The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-24
DAKOTA CORN Is BEST
QUALITY Is RATED AS SECOND
BEST OF ANY STATE IN
THE UNION.

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petent authority to be the second best
produced by any state in the union.
West Virginia Is reputed entitled to
first honors as respects quality. AS
to quantity the production Of that
state is comparatively Insignificant.
South Dakota is reported to have pro-
duced 108, 000, 900 bushels of corn in
1913. The production in 1917 is stated
to have been SO, 900, 900 Bushels. The
stimulus to pork production and the
high ruling price Of corn resulted in
an unusually heavy crop not only in
South Dakota but in Iowa and the
northwestern states generally. The
South Dakota corn crop is moving to
the markets slowly, according TO re-
ports. This delay Is attributable TO
the bad condition OF the highways. In
many sections OF the state they are
large percentage Of the South Dakota
corn crop is going to market during
the next two or three months.
Railroad men arriving in the Black
Hills tell OF summary punishment
which was meted out to the porter OF
a car IN the Depreciation line OF
the Northwestern railroad because he
had robbed a widow who was a pas
senger IN the car. The woman's hus-
band died as Lusk, Wyo., and with
her five children she was on her way
to relatives in the east. All the
money she had in the world was 1851,
and this was tied up in her handker-
chief. Before the train reached Chad
ron she missed the money and a most
thorough search by the conductor and
others Of the train crew failed to To-
cate it. The conductor had reason to
doubt the honesty Of the porter, and,
taking a chance, openly charged the
nan with having stolen the money.
The porter denied it. Members of the
train crew grasped him and he was
searched. The missing money was
found on his person. Acting on tele-
graph instructions from the head or
fee of the railway company inf Omaha,
to whom the case had been reported
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the train crew threw the porter from
the train at the next stopping place.
They would not even deadhead him
back to Omaha.
A remarkable record for production
Of milk during the last year was made
by II cows belonging to e. w. Rolsma,
a farmer living near Arlington. The
milk from the II cows during the
year brought him a return Of 1925
in cash, and in addition he had the
calves raised by some Of them, ample
skinned milk for the hogs and young
stock and a supply OF butter and milk
for his own table. 1>e butter and
milk used by Mr.. Rolsma and his fam
lily during the year is estimated to
have represented a value OF not less
than 5000. Mr.. Rolsma does not make
q specially Of the dairy business.
Dallas and other Rosebud towns
west Of Bonesteel received no mail
for five days Of last week on account
of heavy snowstorms with high winds.
There were two heavy storms. There
have been no rural mail deliveries
for two weeks and telegraph and tele-
phone lines still are badly crippled.
There also Is very little travel over
country roads. On the morning OF
January 3 reliable thermometers reg
istered a temperature OF 80 below
zero.
The following cable message has
been received from Herbert Hoover
in London by the United States food
administration at Aberdeen: Every
pound Of pork products we can export
before next July Europe will need, and
as soon as the initial chaos of the
sudden economic change from war to
aSmistice can be overcome there will
be overdemands. For another month
we will be unable to determine what
the Volume of this task is"
The first effort OF the Mitchell
chamber Of m to entertain
the members OF the state legislature
from the southeastern part OF the
state at a "get together" dinner was
a great success from all standpoints.
Every one OF the 100 or more men
present at the Widmann hotel testi-
fed to that success before leaving the
hotel. The sessions were pre-emin-
emily good roads sessions.
Douglas county officers arrested
several young man on the charge Of
trapping fur bearing animals without
having FIRST procured a license. Fines
OF SO and costs were imposed in
each case One hundred and twelve
muskrat skins were ~confiscated by
the officers. one young man having
been found In possession of ninety
five Of them.
Agitation for paving in Rapid City
is stronger than It has ever been and
there il every reason to believe the
coming year win see the first paving
laid there. Rapid City was ready at
the time the nation entered the war,
but was stopped then by the anti
building regulations OF the govern