The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-03-21

the postoffce department, the Greg
DRY postoffice has reached the require
ments for a second-class Office, n
unless the postoffice department sets
a different STANDARD, the Gregory or
fee will be put in the second-class
list next July. For an office to be-
come second class, the sale OF stamps,
box rent and newspaper postage must
equal $4,000 during the fiscal year.
The Gregory office not only reaches
the standard, but the receipts from
these sources exceed the minimum
standard by $500.
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 subdi-
visions, was sold. On the 245 tracts
offered there were about 200 bidders,
and 1912 of them were successful.
Last summer the farmers in that
territory, with the aid OF business
men, erected in De Smet a stock sales
pavilion at a cost Of about ST, 900.
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 $i16,675.
To have crossed the Atlantic ten
tirna, tufan -ysth DrA~sIAN NIysIn~~
aboard, was the fortune Of Robert
Mills, a Sioux Falls b~luejacket on the
liner George Washington, who accord.
ing to a wire received by his wife,
had just been discharged and was
about to leave New York for home.
A special election has been called
to be held in the Brookings school
district on Tuesday, March 10. At
the election the voters will have sub.
mitted to them the proposition of is.
suing bonds in the sum Of $170,0 900
for the erection of q new high school
building and its equipment.
The 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.
New settlers are coming into South
Dakota in large numbers and the Mad.
ison territory is receiving It's share.
In n day nine carloads Of new set
tiers passed through Madison on their
way to points in western and north.
western South Dakota.
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.
Willis e. Johnson, president of the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, has announced
his acceptance OF the proffer from
the regents Of education of South Da.
kota Of the presidency of the State
college at Brookings.
Lead, the mining center of the
Black Hills, is already making it's 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,
Men with their ears close to DO.
litical affairs in the state are talkins
OF ". H. King, chairman Of the state
central republican committee, as q
possible candidate to succeed Gov.
Peter Norbeck at the next election.
The village Of Cavour, east of HUI.
ron, is to be lighted by electricity In
the future. A Huron Is in.
stalling a modern plant In the village
and expects to have it in operation in
about 60 days.
Sioux Falls will act as host to the
harness dealers Of the state and sur.
rounding trade territory at a three
day convention Of the South Dakota
Harness Dealers association on Nav
27-28-29.
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 %, inclus.
i've.
The Boyle Electric company of Get.
tysburg, recently incorporated, are of.
fering bonds for sale SO that they
might extend their lines to neighbor.
ing towns.
Hot Springs had a $4,000 fire last
week. 1t originated in the Plaza no.
tel, a three-story stone structure, en-.
tirely consuming the building and the
one-story stone building adjoining.
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