The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-20

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named South Dakota delegate to the
national convention in Philadelphia,
at the annual convention OF the South
Dakota body at Huron. About 20 or
80 delegates attended the session.
The gathering closed with a banquet
at the Royal hotel, at which r. II.
Baldwin, of Clark, acted as toast
master.
The indians of Standing Rock res
ervation staged a huge peace celeDra'
ton at Bull Head. Indians were pres
ent from the Standing Rock and
Cheyenne River reservations, and II
was madN an event for that part or
the country. There were ceremonial
/ dances, and a celebration along the
lines OF the old raids. Then, to show
their appreciation in other ways, a
Red Cross drive was started which
netted a good sized sum for the bene.
fit of that organization.
1t is possible that the first oppor-
tunity OF the ONE Of the state to
exercise their new voting privilege
win come in Sully county, where a
special election is to be held on the
18th to select a successor to the late
j. r. Tommy as a member or the
legislature. The people voted at the
November election TO give all women
who are OF the requisite age, the vot'
ing right in this state, and the cleo
ton in Sully county will be the first
one since that right has been granted.
Between 5000 and 1000 blank re.
ports are being sent out by the fed.
eral food administrator to whole.
salers, jobbers, retailers, mills, and
bakers, who are likely to have sur.
plus quantities Of substitutes to be
turned over to the government. These
reports must be returned before De.
cember Goth, after which Mr.. Herreid
will establish assembling points in
the state for the shipment Of the
substitutes" to Chicago, where gov.
eminent agents will examine the
goods and reship them to some sea.
port for shipment abroad.
Down about Presho where the wild
hay crop was a good one the past
summer they are baling and loading
about Ave cars Of hay per day, getting
SIS to $23 per ton, I. o. b. Presho for
this product. At that rate there
would be about as much an acre re-
turn as the first cost of the land in
many instances In hat part Of the
state, just from the raw natural pro-
duct without any cost Of cultivation,
and at the price being paid, farmers
Of that section get a good return from
their land just from the wild hay alone
without any great expense.
The state highway commissioner
calls attention to the fact that there
is yet about a quarter Of a million
dollars Of automobile funds In the
hands Of different county t%reasursrs
which should be used on road i'm
provement in this state instead OF be-
ing allowed to lie idle in the treas
uries. He also suggests that an auto
tax to go directly into a state high
way fund instead OF to the different
counties, would do far more toward
highway improvement in the state
thar would the county funds being
held in the treasures and not put to
the use to which it was intended.
Huron will probably witness the
biggest building boom in the city's
history next spring. Present indica.
tons are that more building projects
will be launched In 1919 than ever
before. Among the biggest pieces Of
construction already assured Is the
plant Of the Farmers Cooperative
Packing company, work on which has
already started. Residences by the
hundreds are expected to be built, be-
sides some business blocks. There
is talk OF a new city hall being built,
and possibly the Elks lodge may erect
a new home here. Several blocks OF
paving are also expected to be laid.
A special election has been called
for Friday, December q, at which
time the voters of Garretson will, for
the third time have submitted to them
the proposition Of issuing bonds for
the extension Of municipal water.
works system. The proposition car
ried at the two prior elections, but
the company which agreed to pur.
chase the bonds maintained that there
were technicalities in the calls for the
election which might invalidate the
bonds II the matter was tested in the
courts, and accordingly it was ceter.
mined to call a third election for the
purpose OF remedying the alleged de.
fects.
When the action of the state coun.
Gil OF defense along the lines of use
OF foreign languages in public meet.
ings in the state during the period
Of the war was largely directed to-
ward the use Of the German langu.
age, their work has resulted in the
characterization" Of a number of
churches which have all along held
their services and transacted their
business in language other than Enc.
lish. Several church orpanizotiors