The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
A BLOW TO SCHOOLS
RULING OF SOUTH DAKOTA 81.
PREME COURT AFFECTS
MANY TOWNS.

HayLl consolidated SCnOOI VutSlIOH'
The court held that the consolidated
rural school plan voted at that place
was invalid, on the ground that the
law does not show that an i~ndepend-
ent district can be included in a con-
solidated rural school plan. This is
a ease in which most OF the consoii-
dated schools Of the state have a vital
interest. The state educational de-
partment states that the decision not
only decides the matter for the Haytl
district, but also affects in greater
or less degree the consolidated school
plans Of the towns of Groton, Kimball,
Pukwana, Wakonda, Toronto, FAUX,
ton, Bonesteel, Fairfax, Canning, Lane,
Erwin, Worthing, Reliance, Oacoma,
Vivian, Presho, M%Ontrose, Spencer,
Humboldt, Baltic, Garretson, Cotton
Gettysburg. Fort Pierre and Hurley.
This will no doubt mean a flood or
validating acts to be presented to the
special session Of the legislature, n
an amendment TO the consolidated
school law to eliminate the trouble
found in the present law under the
holding OF the supreme court on the
Hayti case.
The South Dakota sheep and wool
growers association is now ecomlng
well organized and has promise or 81
cars Of wool to go to the state pool.
Every county agent who has a part or
a. car of wool in his county is working
up a pool and five counties not having
county agents are arranging to elect
local managers and pool their WOOL
and ship to the state pool. h CO.
operation Of wool growers is lmper-
alive in order to get the wool graded
fairly and the man hat produces WOOL
OF quality will get the high prices.
In charge of Judge John McPhaul
and assistants from the General Land
office at Washington, a sale OF gov
eminent land is being conducted at
Lennon and will be continued until
$4,000 acres are disposed or. me
land is mostly grazing but contains
a few pieces suitable for farming,
The average appraisement is from 81
to $3.50 per acre and the terms re-
quired are one-half cash down when
the purchase is made.
P~ostoffice officials are making ev-
cry effort to recOver the box contain
ing the Official census Of twenty-one
e~numerations Of the third South Da-
kota district. The box containing the
enumerations was lost or misplaced
in the mails. The authorities have
denied the theory that the box was
lost in the Missouri river in a rail
road wreck.
Work will begin at Aberdeen to I'M
prove the 100 acres OF land purchased
by the Tri-State Fair board for the
site of the proposed fair. Prepare
tons are under way to cOndct a far
this fall, but it will not be possible to
carry out the entire program agreed
upon.
There appears to be a race between
the oil test plans in Perkins county
and those in Stanley county, and one
Of the two is likely to be able to state
whether or not oil exists in this state
before winter, as both show indica-
tons Of meaning actual business.
The entire holdings of the Britton
COOPERATIVE Milling company and the
Britton Electric company were pur-
chased by a Britton The mill
will be operated and improvements
made in the electric service by the
new owner.
After getting along without a coun-
ty agent for a couple OF years Sully
I county commissioners have arranged
for the appointment Of such a repre-.
sentative for the farmers, n a new
nan will be picked for the place.
Miss Ruth York, of Huron, who
made several long distance swims last
summer, maintains her reputation as
one of Huron's leading swimmers
when she swan a distance of about
five miles.
The report of the c. & N. w. rail
way for it's lines east of the Black
Hills shows that 65 cars of emigrant
goods were brought into South Da-
kota on these lines during April.
1t will be a month before the entire
work of repairing the tract and grad
ing Of the c. and N. w. near Blunt
and Wasta, destroyed by washouts,
is completed.
Troop No. 3 Of Spearfish Boy Scouts
we're the recipients Of the handsome
present Of a camp site at the hands
of the Homestake Gold Mining com
pany.
Building projects begun in Mitchell
during the month of May totaled $780,
800, according to records from the Of
flee Of the city engineer.
An explosion at the plant OF the
Aberdeen Gas company virtually para.
lyzed all industries depending on gas
for fuel.
Mitchell has given up twilight base
ball for the time being.
New Underwood has gone into the