The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-03-04

interested should take due notice and
be governed accordingly.
NJ. |. STRAIN, n. D. BuRcH,
Clerk of Courts. Judge.
l.. II Hamilton and wife went to
Mission with Rev. Salter and wife,
Sunday evening.
G.. W, Sawyer went to Murdo yes
terday to take in the big Masonic do
ings at the Jones county metropolis.
w }. Egleston returned Wednes
day from Corning, Iowa, where he was
called few weeks ago to attend the
funeral OF his wifes father.
Today- March 4th-President Hard
ing will take the oath Of office and we
will nov have complete change in
our national administration.
Mrs. } A. Burns and daughter Mil
drei left last Monday for Ainsworth,
Nebraska, where she will visit with re
latives and friends for two weeks.
Arrangements have been made by
the Wood High School Players to pre-
sent their play deacon Dubbs" at
th4 Cosmo theater in Winner on FRI
day evening March llth.
Several flom here attended the Leg
ion entertainment, dance and supper
at Mission, Wednesday night. they
report a good crowd and fine enter
tainmen.. One cake that was dispos
ed of by rattle and auction netted
something more than S75.
One of the best things the people
of Wood could do this spring is to put
on real genuine, honest to goodness
"cIean up and paint up" campaign.
1t would improve the looks and value
Of their property and would add ma
terially to the general appearance Of
the town. Who will be the first to
give a real practical demonstration
along these lines! The time to start
this work is NOW
+ Jack Campbell, of Tripp county,
who a few weeks ago wss arrested on
the charge OF rape, committed on the
person of his step daughter, is form
er Mellette county homesteader, hav
ing homesteaded in the RunningviIle
neighborbood, and bis present wife
was also homesteader in the same
locality. They were married shortly
after they proved up on their home
steads here, and moved to Tripp coun
tv. He has been taken to Yankton
for safe keeping until his trial comes
Of in May.
There was large crowd at the Wit
ten hall Saturday night, notwithstand
ing the threatening weather conditions
to see Deacon Dubbs" us put on by
the Wood high school. The visitors
certainly did themselves proud in the
production. Every member of the
company was there and over," as the
saying goes. We regret that we are
unable to mention each member Of
the cast personally, but suffice 10 say
that they were all good, and should
they ever come to Witten with another
production we venture to say that
they will he we'll patronzed. The
people of Wood are to be congratu
lated on having such man as Prot
Hamilton at the head OF their school
-Witten correspondent in Winner
Advocate.
For some little time past it has been
known that the condition of the big
steel bridge across White river al
Westover south of Murdo was not the
best and the matter has been taken
up in various ways and at last j. E.
Kirkham, bridge engineer for the
state highway commission, announces
definitely that the work of repairing
the structure will be started soon, pei
haps this coming week. To what ey
tent the bridge will need repair we
are not informed, but it Is thought
that one OF the piers has either crack
ed or sunk down, leaving the bridge
IN what would no doubt soon become
a dangerous or even prohibitive shape
Now that the highway commission
has become interested in the matter