The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-04-08
JUNIOR CLUE WORK
solJrH DAKOTA BOYS AND SiHLo
ENROLL IN MANY
ACTIVITIES

bows and girls between the ages %
10 and Is years inclusive, are alred"S
enrolled in he various projects OF lhe
junior agricultural club work lor 'ne
present season, according 10 faol a.
Scarbro, state club leader, cohnec'e"
with the extension division Oh Tue
state agricultural college. Inc "oIh
which these boys and girls Will con
duct on the farms Of the state IhAs
year will range from the growing Vi
pigs to d~ressmaking and VIII lhSlu"e
nearly every subject farm youngsters
are interested in. Baby pork cluDS
are the most popular with SOW litter
and gardening clubs running ciose
seconds. Plans are already Delhs
made for the Boys and GIFTS cIup
camps this summer, which IN former
years have developed SO much inter
est in junior farm work throughout
the state. Indications are that prac-
tically every county will either con
duct its own camp or will cooperate
with other counties in the junior
short course work for these club
camps.
Another effort for the immediate
linking OF eastern and western South
Dakota, by mean of a permanent
wagon bridge, is being made by the
Pierre commercial club, according to
the recent announcement Of that or
ganization. The club has obtained en-
gineers' figures showing the cost and
feasibility of the Chicago and North
western railway company planking
the railroad bridge between this city
and FIT. Pierre and adopting a system
Of tolls for vehicles and pedestrians.
The plan, which will be submitted to
railroad officials within a few weeks
by a committe representing the club.
calls for the planking Of the bridge
b the company, the construction OF toll
gates at each end and the discontin-
uance Of the ferry train, which makes
the two-mile run between the cities
on a wo-hour schedule during the day.
After a legal battle which ran the
gamut Of the state railway commits
sion, the United States district court,
the South Dakota supreme court and
the federal railroad administration,
the chamber of commerce Of this city
at last is seeing the contamination Of
it's efforts to have the Northwestern
Railway company build a "Y" TO con-
meet their line with the Milwaukee.
This will virtually give Mitchell a belt
rail service.
Bids will be opened on April 20 at
Fort Thompson on about 60 tracts OF
Indian inheritance lands which will be
sold to the highest bidder. These
tracts range from 40 acres to 800
acres in size. The sales are made
under sealed bids, and the terms are
optional, either 10 per cent with bid
and 80 per cent on acceptance; or 10
per cent with bids, 20 per cent within
30 days and the balance in two annual
payments at 8 per cent.
The farmer may lay just claim to
cording to figures complied by the
American Farm Bureau federation
covering deflation comparisons of var.
ious commodities. Price indexes OF
the month OF February, as founded on
figures released by the bureau Of labor
statistics on March II, show farm rod.
ucts to be only 25 per cent above
the 1914 level, and all commodities 67
per cent above.
Yankton homes will have to be
opened to accommodate the bankers
of the state who are expected to at.
tend the annual convention of the
South Dakota Bankers association,
which will be held here June Fl and
81, according to advance indications
for local hotels will be taxed far be.
yond their capacity.
County school superintendent in
counties having an area in square
miles equal to seventy-five or more
congressional townships or major
fractional parts of such townships, are
entitled to receive a salary Of not less
than $1,SG0 per annum, according to
the opinion handed down by Attorney
General Byron s. Payne.
On sMarch so, the new Black Hill:
sale pavilion will be open to the public
with a Hereford sale. Fifty-eight pure
bred Herefords will be the first ami
mails to be sold through the new sale
ring at Whitewood, 8. D. The new
pavilion will seat 500 people and stall
eighty head of cattle.\
A hearing recently was concluded
before the state supreme court al
Pierre in the action involving the ap.
pointment of a city manager for Rapid
City. At the conclusion of the hear.
ing the court took the case under ad.
visement. An early decision is looked
for.
A law enforcement convention will
be held in Mitchell on Tuesday, April
5. with a number OF prominent people
OF the state as speakers. 4
The South Dakota Farm bureau has
received a copy Of a letter from Cas-.
imir Lubomirski, minister of Poland