The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-08

III tHe SEASON D0luS dDOul
completed. During the present WOO
shipping season buyers at Belle
Fourche have purchased and shipped
10 the east an aggregate of about one
and o~ne-quarter million pounds OF
wool, for which they paid an average
OF about So cents per pound.
Somewhere and somehow more than
800 automobiles have disappeared from
Dawson county since their license ap
plications were made and the county
tax books were closed. Since March
l, 1919, $3.50 automobile licenses have
been bought and paid for by Dawson
county owner Assessors records
passed and approved by the county
commissioners, who have just con
Guided sittings as the county board OF
equalization, showed there were only
1883 cars in the county.
Complaints are coming to the state
railway commission on account Of In.
creased telephone rates, and the fail.
ure Of the commission to regulate
them. To this the state commission
sends out a statement that it is power.
less to control the situation under the
ruling OF he United States supreme
court and the federal authorities had
complete control.
Total hail insurance premiums for
this, the first year OF the operation
under the state insurance plan, give
promise Of making a total above the
s., 600, 900 mark. Three more counties
have reported, Brown with S94,SS7,
Trip with S27,637 and Jackson with
5 3,507. These, with four counties al.
$40, S43.65.
Buffalo, running wild on the prairieG
Of western South Dakota in wholesale
quantities, attracted most attention at
the entertainment given at Pierre to
the st. Paul wholesalers making their
trade tour visit to the city. There are
about 700 Of them now in the Philip
herd, which pastures on some 10000
acres just out Of Fort Pierre.
August II Custer county voters will
ballot upon a $780, 600 bond issue for
road improvements. The none Will
be used in %surfacing and making a
permanent road out Of every important
highway in the county. Good roads
boosters are confident the measure will
carry.
One source Of wealth Of the farmers
Of Moody county is shown in the an
nouncement that they now own, in the
aggregate, spring pigs which when
they are grown and in marketable con
dition will, at present prices, bring
them not less than $4,000 600.
At a meeting of the board of direc.
tors OF the Lake County Fair ~associa-
ton September 2, 3, 4 and 5 was se-
lected the time for the annual county
fair, which will be held on the permc.
nent grounds Of the association there
Several men and teams are engaged
in ~excavating for the foundation Of the
new school building which will be
erected in Humboldt. The contractors
expect to have a large force OF men
and teams at work in a short time.
Mitchell lodge of Elks probably will
have charge of the Salvation Army
campaign to raise Dawson county's
quota of the SIS, GOO, 900 which the
army is asking the United States to
donate for its activities.
Reports from farmers to the Huron
employment office show that the har-
vest in that section Of the state is very
light. Some farmers reported that
they would not attempt to cut some
Of their fields.
Stockmen from the drouth stricken
districts of Wyoming nd Montana are
buying alfalfa hay and leasing valley
pasture in western South Dakota, and
will move their stock this fall for win
ter feeding.
Smoke from the forest fires in west
ern Montana and northern Idaho has
reached the Black Hills. A heavy pail
of smoke hangs over the hills and
makes it appear like Indian summer.
In the per capita ownership of au.
tomobiles the state Of South Dakota
is the fourth from leadership in the
United States, it is shown in figures
tabulated at WatertOwn.
Medical relief viii lbe given all dis
abled soldiers in Minnehaha county
who are in need Of attention, accord
ing to word just received by the local
home service section.
Authentic information from the re-
gion west Of the Missouri river. in
northwestern South Dakota, indicates
that the drought has hit that region
quite severely.
The United States railway admins
has declined to interfere in the
Of planking the steel railroad
bridge across the Missouri river at
Two separate camps will be con-
at the South Dakota state fair
this fall for boys and girls who are
members of junior extension clubs.
Twenty-three returned service men
at Bryant and vicinity have
fled a petition for authority to organ