Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-03-06
NEWS OF THE STATE

A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNos OF THE
WEEK.
Petitions asking that the city com.
missioners Of Sioux Falls submit to
the voters the proposition Of the city
engaging in municipal ownership to
the extent Of purchasing the gas plant
and the street railway system are be.
ing circulated In Sioux Falls.
A program 10 being prepared for the
annual convention of the Miner County
Sunday School association which will
be held at Canova on Saturday and
Sunday, March 8 and 9. Several lead.
ing Sunday school workers Of the
state will be present and make ad.
dresses.
The Cheyenne river reservation In
dams at an Indian council have voted
to oppose movement to open their
reservation to settlers. The move.
ment was inaugurated by Indians who
have been granted full citizenship.
The majority at the general council
decided that the opening of the reser.
walton would affect the tribal rela.
ttons and customs of the Indian.
Red Cross headquarters at Mitchell
has received check for $9,113 from
the Scotland Red Cross with instruc.
tons to forward 1t to Washington
headquarters to be used in the work
OF relieving the suffering in the de.
vastated regions Of Europe. Besides
this amount, the full quota Of $3.50
was sent from the same place for the
collection OF the fund for Syrian war
sufferers.
May 20 to June has been fixed as
the time for the annual convention in
Sioux Falls of the South Dakota dis.
trict of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church of America. The South Da.
kota district includes the Dakotas,
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. II
is expected that about 400 regular
delegates will attend the convention.
In addition there will be large mum
Der Of other visitors.
The Y. w. c. A. of Mitchell is plan.
ming the opening Of a rest room and
cafeteria in the business district
soon. AS result of "blue triangle
tag day, in which the Y. w. C. A,
girls raised more than 5000 over the
county quota in the national drive. the
Mitchell organization retained the
surplus, which will be used as the
nucleus of fund to be devoted to the
opening Of q place downtown for the
girls.
Arrangements are being made to
have Rec Heights Incorporated as an
independent town and the preliminary
plat showing the territory that will
be included in the new town now is
being prepared. When this plat is
filed with the board of county com.
mfssioners q special election. will be
called and the question of incorporat.
ing submitted to the residents Of the
territory sought to be included In the
new town.
South Dakota republicans have or
ganized the Roosevelt Club Of South
Dakota. This organization is the out
growth Of series Of republican ban
quets which the state republican com.
mtttee has been holding in the state
and will take the place in a way of
the old time state convention. An
nual meeting of the club will be held
In Pierre in those years when the leg.
islature is in session and in other
cities throughout the state during Of
years.
Records Of real estate transfers
which will take place March l are
beginning to be fled in the office of
the Dawson county register of deeds
and point to an unprecedented busy
season since last fall in both city and
farm transfers. An unusually large
amount Of city property has been sold,
great deal Of 1t to people who will
move there after March /. Az a re.
suit the housing problem, already
serious because Of the stoppage Of
Do"o'ns last year, Will become even
greater,
Reports from Washington concern.
ing proposed change in the original
plan to FIX the price Of wheat at 1925
per bushel are far from pleasing to
wheat farmers Of South Dakota. The
tenor Of the report is that there is to
be reduction in the selling price of
wheat, below that guaranteed by the
proclamation Of the president. and
that the difference is to be paid the
farmers by the government. They do
not look upon this a. at all practical,
but plan which, II attempted, would
mean the creation Of another bureau
ct q heavy expense to try to carry out
such a plan, and contend that many
farmers would never get the return
they would receive II they were paid
for their wheat the agreed price at
time of delivery. It has been sug.