Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-04-17
The people OF South Dakota, By pop.


the state who served in the war
against Germany. This decision was
reached there at a memorial confer.
ence," attended by leading South Da.
kotans.
| The current statements show that
the nine banks Of Miner county hava
aggregate deposits of $42929s4
This is the greatest sum ever on de.
post in the banks of the county and
shows the residents of Miner county
are in highly prosperous condition
1t is only few years since the de-
posits were not much more than. ST.
100000.
Ice is going to jump 33 1-3 per cent
at Mitchell this summer, according to
an announcement made by the ice
dealers OF the city. This increase.
which will bring the price to 60 cents
per 100 pounds. is caused by the in.
crease in the cost of harvesting and
the scarcity of good quality ice The
mild winter, 1t Is said, made good ice
hard to get.
The officers and directors of the
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ing held at Lennon selected Septem.
Der II, 1s and 10 as the time for the
fourth annual fair of the association,
which will be held at Lennon.
Thousands Of dollars will be offered
in prizes to those who make the best
exhibits. The premium lists will be
ready early in July
/ Affor
something like 10 years the supreme
court decision in the case of John
Dryer. appellant vs.. Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad Co. has re-.
suited in the upholding OF the law pre-.
scribing that railroad companies
shall, upon proper notice and in prop.
erly prescribed cases, build private
railroad crossings.
Sioux Falls banking circles saw an.
other change when Sioux Falls and
Madison men purchased a controlling
interest in the Security Savings bank
there. They will at once enlarge it,
adding to the savings feature COM
mereial banking department They
have purchased five-story brick and
granite block, which will be the per.
manent home of the bank
Aberdeen is just about 500 short of
enough houses for rental purposes. &C.
cording to real estate men, and there
is such sale demand that spring &C.
tivity in real estate transfers this year
beats anything of several summers
past. The entire housing condition is
critical and the demand is SO far
above the available supply that the
city suffers daily losses of desirable
people.
The city commissioners have open.
ed bids for installing sewerage sys-
TEN In Madison. There were 13 bid.
ders. The bid Of contracting firm
at Minneapolis is regarded very favor
ably by the commissioners. The in.
stalling OF the sewerage system will
cost about $4,000. 1t is hoped to
have everything arranged so the work
OF putting in the system can COM
mence before spring is far advanced
Crop conditions on the farms of
Pennington and Meade counties give
exceptional promise this year, with
SAAS 6hOuhA ~ NAIINdAy lCduy AOA Spiu5
filling. There was not a great deal Of
moisture this winter. according to the
United States weather bureau there.
but there was sufficient moisture to
put the ground in good condition. AL
falfa, the most important crop in that
section. is starting nicely as is win
ter wheat.
A building program aggregating
possibly $1,000,000 is held in allegiance
in Aberdeen pending a dispute bs-
tween contractors and union carpen.
tiers and painters over the wage ques.
tion and the "closed shop" the latter
question, according to employers, pre-.
dominating The carpenters and
painters struck on April 1. and are
still out. Very little building is yet
under way. but large amount is
planned for the present year. If the
contractors and unions come to an
understanding.
Stockmen from the ranges north
and northeast Of the Black Hills re.
port that cattle and other animals
came through the winter in excellent
condition, the winter having been one
Of the mildest experienced for some
years. While they realize that the
danger is not yet past, knowing from
experience that the month of April.
and sometimes May, bring cold, wet
storms of rain or sleet which play
havoc with live stock on the range.
they feel that the real danger period
is over and that no losses OF animals
from storms now will result Many
stockmen came through the winter
without having had to feed forkf,il
of hay to their stock, which was able
to procure feed on the open range
throughout the winter. In such parts
Of the range as had more snow than
others the feeding period extended
only from one to two weeks Because
Of favorable conditions during the