Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-20

COUNTY PIONEER
Plankinton has raised it, water
rates. Tho minimum charge in the
future. the city council has dscrssd.
will be $3.50 instead Of IS for 5000
cubic feet ihStead Of for 10000 cubic
feet. An investioation Of the cost Of |
production Of electric power 10 being |
made.
Cows that give an average annual
yield in cream Of SIS is the boast Of
William and Henry Martens, residing
near Draper. The boys have 10 such
cows and declare they received $751;
81 for the cream alone during 1918.
Besides this they point to q number
Of hne calves raised from the cows
and to q goodly number Of pigs, fat.
toned by the skim milk after the
cream had been drawn.
The residents of Bonesteel and
other parts Of Gregory county are
keenly interested in the passage o;
bill in the state legislature which
provides for an appropriation Of $40.
900 for the erection Of sales pavilion
on the county fair grounds at Bone,
steel. In q number Of other counties
the state has provided the funds to
erect these pavilions for the ,benent
Of tho patrons of county fairs and to
enable the stock breeders Of county
to have q place In which to hold sales
OF live stock.
Consolidated high schools virtually
have been decided upon by two dis
tricts In Lake county. In the Nunda
district there are four schools outside
the village. while the village has .
school with two departments. 1t 10
proposed to consolidate the four out.
side schools with the Nunda school
and provide four years. high school
course. In Franklin township, which
at present has seven country schools,
plans are being made to consolidate
these into one school, situated at
central point in the township.
Farmers and ranchers living in the
northern part Of Trip county report
that coyotes are unusually numerous
this winter, and that as result the
owners Of live stock are suffering
heavy losses. The animals have be-
come SO bold that they enter barn.
yards in daylight and carry of chick.
ems and young pigs. In an effort to
rid the region Of these pests the farm.
ers and ranchers at intervals engage
in coyote roundups. The frst of these
J resulted in Is coyotes being bagged
in one day, two townships being GOV.
] cred by hunters.
Deuel. county IL the first Of the
South Dakota counties to name q
; sponsor tor merchant marine ship.
The ship is to be named in honor of
this county for its high percentage in
] the sales Of Liberty bonds Of the
: fourth issue. Miss Marian Elaine
. Wilcox. Of Clear Lake, is the young
woman chosen. She is q daughter OF
Mrs. w. H. Wilcox, chairman Of the
|. women's county Liberty loan commit
!. tee, and has also been constantly 80
e ISOLATED with her mother in varioul
2 Lines Of patriotic activity for the pas
q several months.
An old piece Of paper with Q mes
sage scrawled on 1t with the poin
: OF q sharpened stick dipped in sho
backing, telling Of the extreme sui
!, fering and poverty Of a Harding
!, county family has been received, 1,
Mitchell. The letter was written b!
Q. F. Sylvester, who is vainly en-
deavoring to find sustenance Tor hi
wife and two children. The sylvsste
III home, 80 miles from the nearest raj
3 road, was destroyed by ire more tina,
> two weeks ago and since that tim
s the little family has been living o.
y posed to the winter weather. Mrs.
q Sylvester, an expectant mother, IL Il
2 and the husband dare not leave skel
= There are ranchers within eey
Al miles, but Sylvester says these mel
are seeking to drive out all home
It steaders and will not help him. 81
. vester says he and his family hav
, nothing but ground wheat for food
Y that everything they owned was dc
). stroyed in the fre which wiped on
, their home. Residents Of Mitchell
e are preparing to send aid as quickl
g 90 possible to the sufferers.
:. A rancher living about 20 miles from
!, Hot Springs had an unusual expel
& tence with deer. He was riding hi
8 range for cattle when he happened t,
get q. glimpse Of q, blacktail deer JUS
going over Q hill ahead Of him. Natu,
ally anxious to get another sight o
q the animal. he spurrsd up his hors
and galloped over the hin. From thi
II point he could see q good distance Il
q all directions, but no deer was in hi
i range Of vision. Turning to rid
9 away, his attention was attracted b,
Ell the action. Of his horse to a nsarb,
9 spot. whore he saw the deer lying OF
9 its back. with all four legs kickin,
/ in the air. Upon approaching it h
d saw that the deer had fallen in sucl
e. q way IA to ha vvadvAd chofwoan <,w.