The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-07
EDGEMONT OIL BOOM
GENUINE OIL BOOM Is AT FEVER
HEIGHT IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

ment, the fond dreams OF which, IL
realized. will make the town a city
before fall. About II miles north
west Of that place in the Moss Agate
basin, new exploiting Work Is under
full Roadway. Large oil companies,
like the Midwest, Ohio, Standard,
United and many others, have oil rigs
either on the grounds or en- route
there. Dozens Of large auto truck
are being unloaded from the trains
daily and sent to the oil fields. loaded
with fuel, lumber and other material.
A genuine oil boom is at It's FEVER
height. Claims are being staked out
in some cases three filings have beer
made on one claim. Jumping claims
seems to be a common sport, and the
shotgun policy has had to be adopted,
South Dakota surpassed every other
state in the Mion in the condition OF
all crops on September 1, according TO
figures recently prepared by the blu
reau OF crop estimates OF the United
oIdtoS uOpdItllCht VI AAhc
report is based on the quality, weight
and relative importance, Of the crops.
in each state for the last 10 years with
100 per cent representing the aver
age condition. On September l, South
Dakota was 1912 per cen perfect and
on October / had increased to 1892
per cent. Minnesota was second with
ISL per cent and North Dakota third
with 110.5 per cent. Oklahoma, Texas
and Arkansas were at the bottom OF
the list with percentages varying
from 65 TO CO. Best conditions existed
il South Dakota, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Indiana, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. In both Montana and west
ern Texas last year was the third con
secutive year Of poor crops.
Sioux Falls sportsmen held a meet
ing recently and organized an associa-
ton for the general betterment OF fish
and game hunting conditions in South
Dakota. 1t is expected that the action
taken will be followed by similar Or
CARNATIONS in every county in the
state. 1T is intended to form a per-
manent league of statewide scope. At
a meeting to be held later it is plan
ned to have one delegate from each
county wh1l the. county organizations
are completed to formulate a state
wide league which will better serve
the interest Of the fishermen and
hunters OF South Dakota. G. M. Buch-
anan, Of Sioux Falls; was elected presi-
dent of the county organization form
ed at Sioux Falls.
Losey J.. Williams, first lieutenant
r. S., retired, is the new commandant
at South Dakota State college. Lieu
tenant Williams was a former student
there and was major of the college
cadet battalion in 1903: From 1909 to
1917, he was in the Philippine Islands
two years in the Philippine con
stabulary and since 1912 in the Philip
pine Scouts, United States army. In
1917 he ret.rned to the United States,
and was retired for physical disabil-
ity contracted In line Of duty, due to
long service in the tropics. He has
been on college details since, at the
University of Michigan and later at
Northwestern University.
Professor C. C. O'Hara, Of the State
School of Mines, who made a survey
of the South Dakota coal regions last
summer, places the available supply
as shown by the work at over a bill.
lion tons. He calls attention to the
possibilities in mining this coal with
steam shovels by stripping off the
surface and taking out the coal in
the same way, a method which is sue.
cessfully used in some of the soft coal
fields Of Illinois and other states far.
Their east. Much Of the coal lies near
enough the surface as to make this
means Of mining profitable.
A movement was inaugurated at
Sioux Falls to have a monument in
honor OF Minnehaha county and Sioux
Falls soldiers who gave their lives to
their country during the great wal
erected on ground belonging to the
county in that city. 1t is proposed to
have the main shaft Of Sioux Falls
jasper, with panels of marble, on
which are to be engraved the names
Of the dead heroes, together with date
Of death and the name of the battle.
field on which. they fell, or the can.
torment at which they died.
A stock company is being formed
by leading farmers in the vicinity OF
Egan for the purpose of establishing
a creamery. AS an inducement for
them to locate the institution in Egan
business men and other residents have
contributed a fund, which will be
given them as a bonus on condition
that Egan is selected as the place for
the creamery.
REIMBURSEMENT to changed trade con.
ditions incident to the cessation OF
he war will be one of the chief topics
for discussion at the 14th annual
meeting Of the South Dakota Hard.