The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-20

tournament of the South Dakota FIR.
mems ASSOCIATION, to be held in Mo
bridge on June IA, 10, 16 and II. will
be a band tournament, in which a
number of leading bands Of the state.
will compete for liberal prizes.
Watertown business and profes.
sional men have inaugurated a move
ment for work among boys and young
men leading to the employment of a
full-time community boys work sec.
rotary, and the possible founding of a
Y. M. C. A. in Watertown.
Robert Persing, age IA years, SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Persing, farm.
ers living eleven miles north Of Huron.
was shot and killed when a shot gun
with which he was hunting rabbits,
was accidentally discharged while re-
Sisting on a hay Kicker by his side.
At the home of her son, in Water
town, occurred the death of Mrs. Ger.
lang Johnson, aged 100 years. Death
resulted after an illness Of only three
days. She was born in Iceland on
September %, 1920, and was perhaps
the oldest person in South Dakota.
New express rates for the state Of
South Dakota, as recently granted the
American Railway Express company
by the state railway commission for
intrastate shipments, went into effect
Sunday, May /.
Redfield is looking for a purchaser
Of 100000 worth Of municipal bonds.
drawing 5 per cent interest and run.
ming 20 years in order to put in storm
sewers through the business section
as a preparatory step towards paving.
Masonic interests in South Dakota
are centering upon the 47th annual
communication Of the grand lodge Of
be held at the Masonic temple in
A. F. & A. NJ. of this jurisdiction to
WATERFOWL June IA and Is.
A large number of farmers in the
Conata and Inlay districts have
pledged themselves to put in acreages
Of sugar beets this season, varying
from half an acre to three acres, as an
experiment.
There were nearly three times as
many births as there were deaths in
South Dakota in 1920, according to the
recently completed figures compiled
by the division Of vital statistics, de.
partment Of history.
Seventy pieces of Mellette county
school land recently were offered for
lease to the highest bidders. Twenty.
tu,p rjnnnC wnro laocaJ nna ne +ho.,
at 20 cents per acre, the balance going
at the minimum of II cents per acre.
The state live stock board is push.
ing it's campaign against scabies. 1t
has issued an order requiring the dip
ping Of all cattle in Hughes county,
and is preparing to take action in
Sully and Potter counties,
The Sioux Valley Lutheran pastors
conference will be held in Canton July
q to August l. Pastors from over
the entire northwest will be in session
here.
President Warren G. Harding will
be. asked to become honorary presi.
dent Of the Mitchell Boys club, accord
ing to plans which have been worked
out by members Of the organization.
Every effort is being made to make
the work Of three boys and girls pure
bred pig clubs of Lincoln county a
greater success this year than ever be.
fore.
Plans are now going forward for a
band at Sturgis. The organization
will be the Legion band, and will be
composed of a number of old time play.
ers, and a number Of beginners.
Actual grading operations on the
construction of the state highway
through Codington county on the road
west to Henry, were started by q big
crew Of road graders.
At a special election held in Violin
a majority Of the voters decided
against the proposed issue of Sis, 900
bonds for the construction O, an addi.
ton to the public school building
The new municipal electric light
plant in Wakonda is practically COM
pleted and Wakonda now takes it's
place as one Of the best lighted cities
III Iuc Sldl0.
Construction of the viaduct to be
built by the state at the James river
crossing four miles east of Mitchell,
will probably be started within the
next month.
The authorities Of Moody county
have declared war on booze makers
and ~bootleggers, and several arrests
already have been made.
Members Of the Hot Springs Cath
Ollie church have completed plans for
the erection of a new church building,
to cost about $780, eco.
Stamford, in common with several
other towns Of western South Dakota,
is experiencing a great deal of oil
excitement.
Cut worms are reported to be doing
considerable damage in the grain and
alfalfa fields in northern Haakon
county.