Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-06-19
A building boom Ia. struck Arts~

Tau. dig
The golden wedding Of Rev. and
Mrs. Jacob J. Gardner. Of Brookings,
was observed recently.
A three-legged calf, one year old.
Is a freak that Is causing considerable
Interest on farm near Freeman.
Fire. believed to have started from
boiler. burned the hoist at the Iron
Hill mine in the Carbonate district.
A great deal Of wood and mine tim.
bers also were burned.
South Dakota in general and Sioux
Falls in particular. will send a good
delegation to Milwaukee June %, to
attend the meeting of the National
Educational association. 1
Huron has probably never seen as
many cases of smallpox as have pre-
vailed In the city during the last two
months. In the opinion OF DR.. C. H.
Hall, head Of the city board of health.
J Police authorities have been unable
to find q clew which would solve the
mysterious death lof Ernest Meehl. n
prominent farmer living near the Nc.
Cook-Turner. county line, who was
found slain in bed.
Butte county. under the direction Of
the county engineer Of that county, is
doing extensive work on the Butte
county end OF the Deadwood- ST. Onge-
Belle Fourche highway. The "a is
being Strengthened. brought to Tgrade
and rounded up.
At meeting Of about so Deadwooti
young men who have returned from
war service preliminary steps were
taken to organize Deadwood branch
OF the World War Veterans. At an.
other meeting the organization is ex-
pected to be perfected.
State Fire Marhal Van Camp, while
advocating an enthusiastic observance
OF the Fourth Of July in South Dakota
as in keeping with the victorious end
of the war and the return of the sol.
diers has Issued warning against
carelessness IN the use of explosives
and frework on that day.
The largest land sale in western
South Dakota was contaminated at
Draper when the "A. e." ranch was
sold. The ranch consists Of 1890
acres of decided land, 1880 acres Of
leased land, 600 head of Hereford cat
tie. LIS head of percheron horses and
equipment. The consideration was
$175,000.
It is reported that the government
has withdrawn all the balance of the
homestead lands on the coded portions
OF the Cheyenne. River Indian reserva.
ton and that such lands will be offer
ed for. sale to the highest bidders.
This would mean clearing out Of all
homestead opportunities in that part
Of the state. '@.S
Hundreds Of stockholders Of the
Farmers Cooperative Packing com.
pany were in Huron to attend the sec.
ond annual meeting of the owners az
the company. A business meeting and
tour of inspection Of the plant Of
the company which is now being
erected here, were the principal fea.
lures Of the program.
DR.. Eli Lewiston of the Canton high
school educational board has asked
that the people of the city consider
the question Of a new high school for
Canton. The buildings which were
formerly Augustana college win then
be used for the Canton Normal which
is to be established there, Canton
Is in great need Of suitable high
school.
The new automobile highway to
Harvey peak, near Custer, the high
est point in the Black Hills, now is
open the entire length. after extensive
good road work extending over per.
iod of more than year. Last year a
portion of the road was surfaced with
gravel and this year 1t is planned to
surface the remainder Of the con-
structed portion.
The report of the field agent in
South Dakota Of the bureau Of crop
estimates, department Of agriculture,
states that with conditions q Of
June 1, South Dakota gives promise Of
producing an aggregate Of 63,3S3, 900
bushels Of wheat for the present year,
providing. Of course, that present con-
ditions are not seriously affected By
unfavorable weather or unforeseen
agencies.
The Mitchell Masonie Building asso.
citation has come into being and II di.
rectors representing the York Rite
bodies and the Eastern Star named to
have charge Of their new temple to DO
built there. Plans and specifications
have been called for with this dem.
ite step toward building, and It is ey.
pected that those will be adopted and
work begun on actual construction
within . few weeks.
Az the danger period for disastrous
forest hres In the Black Hills now n
approaching, It has been decided By