The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-19
LOANS EASY TO GET
$2o,C 600, 600 LOANED UNDER THE
SOUTH DAKOTA RURAL
CREDITS LAW.

Just completed it's second year Of op-
Grafton. Nearly $40, 000, 900 has beer
loaned to the farmers of he state. APP
plications are pending for loans total
ing several hundred thousand dollars
more. The board in charge Of the
operation OF the law will sell addition
al bonds of 5 $1,000, 600 to provide the
money which will be loaned to other
farmers of the state during the com.
ing months. Thus far more than 1000
farmers have availed themselves OF
the opportunity to borrow money from
the fund. The farmer who desires to
obtain a loan on his land under this
law has no more trouble 10 get the
money from the state than he would
have to borrow 1t from his banker. He
writes to the rural credits board at
Pierre for an application blank, which
he fills out and returns to the board.
This application then Is sent to the
examiner Of the district in which the
applicant lives, the state being divid-
ed into four examiner districts. The
examiner visits the farm Of the appli-
cant. finds out all about the applicant
and the real value Of his property,
and then reports to the state board
as to the amount of the loan which he
thinks advisable to make. The state
acts on his report and suggestion, and
the money called for Is sent at once
to the banker with whom the farmer
does business, together with the pa
papers for the farmer to sign.
Under the present primary law, in
many counties Of the state there will
not be any local primary" campaign
this spring, as the different parties
have only put up one set Of candidates.
Unless some particular candidate has
filed as an independent, the nomina-
tons are already made. 1t is feared
that this will materially affect the vot-
ing strength Of all parties at the
March primary, and only a few will
get out in many counties, without the
spur of local interests. 1t is claimed
that the proposal meetings did not
bring out more than 2 per cent of the
voters Of the state, and the primary
is not likely to bring out many more
in a number of the counties.
1t has been decided that the various
women's clubs and educational or
CARNATIONS Of Sioux Falls will ask
the special session of the legislature
to be held this spring to enact legisla,
ton empowering boards of education
and school boards to grant salary in
creases or bonuses to teachers under
emergency circumstances. This is
the result Of the stand taken, it is
said, by the Sioux Falls board of edu-
cation that it has no legal authority
to expend additional funds to meet
the emergency.
Towns along Black Hills and Vel
low trail between Pierre and the Black
Hills are getting ready for extensive
tourist travel, when is expected over
the trail as soon as spring opens up to
an extent to allow travel. Each year
shows a growing use of this highway,
as it is the only one which has a GER
tain river crossing under any condi,
tons Of the steam, and this makes it
popular to the man who wants to be
certain that the Missouri will not de-
lay him.
A community pagenat, depicting the
history of the community from the
earliest Indian days, will be presented
in Sioux Falls On September z and 8.
Pierpont will be provided with a
fast baseball team this coming sum-
mer through the organization Of the
Pierpont Baseball club, which has al
ready taken steps to insure a full
seasons schedule.
The first step in actual work On the
Meridian highway bridge has been com-
pleted. The engineer has finished all
the surveying necessary to determine
the proper location Of the bridge, the
perfection work to be done and the
nature Of the bridge to be constructed.
The wife of a prominent Lake
county farmer, reports that for poultry
and eggs sold since last August she
Her Matching eggs sold for $40 per
100, and at q sale recently 100 hens
brought $3.50 each.
Milbank has organized the first
ladies' auxiliary to the American Leg
ion in the northern part Of the state.
Twenty-four women signed the chart
er application. A campaign to enroll
500 members has been launched.
The boosters of Newell. who have
talked county division of Of Butte
county for several years, are prepar-
ing to make another attempt along
that line at the election in November
Of this year.
At a meeting of the service men OF
Sinai and vicinity what will be known
as George Quail post of the American
Legion was oranized.
Steps have been taken by young mu-
sicians in Milbank to organize a mu-
nicipal band of % or more pieces.
The snow storm which prevailed
over the western part Of the state is