The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-09-02

The Sioux City Tribune was the
successful bidder for the defunct
Sioux Falls Press plant. The price
paid was SD, 500,
We have just received one Of the
finest sample lines of Christmas Cards
you ever looked at and we are now
ready to book your order for Decem
Der delivery. 1t may seem early to
begin talking Christmas Cards but
later Oh in the seaso you may not be
able to get just what you want in that
line, Remember we can either EN-
boss or engraye them for you.
j. H. Bundy and little daughter
Ardeth, expect to leave today for Ro
chester, Minnesota, where Mr.. Bundy
goes to visit a sister that has been
taking treatment at a hospital there.
The Christian Endeavor Players of
Witten will present their four act med
ical missionary play entitled "The
Pill Bottle" at the Legion Hall in
Wood on Friday evening, September
9th. This is said to be a real good
show produced by a home talent
company of our neighboring town to
the east, and our people should show
a neighborly spirit by giving these
young people a packed house next
Friday evening. The price OF admis
sion will be 25c and 35c.
There was a goodly number attend
ed the Eastern Star picnic on Butte
Geek, Wednesday, just south of the
Issue Station. There was a big pic
mic dinner with plenty OF fried chick
en-, hot coffee, green corn on the cob,
and a lot Of other good things, togeth
er with plenty of water melons and
muskmelons. All of which was thor
oughly enjoyed by those present.
The afternoon was enjoyed by just
visiting, and then a picnic supper was
served before the crowd broke up.
Several car loads of Star folks came
out from Winner, Carter and White
River to enjoy the day and all seem
ed to have a good time.
Two weeks from today, Oh Septem-
Der 18th, the season for legally hunt
ing prairie chickens opens in this
state. The prairie chicken crop is a
large one in these parts this year and
they are of fine size at this time. Re.
member you must have a hunting Ii
cense to hunt, except on your own
land, and that ever if you have a hunt
ing license you must have permission
of the owner of the'land to hunt on
on the same if you want to be abso
lutely in the clear in a legal way.
Hunting licenses may be obtained
FROM the County Treasurer for 81 for
residents Of the state and Sis for non
residents. The chicken season closes
October Is.
County Treasurer c. w. Kerlin is
spending this week with his wife and
family on their homestead west OF
Wood, doing some fencing on his ad
ditional entry. Charley writes us as
follows: 81 have a nice melon patch
over there, but one night last week
some feeble minded, small souled
freak or freaks, got into the patch and
broke up - of the largest melons
\ none of them ripe, which they could
plainly see, as they broke the larges,
first. IF they keep it up, think | shall
lay for them with a cannon" Why
some people will wautonly destroy
the fruits of anothers labor, is hard to
understand. There are few, if any,
who would not give these destroyers
of melon patches all the melons tEey
want to eat, and then some, when the
fruit is ripe, for the asking, but these
"freaks" as Charley designates them,
seem to derive their greatest satisfac-
tion from destroying that which a0oth
er has la5ored hard to produce.