The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-16
NO DANGER OF LOCUST
THIS INSECT DOES NOT MAKE iTs
HOME IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

may appear In South Dakota in de-
structive numbers. says Prof. H. c.
SEVERN, state entomoiogist at State
college. These locusts do not make
their homo In this state at all. The
soventeen-year locust Is not a grass.
hopper, but rather Q cicada, an insect
which differs from q hopper not only
in body shape. method of feeding, but
also In It's life cycle. Most Of u
grasshoppsrs lay their eggs In the fall
and then die. In the following spring
their eggs hatch into baby grasshop.
pers which feed and grow until mid
summer, when they become fully
grown and usually winged. In de-
scribing the seventeen-year locust.
Prof. SEVERN says further: The sew
~enteen-year cicadas On the other hand
make their appearance as full winged
insects In countless number early I'm
the year, usually at the end Of May
Practically the only damage they do
IL in egg laying, when the females
cut Sits in the small twigs Of shade
and fruit trees. This injury oftentimes
kills the small twigs and nay be a
serious matter with young trees. but
with large trees the injury results only
In q rather severe pruning. What lit
tie food the winged cicada takes 10
in the form Of sap obtained by pune.
turing the twigs Of trees with their
sucking t%hread-like mouth parts.
Old Black Hill residents from as
far away as England are planning on
returning to attend the homecoming
festivities which will be held the last
day of June and opening days OF July
In the Black Hills. Postmaster d.
Ellington. of the Lead postofhce, has
received a letter from London stating
that three old-timers OF the Black
Hills, who now reside there, were com.
ing to the United States to participate
in the celebration. They requested
that an automobile be reserved for
their use on Spearfsh day. The chief
feature of Homecoming week will be
the dedication of Mt. Roosevelt, near
Deadwood, in honor Of the memory Of
the late ex-president and the unveil'
ing of a monument to him on the sum.
NIT of the mountain. The stockmen
OF the Spearfish district will be al.
lowed to furnish one stone for the
Roosevelt memorial, on which they
D to have engraved the Roose.
Welt cattle brands-an Elkhorn and a
Maltese cross.
Representative Royal G. Johnson
has addressed a communication to the
committee on investigation OF court
martial of the American Bar associa-
ton, at Georgetown university law
school, Washington, D. c., suggesting
that in examining witnesses in regard
to the abuse of the courtmartial sys.
tenn in the United States army, pri.
Yates and second lieutenants as well
as major generals should be question.
ed. The congressman suggested in his
telegram that the higher officers Of the
army possessing the power OF life and
death over their men under the pres.
ent system, naturally are reluctant to
testify in opposition to 1t, and that
unless ~privates and l~ieutenants are
questioned, "the investigation becomes
a farce and will not be accepted by
those people who wish to hear both
sides Of a case before rendering a
decision"
Brule county Red Cross workers are
disturbed over the order from the
Ninth district headquarters In Mime.
apolis that all the funds on hand at
the Chamberlain headquarters must be
turned in before November /. The
Red Cross there has about $4,000 and
there is a considerable sentiment in
support Of the belief that at least q
part of it should remain there for
local relief. The Red Cross officials,
however, declare that the money was
raised for the national organization
and should be spent by 1t. Officials
are waiting with interest to see what
action will be taken in other parts
of the district.
The Lennox Commercial club has
announced work on several projects,
including road improvement, provid
ing the city with a new well for the
waterworks system, the erection of a
city hall and the paving of the main
business street. 1t is expected all
these projects will be pushed to con-
slusion before the summer is far ad.
vanced. In addition to improving the
streets Of the town, aid Will be given
in improving the highways leading to
and from Lennon and southwark to
the county line.
The Lead board Of education has
granted an increase in salaries to the
teachers of the schools, the increase
averaging 1914 per cent. Under the
new schedule, high school teachers
will receive $1,400 per annum; prin.
cipals, 81, 150; grammar school, $1,150;
grade school, $1,100. F. A. Hender-
son, city superintendent of schools,
recommended the reelection Of the
present teaching force for another
| year.