The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-24

Oldest circuit court Judge III the state
Of South Dakota from point Of serv-
ice retired from the bench. He is
Judge Levi MCGEE, Of Rapid City. He
served for Il years as Judge Of the
Seventh judicial circuit. He is n
Of the widest known judges in the
state OF South Dakota. Members Of
the bar OF the Seventh judicial dis.
trict gave a banquet in honor OF Judge
MCGEE and presented him with a fine
gold watch and chain in token Of
their friendship and regard for his
years Of service. He will remain at
his home In Rapid City and again
assume the practice OF law, associat-
ing himself with Attorney +. B
Adams, of Hot Springs. Judge Mo
Gee last spring did not enter the pri-
mary race, leaving the race open to
Walter G.. Miser, who was nominated
and elected without opposition. Judge
Miser is also a Rapid City man.
The affairs OF the K~ingsbury county
exemption board have been closed up.
During the time the board was in ex-
istence 1t indicted into the service
Of Uncle Sam 451 men.
The United States government may
be made defendant in an action
brought by John Sweeney, Of Sioux
Falls, for the failure OF the telegraph
company under the control Of Post
master General Burleson to deliver q
message announcing the death Of HIS
son in San Francisco. James Edward
Sweeney died December 81 in q naval
training hospital at San Francisco and
a telegram was sent to his father
asking him what burial arrangements
he wished made. The telegram, 80
Sweeney says, was not delivered to
him and the boy was buried in a San
Francisco cemetery. A week later
Mr.. Sweeney received the first init.
nation Of the boys death. He at
once got into communication with the
hospital authorities, who informed
him his sol had been buried there.
Mr.. Sweeney then sent a request to
have the body exhumed and sent to
Sioux Falls, but he received no fur.
Their reply
A court case Of inter est 81 Aber-
deem people will come up at the Feb
ruary term OF circuit court. w. J. A..
Schoppe, of Groton, plaintiff, Is suing
Lee Cummins, Thomas Owsley and
Harold Nelson for $4,000 damages.
Schoppe alleges that the boys painted
his buildings yellow, and even the
onat xyhioh ho urO ~ ~ xxyac at.~alvoJ r,stNx
yellow paint, several weeks ago. The
defendants say that SchOppe refused
to subscribe for Liberty bonds, and
that he slurred the Red Cross, at
Putney, some weeks ago.
The South Dakota Civic federation,
active in 1906 and 1907, together with
the late Bishop w. H. Hare, Of Sioux
Falls, in organizing South Dakota
against the then legalized divorce
traffic into a temperate form of law
relative to divorces, has lately merged
with the newly organized civic asso-
citation called the American White
Cross OF Minneapolis, which is to be
a helping hand to inspire merit In
the public service, it is announced
here.
The members Of the Kingsbury
county exemption boards have closed
| up the affairs OF the board. which now
has gone out Of existence. During the
time the board was in existence 1t in
Quoted into the service of Uncle Sam
al aggregate Of 451 men, Of whom 16
were afterward rejected by the mill
tary authorities for physical dis
ability. The reflections amounted to
only 3h per cent, which is regarded
as a good record. "
Residents OF Rapid City and other
parts Of Pennington county have COM
menced a movement for the erection
Of a new county building. The pres
ent structure has done service many
years and has become inadequate for
the growing needs OF the county, and,
in addition, is not a safe place for
the keeping Of valuable court and 9th.
er county records. 1t is planned to
erect a large and modern freproof
courthouse.
While the United States food ad-
ministration has removed the special
price regulations on mill feeds and
those limiting wholesalers, retailers
and jobbers' margins Of profit on mill
feed sales, the regulations on other
feeding stuffs remain IN force and the
lifting Of these special regulations
realing with wheat mill feeds does not
affect the provisions limiting dealers
to. a reasonable profit.
Miss Allie j. Barnes, for four or
five years a member of the public
school faculty OF Milbank, rendered
her resignation and has departed for
Scott. Can, where she will take the
management of a store. Sidney Bar
ricklow, former superintendent OF
schools OF Grant county, who recently
was discharged from the military
service, has been appointed her sue.
| cessor.
The new electric light system which
recently was completed at Lesterviile