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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
TOURIST PARK CLEANED UP

There was real good turnout OF
workers last Friday, the day that had
been set to clean up our new Memo
rial Tourist Park south of the Butte
reek bridge. All who came came
With a will to work and as a result
he park presented pretty tidy APP
oearance before the work crew quit.
The weeds were cut and the under
brush cut out of the timber, and now,
With little effort, this park can be
made one of the most beautiful spots
n the county. Many who were there
asst Friday remarked that they did
not know that the grounds could be
made as beautiful as even this one
laws work showed. The Association
will have to do some fencing at once
md also put down a we'll to provid
drinking water for the campers.
There should also be some benches and
tables provided this year If possible.
It is very probable that Butte creek
will be damned this coming fall or
winter and next year the Park will
ave bathing facilities for the dust
overed traveller who stops at this
park for the night. A quite preten-
ious archway for the entrance to the
,ark is also planned as one of the
improvements for next season as also
several flower beds, and other beauti-
fying improvements. There is plenty
If shade and most ideal camp grounds
md at present there is plenty Of fire
wood for the campers, piled in con.
venient places.
These facilities are all free to ou1
visiting tourists and they are most
'ordially invited to make use of them
As the years 90 by this park will bt
improved and bettered until it will
be one of the better camp grounds
o be found in the state. There viii
,e another work day set in the neal
'uturc with a picnic dinner and ther
Ill should turn out and help to i'm
prove these grounds. This is sucl
busy season that there were not a.
many out last Friday as there would
rave been had there not been SO mucl
% do in the harvest and corn fields
md somehow many of the ladies df
not understand that there was to u
picnic dinner for the workers br
the grounds. This is an enterprise
that all can take part in and II
which all can feel just pride. II
IS sure to be a popular recreation
Ground for our local people as wei
as proving a haven of rest fof th'
luto tourist. Keep boosting th'
Memorial Tourist Park.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
VOLUME XI.
SEPTEMBER 26 27-28

There was a very good attendance
at the meeting Of the Fair Association
at Legion Hall IN Wood last Friday
night, and about $500 in stock was
sold September 2G-27-28 were select
Cd as the dates for holding the Mel
lctte County Fair at Wood this year.
Several committees were appointed
and are now hard at work arranging
the details for having really credit
able Fair here ca the dates above men
tened. The premium committee has
been at work and have arranged a
premium list which probably will be
off the press and ready for di8tribu-
tion next week. Large htho posters
and clcth auto banners advertising
the Fair have been gotten and are nov
being distributed At the meeting
Friday evening the Board of Direct
ors and officers OF the Fan were given
full and complete charge to work out
the details and conduct OF this years
Fair, and we feel sure that with the
proper cooperation we will have a
Fair here this year Of which we may
all feel proud
Our farmers should begin right now
on maEing their plans to bring q
good exhibit Of their products for our
crops caHnJt be beat anywhere III the
stac tIis year, and there will nC
doubt be 4 large number of visitor.
here from away who VIII be interest
Cd to see what we can produce in an
agricultural way.
The stock committee is still solicit
ing stock subscriptions. The shares
sell at $40 each, and no farmer in the
county is so poor but what he can
well afford to purchase at least one
share of the Association stock. 1t
takes money to conduct successful
county fair. Let everybody who has
the interests of the county at heart
get behind this enterprise and put it
over big. This, of all years, is our
great opportunity to advertise this
county. We need a thousand more Of
real dirt farmers in this county, and
the publicity this county will get from
this fair is going to help to bring
new farmers into the county. The
premium list. which has practically
been completed, is very liberal. Let
everybody do their part
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
MINING IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Two lode mines in the Black Hills
in South Dakota-the Homestake and
Troian-and several small placers
produced $6,605, ,l67 in gold ad liz, AGA
ounces Of silver in 1921. The quanti-
ty Of bullion produced by these mines
during the first six months of 1922 in
dicatcs, according to c. w. Henderson
of the United States Geological Sur
vey, Department of the Interior, that
the production of gold and silver III
South Dakota in 1922 will be slightly
larger than in 1921 and if the new
South mill of the Homestale COM
pany, the machinery for which is now
being installed, is in operation by
SEPTEMBER, the production may be
materially increased.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
SERVICE MEN TO PARADE
AT HURON LEGION MEET

Those attending the last national
convention of the American Legion
at Kansas City in 1921 state that the
parade of ex-service men held as part
OF the program was one Oh the most
picturesque events ever witnessed.
This year at the convention of the
South Dakota Department of the
American Legion to be held in Huron
on August 2l-24, similar parade
will be staged.
Although the number of marchers
will be slightly smaller than at Kan
sas City, the parade will be striking
affair. According to present reports,
from three to five thousand men will
attend the Huron convention and with
all of them in line approximately a
regiment will pass in review. Among
the high dignitaries who will salute
the soldiers and sailors will be Gov
ernor McMaster National Commander
Hanford MacNider of the American
Legion, and Adjutant General Halle
of South Dakota.
A call has gone out from conven-
ton headquarters at Huron that all
attending eX-service men, whether
they were sailors, soldiers or marines
should bring their uniforms and all
their decorations. While still in the
service many Of the boys thought that
the 0. DIS were to be consigned to
the ash heap and oblivion after they
cot their discharge, but on an occa
sion such as this they are changing
from this wartime decision. Man,
rosts throughout the state are plan
ling to march in solid uniform ranks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
MELLETTE COUNTY BOOSTERS
FROM WHITE RIVER RETURN
By G. H. Blakeley

Friday night, July p, about $3.50
o clock the Boosters, returned
from their six-hundred mlle trip.
They were met by the townsfolk, who
had gathered in main street for the
occasion. The ladies of the town had
prepared n splendid banquet which
was spread in the basement Of the
large Methodist church. This was
indeed welcome for the boys had
been moving SO rapidly that they had
taken very little time to enjoy eating.
They had been tipped off at Wood
that the big feed was ready and much
racing was evident from Wood home.
The representative for the Mellette
county press gathered news from
some seventy editors along the way.
The first editor that he reached was
Mr.. BeetEam, of the MuPdo Coyote
Beetham, a real news gatherer, had
already heard that the boys were on
their way from the south and had
noised it around the sister city SO Ell
fectively that the streets were lined
with groups of natives to extend a
hearty welcome.
When the band unloaded and open
ed up their first concert they were
given cheer that is still echoing.
The Boosters went east TO Draper.
Draper business men were alive to the
occasion and turned out the entire
population. From Draper, Vivian was
next in line for the serenade. Vivian,
the little town with the consolidated
school and the experiment station,
must be credited with distinction of
having the best corn field seen along
the route. The business men were
net expecting the boosters and were
therefore not able TO get very many
people out until the concert was al
most over. The Boosters stopped In
Presho for dinner. They went to Ken
nebec at the rate Of forty miles PEI
hour. By this time the Ford drivers
were initiating Barney Oldfield in
their antics at the wheel. Chris
Bum, sheriff from Mellette county
was beginning to warm up his tin liz.
zie and invited the Hudsons and
Buick Skies t" showdown. The
next in line for visit was Reliance
, The boys were met with welcome
here that will be long remembered
| Oacoma was given concert and the
party divided here to cross the fer
ry over to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain Gives Banner Welcome
The hot afternoon, the miles OF eat
inc dust from the racing caravan o1
rushing boosters, impatient wait a
the ferry, and the nervous strain iron
the first days travel was waftet
away like the awakening from dream
when the bows landed in the old tim'
"Bordtr Town of Chamberlain
i The boys here at the gateway to tn
west river country have still retaine'
1.-The spirit Of the old west. A. (
Bailey, MANAGER of the Chamberlain
Wholesale Grocery Co., had lined "
banquet that reminded one OF tn
fatted baby beef" story. If the ol
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

The indications are that coal is
going to be high III price and very
scarec this coming winter. It's about
ime that these fool labor wars and
strikes are squelched. South Dakota
owns a mine of its own but it, like
he privately owned mines, is not pro-
lucing much coal in these times OF
lire need. If the states mine right
now could be operated at capacity
md the coal thus produced supplied
o the people of the state at moder-
,te price, the administration could
make big hit with the voters of the
stata
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

If some people would pay more at
tention to the middle, they wouldn t
have so much trouble making both
the ends meet.
Beauty Of face appeals to the eye,
while beauty OF soul enthralls the
heart. No wondet we are heart and
soul for the womenA
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
WINS A SCHOLARSHIP

Floyd M. Weed, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nj. III. Weed of this city, not
only graduated from the eighth grade
this spring with the highest honors
of any pupil in the county, but on
last Saturday he received free
scholarship which entities him to at
tend either the Yankton college, Da
kota Wesleyan University, Sioux
Falls college, Huron college or the
Redfield college. Floyd is good
steady Boy, and has considerable
talent aG an artist that he could de-
vclop. We want to congratulate hin
on his good fortune and the honors
he has won in his school work.
This is certainly the busy seasor
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

South Dakota and Iowa are now
the states in the Union to produce
three to four hogs per capita. In 1900
Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma were
the three states in that class, while
in 1880 Iowa was alone in it.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
CULLS

Our poultry professor he writes and
he writes, and ever and always its
''Kill off the mites.'
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

Escalloped Meat-34 c. rice, ~ c.
tomato juice, l c. bread c:'-..abs. 3 T.
fat, 3 T. flour, ~ C. meat chopped or
ground, salt and pepper. Cook rice
until tender in plenty of boiling salt
cd water Prepare tomato sauce of
the tomato Juice, flour, fat, salt and
pepper in the same manner as white
sauce (The stock could be used in
place of the tomato) Fill a baking
dish with alternate layers of rice Cor
macaroni) and chopped or ground
meat Pour tomato sauce Cor gravy
over each layer. Cover with buttered
crumbs and bake until dish is heated
through and crumbs are brown.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
THE FARMERS WIFE
Weekly Service Hints Furnished by
State College Specialists
Mary Ann GRAY

Mary Ann Gray
Here are a few sample tests foI
materials which will protect women
from buying weighted silks OF adulter-
ated wool material. BY applying these
women can tell whether the material
is worth making up and whether OF
not it is worth the money value.
In testing wool for cotton, ravel out
warp and woof threads. Break the
threads. Wool pulls apart with kinky
ends while cotton breaks. Wool burns
very slowly and gives off odor OF
burnt feathers and leaves a large
amount of ashes while cotton makes
q flame, leaves fine gray ash and
has the odor of burning leaves. The
ends OF cotton threads spread out
when burning.
The reason that silk dresses and
blouses sometimes give at the seams
or crack soon after they are made up
is that they are weighted. Burn the
sample of silk. True silk burns slow
ly, the ash coiling up in a tiny ball
on the edge of the burning material
An odor of burning feathers is given
off If weighted, silk burns slowly
and the sample will retain its shape
The more weighted silk is the shorter
will be its life.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

Some Of the finest services rendered
the home town by its community pa
per is in the suppression of the items
which would harm the town: And
there are many such.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

Crops are looking fine over most OF
South Dakota.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

This is Chautauqua week at Win
ner.
You can almost hear the corn grow
these days. ~
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

This is the year to replenisl
horse power. Good young horses are
cheaper now than they may be five
years hence.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

This is certainly the busy season
for the Mellette county farmer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

The crow problem in South Dakota
is one of control, not of eradication
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28

Chicks make the hens and the right
sort OF hens make the money. Take
care of the chicks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16
Sinclair HcaldtOn Cut
An Unexpected Measure

News OF the cut of 50 cents in the
Ilealdton quotation by the Sinclair
Crude Oil Purchasing Company, bring
ing its price down to 81. and meeting
the figure of the Magnolia Petroleum
Company, comes as a surprise to the
local operators and others interested
in the local field. The advice bearing
the information was received in this
city from Tulsa last night. Tho news
is surprising in that ii was unex-
pected. The Sinclair people have been
after all the production they could
obtain since they originally assumed
the leadership in posting the price
Of Healdton crude several months ago
and at which time they raised the
Magnolia posted price with a substan-
tial increase. Reports current in
various parts OF the state that the cut
may have been due to the fact that
the purchasers of crude are seeking
high grade oil and do not want the
lower grades, are not true when ap-
piled to the local situation. for ac-
cording TO operators who have been
keeping in close touch with Healdton
activities, the Sinclair interests have
been taking all the Healdton crude
they could obtain and have been con.
tnually making effort to get more.
Also, the -'ecent announcement by
Sinclair headquarters that ten so, 900
barrel capacity steel tanks are now
en- route for erection in the Healdton
field are n big factor in substantiation
Of the statement that the Healdton
crude is wanted. There is a possibil.
ity that the latest cuts in the Head.
| ton figure may tend to cause Head
ton operators 10 take into more seri.
Gus consideration than ever the build
ing of tanks for storage purposes tc
combat further reduction and attempt
to bring back a higher price. The
Gilmer and Carter Oil Companies are
believed to be the only Healdton pro
ducers who are now storing theil
production. Several of the othe
operators have some storage available
As covers the field generally. there
is not much storage on hand relative
10 individual producers. Some of the
operators are of the opinion that the
cut is only temporary and will await
further developments before taking
definite action relative TO storing pro
duction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16

ers Of St. Louis directly to fields for
Of the petroleum industry. What /
have seen today has convinced me,
and / feel sure that if others were
acquainted with the real worth of the
industry, they too would be convinced.
| believe the oil business is as legiti-
mate and as worthy of investment by
outside capital as Is any Of the other
commercial activities which are now
enjoying this privilege" Mr.. Hobbs
left for st. Louis today.
The Republic National Banli at st.
Louis with which he is connected Is
headed by n group OF very capable
men several Of whom are well known
In this section, including William f.
Brown, president. formerly n resident
of Tulsa, and william Sacks. member
OF the board of directors. The Re
public Bank has displayed great inter
est in activities in the southwest and
Is making special effort to obtain the
business of its empire builders" It's
efforts have been rewarded with fine
success.
A large number of men of Mr..
Hobbs high calibre have visited local
areas recently, due chiefly TO the
efforts Of Mr.. Ketch who is TO be
commended for the great interest he
is taking in the future of this section
~ tho ctata The enthusiasm hoinp
displayed by Mr. Ketch in the pro
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16
WITH THE OIL MEN

II. T.. Preston, independent operator
of Tulsa, stopped here last night en-
route from the eastern part Of the
state to oklahoma City
Harry Miller has returned from
Tulsa.
John NJ. Loyejoy, general manager,
and A. NJ. Blow. head of the land de-
partment, both with the Amerada
Petroleum company, were here on a
business visit yesterday
llarve Rose, drilling contractor on
the Templeman.FrantZ test north OF
Fox, was here Wednesday night
l.. y. Parkhurst. accompanied by
his attorney. Col, Jerry Burke, both
of Denver, Col. was taken suddenly
III and stopped in Ardmore during The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16
OIL NEWS
FROM LOCAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA FIELDS
KR0HN
Sinclair TO Run Gypsy
Production Sec. 2-2s-5W

The Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing
Company is laying n 3-inch line to
the Doaks lease operated by the Gyp-
sy Oil Company in section ., 2s-5w.
Stephens shallow field. The line will
be 71s miles in length and will con.
meet with the Sinclair line which is
now running GYPSY production in
the 2s-4w country and which in turn
Is an extension 10 the Sinclair Fox
line The Sinclair interests are not
entering the 2s.5w country as Il gen
eral purchaser at the present time
and will confine their runs solely TO
the Gypsy production. The Magnolia
ming the Gypsy production heretofore,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16
st. Louis Capital Seeks
Investment in Petroleum
Activities Carter County

Ardmore rightfully belongs in st.
Louis territory, and the bankers and
financial interests of the Missouri
city want 10 cement Industrial rela-
tions with the oil men OF this district,
according To George w. Hobbs. OF st.
Louis, vice president with the Re-
public National Bank. who was here
last night as a guest OF Frank ketch,
administrator of the Hamon estate.
Mr.. Hobbs was greatly impressed with
conditions here. His visit yesterday
was the first which he had paid to
this section Of the state. and the ac
tivity which he Witnessed in the local
fields and surrounding areas warrant
ed his statement relative to the in
vestnent OF st. Louis capital in south
ern Oklahoma enterprise. AS Is gen.
orally known. Kansas City Is at the
present time regarded as the chief
source of Ardmore's outside capital,
but the hard efforts which local in
terests were forced to put forth last
year to convince Kansas City bank.
ers that the oil industry Is a legiti-
mate enterprise has somewhat damp
ened the local enthusiasm entertained
as far as financial aid from that dis.
trict Is concerned
The wealth of st. Louis. states Mr..
Hobbs, especially Hnce the big insur.
ance companies have established head.
quarters there, has placed ii in a
position where ii is seeking opportu-
mites for investment, and activities
in Ardmore and adjacent territory are
such as to bring q most favorable
demand for placing of the st. Louis
resources here. Investments from st.
Louis financial resources would be
forthcoming without heSitancy and in
big manner, stated Mr. Hobbs, If
only the financiers were familiar with
conditions in the petroleum industry
as they really are. That is, If famil-
lar with the operations in the fields,
and the real value of settled produc-
ton. Stock selling schemes OF the
"get.rich-quick Wallingford' character,
floated by fly.by-night companies,
have caused the bankers and financiers
in areas other than oil territory to
doubt the truth. The minds OF these
men have been more or less poisoned
by propositions Of illegitimate charac-
ter and il will require actual demon
stration of oil field development and
its value OF liquidation to offset this
deplorable situation. "It would be
most profitable for all concerned"
said Mr.. Hobbs, "for tie bankers and
oil men of Ardmore to form an organi-
zation which would bring the bank
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16

sins were much worn and that in one
was hole with the edge blood-stained.
And Then she began TO watch her
fathers face. which showed that the
contents OF the letter were astounding
him. He rose quickly when he had
finished and put out his hand TO the
stranger.
Il am glad to see you, my boy he
said with great Kindness. Barbara,
this is a little ldusman OF ours from
Kentucky. He was the adopted son
of an Indian chief, but by blood he is
your own cousin His name is FIR.
skine Dale
The little girl rose startled. but her
breeding was too fine for betrayal,
and she went to him with outstretched
hand. The boy took il as he had
taken her fathers, Imply and with
out rising. The father frpwned and
smied-how could the lad have learned
manners And then he, too, saw the
hole in the moccasin through which
The bleeding had started again.
You are hurt-you have walked =
long way"
The lad shrugged his shoulders,
carelessly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-16
North Extension Test
Shutting Out Water

Hudson Gillian Coline No. >, on the
Harts farm. in the center of the
west line of the southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section
25, 4s-2w, Hewitt southeast extension
one fourth mile of production, is run
ming the 65s inch casing to shut
out water which broke in following
a shot the force of which buckied
several joints OF the S-inch. The
casing troubles were corrected by
swedging. This test prior TO the shot
was pumping 80 barrels from sand at
e2s5-23ll feet. The 81 inch pipe
was set in this well at 2212 feet.