The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-29
NEWS OF TIVE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP
PENlNGS OF THE
WEEK.

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county with yields of twenty bushels
and better for winter rye and wheat.
Threshing returns indicate that While
the crop will not be up TO bumper tlg'
ures of former years it will be better
than was anticipated after the hot or"
weather of June. The corn crop is re-
ported TO be in good shape all over
the state, but the potato outlook is nOt
so satisfactory. The returns do not
come up to the promise Of the appear
ance OF the fields. While the tops
are thrifty, the yield of potatoes IS
light, only a few being found in the
hills when they are opened.
Volunteer workers OF the South Da'
kota Anti-Saloon league in every part
of the state are on the lookout for VIo-
lations Of the prohibition laws. The
conduct of suspected bootleSgers,
moonshiners and Illicit still operators
is reported TO the headquarters ONCE
with as complete information as can
be procured. Sometimes there are
several reports OF the same case and
a comparison Of these is helpful IN To-
eating the law breaker and aiding the
officers in bringing the culprlt TO
justice.
The body OF an Old horse drawn
street car, a relic OF the day When
Pierre boosted OF such a method Oh
transportation, mas been resulTecteu
from the scrap heap AT Fort PIERRE
where it has repOsed for nearly Two
decades and is being mounted on an
automobile chassis by the state lmml-
grafton department. Ine car VAL start
out the latter part OF TINS mon1h on "a
weeks tour OIL IOWA county IdIFs' au'
vertIsing South Dakota.
The National Journal OF Rural Ed
ucation' Will began publication IN
Aberdeen about september i, accord
ing to the announcement OF Or. II. W.
Foght, president OF the Northern nor
mai. The publication IS d part ot
the work being carried on by the Ma
tionai Education ASSOCIATION, when
decided at It's recent Des MONIES
meeting to select Aberdeen as the
place Oh publication.
State warrants totaIing $25,932.93
have strayed or have been losI III
some manner since ne Ilrst OIL last
January, after they mad IeIt Flerre,
according TO the RECORDS III tne once
OF the state auction. TWO olher small
warrants are known 10 have been
stolen and have been CaSned.
The advertising department or the
South Dakota farm Bureau Fedora
ton has placed advertising tor the
State Potato Growers Cooperative eX-
change III the states OF Iowa, Kansas
and Illinois, where South Dakota pO-
tatoes may be expected TO be sold III
large quantities.
The Aberdeen Street Railway com
pany has asked the city commission
ers TO increase its fares, which at pres
ent are only 5 cents, perhaps the low
est in the country. The mount OF
the new fare has not yet been fixed
but may be as high as 10 cents.
Pitch blende, which is radioactive
uraninite, has been recently found neal
keystone by DR.. A. T. Koos, a chem
list and mining metallurgist, who has
spent many years III the Black Hills
in research and mining work.
Held on a charge of connection with
the robbery of the depot at Harris
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. James Weston,
alias John Blair, were bound over
under $4,000 bonds each at the hear
ing at Canton.
The drill in a test oil we'll being
sunk in the Elk Creek district, struck
a large gas pocket, which is believed
to assure the striking Of oil at a lower
depth. The drill now is down over
200 feet.
Nesper services atop II Of the
buildings on the YanktOn college cam
pus is one way summer school Off
GERS have devised for escaping hot
weather ~discOmforts.
Plans are being made whereby the
CavOur high school, commencing with
the new school year in the fall, will
be able to offer a full four-year course
In the high school.
For the first time in years a rattle
snake invaded Spearfish. +. l.. Ben
nett killed a 33-inch rattler on the
sidewalk in front of a local residence
T. II. Launtz, aged 80 years, OF
Jamestown, Pa, was accidentally
killed at Elkton, to which place he
beat his way on a freight train.
Sioux Falls is to become the head
quarters for the evenu agents fol
this district, comprising South Dakota
and part Of Minnesota.
Under the reorganization Of the ma
tional guard in South Dakota, Madi
son will have a ~selective combat en-
gineers unit.
During a period Of 80 days a tota
OF 1885 cans Of cream were shipped
from Philip.
The South Dakota Potato Growers
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