The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-08

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artist, stepped on the starter of his ito
lizzie last Thursday morning and left
for a trip to the western part of the
state, Colorado and Montana.
Mrs. August IOurg of Dallas was
killed at her home on June % from
an electric shock she received from an
e~lectcic washer while doing the family
washing. This is the third death
within a comparatively few months
that has been reported from the rail
road towns in the Rosebud, due to
accidental electric shocks.
The Paleck schoolhouse in Cody
School District was struck by light
ming during the storm last Saturday
evening and damaged the building
considerably. 1t knocked off coneid
cradle of the plastering, SpIintered up
the cornice and some of the studding,
knocked we the chimney and also
damaged the heating plant. The loss
is covered by insurance.
The jury in the case of the First
State Bank VS. Martin Anderson and
Caroline Anderson, which took up the
greater part of the time Of the circuit
court at White River last week,
brought in a verdict Of $4,000 for
the plaintiff, last Friday morning,
No other jury cases were tried at this
session OF the court, and the prospects
are that there will be another heavy
docket at the September term Of the
court.
Saturday night We were visited by
a very nice rain. The precipitation
amounted to 40 of an inch, and it
broke the excessive heated spell for
the time at least. 1t also put a stop
to the hot winds that had been blowing
for several days and were beginning
to make a showing on the small grain
and grass. Now that it has rained
again, we hope that we will have
timely and copious rains during the
balance of the growing season.
Someone who had an appetite for a
chicken a week ago last Saturday
night gifted" a couple of setting hens
from Winnie NJ. Keller's %"hennery"
al Winner, and she asks the guilty
through the columns of her Trip
County Journal to call at the editorial
rooms and be rewarded according to
his deserts. Anyone who would
knowingly and wilfully steal a couple
Of setting hens from a lady editor is
just about the meanest individual we
can imagine.
j. j. Serpan and family arrived in
Wood last Saturday morning in their
car for a short visit with the Editor
and family. They made the trip
overland in their car from Lacrosse,
Kansas, their home. They struck the
sandy roads through Nebraska, and
had quite a time navigating the sand
dunes of that state, but patience and
perseverance, finally landed them in
Wood, their objective point. Mrs.
Serpan is the Editors Youngest sister
and we are enjoying their visit to the
fullest extent.
The Tri State Utilities Co., which
has been furnishing electric juice to
the towns Of Winner, Dallas and
Grgory, and who have had consider
able trouble within the past year in
furnishing the residents Of those
towns with satisfactory service, went
to the people Of those towns and
asked them to vote $4,000 in bonds
to finance the building OF a high line
from the Cornell Hydro Electric plant
at Valentine to Winner so as to get a
better and more reliable supply Of
electric current. Winner has turned
down the proposition and it is said
that the other towns are not very
enthusiastic over the proposition.