The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

Is"ccu mere duu huunluS Nilic udue
bi4 first trip in his new tin Liz Wed
nesday, and he brought Ole Ronning
with him. Ole says he just came a
long to help push.
Misses Piukey and Julia ruell whc
have been at Louisville, Kentucky fol
the past year attending scho,l return
ed home Wednesday of this week
they we're accompanied by their grand
mother Mrs. w. Il Toops, with whom
they have been making their home the
past year.
The big county road grading outfit
is now working between Oak Creek
and the Trip county line, and it is
expected that the grading Of the Mem
oriat Highway between Wood and
the Tripp county line will be complet
ed by the middle of next week. We
are reliably informed that the bridge
to span Oak Creek will be completed
within the next 30 days, and then this
new highway from Wood east will be
opened for traffic.
Last Sunday j. L Orr and wife
entertained w. II. Hedrick and wife,
and Leland St. Clair of Winner, and
E. l.. Wilmoth, Raymond Stahl and
the Editor at a chicken dinner. 1t
certainly was one of the best feeds we
have ever been privileged to sit down
to in many a day, and we can testify
to the fact that Mrs. Orr is a really
and truly good cook. The Orrs have
mighty nice home and are making
a success of general farming. They
are now hauling the lumber for the
erection OF new 'arn, and there
seems to be a general air Of prosperity
surrounding the place. There are
some mighty good fields Of wheat and
corn down in the Ridgeland neighbor-
hood.
There were several in to the band
meeting Tuesday evening but there
were number of band men who were
unable, TO attend the meeting because
of the busy haying season which has
just begun, SO it was thought best
not to get real active on this proposi
ton at least until after the haying
season. There is much enthusiasm
manifested among those who can play
band instruments, and we feel certain
that Wood will have good band in
the course of time. There are enough
musicians in and around Wood to
make a good band, all have their
own instruments and all seem eager
to become members of the proposed
band here, so there seems to be no
good reason why we should not have
our own band here ia Wood.
The wheat harvest in Kansas. NIB
raska,. Iowa and eastern South Dakota
appears TO be considerable of a disap
pointment to what it promised a
month or more ago. Fields that
promised a yield of 30 or 40 bushels
are yielding only 8 and 10. Harvest
wages have been excessively high
this season, and instead of the wheat
crop showing a profit to the grower,
the chances are that the farmer wi |
have to stand an actual loss on his
wheat harvest this year. The wheat
harvest on the Rosebud, and es-
pecially in this county. promises the
grower fair return for his labor. 1t
was the excessively hot weather just
when the wheat was filling and the
black rust that caused the damage
and cheated the grower out of good
harvest.
The Editor left today Thursday
to attend the annual convention of
the National Editorial Association,
which meets at Portland and Seattle
this year. The party this year will
60 to the coast by special train, leav-
ing Minneapolis next Sunday, and
proceeding to Winnipeg, Canada, and
from there they will 60 to the Pacific
coast over the northern Canadian
rout-, and they will return via the
southern route, thus giving the
Editors who attend this convention
good idea of Canada. There will
be lot Of entertainment for the party
both going and coming. The Editor
expects to be back in Wood and in the
harness again about September /. In
the meantime the Pioneer will be iu
charge of Raymond Stahl, and any
assistance you can give him, in the
way of handing in news items, during