The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-05

Merrill Kaufman and wife are this
week moving to the Asker farm south
Of town which they recently purchas
ed.
The Hotel Wood is this week being
painted on the interiot and we are IN
formed will also be painted on the
exterior which will make 1t look pref
ty spick and span.
Mr., and Mrs. j. r. Redmond and
daughter Of Co by, Kansas, who V
been here visiting their daughter
Mrs. j. B. Brown for the past week,
leturued to their home last Monday.
a.. Krieger was kicked on the
left ankle by a colt Wednesday morn
ing while he was attempting to catch
a mare at his ranch, and as a result
be gets about with some d%iticultS aud
the use Of a Cdne.
Its pretty tough to have to settle
down to Che old grind after vacation
ing for a lew weeks with nothing to
do but have d good tine. But then
it's got TO be did and we will soon be
hitting the old pace again.
Howard Walker and wife, " no live
south of town, left Wednesday o
ing with a truck load Of their fine
thoroughbred Duroc Jerseo hogs en
route to Huron where they will at
tend the State Fair next week and ex
hibit their stock, We hope that Mr.
ak will bring home a few hrs,
prizes AS he certainly has some line
! hogs. He will also have IN exhibit
: at the Mellette County Fair week al
ter next.
Circuit court convened at White
River Tuesday of this week, From
reports this will be a quite interesting
session of the court, as there are about
ten criminal cases to come up Tor a
{ hearing and twenty five civil cases.
Quite 4 number from this end OF the
county are in attendance either as
witnesses, jurymen or defendants.
Most interest is centering in the
prosecution of those accused of cattle
stealing.
You will find the premium list for
D the forthcoming Mellette County Fair,
which will DE held here September
/, IL, lS and -, in another column.
Look it over and then prepare some
. nice exhibits of your this years farm
: and garden products and let's show
the outside world what Mellette
county can produce, This, to our
. mind, is the best country on earth
8 and we should lose no opportunity to
3 let the outside world know about it.
, We need more actual settlers and
good farmers. and by showing the
world what we a produce here, we
will get them
Mrs j. w, St. Clair IF Humphrey 9
Mo-, who was visiting with her son
{ Roy St. Clair and wife at their home
. south of Carter, died last Friday
morning. She had come out from
3 her Missouri home the week before
overland, with the hope of regaluinY
8 her health in this climate. The 70
mains were taken to the old home a,
Humphreys, Mo-, Saturday morning
s for internment. The deceased was
1 about 60 years of age at the time o.
/. her death, aud was the beloved mo
Their of Roy aud Leland ST. Clail
both former Mellette county hom,
q steaders, but o living in TripT
county, and who have the sympath
= of their many Mellette county friend
: IN this their sad hour.
j. The Wood schools opened a nine
months session last Tuesday switl
a Miss Fitzkee of New Jersey as prin
e cipal and Miss Helen Siegmund il
n charge of the primary department
\ The first days attendance vas quit
!, satisfactory. but the scholars an
teachers we're working under cor
n siderable of a handicap, on accouI
d of the lack of the proper books. Th
state is this year furnishing the schot
books and the supply for the Woo
" schools failed to arrive 10 time for tn
he opening day. There is another hand
cap to tho growth OF the Woo
schools and that ia boarding plact
for intending pupils, or houses th'
lie could be rented during the scho
he months TO the p. r ,nts who would il
40 TO send their children to this schoC
1. This Is something that should recei
the attention of the Wood booste
10. Immediately. Let's build mp o
all schools second to none in this secti
OF the country.