The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-03

Ea#M9@A MM### ne been seen have
have been circulat-
ed, and so many reports that his body
has been found have reached the daily
papers that this true account is pub,
lished Of the young mans disappear
ance. Emanuel Hins left his fathers
home in southern Hand county, South
Dakota, on Sunday evening, Oct 81, 60
ing in his car although the snow was
falling fast. He spent the evening
with a friend, Miss Klukas, living in
Jerauld county, about eight miles
south. Soon after midnight he left
there to return home. The road to
be travelled lay through hill aid valley
and was a lonely one, although good in
pleasant weather. With snow flying
and the wind blowing fiercly, drifts
were forming, in some places five feet
deep. The young nan failed to reach
his home and search was made early
Monday morning. The car was found
between two and three miles from the
Klukas home, at the foot Of a hill.
The water had been drained from the
radiator which seemed evidence that
he had been unable to mount the hill
and started to walk home, first prOtec-
ting the car from freezing. The
theory was that he had lost his way,
becoming confused in the storm, and
might have wandered for miles.
Searching parties were sent III every
direction. More thar 800 joined in the
search, using hooks IN lake beds or
holes. Blood hounds were also used,
but ali OF no avail. No trace OF the
missing boy has been found except
footprints which were thought TO be
his, as he wore no o~ve~shOeS. These
were traced to within four miles OF his
home, and John Hins. the father, has
offered a liberal reward to anyone who
can give reliable evidence OF his sons
being alive, or produce the body II
dead.
The state of South Dakota will erect
q memorial building in honor OF her
sons who died during the world war,
it is announced by Gov. Norbeck. The
building will probably cost 100000,
and will house the offices Of the adj
jutant general and the museum OF war
relics, and contain an auditorium and
club room for eX-service men.
Bovee is now in a position to abso-
lutely refute all statements that there
is a scarcity of coal in South Dakota
Bovee is a town Of se~venty-five inhaO
itants. There are eleven houses in
the place. But on the railroad siding
there are thirteen cars OF coal, W
more cars than there are houses in
the town.
One Of the freaks of the Missouri
river has been to pile a wide sandbar
along the west side Of the river in
front of Fl. Pierre. For five years the
main channel has been close inshore
on that side and in fact the channel
cut back a long distance i'll the course
of several years.
Lawrence Snyder, a trusty, who es-
capped from the Sioux Falls peniten.
tiary on the night OF September 29 and
was recaptured at Granite Falls, Mimi,
has again been placed behind the bars
Of the prison.
Familiar landmarks in Rec Heights,
two school houses erected in 1883,
during the first period of settlement.
are to disappear, it having been de-
cided to sell them at public auction.
Arrangements are being made for
the annual show and exhibit OF the
Tri-county Poultry association, which
will be held in Beresford December Ia
to Is.
A curfew ordinance, which was
strongly urged by the police depart
ment, has been put into operation in
Watertown.
At a mass meeting Of residents of
Lennon the work Of organizing what
will be known as the Lennon Com
munity club was completed.
Jerauld county, one of the smallest
in the state, has arranged for the hard
surfacing Of 20 miles Of roads.
That individual electric lighting
systems are popular on the farms OF
Dakota is shown in the figures sub
mitted to the state immigration depart.
ment by the different companies In.
stalling these systems within the state.
They show that there are 2,548 such
systems in use In the state covering
every organized county except Haa-
kon, and getting into the reservation
country.
Ward academy has raised SOL, 500
Of its $4,000 endowment fund and in.
dications are the balance will be raised
before Dec. /.