State Superintendent c. 8. Lpgg has
rendered his resignation TO- Gov NOT.
beck to go into effect. September J
and will take up other educational
work Fred Shaw. the Republican,
nominee to the position. will most like
" be appointed to fill the vacAnoy.
To know that his son was wounded
and in a military hospital In FrancS
was more than Dr. Calvin s. fapfy,
OF Gam Valley could endure Without
action He left Mitchell as private
in the regular army, bound for the
lighting zone.
Deciding that It is better 10 take
all precautions to prevent a grasshop.
per scourge, rather than wait until
the grasshopper pest is upon the farnp.
ers OF Perkins county. the county com,
missioners have procured a supply Of
grasshopper poison and farmers dssir.
ing to guard against Losses by grass
hoppers are able to obtain such guam
titles as they require from the secrs.
tary OF the commercial club.
Carl Meyer, rural mali carrier out
Of Wentworth. who 10 alleged to have
refused to buy war savings stamps
and to have slaHdered the govef6
ment, was horsewhippsd by q group
of men. His hair was cut and his
head was painted red. He was then
advised to resign from the Uaitsd
States postal service. which he did the
following day. No arrests have bsSa
made.
Reports made at the annual meet
ing OF the stockholders of a farmsrs'
cooperative company which condp@S
an elevator at Willow Lakes shsX
that the net profit Of the company fQY
the last year was $4,000. psastica{E
all OF this sum was ordered paid to tES
stockholders in dividends. Few othXS
farmers elevators in the state have
made better record.
Opposition to or diseourasemeEt Of
any war activity in South Dakota By
any person, corporation. association %
society is misdemeanor by an order
made public by the state council Of
defense. The punishment for viola
ton Of the law is $1,000 fine or one
years Imprisonment or both. The law
will be effective Immediately after 10
publication.
The acreage in Beadle county sowed
to wheat corn, barley, oats. rye. alfsl.
ia and potatoes this year IL 8<6,3Sn
as compared with an acreage Of S4S..
127 In 1915. according to figures com.
piled at the county auditors sfacs s.
Huron. The wheat crop this yAa, GOV.
ers lS2e77 acres as cenkDsrsA with
l6S,s7s acres in 1915. according 70 tAs
report.
The stockholders OF the EArusrf
Cooperative association, which Asc
beer In business at DeSmst sopae
time. have decided OF reorganiss The
company and increase the capital te
$4,000 In order to take care of tho
growing business Of the company. Tho
present capital is too limited for the
increasing business.
AT Red Cross sale at Cheyenne
agency in which large number OF
the articles sold were bead work OF
Indian women, more than $4,000 was
realized from the sale. Added to this
was the proceeds of Red Cross sup.
per, dance and play in the evenins.
which brought in several hundred dol
lars more.
Mrs. c. c. Dean, Of Mitchell. has
notified that her son, Howard. who
was wounded in action, Is not serious.
ly hurt. The message says the young
man was hit by piece OF shrapnei,
but that his card case and Testament.
carried inside his blouse, SO detected
the missile that his heart was un.
touched.
Traffic on the Milwaukee railroad
east OF Aberdeen was blocked several
hours because of the derailmsnt of 4
freight train betwene Webster and
Waubay. Twenty-Five cars lef, the
track, blocking both east and west
bound tracks. No one was Injured.
For the first time In It's history the
assessed value OF real property in Al
erdeen passed the $4,000, 900 marx.
The city assessors figures, just oor.
piled, show the real property in the
city totals In valuation AZ 3ek 2o0 az