The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18

vene on June 81, according to former
members of the legislature. They De-
lieve many Of the bills when are
scheduled TO come UP at h spec!al
session can be delayed until the reg
ular session, six months later. A
large majority of the members or the
legislature are farmers and they 0e-
mand that the session be as brlef as
possible in order that they may re-
turn to the farms.
Members of a subcommittee OF the
Indian affairs committee OF congress
are visiting the Pine Ridge reserVa-
ton in southwestern South DaKota
for the purpose Of inspecting the
government schools on the reserva-
ton, familiarizing themselves with
the administrative affairs Of the res
ervation and securing other first hand
information which will prove valuable
when Indian matters come before
congress.
Boys and girls to the number of 275
from the counties Of Brown, Day,
Sphinx, Edmunds, Faux, Grant, Dewey,
Campbell and Walworth, will attend
the annual boys and girls short course
and camp meeting at Northern normal
for a week beginning June %. Courses
III live stock and grain Judging, farm
accounts and dairying will be held for
the boys, while the girls will have
classes in home economics.
Persons who show so little respect
for the dead that they cut through
funeral professions or drive past them
at a high rate of speed, will be arrest.
ed in the future and fined according TO
state and national laws. This warn
ing was issued by Mitchell under
takers as a result Of a number Of Oc.
casions on which such things nave
occurred.
Ten more prisoners of the South
Dakota state penitentiary In Sioux
Falls have been taken to the Black
Hills to work in the state game park.
This makes a total of 20 who are now
in the Black Hills. Their work there
consists in clearing the grounds and
in the making of improvements.
The people of Midland by a vote de-
cided that so far as their local bust
ness is concerned they will work under
central instead of mountain time.
This will mean that they will have to
keep one time for railway time and
another for business time.
South Dakota will be furnished with
over 200 school teachers by Northern
normal, of Aberdeen, this year. The
1920 graduating class comprises more
than that number of young women
who will go into state, rural and city
schools next term.
Flandreau may soon be in the grip
Of the blue laws as a result of q union
church gathering which passed res
olutions declaring that Sunday base
ball must be abandoned and the Sun
day moving picture show closed.
Work on the Beadle county high
ways has begun in earnest and the
warm weather has made it possible
for the county superintendent Of high
ways to put a number OF teams and
men at work on the roads.
Residents OF Lesterville are very
proud of a new headquarters build
ing for the Lesterville volunteer fire
department which is nearing compile
ton. The city Jail will be located in
the rear of the new structure.
The hot days are hailed by the grain
men as the right kind of weather to
make the corn grow. A month Of this
they say, with occasional showers
will make ideal weather conditions
for a fine crop.
A fund of 10000 has been raised
at Winner by twelve teams working In
the interest Of the proposed Trinity
hospital and the building Of the new
and enlarged hospital in that city has
become assured.
There are only twenty dogs in all
Of Mitchell, only twenty dogs that are
officially alive. The rest Of them are
all dead, or are likely to be shortly,
according to city officials.
An elaborate program is being pre-
pared for the annual celebration and
picnic of the Old Settlers association
Of Lincoln county, which will be held
in Canton on June %.
Practically :, 1000, 900 worth Of build
ing has been postponed in Aberdeen
because of labor troubles, shortage Of
men and materials and high prices, it
is estimated.
Voters OF Butte county are being or
gained for the second county division
contest, which will be decided by the
voters at the general election in No
vember.
The Madison FIGURING mill, which
for years has been one of the few
manufacturing concerns Of that city,
has been closed.
Every state educational institution
in South Dakota now has a trained
nurse for the care Of the young wo
men students.
The American Legion organizations