The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-17
Of THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF TIE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

Huron is to have a country club.

nre beginning TO take actual stock III
The repeated assertions that the coun-
try is steadily returning to normal.
Corn, which a few months ago was
selling for as low rs 10 and Is cents a
bushel, and which man farmers burn
ed rather than sell. is now bringing 40
cents. Hogs, which are eating this
same Accent corn, and which as late
as 30 days ago brough: only about SIS
per 100 pounds, are now selling for as
nigh as $40.
Twelve district meetings of the
South Dakota meetings Of the South
Dakota Retail Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION will be held in the state, it
was decided at the recent convention
held in Mitchell. The towns in which
the district gatherings will be held
will probably be Gregory, Murdo,
Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Lennon, Mo-
bridge, Aberdeen, Sisseton, Huron,
Yankton, Hot Springs and Water
town.
There are 4,28O.06 miles of main
railroad in South Dakota, of which
nearly 70 per cent belongs to two com
panies, according to the records Of
the office Of the state tax commission
IN Pierre. Pennington county, in the
Black Hills region, is shown to have
the greatest mileage OF any county,
with a total Of 240 miles. Brown
county is second, with 219.33 miles,
and Sphinx is third, with 190.60 miles.
"A fatal accident occurred to the 10
year-old daughter of John GeidIe, near
| Hillside. She was assisting with The
family washing at the home Of her sis
ter, and, while working at the wiring
ar, which was being run by a gas en-
CINE, the shawl which she had on her
head caught in the rolls Of the wringer
and before help could arrive she was
choEed to death.
Wholesale cuts in teachers salaries
will be made iii the Rosebud country
next term as the result Of a confer
ence Of school officers held at Bone
steel, but cuts in teachers salaries
will not be the only economies effect
Cu, dS luillci OtS OllAtl DOl LlOio vi tlC
school budgets will be c~urtailed also.
Congressman Royal c. Johnson Of
South Dakota, is on the rules commit
tee TO which has been referred the
truth-in-fabric bill. The farm bureau
is urging Mr.. Johnson, in behalf OF
the wool growers Of the state, to help
get the bill before the house Of repre-
sentatives for a vote.
The convention OF South Dakota
T~hreshermen will be held in Sioux
Falls for three days, beginning March
"A and lasting through March is, il
has been announced, together with q
program that names many prominent
speakers and an abundance of enter
tainment.
Comparison Of figures of loans made
by the state rural credits commission
with the assessed valuations of rea
estate in the different counties SHOW
that the loans are under fifty pei
cent of the assessed valuations in al
counties.
Seventy-four fires, causing a tota
loss OF $207,S34, in South Dakota were
reported to the state fire marshal dur
ing the month Of December, according
to a recent issue of the fire marsha
bulletin.
According to the annual report o
the Pukwana Shipping association
the farmers who are members of the
association were saved the sum O
so, 76S on livestock shipped during
the past year.
1t is reported that farmers in the
northwestern part OF the state viii
refrain from seeding any great acre
age in wheat this year., on the theory
that wheat is not a dependable croI
in that section.
Because there are not more thar
two candidates for any one judiciary
office in the state there will be nc
judiciary ballot at the March primaries
this year, according to Secretary o.
State Charles Burkhart.
Mrs. A. G.. Leavitt. who resided or
a farm near Langford, was found
frozen to death in her door yard, 800
feet from the house. The discovery
was made by ~neighbors.
Edward Ball, a farmer of Roberts
county, who was badly mangled by 6
bull which came up behind him an(
crushed and trampled him, died o.
his injuries.
Andrew Benson, aged 70, of New
Ellington, died from the effects of ex
rosure following the burning of the
dwelling house where he made his
home.
The Beadle County Livestock I'm
prOvement association has been or
ganized under the auspices of the
farm bureau.
A loss estimated at $4,000 resulted
from a fire which swept a part OF the
business district of Montrose.
The rural mail carriers of Gregory
county have organized a county car
riers' association.
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