The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-06
The annual meeting of officers and

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association. An executive committee
also was appointed. Each town stu.
ated on the rounte is to have a rep
r~esentative appointed, whose duty II
will be to cooperate with the exc
cutive committee in the promotion OF
the trail. The association, which II
a new one, will be financed by an
assessment plan similar to that OF the
Yellowstone Trail association. A great
deal Of work will be done this sum
mer on the trail, which will extend
through several states.
The commissioners OF Lawrence
county have decided to erect a me
mortal table containing the names OF
all the Lawrence county soldiers and
sailors who lost their lives during
the war. To carry out this purpose
the county auditor is procuring the
Of all soldiers and sailors whc
camp or upon the battlefield. This
will be one Of the first memorial
tablets to be erected In South Dakota
Hot, dry weather for several days
has greatly increased the activities OF
the forest rangers in charge Of the
national forests in the Black Hills, az
the utmost vigilance has to be exer
cised to prevent disastrous forest
fires. Several fires have been report
ed in different parts Of the reserve,
thus far, but in each case the anger,
were on hand and extinguished the
flames before they had made great
Roadway.
The United States labor office in
Huron will receive an additional sun
of $50 a month from the government,
to assist in covering it's running ex
penses, U. l.. Anderson, superinten
dent OF the office, has announced
This action is taken, it is said, tc
relieve the county OF part of the bur
den OF supporting the office. The
county has been maintaining the Of
fee for several weeks.
In addition to the Lutheran synod
which will be held in Sioux Falls.
Lutheran ministers will hold a three
day devotional session when the pas.
tors OF the Norwegian Lutheran
church Of America belonging to Sioux
Falls, Yankton, Sioux City and Yer.
million circuits will meet in Grace Lu.
theran church, Sioux Falls, from July
% to July 81, for a pastoral confer.
ence.
The state highway department has
received notification that there are
81 former army trucks ready to be
shipped to this state as soon as ship
ping orders are received. OF these
20 are three-ton trucks and the bal.
ance two-ton trucks of various makes,
The greatest number, 62 are known
as "quads" or with drives on all four
wheels.
The Huron police are searching the
country by means of kilograms in an
effort to locate A. B. Edison, son of
former Episcopal minister OF Huron
who is alleged to have forged several
checks on banks in Texas during q
visit in Huron about May Is, and to
have passed three worthless checks
for 500 each.
Charles Eckerle, of Minneapolis
will be the principal speaker at the
annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Farmers Cooperative Packing
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1,500 and $500 stockholders are ex
pected to attend the meeting.
The residents of Turner and Bon
homme counties are expecting to hold
a joint reception on June IL to the
young men Of the two counties who
have returned from service as sol
diers or sailors. The reception will
be held at Parker.
Men employed at Trip in the build
ing trades vent on strike to have
their wages increased from so cents
to 60 cents, and In a short time after
being out their demands we're granted
This was the first strike In the history
of Trip.
Prof. j. w. Goff will retire from the
faculty Of the state normal school in
Madison at the close of the present
school year, and in future will devote
his attention to the management oa
farms which he owns in Lake county
At an adjourned meeting Of the
county commissioners at Elk Poin,
road matters were taken up and Il
was also decided to continue the
Union county agricultural bureau fol
another year.
Festivities of home coming OF boy.
who have been in France were mar
red when Leo Labidee, of Fort Pierre
was killed, and Archie Whiteman, o.
Pierre, seriously injured in an auto
accident.
Raymond Redman, five years old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Redman
OF Milbank, was drowned in the rail
road dam just north OF that city.
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