The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-26

C'f~ 1880
in accordance with the filing Of a ref
erendum petition. The amendment
carried by a heavy majority. The
amendment provides that all boys and
girls up to the age Of IS years must
not appear on the streets or in other
public places after . o'clock at night
unless accompanied by parent or
guardian.
The state winners in the contest
among high school pupils on the bene-
fits of improved highways were Miss
Madeline Young, Of the Faulkton high
school, first; James Dean, OF the
Sioux Falls high school, second; Lest
er Earls, Of the Dell Rapids high
school, third. This places these three
in line for the national contest in
which several Of the winners will be
given free scholarships in any college
in the country which they may select,
One hundred thousand bushels CT
corr and GO, 900 bushels Of wheat from
the farmers of South Dakota before
oClODCl l. 10 tIc SOdl oct Ny AhlC'
Grace Reed Porter, state director Of
the near east relief for the starving
people Of Armenia. A special commit.
tee TO direct this campaign is being
selected, consisting of prominent bus.
mess men from the various agricul
tural organizations in the state. The
drive will commence Immediately.
Several score Of delegates and Wis
itors are expected to attend the sec
Ond annual convention Of the Yankton
Circuit Young Peoples Lutheran
League, which will be held in Yank-
ton August 1928. They will come
from the territory comprising the cir
cult, Gregory, Charles Mix, Douglas,
Hutchinson, Bon HOmme, Yankton
and parts Of Turner and Clay counties.
Work on the new state highway
bridge across the Cheyenne river, near
Carlin, will be pushed to early COM
pletion now, it is expected, as the ma
terial is in transit AMI men are on
the site to begin construction Of a
camp. This bridge will be the means
of saving considerable time in travel
ing from the north part Of the state
to southern points.
c. V. Eymer, Of Bon Homme county,
who is perhaps the closest student of
nature and wild life in that part of
the country, reports that he has OBJ
served an albino crow in the fields on
his farm. He states that it is not
often that mother nature slips a cog
in the usual color Of fowls or animals,
but that she occasionally does.
The organizations in the morgan
lied counties Of the state are kept UP
by appointments by the governor in
stead Of by election, and in that line
Governor McMaster has appointed
David Whiting, Of st. Francis, a con
stable for Todd county.
A traffic bureau through which the
shipping interests Of Watertown in,
tend to conduct a fight against pres
ent harmful determinations in freight
rates against that poiu' that are al
legged to exist, will be an ~actuality, by
Sept. /.
Bids for the construction Of Pen
nington county's new 100000 fire
proof court house and jail were
opened by the county commissioners
who have closed a deal for the dis
posal of the $500, 900 bonds.
The new Ipswich school building
representing an investment OF $4,000
was accepted officially by the schoo
board at a regular meeting and bids
were let for furnishing it in READINGS!
for use by September 1.
Christine May Lang, 16-year-ol(
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lang
of the Herried district, vas accident
ally shot by her younger brother Will
a 20 caliber rifle, dying a few hour!
later.
Tie WATERFOWL post of the Ameri
can Legion now has 600 paid-up mem
bers, still retaining it's rank as sec
ond largest post of the American LIE
gion in the state of South Dakota.
Improvement Of the Missouri rive
front, to make it one Of the beaut!
spots of the city. is contemplated b!
the Yankton park board in its program
for next year..
Many Of the business men of North
willie are planning on rebuilding homes
for their business enterprises de
stroyed by fires during the past yea
and a half.
The 1922 conclave of the South Da
kota Knights Templar is to be held II
Brookings, according to a decision
of the grand cOmmandary.
State hail insurance in Brown coun
ty is going to mean a loss of som
SAC, 900 to the state of South Dakot;
during the year Of 1921.
The Hutchinson county fair will helt
in Trip this year September 6, z,
and 9. Horse racing will be n o