The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-10

at from $3.50 to $3.50 per acre for i'm
proved or unimproved land today, the
great majority Of people would nave
said the person whe made the state
men was crazy. Yet the dreams OF
the dreamer have come true. and
where land was selling at from $15e
TO $175 per acre at that time, at the
present 1t La 10 uncommon thing for
a farmer to let loose OF his land at
from $3.50 to $500 per acre, and some
has ven gone as high as $725 per
acre for a small, we'll improved tract.
Huron shippers and agents Of com
mon carriers are devising mean to
relieve the congestion Of express and
freight which has been prevalent
there. A revision Of the schedule Of
train stops has been procured which
will give Huron shippers a better OPP
portunity to load express for ship
ment and tentative plans are being
worked out for the city and the an,
tension of facilities which will relieve
the present emergency and afford ad-
ditional shipping opportunities.
IL the colony Of beavers which
nave their home in Spearish canyon
are to be relied upon, the coming
season will be a dry one in the Black
Hills country. Recent visitors to the
beaver colony in the canyon report
that recently these animals started
to build a dam between Hanna and
the crossing Of the Spearfsh CREEK,
raising the water in the creek a foot
or two. This, following out the habits
of the beaver, indicates a dry year.
The state publicity officer of the
American Legion is advised by Eric
F. Wood, national secretary, that in
point OF intensive organization South
Dakota is still holding fourth place
among the states on the list: this
rating is based upon the number OF
posts per 1000 men. The figures In
the national headquarters show that
South Dakota has one post chartered
for every 436 members in the service.
That Indian boys around Sisseton
h served in the army during the
recent war are taking an active In
tereSt in the American Legion and
becoming members Of the Sisseton
post is the information received by
the state publicity office In Water
town. There are SO or so ex-soldiers
among the Indians in that vicinity.
On account of the ice shortage IN
many towns OF the state following the
mild weather Of last winter a number
IF fnuunc - orra ~ u;n q, fnr tAo o.t.h
lishment Of icemaking plants to pre-
vent any further trouble from this
source, as these plants do lot depend
upon the weather for the putting out
Of their product.
Mitchell's twenty-seventh annual
corn palace festival was one OF the
most successful in attendance that
have ever been held. 1t is estimated
that between $4,000 and $4,000 per
sons visited the city during the week.
Already plans are under way for eve
a bigger celebration next year.
The state auditors department has
probably written a greater number OF
individual warrants for the month of
August than for any other one month
since statehood, with SOTO. The total
expenditures covered in these war
rants reached $3.50, 0S8.
LAST spring a Memo man sold .
240-acre farm near Artesian for S25,.
600. The purchaser 10Y has sold the
farm to an lowe man for $96, 900, max
ing a clear profit of $4,000 on the
land since last spring, and in addition
will have a share of the crops raised
this year.
AS IN instance Of South Dakota
prosperity. Aberdeen bank deposits
on September Is, 1914, totaled s. ,66s,.
600. On August 81, 1913, the total de-
posits had grown to $685., 900, and
on September IL, 1919, to $1o,028, 000.
Robert ]. Gamble, Of Sioux Falls,
former United States senator, has an
nounced his resignation as chairman
for South Dakota OF the League 70
Enforce Peace.
A Flandreau man is harvesting the
arst Delicious apples ever grown In
Moody county. The apples were
grown on q grated tree, one side OF
which bears Delicious and the other
side Duchess.
A new bank will open, for business
at Farmer about October l.. It will
be known as the First National bank
Of Farmer and will have q capital Of
$25, zoe.
The record Of the state sheriffs
office shows that the deputies Of that
department have made 1926 arrests on
various charges since July l of this
year.
Articles of incorporation we're filed
for a new bank at Gettysburg, to be
known q the Gettysburg State bank,
with a capital Of SIS, 600.
Good rains visited several points
in the northern part Of the state re-
Gently. The lowest temperature 20
far this year has been "a.
The voters of Spearish at q special
election authorized the issue Of $50