Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-03-27
NEWS OF THE STATE.
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENiN0S OF THE
WEEK.


agency school have organized a musi-
cal research club and started in with
a Mozart program.
Representative Royal C. Johnson is
expected to reach Aberdeen soon on
his return home from Washington. 1t
is understood Mr.. johnson, j. Adam
Beede and others will make number
Of addresses on public questions from
the republican point of view at differ
ent points in the Second district later
in the month and early in Apn..
The Mill Colony ranch in Beadle
county, which was owned and operat-
ed by band of Russian colonists I'M
til few months ago, has been sold
at auction by Roy Housman and Geo.
w. Cobel, who purchased the tract of
some 5000 acres from the Russians.
The ranch brought an average price
of $3.50 an acre. The names of the
purchasers have been withheld.
Residents of Bison already have
subscribed more than $4,000 to fund
with which to erect city auditorium
there. 1t is expected several thous-
and dollars more will be raised Pres
ent plans are to have the work OF con-
struction commence within two or
three weeks. When completed the
auditorium will be the largest gather
ing place in the northwestern section
Of South Dakota.
Farm land sales have zen greater
In number in the Avon territory dur
ing the last month or two than for
years and the prices at which the
farms were sold broke all former rec
ords. Land is constantly increasing
in value, this being especially true of
land embraced in stock farms, which
are in greater demand than ordinary
farms because of the high prices paid
for cattle, hogs and other live stock.
The business men of Deadwood, as
the result of meeting held by them,
have decided to cooperate with the
Elks and other residents of Lead in
furnishing entertainment to the sew.
eral thousand Elks of South Dakota
who will attend the annual convention
OF South Dakota Elks, which will be
held in Lead in June. The Deadwood
people promise to aid in every way
possible in making the convention a
success.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by committees for the annual
convention of the South Dakota State
Sunday School association, which will
be held in Sioux Falls on May 6, z
and 8. Initial steps now are being
taken in reference to entertainment
and accommodations for the $500 del
egates who are expected to attend the
convention. All Protestant churches
in every part of the state will be rep
resented.
1t is officially announced by DR.. w.
E. Moore, city health officer, that in
fluenza has become a thing OF the
past in Sioux Falls. At the present
time there is not single case in the
city. During the time influenza pre-
vailed in Sioux Falls there was to.
tai Of more than $500 cases, and of
those afflicted with the disease eigh-
ty-ave died. In combating the influ-
enza In Sioux Falls careful system
OF quarantine was inaugurated and
strictly adhered to.
Judgments in favor of the state of
South Dakota were rendered by the
United States supreme cc.-:: in dis
posing OF original proceedings brought
by state officials to collect from Chas.
B. Collins, of California, former state
treasurer, interest from state funds
which he is alleged to have appro.
priated for his own use. The supreme
court upheld the findings or the com.
missioner appointed to take evidence
who reported that the interest
amounted to $4,000 in the four years
Collins served as treasurer.
When the new highway commission
gets to work under the law OF the re.
cent session of the legislature, 1t will
require large force Of men to carry
on the headquarters work alone with
out considering the field men. F. S.
Peck, of the state highway depart.
ment, says that the trouble at this
time is to find highway contractors
to bid on the work already in shape
for receiving bids. The department
has been searching the northwest for
such contractors, but up to the pres.
ent has not located very many who
want to bid on work.
The appraisal board of state school
lands which will be offered at the sales
in April, has set figures as high as
$3.50 an acre on land in Trip county,
that being the maximum at which the
tracts can be sold. Other tracts in
that county are placed at 800 an acre,
and the average for the county is
above $50 an acre. The appraisal of
the state lands in the irrigated section
near Belle Fourche runs at about $40
an acre, but the purchaser must add
$40 an acre to the price for the gov.
eminent assessments against the land
which is under the Belle Fourche ir.
rigation project.