The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-21

state. Apparently the farmer is not
inclined TO pay any high prices with
the present price Of corn, and meet
munities to consider the question.
From reports Of such meetings the
price is to range from four cents 10
five cents per bushel for picking. At
least that is the view OF the farmer
as to what he can afford to pay and
the other question as TO whether men
will pick corn ct that price is yet &c
be developed. In some sections Of the
state heavy wind storms have laid the
corn flat on the ground, and Il will 10
hard to get pickery % WORT Ia sudE
fields. In some OF them nogs are belrf
turned in to gather their feed from
the stalks but the hog supply OF
many farms is not sufficient to clear
up the whole crop in this manner.
A new Dakota baseball league was
organized in Aberdeen with five can't
entered. Those signing for franchises
were Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, Mitchell
Watertown and Wahpeton, all mem
bers of the old league. NJ. f. Cantillos
Of Minneapolis, MINI, was elected
president and w. z. Sharp, Siou:
Falls, was elected treasurer. Whethei
the new league will be composed o
six or eight teams was left to the fivI
teams entered. l~st@
Governor McMaster has been re
quested to close the hunting season
in the Black Hills by Forest Super
visor Duthie, due to the danger OF
forest fires. Fire hazard conditions
in the Black Hills National forest are
reported as extremely critical due Is
weather conditions. The underground
has been dried to the inflammabilitJ
Of finder by the dry winds and frosti
of the last few weeks.
The five-mile dixie along the bank;
Of the jim river, near Aberdeen. fol
the purpose of retaining the Ched
lake bottom has been completed. aC
cording to the contractors. II is ~
serted that there will be 1900 acre.
Of land formerly only Of value as ha!
lands, reclaimed by he construction o
this dixie.
Andrew Johnson, IS years old, ON
mitted suicide on his farm - miller
north OF Arlington. Johnson took
shotgun and went to a grove Of trees
Placing the end Of the gun in hit
mouth and with the aid Of a lath he
pushed the trigger. The discharge
nearly blew the head from the body
A large elevator and granary on the
A. F. Batien farm, ten miles west q
Willow Lakes was entirely consumed
by fire. The building contained about
1000 bushels OF wheat and 1000 bu
shells Of oats, a large grain cleaner
and numerous smaller tools, and E
truck.
The South Dakota department o.
the Women's Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion will have eight votes al
national convention, to be held IL st
Louis. The total Of members for 1921
OF the state department is 3.206, EN-
titling South Dakota to eight votes.
Actual work on prospecting for OF,
in the Gregory territory has been be
gun with the erection of derricks in e
field adjoining the town on the east,
Drilling will be started at once. About
10, 900 acres OF land have been leased
in the vicinity by the oil men.
The skeleton OF a prehistoric mon.
ster, with ribs IA feet long, tail bones
totaling Is feet in length, leg bones
16 inches in diameter at the joint, and
more than four feet long between the
near the o. S. Chase farm 25 miles
northwest OF Isabel.
Chris Keller, pioneer resident OF
Ashton, was instantly killed there
when a boiler exploded in a hotel. The
resulting fire for a time threatened
the entire business section. Damage
to the hotel amounted to $4,000.
AS a result OF being attacked by a
swarm Of bees and badly stung. Viii
liam Bush, a farmer living near Madl.
son, was for some hours in a serious
condition, requiring the services Of q
physician.
Fire which destroyed the building OF
the Nuway grocery store and damaged
the Domey & Miller undertaking par.
lors In Yankton, was estimated to
have caused a $4,000 loss.
Drilling for oil on the Nelson struc.
ture, hear Deadwood continues to pro-
gress favorably although for the past
few weeks hard rock has been q
hindrance.
Willow Lake township, Aurora coun-
ty, has purchased four horse-drawn
school buses to haul the children 10
their central township school.
Willis c. Cook, OF Sioux Falls, has
been nominated by President Harding
as United States minister to vene.
zuela.
A South Dakota branch Of the Ma.
tional Walther league Of the Lutheran
church has been organized In Mitchell.
Burt Miller, living alone in a cabin
not far from Lead, was found dead on
a hunk in his cabin