The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-16

things over and endsavor to arrive at
some conclusions regarding the meth
DDS to be used in putting it in prac.
tice. 1t seemed to be the consensus
Of opinion that inasmuch as the law
was elective with the farmer 1t was
not the duty Of the auditor to under.
take to persuade the farmer to come
under the provisions Of the statute.
1t was also agreed. however, that the
measure was one Of the best the state
ever has passed. The measure fixes
the acreage premium at approximate
~ 81 per cent. and guarantees full
100 per cent benefit in cas- OF loss,
The premium. Of eour1e, differs in diff.
ferent zones, these having been mark.
ed out based on their past experience
with hail. When a certain sum has
been set aside for a sinking fund the
measure provides for a decrease in the
premiums. It was pointed out that
this would benefit those farmers who
would not elect to come under the
measure until that sinking fund had
been raised. But 1t was agreed there
was no way to force these men under
the law. One of the most attractive
features of the law Is that II provides
that no premiums shall be paid until
the insured crop is harvested Pre-
miums will be collected at the same
time taxes are paid in January, follow.
ing the issuance of the insurance
The first steps toward actual devel.
opment work along the improvement
OF the potential power of the Missouri
river for the benent of the people Of
the state, has been made by the selec.
ton, by the hydro-electric commission,
OF Daniel w. Mead and Charles V.
Seastone, Of Madison, Wis, to make
the surveys and report upon the water
powers OF the Missouri river, in South
Dakota as contemplated by the hydro.
electric act Of the recent legislature.
DR.. Mead is dean Of engineering Of
the Wisconsin university, and ia per.
haps the first authority upon hydrau.
lie engineering in the country. He is
the author of several text books which
are considered standard. AS a prac.
tical engineer he has done a great
deal Of work and was the pioneer Of
the construction Of sand dams, among
his efforts being the Prairie du Sac
dam in the Wisconsin river. Mr.. Sea.
stone is a notable engineer both from
the practical and theoretical view.
points; he was long engaged as engi.
neer under the Mississippi river com.
mission, and for seven years was pro.
lessor of engineering in the state uni.
versity Of Illinois. These engineers
already have entered upon the pre-.
liminary work Of the survey and ex-
pect to deliver the report to the com.
mission within n year.
Clark county farm women have
been canning meats under the direc.
ton Of Mary Dolve, home demonstra.
ton agent. A group OF housewives in
Merton township canned ninety-six
quarts Of meat one day last month
after having received instruction In
approved methods. Three canning
club girls and three women canned a
baby beef. Trimmings from desirable
parts were made into sausage and
meat loaf and canned. Scraps and
bones were made into soup stock, re.
duced and canned.
Preparations rapidly are being made
for the Homecoming celebration which
is to be held in Deadwood and other
Black Hills towns during the closing
week of June and early days of July
During this celebration-on Friday.
July 4-Mt. Roosevelt, near Deadwood,
will be dedicated in honor of the mem.
DRY Of the late Theodore Roosevelt.
Gen. Leonard Wood will be the chief
speaker at the dedication ceremonies.
Gov. Norbeck will preside.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners held a hearing In Alexandria.
and as a result made a decision Az.
thorizing the Hanson County Tele
phone company to increase it's rates
for the use Of residence telephones.
The old rate charged by the company
was 81 per month for each residence
telephone. The railroad commission.
ers authorize this to be increased to
$1.35, this being held to be a fair
rental.
Reports from many localities in Gus
ter and Fall River counties indicate
that the losses of live stock in the
two counties from the recent severe
storm, when about three feet Of snow
fell throughout the Black Hills, were
not as heavy as appeared from the
earlier reports. In the two counties
the stockmen had an abundance Of
good feed all winter, so range animals
were in goodcondition to withstand
the storm.
One Of the most interesting of the
religious gatherings held in the state
this year was the annual convention
of the Indian presbytery Of the dis.
trict including North and South Da
kota and Montana in the Goodwill
church, Roberts county. During the