The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-29

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stances it is safe to say that the TWO
are e. o. F~rescoln, OF Trip county
and George b. Otte, of Clark county.
This does not mean that there VIII
not be other candidates for the place,
but these two apparently stand out
as the most probable at the present
time.
Brookings.-South Dakota soil is
rich in plant food for growing crops
it is indicated by the tests MADE on
25S,2 40 acres OF land surveyed Il
tested under the direction OF Prof. }.
G.. Hutton, of the agronomy depart
ment at State college. Since 1919
complete surveys have been made III
Beadle. McCook, Union and Grant
counties and $50 square miles OF
eastern Lyman, eastern Jones and
southern Stanley counties also have
been tested.
Mitchell.-Mitchell school authori-
ties have just completed a search for
$50 youthful residents Of the city
within the compulsory school age, who
did not report at school when the
work started this fall. /. T. Lothrop,
city truant officer, is the official in
vestigator, and under his direction
1877 of the $50 missing pupils have
been located.
Buffalo Cap. f. Emick returned
to Buffalo Gap after taking a carload
Of horses to Arkansas for sale\. While
-, I;c tr,D h0 Nroo in a trnip Ovrnpk
was held up on account of the strike,
and when he arrived at his destination
he was forced to sell his horses for
about SO a head. He realized enough
on his car Of horses to pay his fare
home.
Huron-Plans are being made by
the officers and directors for the first
annual meeting Of the Automobile
Trades Association Of South Dakota,
which will be held at Sioux Falls,
January Is, according to an
ment issued here by o. M. Phelps,
president of the association.
Pierre.-The state received in in.
heritance taxes during the first nine
months of the year, with the reports
of 10 counties not received, $179,53l
from South Dakota estates, and
$23,160 from nonresident estates,
according to the annual report of the
state tax commission
Y~ankton.-An order was issued by
Judge r. B. Trip in circuit court
here directing the county auditor and
clerk to make a recount OF ballots
cast in the recent election to settle
the contest between Gilbert Larson
and Hardy Carlson, candidates for the
state legislature.
Beresford.-The dates for the Beres-
ford farmers institute have been set
as January II, II and Is, at which
time it is arranged that q poultry
show and 2 corn show will also be
held. January %, &c, and 81 are the
dates for both the Alcester and Elk
Point Institutes.
Chris. Kovacevich, a business man
Of Terry, was defrauded Of $4,000 in
cash by the ancient "box" swindle and
two we'll dressed and smooth talking
~Slavonians, the perpetrators Of the
fraud, have disappeared. The Black
Hills officers now are striving to To-
cate them.
Chancellor.-A large number of
residents of Chancellor have signed a
petition asking the town council to
authorize the issuance of bonds of
10000 for installing an electric sys-
tenn, so the town can be provided with
electricity for lighting and power pur-
poses.
Mitchell.-A plan for utilizing the
waste power at the Mitchell water
works for generating electricity for
the municipal buildings in Mitchell
and for the streets lighted by the or
namental lighting system is being in
vestigated by the city administration.
Pierre.-The elevators and ware
houses Of the state handled. for the
year end ing May / last, 81 ,311, 1856
bushels of grain of all kinds. OF this
19,680,970 bushels were wheat and
flax and 6~0,630,SS5 other kinds of
grain.
Madison.-A local ice company has
lined up ice cutting machinery on the
north shore of Lake Herman and is
ready to start the ice harvest as soon
as the ice has frozen In the lake to a
thickness Of Is or Is inches.
Aberdeen.-Private advices received
here by local residents report that
oil was struck in the Davis we'll, four
miles northeast Of Lennon. Oil be,
gan flowing at the 1850 foot level.
Pierre.-There Is a move on foot in
the sttae to obtain from the next
legislature an amendment to the
South Dakota bad check law, which
will make 1t OF some value"
Britton.-Falling from the sprine
! seat on a three box grain wagon, Mrs
o. M. Olson of Britton. was instantly
killed when the wheel of the loaded
wagon passed over her neck.
: Lesterville.-Joe Tozcek, 35, of Les
: terville, was almost instantly killed
when his automobile turned ovel
north Of Lesterville. His back was