Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-03-13
Tho public school building, Just
| cnmnlcted al RoXdle recentlx was


Thomas l.. Bouck. presiding judge OF
the Fifth judicial circuit OF South Da.
kota, occurred at Aberdeen last week.
The Miller Creamery company has
let the contract for new creamery
building and work on the structure
will start as soon as weather condi.
lions permit.
The voters of Sisseton at a spec II
election authorized the issuance of
bonds in the sum of $4,000 to erect a
new public school building or to en-.
large the present structure.
Hot Springs had a $4,000 fire last
week 1t originated in the Plaza no.
tel, three-story stone structure, en-.
tirely consuming the building and the
one-story stone building adjoining.
The Boyle Electric company Of Get
tysburg. recently incorporated, are OF.
fering bonds for sale so that they
might extend their lines to neighbour.
ing towns.
Elaborate and extensive plans are
being laid by committees of the Young
Mems Booster association for the big
festival and Mardi Gras to be held
at Sioux Falls May 10 to 90, inclus-
i've.
Sioux Falls will act as host to the
harness dealers OF the state and sur
rounding trade territory at three
day convention of the South Dakota
Harness Dealers association ON Nav
27-28-29.
The village OF Cavour, east of Hu.
ron. is to be lighted by electricity in
the future. A Huron concern Is in.
stalling modern plant in the village
and expects to have 1t in operation in
about 60 days.
Men with their ears close to po-
litical affairs in the state are talking
OF w. H. King. chairman of the state
central republican committee, as
possible candidate to succeed Gov.
Peter Norbeck at the next election.
Lead. the mining center of the
Black Hills. is already making its pre.
perations to entertain in June the
1919 state convention OF Elks which
was to have been there in 1917 but
was postponed on account of the war.
Willis E. Johnson, president of the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen. has announced
his acceptance OF the prefer from
the regents of education OF South Da-
kota of the presidency of the State
college at Brookings.
Although cut much later than ever
before, the ice which has been har.
vested in the Missouri at Pierre is
OF the best quality ever secured. It
is this year of astonishing clarity. not
a speck OF dirt in it whatever, and Of
sufficient thickness.
New settlers are coming into South
Dakota In large numbers and the Mad.
ison territory is receiving its share.
In one day nine carloads of new set.
tiers passed through Madison on their
way to points in western and north.
western South Dakota.
Tho creamery at Wilmot on one
day recently took in 5000 pounds of
cream. for which the farmers of the
: vicinity were paid more than $500
the creamery, and the consequent
milking of cows, is becoming an ever
milking Of cows. is becoming an ever
Dakota.
A special election has been called
to be held in the Brookings school
district on Tuesday, March IL. AZ
the election the voters will have suh.
mitted to them the proposition of 10.
suing bonds in the sum of $4,000
for the erection Of a new high school
building and its equipment
To have crossed the Atlantic ten
times, twice with President Wilson
aboard. was the fortune of Robert
Mills, Sioux Falls bluejacket on the
liner George Washington. who accord.
Ing to wire received by his wife.
had Just been discharged and was
about to leave New York for home.
Last summer the farmers in that
territory. with the aid of business
men, erected in De Smet a stock sales
pavilion at cost Of about $4,000,
The pavilion was completed last DC.
tober. Since that time five sales OF
live stock have been held from the
pavilion and these brought the farm
ers an aggregate Of $116,675.
One Of the biggest land sales ever
carried through in that section of the
state has been transacted near Forest
City. when at the Cheyenne agency
1O2 tracts ranging from a section to
$40 acres down to the lesser subdf.
visions. was sold. On the 245 tracts
offered there were about 200 bidders.
and 1O2 of them were successful,
According to the standard set BY
the postoffice department, the Greg
DRY postoffice has reached the require.
ments for second.class office. and
unless the postofhce department sets
different standard, the Gregory of.
nee will be put in the second.class
list next July. For an Office TO be.
come second class. the sale of stamps.