The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-08-06
SOUTH DAKOTA nE,!S
HAPPENINGS or Tli-
WEEK.

During the last two weeks more
than 200 hail losses have been re-
ported by Charles Mix county farmers.
Census figures given out by the
bureau show the population OF RAPID
City as SIT, an increase Of 1928 or
1913 per cent.
Sioux Falls is to entertain the South
Dakota Baptist assembly from August
] to 8 inclusive with anywhere from
500 to 1000 present.
A fire department has been organ
lied in Eagle Butte. Eighteen mem
bers have signed up for voluntary
service In case Of fire.
} While killing potato bugs with burn
ing gasoline, Bud Prann, OF Timber
Lake, set his clothing on fire and mar
rowly escaped with his life.
Extensive good road work is being
carried on in the vicinity of WessinS-
ton Springs and the highwaye are be-
ing placed in first class condition.
Extensive improvements are being
made to what is, known as the Della.
ware church, situated at an interior
point about seven miles south OF
Lennox.
Milwaukee road, west of the Missouri
river, have p%etitioned the state rail
road commission for better service
on the line.
Brown county boasts Of a town
within it's borders that has not had a
death in the Is years 1t has been in
existence. Richmond is the town
which holds the unique record.
Dates for the first annual livestock
|. show under the auspices of the EAST
ern South Dakota Breeders associa-
ton in Watertown are definitely an
nounced as October IL, IS, IA and Is.
Hay land in Lyman county is re-
ported as being rented at as high a
price Of $40 an acre for this year.
This is more than the land would
bring at outright sale only a few
years ago.
Arthur Thomas Ireland, we'll known
over the state as a band leader, will
be the new instructor in wind instru-
ments at the University of South Da-
kota this fall, having just accepted
the position.
A trough" bridge over the Chey-
enne river has just been completed
and traffic over the river, which has
been suspended for several weeks be-
u of the washout of the old
bridge, has been renewed.
Bids for MitchelPs new $500, 900
corn palace will be advertised and
contracts will be let within the next
thirty days, if the plans of the city
council carry and the bids are within
the amounts allowed for construction.
James Toms, a we'll known miner,
was crushed to death in the Portland
mine of the Trojan company, some
miles from Lead, when a mass Of rock
from the roof of the drift in which he
was operating an air shovel became
loosened and fell upon him.
Reports from the wool growing Sec
tons of the state show, that while few
sales Of wool are being made, a num-
Der Of storage shipments are being
made to Chicago and Boston houses.
The growers are getting payment Of
20 cents a pound on these shipments.
The balance Of purchase prices to be
paid at the time Of sale.
Under present conditions, says Man
ley Champlin, extension agronomist at
State college, the man who attempts
to grow Kanred winter wheat will
risk about SIS per acre in the hope of
securing an increased WELD of about
10 bushels Of wheat per acre. Full in.
formation on the growing of Kanred
wheat, sources OF seed, ETC., may be
obtained by writing to Mr.. Champlin
at Brookings.
For a number or years one Of the
features put out by the state immi-
grafton department has been a cut-out
OF an ear of corn, advertising the corn
possibilities Of the state. The new
cut-out just being printed shows a
perfect South Dakota potato with
South Dakota-The Place to Grow
on the face Of it, which will be an
advertising feature for this year by
the department to advertise that this
is the place where agriculture and in
dividuals prosper. The reverse side
OF the cut-out supplies statistics in
regard to what South Dakota is do
ing with potatoes, and general infor-
nation about the state. South Dakota
grows each year, along with eother
crops, about 100, 900 acres of potatoes,
most of which go to select buyers in
the large market centers, and the i'm
migration department is bringing this
and other particulars to the notice
OF the people Of older states where
most Of the immigration comes The
state has established a reputation as
a corn state, and a few years will see
1t toward the top Of the list Of po-
tato states. 1t is getting a repputa-
ton as the state in which to grow