The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-11

pCcH mapped out. Seven new bust
ness buildings and one church are
contemplated. The largest of these
contemplated structures will be the
Lakota Packing company to cost $780,
600. The Merchants National bank
will erect a $4,000 building and the
Baptist congregation is planning TO
erect a 100000 church. The new
Methodist church will cost S43, 600.
Another large project is the new $780,.
600 building TO be erected at the state
school Of mines.
One OF the most successful OF the
farmers shipping associations in
South Dakota is the Farmers club,
which Is composed Of the leading
farmers OF the Lake Preston terri.
tory. The members OF the club have
just held their annual business meet
ing. The reports presented showed
that during the last year members Of
the club marketed live stock which
brought them an aggregate OF $780,
696.ll. Among the shipments were
II carloads Of cattle, containing 315
head, which alone brought a total Of
$1S,337.70.
Through the efforts Of Sioux Falls
business men arrangements have been
completed whereby a free employ
ment service will be maintained in
Sioux Falls for the benefit OF the pub
lie, taking over the work which dur
ing the last eight months has been
under the supervision of the United
States department Of labor, but which
it has been forced to discontinue
through the failure of the last con
gress TO provide an appropriation.
The bureau will be maintained at the
expense of the Sioux Falls business
men.
Dawson county has stepped into
the breach made by the last session
Of congress when that body failed to
provide sustenance for the federal
employment agencies. The county
commissioners, at a special called
meeting, voted to. appropriate funds
to pay the expenses Of the Mitchell
agency until such time as the federal
government is able again to take up
the financing of the project through
3 congressional appropriation.
There has been a greater number
Of transfers Of city property in Pierre
the last couple of weeks than for a
long time previously. With the many
transfers Of farm land, the movement
in that section OF the state indicates
a general ~livening up Of the real es-
tate market, and with many hereto
fore vacant tracts being opened UP as
farms, a more prosperous condition
in the Missouri valley is indicated.
Preparations have been completed
for the erection in Oldham of a COM
munity building, which will be 80 by
80 feet in size and two stories in
height. The lower floor will be used
for community meetings, while the
second floor will be a lodge hall and
will be used Jointly by the Odd Eel
lows, Masons and Woodmen. The
work Of construction soon will com.
mence.
The city commissioners Of Sioux
Falls have adopted a resolution sub.
hitting to a vote OF the people at
the annual municipal election in
April the question Of the city purchas
ing the plant and equipment Of the
Sioux Falls Gas company, and the
tracks and equipment OF the Sioux
Rails ira ntinn Cuotnn, "hioh n~ortoS
the electric street railway system.
Several of the civil war veterans of.
Milbank and vicinity will attend the
annual reunion on April 6 and Z Of
old veterans. who participated in the
battle of Shiloh. The reunion will be
held to commemorate the 57th ami.
versary Of the battle. The survivors
will assemble in st. Louis. Mo-, and
from that point will proceed to the
historic battle field.
1t has been announced that men
prominent in banking circles in Sioux
Falls have arranged to establish q
new banking institution in DeSmet,
county seat of Kingsbury county. The
new bank will be incorporated under
the name of the Farmers State bank,
and will have a capital Of SIS, 200.
The charter for the new bank has
been applied for.
Mitchell is to have a soldiers me.
mor1al grove. A special committee
has been appointed by the park board
to meet with a similar body from the
chamber of commerce to select the
site for the grove. The question OF
embedding In each tree a brass plate,
bearing the name Of one of the city's
soldiers also will be taken up by the
committees.
Arrangements are being made for
the paving of the principal business
street of Milbank, and it is expected
1t will not be long until the street
has a solid concrete surface. A ma