The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-10

buildings thar in sections where lie
gumbo is not so easily obtained. His
plan is that the material at hand can
be formed into blocks and sun dried.
as inner walls with an outside cover
ing OF concrete, and inside plaster TO
protect it will make a durable ana
cheap wall. He declares The gumbo TO
be the adobe" material being used so
extensively in California and that
there Is no reason, in his estimation.
why it cannot be used just as success.
fully here.
South Dakota bankers of group /,
comprising Clay, Unicn, Yankton,
Charles Mix, Bon Homme and Doug.
las counties, will launch a concerted
effort to secure governmental action
in stabilizing the prices OF farm prod.
ucts through some system OF cO-opera.
tive marketing as a means Of hasten
ing a readjustment OF financial con.
ditions, it was decided at a group
meeting held in YanktOn to discuss the
best methods Of relieving the situa.
ton.
A year ago hundreds OF hay baling
outfits were at work in the country
between Pierre and Redfield, packing
hay for shipment, and every station
along the way showed cars being load
ed with balcd hay. This fall a To- Of
hay was cut and stacked in the same
territory, but is yet standing undis-
turbed in the stacks or bucker piles
in the fields. The demand for baled
hay has dropped along with the price.
T. X. White, a contractor working
on a ditching project nea Huron. is
the Inventor Of a ditch digging ma
chine which, if proved a success, will
revolutioniZe the present ditch opera
tons. The machine is different from
the ditching machines now OF the mar
ket in that it is smaller. easily manipu-
la.ed. and will entirely do away with
the big, awkward parts which are dif.
ficult to move.
Many South Dakota landowners are
on the lookout for oil. Samples OF
clay and dried mud on which supposed
oil indications have been found are
coming into the chemistry laboratory
at State college quite frequently Of
late. No oil has been found in any Of
the samples.
j. B. Holiday walked inc a Dead.
wood hotel and Indignantly denied
that he was dead, as had been official.
ly asserted last spring by a %cOroner's
jury, which was summoned to ~investi.
gate the identity and cause of death
Of a man whose body was found in a
gulch.
Rural schools throughout he STATE
Of South Dakota, except in localities
where conditions make it not feasible.
will be consolidated within a period
of ten years. is the prediction Of Mrs.
Emma McClintock, superintendent OF
Dawson county schools.
The delinquent tax list for Perkins
county appears to be about the big.
gest thing in that line in The state
this fall. In most Of the counties the
llOI lo q IN ~ OuL ~ 0lSh~
pages Of paper to carry the Perkins
county lis.
A meeting was held in Nisland re.
Gently for the purpose OF drawing I'D
and circulating a petition to nave The
county seat Of Butte county changed
from Belle Fourche to a more central
ly located town in the county.
1t is probable a special election will
be called at Montrose in the near flu
ture to submit to the voters the ques-
ton of issuing bonds for installing a
system and extending the mum.
cipal waterworks.
For the purpose Of guarding against
serious fires, the authorities Of Mid
land are establishing a fire zone. An
ordinance for the control CT auto and
vehible traffic also has been enacted.
Appropria ion for an additional la
dies dormitory for the Southern State
Normal school in Springfield will be
asked OF the Legislature at its session
next January.
The pOstoffice depart ment has no.
tilted Postmaster Littig, of tlandfeau,
that that city is entitled to free mail
delivery and can have it by March
l, 1921.
The Greater Northwest Poultry as
ISOLATION will hold it's poultry and egg
show in the live stock pavilion n
Yankton on December 20 to %, inclu-
sive.
Fire Of unknown origin in the plant
Of the Memo Light and Power com
pany completely destroyed the build
ing, at a loss Of $4,000.
Plans are being made by Spencer
MasOns for the erection Of a new
Masonic temple. A site already has
been purchased.
Since July 1, 1919, bridges and cul.
verts costing an aggregate Of 1884,
1922 have been constructed in Grant
county.
One Of the new industries in the,
Hills is the shipping Of Christmas
trees to the middle state cities.