The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

nI1l SkIAlOllS VAL
ers are making a good showing me
winter rye and barley IN the central
mart is pretty we'll in the shock ana
promise Yields from 20 TO 20 pusllels
n the acre. In the southern sectlon
wheat is being cut and from this time
until the last OF the harvest Is gain
cred the work will be under way III
this state. Wages are ranging from
81 so to as high as SIS In some sec
tons, but in the southern part OF 'he
state it is reported that most Oh INC
farmers are passing up the harvest
hand AID the whole family gets OUT
into the fields to gather the crop,
Declaring that economic conditions
during this reconstruction peFlod can
for the strictest economy and the eIlm-
nation OF all except absolutely neces-
sary expenditures, both individual ana
public" nearly 500 farmer taxpayers
OF Yankton county assembled in mass
meeting before the board or county
commissioners and requested inc
board TO Immediately dispense with
all road and bridge work not already
contracted for Except road dragging
and emergency work., and redHce py
at least so per cent the road and
bridge levy for the ensuing year"
The state land department has two
crews in the field who are carrying on
the topograph work on state lands
which nave not heretofore been
4 x1o,.ol TL. ,r,1 n,a also
looking after trespass on the state
lands, work which has not been
pushed for a couple Of years. Ihey
are also looking after the destruction
Of prairie dogs on lands belonging to
the state, and are altogether somewhat
busy with all the different lines OF ac'
tivity assigned to them.
The hail losses in this state VIII be
far heavier this year than for any oth-
er year since the state hail insurance
law went into effect. To date oVer
a 600 claims have been filed. SO far,
while but two or three counties Of the
state have reported losses, the heaNl-
est damages appear to have been lone
in the northern portion OF the state
The greatest number Of losses come
from Brown county, which shows go
Edmunds. 255; Mcpherson, las; ROD
erts, 131.
President Harding will not attend
the South Dakota convention OF the
American Legion, and judging from
the tone OF the letter received at the
state headquarters, the entire western
trip OF the country's chief executive
NAV be cancelled. Mr.. Harding gave
as his reason for not attending the
convention the pressure OF puOlc poS-
mess during the session OF congress
and his duties and amount OF work
piled up in Washington.
Twelve bankers from financial IN
stitutiVns of Pennington county met IN
Rapid City and organized what is to be
known in name and in action as tha
Western South Dakota Bankers Pro-
"tective association. The objective CT
this organization is to furnish protec-
ton so far as possible against at
tempts at robbery OF banks and, sec
ondly, to apprehend and convict par
: ties who may be implicated in a bank
robbery.
!, Albert Buss. aged so, married VINO
|, had three children, who was manager
Of the Farmers Elevator company at
Rockham. died at "a Redfield hoSpltal
g from embolism of the heart as a re-
suit Of being run over by an automo-
!. bile during a ball game at Rockham. =
. BENJAMIN Quien, age %, drowned at
Athenian park, about three miles east
OF Canton, while several hundred spec
5 tators were close at land. The accl.
dent happened in the Sioux river.
: The 2-year-old son Of Mrs. kismer,
who has been making her home on a
farm some miles from M%ilbank, was
3 drowned while playing along "a creek
which passes through the farm.
Virgil. the 1O-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Cunningham, who live five
\ miles east of Edgemont, was shot ana
almost instantly killed by a gun when
y his older brother was holding.
. F. F. Thorson, a we'll known Clark
man, was killed when his car turned
tuIllt do Ac was "
track, where the Clark celebration was
. held, back to town. F,
: Work has commenced at Elkton on
the construction Of a new postoffice
u building, which will be one OF the nm.
est structures of it's kind in that sec.
: ton. ,
The board of directors Of the Memo
" Sales and Exhibition company has de-
= cided to hold its annual livestock show
: and celebration on Sept. q and %.
Miss Alice Walline, a popular young
woman Of Lake Preston, was drowned
as the result Of being seized with
cramps while bathins.
Damage estimated at $4,000 result
IS ed from a fire at New Underwood,
IS which broke out in a garage. There
q was no insurance.