The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-07-28
MELLETTE COUNTY BOOSTERS
FROM WHITE RIVER RETURN
Continued from page one)

me- toNnS w tHe HoIlH. we pldyeu
Bristow, Spencer and then decided tc
20 by way of Butte.
When we arrived in Butte we were
urprised to see the streets lined with
business men and farmers. This little
community was more than ready
They showed MS one of the real times
# the trip. The community leader
:. NJ, Ball, gave a short snappy ad-
dress of welcome and turned the city
over to the ~cOwpunchers. We have
wondered since leaving Butte if there
) not a great deal Of the pioneer
spirit still abroad in this little com
nunity located off the railroad. The
border life of a country town surely
brings ont the things worth while.
Fairfax, South Dakota, was the
first town across the line to get the
boosters. They circled the streets and
formed a ring across the business part
If town. When the band attempted
to leave the citizens asked for more
music. 1t was at this place that u
band leader, Nh. Manson, held us up
for a few minutes while he visited an
old friend he had not seen for many
moons. The Judge says: 81 certain
y was glad to see the old gentleman.
Te is a friend that / supposed de-
eased long ago"
nonesteel was not long in getting
vt when the boosters came to town
Che writer found the editor of the
local paper with his hands soaked In
printers ink, but he grabbed a wad
# waste and swabbed himself clean
IS he led the way to the main street
where the Cowboys were playing.
st. Charles is Beginning to Rebuild
When the leader of the boosters
anne to st. Charles he did not stop
his caused most of the boys to pass
resolutions of regret. The only alb,
hat we can give is the fact that WI
had ordered dinner up the line and
We were an hour late when at st
Charles. The writer noted as we wen
Trough the town that the citizens
we're rebuilding very rapidly. 1t Is
NV a matter of a very short time
until that town will be back at il
stronger than ever. The crop outlook
$ good around there and it certainly
5 a prosperous looking community
Herrick was in the midst of a wild
west show when we played to them
From Herrick we hurried to Burke
Burke was out to dinner and it is the
opinion of the writer that the house
wives served a spoiled luncheon tha'
lay. The folks came flocking to tn,
square to hear the cowboys play. W.
made only a short stop here and went
IN to Gregory. At this town Rev
Richards, former pastor of the Meth
dist church at White River, had stir.
ed the town up and they were en-
husiastic about our trip.
This town is considered one of the
i've towns of the country, but they
lad lost faith in us because we were
ate to dinner. However they served
I splendid dinner for forty cents.
After dinner the town turned out tc
the bands music and extended a
learty welcome. We arrived in Co
ONE feeling like the home stretch was
howing up in the distance. AS VIC
eft town the writer heard one fei.
low say: "That is not half enough"
We invite him and anyone else who
felt that u sample was insufficient;
to come to White River the first week
in August, 2, 3, and 4-and get his
fill.
Out here in the heart Of the Rosebud
country at the end of the Northwest
srn trail is a town that is equivalent
to the oil towns of kansas. Not many
summers ago the writer saw the prai
ne dogs digging where the business
men OF Winner are now preparing te
'ay pavement. This little town is one
If the sensational towns Of the west.
1t owes its phenomenal growth to the
rich agricultural country around its
borders. The business men are Of
hat frontier typs who are always
cady to get behind anything that
hows signs of life. They certainly
ave the boosters a welcome.
When we passed west from Winner
he press car was unfortunate enough
to lose the main caravan The bunch
vent to Carter, then back to Witten
before coming on to Wood. We wait
I'd for them at Wood. Wood was
given a concert hat taxed the last
ounce of energy left in the cowboy
,%and-from this concert its life
passed away into the history of the
'rontier.
ThA RcuI