The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-06
REPEAL LUXURY TAX
SOUTH DAKOTA CONGRESSMAN
SAYS MANY SECTIONS ARE
TOO DRASTIC.

Repeal Of certain sections OF the
present luxury tax law Is certain"
declares Representative G. H.. Christie
pherson. Though a general revision
of the law Is not expected, many sec
tons are considered too drastic.
Representative Christopherson holds
out little hope for the repeal or the
light wine and >eer prohibition
amendment to war time prohibition
which goes into effect July l. He
criticises President Wilson for not
living the full text of the peace treaty
20 the senate and house. He said a
irons attempt would be made to sepa'
rate the league covenant from the
,eace treaty when it was brought up.
The first personal injury suit to be
brought il Lake county was started
n Madison when the case OF Tyrell
yersus Louis Fangmeier was brought
for hearing before Deputy Industrial
Commissioner s. A. Travis, OF Pierre,
and two other judges. Tyrell brought
he action because Of the loss OF Wis
ION in one eye resulting from an ex-
plosion OF q battery. No decision was
rendered since the evidence was
placed in the hands Of the judges for
later procurement fixing RESPONSE
bility.
A barbecue Of real elk meat will be
oen of the features OF the annual con-
vention of South Dakota Elks to be
held in Lead the latter part Of June.
State Game Warden Hedrick will per-
NIT the killing Of one OF the elk now
in captivity on the state game pre-
serve, so the meat may be used for a
barbecue to the visiting Elks. The
barbecue will be staged in Spearfish
canyon, June 25. 1t is believed the
elk to be killed for the occasion will
dress upward of 500 pounds.
Residents Of a section OF Douglas
county where coyotes have caused
losses to farmers, formed a hunting
party which set out to rid the region
Of the animals. The women were un-
usually successful, digging into one
Of the coyote dens and capturing a
number Of cubs. The captures made
during the few hours the hunting
party was out will bring them in
about $50 in bounties, and in addition
they had some exciting sport.
Inadvertently or not, the Milwaukee
railway perpretrated a joke on Alex
andria citizens recently. There has
for two years been an order out by
the railroad commissioners granting
the city a new depot. When ~carpent-
ers arrived last week 1t was thought
the time had at last arrived. Instead
the carpenters did half an hours re-
pair work and departed.
The cattle sale conducted by mem
bers of the South Dakota Shorthorn
Breeders association at the Aberdeen
live stock pavilion brought a total Of
over $780, 900 for 50 animals offered for
sale. The animal topping the sale
was a bull offered by Fred Lee, Of
Britton, s. d., which had been bred
and reared on the Lee farms, and
which sold for $4,000.
r. s. Truitt, engineer at the Ethan
waterwOrks for the past five years,
was instantly killed when his arm
caught in the large fly wheel at the
plant and his body was carried up by
the wheel and thrown to the floor with
such force that his neck, right shoul.
der, one rib and his left arm were
broken.
The Knights Of Columbus It Sioux
Falls have decided 10 builI a new
500. 900 club home, which, 1t is said
will be at least five or six stories in
height and will include gymnasium,
library, and every other necessary
club adjunct.
Henry H. Cushie, 40 years old, for
Is years a resident Of Moody county,
engaged in raising high voltage cleo.
trio wires to permit the passage OF
a building which was being moved.
The greatest Fourth of July celebra.
tlOu ucIu III OOulu DdhOJd ILLS ycdi
will be staged at Ruskin park, which
has become commonly known as the
state playground, situated on the
James river in Sanborn county.
Owing to a "nu" closing Of several
weeks last fall the city school Of Alex
andria will continue in operation until
June IL. The smallest graduating
class for years is composed Of two
girls and two boys.
Users of city water at Miller fol
lawns, etc., will have to use meters
hereafter. In the past there was nc
strict regulation in the use of water
A special election will be held in
Elk Point June IL to submit the ques
ton Of issuing $4,000 bonds to install
a sanitary W system.
Business men at Miller have organ.
lied a company to put in an oil filling
station. Tanks holding 10000 gallons
have been provided for.