The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-02-28
ATTENTION, CLEANERS!
Be sure and remember next
meeting night, and come, on
Wednesdaynight, March 5

to Mr.. Matouseck.
VIM. Hef y who now lives at Luca"
8 D., in renting for another years
subscription to the Pioneer says:
Enclosed find check for S2 for The
Pioneer for 1919, the best country pa
per i IN the state. We all watch Tor
the Pioneer and there is q squabble
to see who gets it first will be
back ia Mellette county about Octo
her LIST, 1919"
Mrs, j. A. Burns this week receiv
ed a letter from n of the Objects
who had charge of the company OF
which her son Harold Koenia was a
member, in which Der sons death was
confirmed. 1t appears that a party
Of SO made an attack at a certain
point and but six Of the number re
turned alive. Harold Koenig was
wounded and died within Ii minutes
thereafter. His death occurred Octo
Der 25th, 1918.
John Krieger returned home the
I rs part of last week from a trip to
Sutton, York, Lincoln end other Ne.
b aska points. He accompanied has
wifes parents Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sack who had been visiting them here
for the past four months to their home
at Sutton. Mr.. Krieger reports it
rather dry in that part of Nebraska,
and says the wheat is not loukli &
good at all and that they have had
very little sno there.
j. B. Mitchell of the Pure Water
District on Wednesday received a
message from his brother George at
Fairfax, S d, stating that the latters
wife had died that day. j. b. left on
the stage Thursday morning to attend
the funeral which was held today, and
burial took place at Spencer, Nebras
ka. The deceased was we'll known in
this county, having lived in the Pure
water District for several years. She
leaves a husband and several small
children who have the sincerest sym
patty of their man Mellette county
friends in their sad bereavement.
We should have had the Commits
9 oner proceedings for this weeks pa
per, but owing to the fact that we
have had no mail from White RIVER
this week up to Wednesday evening,
we did not get them. However we
understand that G. E. Kell has
brought s-it against the county for
fees in getting tax deeds to town lots,
Ia the towns Of the couaty, and which
the county had bid in for taxes. The
County Commissioners also order, d
the ell ctric Ii, hts taken out Of the
court house that were recently order
ed installed. The reason given for
this order, we understand, is the ex
cessiYe cost of installation.
Our streets are certainly H. awful
condition, but then they have beeo in
such condition every spring since We
have been here. We have in the past
advocated the grading of the streets
and the building of sidewalks, but ap
parently With little effect. Last week
at . rather informal gathering Of some
of the business men of The town tie
subject of the condition of the streets
was again brought up, aud one o. our
N srchants said that he was willing
to contribute 500 towards a fund
to build sidewalks and crossings;
another man present, agreed to grade
Main street, provided walks and cross
ings are built Now this lisa pretty
good stat ter, 80 why not launch q
campaign for these needed public
improvements. It would add 100 per
cant 10 the appearance Of the town,
lwouid save peoples tempers ir muddy
weather, and VA can 9 no good rea
son why we caDuot accomplish IN Nj