The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-11


mineral production of 1888, 701. In
the year the average number Of men
employed in the mines Of the Black
Hills was 1919 daily. The accidents
occurring in the mines tOtalled 46S.
classified as follows: fatal, 5: serious.
resulting in the loss Of more than IA
days time by the victim, Il; slight,
3S6. The famous Homestake mine
stood in the lead Of the producers
Of this mining district, VITA a total
production valued at $l,357, G97.6 So.
The Trojan mine was next with a pro-
duction OF $500, 354.23. Owing to a
fire in the Homestake mine last year
ly reduced. The present year the pro
duction OF this and other mines is
expected to again be normal.
Some effective prairie dog eradica.
ton is being done in Stanley county
under farm bureau auspices. A
prairie dog squad of four men has
been organized. They have an auto
truck covered with canvas and a trail
er in which they carry cooking equip
ment and food. They use the empty
truck to travel TO and from dog towns,
cleaning up dogs on one side of the
camp, then the other side and then
check the results and re-poison II
necessary before leaving the town
ship.
Signal honor has been accorded to
~
u. S. G. Cherry, of Sioux Falls, demo-
cratic nominee for United States SEN
ator In the November election. for he
Will take a national hand in the presi.
dental nomination. Mr.. Cherry has
the nominating address for James w.
Gerard, former United States ambas-
sador to Germany at the Democratic
national convention in San Francisco
the last week In June. He has &C.
copied the proffer.
The state historical society has re-
ceived from Philo Hall, OF Brookings,
the autograph message sent by James
G. Blaine, then secretary Of state, t.
the governors of North and South
Dakota, on November 2, 1889. Mr..
Hall received the message in the
handwriting of Secretary Blaine from
Louis A. Dent, a prominent Washing
ton attorney, who was private Sec
rotary to Mr.. Blaine at that time.
Crop conditions west of the Mis-.
souri, river in South Dakota were
never better. There has been an in.
creased acreage in all crops, especi.
ally flax which has been sown on
newly broken land. Winter rye is
especially good in the vicinity Of Nc
Laughlin. Copious showers have kept
the ground in the best Of condition,
eve though the season was back.
ward.
The special session of the legis
lature will be asked to take action to
encourage home building in the towns
and cities Of South Dakota. To the
present, such legislation has beer en-
acted only toward upb Hiding Of farm
homes, and the city dweller has not
been included in the privilege Of Dor
rowing public funds to assist him in
the development of his home prop
erty.
The women's civic club of Hot
Springs has inaugurated a cleanup
campaign, which will be prosecuted
until Hot Springs is one of the clean
est cities in the state. The pupils Of
the grades and high schools, boy
scouts and other organizations will
assist in identifying the city,
Several days ago residents of Pierre
reported the tremors Of an earth.
quake shock, and now residents Of
Stanley county, In the vicinity of
Lacy, report that the same night,
houses were shaken sufficiently to rat
tie dishes and cause clocks to jingle.
One of the first deaths Of the season
from lightning is reported near White
wood. Carol McMurray, aged 10, was
instantly killed during an electrical
storm that passed over the town. He
was knocked from a tractor which he
was driving in the field.
The state highway commission has
supplied Gregory county with two
more trucks for good road work. The
trucks are equipped with hydraulic
hoist and dump bodies. Extensive
good road work will be lone in Greg.
DRY county this summer.
John Glausen, an old settler and
gold ~prospector Of Galen, took his own
life by blowing himself to pieces with
dynamite. He lighted a ten foot fuse,
lay down and placed a part of a stick
OF the explosive on his chest.
Only the wind blowing from another
direction saved the big pavilion and
hotel at Lake Madison from destruc-
ton in a fire that burned down the
cafeteria and a stock Of tents used for
renting.
Several small sized cyclones which
struck Harding county destroyed sew
eral farm houses. A heavy rain and
hail accompanied the storm.