The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-25
WILL TRY TO FIND OIL
WELLS ARE TO BE SUNK IN SEW
ERkL PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.

other points farther west in the state.
The possibilities Of successful oil
drilling in the central part OF the state
will be tested before fall, as the con-
tracts for drilling rigs have been let
for a test we'll a short distance from
Fort Pierre. The company which pro-
poses a test in Perkins county, is
also making Roadway.
The wild ducks which have re-
NAMED in thousands on the many
ponds and sloughs Of the state this
year are reported to be Matching and
taking their young broods out to the
water. Some Of these birds nest fully
a half mile from the nearest slough
or pond, ~concealing their nests in
tufts Of grass or weeds, and hurry
the young to the water as soon as
they are Matched.
The members of the state cement
commission have completed their In
y~estigation Of the shale and limestone
deposits nea Deadwood and it is said
are favorably impressed. 1t is under.
stood the commission is ready to go
before the legislature and make rec
o~mmendation as to the location or a
state plant for the manufacture Of &C.
ment.
Damage, amounting to many thou
sands Of dollars, was done by a
series OF storms which swept the
southern section OF South Dakota.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
demolished, barns and farm buildings
were blown down at several places,
windmills were destroyed and train
service delayed.
Miss Jennie Ford, of Sisseton, was
her breach Of promise suit against
Rudolph Miller, a farmer, also Of Sis
seton, by a jury in circuit court at
Sisseton. She sued for SIS 1000 and
upon her first trial was awarded $500.
She secured a new trial.
Land prices in the vicinity of Violin
again broke the record when a 40-acre
tract situated about seven miles
northwest Of Violin, was sold at pub
lie auction for $432 per acre. This
is about the highest price ever paid
for farm land in that territory.
WATERFOWL has been selected for
one Of the series of short courses in
vitalized agriculture to be given for
rural and county school teachers
shortly before the opening Of next
winters term Of school in September.
A single produce house at Doland,
during a period of sixty days, paid
farmers Of that territory aggregate
Of more than $4,000 for eggs alone.
The eggs purchased during the period
were equal to eight carloads.
A recent report of the register
shows that since it's organization in
1908, several hundred young men and
women have been graduated from the
school OF agriculture at State college
at ~Brookings.
The City Federation Of Women's
clubs Of Mitchell will request the man
agement Of the new corn palace aud
itorium to install a club room and pub
lie swimming pool in the new building.
Extension improvements have been
made to the plant Of the White Lake
creamery, which rapidly Is becoming
n Of the leading institutions of it's
kind in that part Of the state.
Huron college, the local commercial
club and the residents Of Huron in
general have decided to get behind
a big celebration, which will be held
on July s..
Among the new industries which are
planned for Madison is a concrete
tile factory, which is expected to be
installed and operated by a materials
company.
The party now engaged in marking
the Black and Yellow trail have
reached Rapid City after having stem
ciled some 1900 miles Of highway.
Reports from the Black Hills sec
ton of the state indicate a survival
| of the sandstone quarry interest in the
| vicinity Of Hot Springs.
Arrangements have been practical
ly completed by the Indians to hold
their annual big Fourth Of July cele-
| bration in Wood.
Herbert Morgan, II, went beyond
| his depth and was drowned in q water
| hole on his fathers homestead near
Colome.
The Huron commercial club has set
aside the sum of $1,000 to aid in good
road work in the vicinity OF Huron.
Work has commenced at McLaugh-
lin on the construction Of a fine new
Masonic temple.
A meeting Of the state livestock
commission has been set for June 80
In Pierre.
Hog cholera has again broken out
In various parts Of Roberts county.
I'm a recent wire communication
from Congressman Candy it was
stated that the 1920 census showed
the population Of Timber Lake to be
Eek The popu1atiou ~ Tho <oxvr co-,