The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-23
OIL LEASES OFFERED
THIRTY-SEvEN TRACTS ON THE
PINE RIDGE INDIAN
RESERVATION.

thirty-seven tracts OF Indian land, ag!
gregating about $3.50 acres, In the
western part of the reservation, for
oil and gas leases for a period OF ten
years or as much longer as oil or gas
is found in paying quantities. This
land is trust allotments. Since the
discovery Of oil and gas in southeast
ern Wyoming, not far west Of the Pine
Ridge reservation, and as far east as
Edgemont, S. d., which is only a short
distance west Of the western bound
Diary OF the reservation, the Sioux
Indians living on this reservation may
become as wealthy an Indian race as
the Usage Indians Of Oklahoma, many
OF whom have secured large fortunes
from the striking Of oil wells on their
lands. It is expected that companies
which will lease oil and gas lands on
this reservation will commence drill.
ing without delay, to demonstrate to
a certainty whether or not oil and gas
exists in paying quantities.
State Land Commissioner n. +.
Knight has fixed the dates on which
state lands will be offered for the COM
ing spring. Offerings will be made in
Buffalo county March "a; Lyman
county March %; Jones March 20;
Meade, March %; Pennington, March
30; Hyde, March 81; Hughes; April l;
Sully, April 2; Potter, April 3; Faulk,
April 5; Sphinx, April g.; Walworth,
mil n, No rhnn Arri1 @. Elnnnndc
April 9; Brown, April 10; Mcpherson,
April IL; Marshall, April IA. This is
the first time any extensive list Of
counties west Of the Missouri river
appears in a sales list. The regular
leasing date for counties in which no
offerings are made is March Is. In the
counties in which offerings will be
made the leasing will be on the date
of sale Immediately following the
sales.
What is said to be the best field Of
corn ever produced anywhere was
raised last year on the South Dakota
State college dairy farm. 1t yielded
17.5 tons Of silage corn an acre. In
1918 the same field yielded more than
Is tons an acre. For six years the neld
was in alfalfa, yielding an average
of 3.S tons of alfalfa hay to the acre.
1t was MANFRED and plowed in the
spring Of 1918 and put into corn, The
field was MANFRED again and put into
corn In 1919.
Three years and nine months after
an egg was produced it was sold in
an Aberdeen grocery store. 1t was
presented with the buyers compli-
ments to DR.. G. F. Lynch, city health
officer, who will try to learn where 1t
has been stored since April %. 1916
the date written on the shell.
Honors of carrying the first mail by
airplane in and out Of Omaha have
been given a Pierre man, Walter
Smith. He was an AVIATOR in the war
days over the battle lines, and since
returning from the service has beer
carrying mail in a plane between Chi
cage and Cleveland.
The former Christian church build
ing in Alexandria has been taken over
by members Of the local Odd Fellows
lodge, who recently purchased 1T. The
structure will be remodeled and made
into a permanent home for the lodge
Edmunds county will be provided
with a county agent this year as the
result Of an agreement reached be
tween the county commissioners and
the farm bureau. The farm bureau
now has a membership Of 200.
Building now under construction
show that the year 1920 will be n OF
unprecedented activity in the building
line in Huron. 1t is estimated that al
least 500 new dwelling houses are nee
essary to meet the demand.
Financing South Dakota farms will
be the chief subject to be discussed al
the annual meeting Of the South Da
kota Corn and Grain Growers asso
citation at WATERFOWL on February
to s.
The records in the office of the reg.
lister of deeds Of Bon Homme county
show that during 1919 real estate
mostly farms, were sold in the county
to the value of more than $4,000, 900
The first carload Of sugar to reach
Mitchell in more than a month ar
rived and broke a famine which had
left Mitchell practically sugarless fol
the holidays.
Extensive improvements have been
made to the Mt. Vernon electric ligh,
plant, assuring the residents Of Mt
Vernon first class lighting facilities IN
future.
Arrangements are being made b.
the city commissioners OF Rapid City
for extensive paving which will bt
done next year.
New buildings to the aggregate total
of $805, S57 were started in Aberdeen
in 1919, absorbing to the building per
mits record.
A company recently organized by
the farmers OF that territory has
opened an elevator in Avon for bust
ness.