The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-11-12

part OF the state and the other in the
first location OF such plant, and it is
considered a foregone conclusion that
the coming session Of the legislature
will take the first steps toward actual
development, after two years Of en-
gineering work on the project. The
one thing which might be feared at the
session is that the contesting organ
izations may be able to work up their
followers to a pitch where they would
get into a Legislative deadlock on an
appropriation for the purpose, and
each defeat the general purpose which
both want.
An effort is being made by an avia-
tor who makes his headquarters at
Marmath, to make arrangements for
the carrying OF mail by airplane from
Marmath, situated on the railroad, to
Camp Crook, remote from the railway.
Clark county has taken a leading po-
sition in South Dakota in tuberculosis
eradication, with 100 herds Of cattle
signed for test under the federal ac-
credited herds plan. A special federal
tester is assigned to Clark county.
Fire, at Aberdeen, the origin Of
which could not be determined, com
pletely destroyed the building Occu-
pied by the Aberdeen branch OF the
j. T. Bellman Produce company. The
contents were also a total loss.
The report Of the secretary Of state
will show the receipts Of that depart
ment to have been $33,109.26 for the
gain OF $~S,621.75 over the receipts of
the previous year.
The Faux county farm bureau is
doing constructive work for the farm
ers through the introduction Of good
seed. Last spring the organization dis
tributed seed for 1000 acres OF alfalfa
and sweet clover.
At a mass meeting Of citizens Of In.
terror, u volunteer fire department
was organized and steps were taken to
secure the necessary fire-fighting
equipment to make the town safe from
disastrous fires.
During the past few years the Sphinx
county farm bureau has handled ap-
proximately 100, 900 pounds OF wool for
the farmers at a profit of from 5 to
10 cents per pound above the usual
price.
At a special election held at Worth,
ing a majority Of the voters expressed
themselves as opposed to the issuance
Of bonds for the erection Of a new
| consolidated school building there.
The Flandreau city council has
awarded the contract for a water fiji.
tering plant which is to be installed
| there, so the residents Of %Flandreau
viii have a pure water supply.
A number Of the farmers and resi-
dents OF Mobridge have become inter
ested in the organization of a co-opera-
tive company, which will install a co
operative store in M%Obridge.
Robbers backed a truck up to the
rear of the Farmers General store al
| White and loaded on $4,000 worth OF
the most expensive goods in the store
and made their escape.
The new consolidated school build
ing at Orland rapidly is nearing com
pletion. When completed it will be one
Of the finest consolidated school build
ings in South Dakota.
Work has commenced on remodel
ing the Baptist church in Alcestel
| which will be made into n Of the
| finest edifices of it's kind in Southern
South Dakota.
A big farm bureau membership
campaign with 237 solicitors in the
field will be conducted in Edmunds,
Brown, Sphinx, Clark, Hand and Lyman
counties.
Forty Of the $50 rural schools and
school rooms in Brown county have
become members of the Junior Red
| Cross society Of the county.
During the past year the Penning.
ton county farm bureau has succeeded
in poisoning about 5000 acres Of land
infested with prairie dogs.
The Roberts county farm bureau has
started and helped organize three
drainage districts and has five Others
in process Of organization.
Weary Willies' r hitting the
trail to the sunny south as winter
approaches and harvest in the north
has drawn to a close.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Whealey, who
came to Minnehaha county in 1875, eel
ebrated their fifty-second wedding an
niversary recently.
A $1,000 live stock sales pavilion has
been constructed at Kennebec thrOugn
the efforts of the Lyman county farm
bureau.
A recent snowfall throughout the
Black Hills will make conditions ideal
for the opening Of the deer shooting
season.
A new Catholic parochial school is
nearing completion in Lennon and In
the near future will be opened for stu
dents.
The marksmen Of Howard and Mi
ner counties made a good record in
| killing crows during the annual county
hunt