The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-30
NEWS Of TIE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
WEEK m CONDE.SEO
FORM.

A plan has been worked out By Don
Livingston, agricultural commissioner,
whereby cattle may be moved from the
ranges OF the western part Of the
state to the farm feed lots OF the
southeastern part OF the state. The
arrangement provides for cooperation
# bankers in the two sections ID pro
vide funds necessary for the farmers
in the southeastern section to pur-
ohasc the stock. The proposed scheme
IS that western bankers will accept
notes Of the feeder purchases when
Endorsed by their local bankers. Thi2
is expected to furnish a market for
CRASHED cattle, which does not now
exist. 1t is estimated that this also
will furnish a means OF utilizing the
feed to better advantage than present
market prices for such products now
permit the farmer.
Yegs failed in an effort 20 blow the
safe of the bank at HOlabird. A nam
mer had been used to break off the
combination knob and the charge OF
soup" or nitroglycerin, poured into
the cavity. A hole about ten inches
in diameter was torn in the outer layer
Of steel in the outside door Of the
safe. The work is thought to have
been that Of amateurs.
The graveling Of the Custer Hiway
across Hanson county has been start
ed and the work is being rushed with
all possible haste before cold weather
sets in. Gravel is being laid about
six inches deep in the center Of the
road, tapering down to about two
inches on the outer edges.
George Clistrom, SIS years old, a
rancher living at washington Springs,
was murdered by Dale Barr, Il years
old, following a quarrel over rentals.
Barr shot the elder man through the
leg with a shotgun and Clistrom bled
to death before a physician could be
summoned.
The total enrolment Of the state
school of mines in Rapid City has
reached the $50 mark, the largest in
the history of the institution, and
shows a gain of so per cent over the
attendance at this time a year ago.
The University of South Dakota in
Vermillion opened with an increase
Of ten per cen in attendance over
last year. For the first time in the
history of the university the years
total will exceed the 1000 mark.
Preparations have been completed
by the Mobridge lodge Of the Knights
OF Pythias for entertaining the grand
lodge OF South Dakota, which con-
venes in that city on October 5 for a
two-day session.
Fur goods valued at between 81, 1000
and $4,000 were stolen from the But
tolph and Kurt store in Aberdeen by
robbers who effected an entrance
through the door and escaped in an
automobile.
Water from the artesian we'll which
was drilled by the city OF Aberdeen
has been turned into the water mains.
The we'll is flowing about $50 gallons
Of water per Mute, with a pressure OF
IS pounds.
Miss Ruth Esther McCollum OF
Sioux Falls, has been selecte by
Governor McMaster to represent the
state Of South Dakota at the annual
| Cotton Palace exposition 1T Waco,
Texas.
Fees from all sources collected by
the secretary Of states department
| during the last fiscal year, ending
June 80, amounted to $34, 680.60, &C
| cording to the unofficial report.
The fall semester at the Spearfish
| normal school opened with the largest
| enrolment in the history OF the school
| az the end of the regular registration
days.
The city commissioners Of Huron
| have decided to do no further paving
until next spring, when the projects
| started this year will be completed.
Ranchers in the northwest corner OF
| the state have formed an organlza'
| ton for the shipment OF light horses
| ranging in that part of the state.
S. Wesley Clark of Redfeld, has
| been formally nominated for the posi-
| ticn OF United States district attorney
in South Dakota.
About eighty students enrolled al
| Freeman college the opening day and
| at present the enrolment is slightly
above 100.
The county commissioners OF Han
| county have made the tax levy for the
| coming year $4,000 less than it was
last year.
So crowded are the Bridgewater
| school facilities that the attic OF the
| school building has TO be used ior
classes.
Governor McMaster has appointed
| Sanford G.. Donaldson of Yankton, a
| member OF the state cement commis
| sion.
The contract for the erection Oh d
| fine new school building at McLaugh