The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-10

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number two were wholesale firms.
Physicians apparently are not anx-
ious to prescribe intoxicants, as only
"a out of all the practitioners OF the
state took advantage OF the privilege
to take out a license for such pur'
pose.
Great development in the Lennon
oil fields next summer is practically
assured. Good work was done the
past summer for the time spent in ac'
tual drilling. One we'll six miles
southwest of Lennon was drilled in
% days, and while no definite infor.
nation is available as to how deep
the we'll is, every indication points to
a depth OF at least 1900 feet, and
some people firmly believe 1000 feet.
The reports which reach the immi
grafton department Of the state from
different sections Of the state indi'
cate that there is likely to be a re
duction in the corn acreage in the
southeastern counties of the the state,
but that any such reduction in that
section is likely to be made up by the
farmers in the northern and western
counties, who indicate an intention to
increase their acreage this year.
AS the result Of a court ruling sew.
eral tracts of land which a few years
ago were added to the corporate limits
Of Dell Rapids, are to again be de-
tached from the city, and the owners
must be refunded several hundred
dollars in taxes which they nave paid
in excess of the taxes they would have
paid if the lands had been only as.
sessed in the townships where they
are located.
The average teachers salary in
South Dakota this year is $106 a
month, or $S7S.69 for the school year
Of eight and three-tenths months, &C.
cording to figures compiled by the
state department of public instruc.
ton. Last year the average was $103
per month.
Shipping associations Of Mellette
and Jones counties are making a
great record. Costs Of marketing live
stock have been decreased and the
small shipper has been provided a
short and quick road to market.
Yankton is going to have a park
overlooking the Missouri river, a
gently sloping, grassy rest area
provided with walks and benches and
beautified with trees and shrubbery
and flower gardens.
Hundreds Of persons are visiting
Cook lake, near Corsica, from which
fish are secured in numbers surpass-
ing any past record. 1t is possible
dreds Of the fish.
For the purpose of promoting the
general and social welfare Of Gran.
don, the young married people have
organized what will be known as the
Welfare club Of Crandon Settlement.
A Deadwood bakery has reduced
the price of bread to 10 cents a loaf
The loaves will weigh 20 ounces, com.
pared with the 2%4-ounce loaves which
have been selling at Is cents each.
One of the most convenient modern
school buildings in western South
Dakota has been completed with the
erection of a new unit for the high
school in Belle Fourche.
Grain shipments are becoming
heavy from Madison. In one day re-
Gently eight carloads were sent to
eastern markets, and there were de-
mands for Is other cars.
According to the statistics com.
piled by the state tax commission, the
total gross collections from the mort.
gage registry tax up to January /,
1922, was s1,436,4S9.S5.
Miss Tenna II. Stratton, assistant
principal of the Faith schools, was
killed by a revolver shot from her
own gun, according to the finding OF
a coroner's jury.
The Western township consolidated
school near Amherst has been for
mally opened. The school is one Of
the best equipped in the northern part
Of the state.
The farmers and ranchmen of the
IeBIOH III anu dIOuuu the DidCh I1lils
are looking forward to a record-break.
ing crop for the coming ummer.
Hundreds of farmers are expected
to attend a farmers institute and corn
show, which will be held in Beres.
ford some time in February.
The Bookings commercial club has
taken up the matter of purchasing the
old fair grounds of 30 acres as a city
park and playground.
Spanish-American war veterans in
Huron are making arrangements for
the organization of a local post OF
veterans.
A wolf hunt participated in by over
800 residents of White Lake and vicin.
ity resulted in the bagging Of two
wolves.
Preliminary arrangements are be.
ing made for a big automobile show,
which will be held in Sioux Falls in
April.