The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-24
NEWS Of THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

into his barn. He was seated upon
the spring seat of a triple box and as
he drove into the barn his head hit
the door header, throwing his head
against the back Of the spring seat
and breaking his neck. Death result
ed instantly.
Announcement is made by the state
railway commission Of a reduction in
Ignite rates from the mines at Isabel
and Firesteel, this state. to stations
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad in central, northern and
northwestern South Dakota, amount.
ing to approximately 40 per cent.
A light epidemic Of influenza caused
by the rapid change Of weather, has
spread over the campus Of the Uni
versity Of South Dakota in Vermil-
lion, claiming more than 100 students
as victims. Vermillion physicians say
the illness is not serious and that re-
cOvery is rapid.
At q meeting Of the council of the
Grant County Community League, re-
Gently organized in Milbank, plans
were made to establish night schools
throughout the county. Night schools
have already been established at Troy,
Strandburg and Revillo.
At the annual meeting of the Trent
Live Stock Shipping association re-
ports were made showing that the as
aociation has made gOod progress in
its first year and that it made a good
profit for the farmers Of the surround
ing community.
With the advance in the price Of
hogs, ~Iroquois agin is becoming an
important hog market. During a per-
iod of 80 days recently 81 carloads of
hogs were shipped from there to east
ern markets, with shipments steadily
increasing.
Definite decision to go ahead and
lay out a city park along the banks Of
the Missouri river was taken by the
park board of the Yankton city COM
mission. The park will be one of the
most picturesque in the state.
"Gradma" Venting, one of the
best known women of that part of
the Black Hills, met death at the home
of her son, neal Pringle, as the result
Of missing her footing and falling
down a flight of stairs.
The sunshine department Of the
Goth Century club Of Flandreau, will
undertake the work of making extern
sive improvements in the city park at
that place, and will equip a play
ground for children.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual spring conference
of the agricultural agents of the coun-
ties of western South Dakota, which
will be held in Deadwood on April 10
and 20.
A big new engine and generator
recently added to the Brookings pow
CT plant will greatly increase the ca
pacity of the plant and provide Brook
ings with first class electric service.
South Dakota shoe repairers who
organized the Master Shoe Repairers'
association at Aberdeen about a
month ago. will hold their first annual
convention in Sioux Falls July 10.
A movement has been inaugurated
to improve the highway from the
Edgemont-M innekahta locality into
Hot Springs. 1t is expected that work
will be started in the spring.
The spring reunion of the South
naLpfo CnrCicforu nf tho fCbrth die
trict, Scottish Rite Masons, will be
held in Aberdeen, commencing March
20 and closing March 25.
The Parker post of the American
Legion has taken up the project of
providing Parker with a city park.
and it is expected work will start as
soon as spring opens.
The Near East Relief Of the Free
man district has now shipped over
1000 bushels of corn to stricken Rus
STA. 1t is expected that another car
will be shipped soon.
Aberdeen police report that Febru-
airy was one of the quietest months in
the history Of the department. Only
~ diICSto WClO hiduO uuAAhS ShS
month.
Since the state bonus board started
payments the cash has gone out at
the rate of 81, 200, 900 a month, or at
about $40, 900 for each working day.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the store and stock of Close & Conkey,
general merchants in Lane, entailing
Il loss of approximately $4,000.
Work has commenced at Memo on
The construction of a new p~ostoffice
building. 1t is being arranged espec-
tally for ~postoffice purposes.
Geddes, which recently suffered a
fire that destroyed it's school build
ing, is to have q fine new modern
structure.
A woman's auxiliary to Codington
county post Of the American Legion.
of Watertown, has been organized.
A Sphinx County League of Women
Voters has been organized at Red
field.
With spr ing moving. both in the