The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-17

alfalfa seed this year and are selling
it on the local markets for 10 cents
a pound.
Flandreau.-Miss Belle Meal, Of
this city, has retired from her luties
at the government Indian school in
this city, with which she has been
connected for a period Of so years.
Yankton.-Plans for an outdoor
play, to be staged in Yankton's
natural Greek theatre this winter, are
being made by a number of young
persons here interested in dramatic
art.
Aberdeen.-The music department
at the Northern normal and industrial
school has perhaps never evinced a
greater activity or showed more prom
Use than at the opening of it's present
season,
SLencer.-Owing to the fact that
orders have ceased coming in and
that cars are hard to get, the Spencer
quarry has closed operations for the
winter. This throws about 35 men
out of employment.
NSIIIlllliOL. -SiluIlul anu lOIuiCi
students of the University of South
Dakota will hold their annual banquet
this year at Pierre on November q
The affair is held in connection with
the state teachers association meet
ing.
Madison.-A raid of several cottages
at Lake Madison petted the officials
three stills, 20 gallons OF finished
product and 500 gallons of mash.
This is the largest haul made in this
locality in several months. Two men
have been arrested.
Badger.-Although Badger is one Of
the smallest towns Of the state, it
will have one Of the most up-to-dato
electrical distributing systems in the
eastern part Of the state as the result
OF issuing bonds Of $4,000 for the
construction of a high line and dis
tributing system.
Milbank.-The survey Of a proposed
pipe line by which the city Of Mi''ank
expects to get a supply OF waite on
a point one mile west OF Twin ] ,oks
has been completed. The water can
be conveyed into a reservoir here By
gravity and thus do away with the
expense of pumping.
Barnard.-A town Of only so in
habitants With one of the finest o n
solidated schools in the northwest!
Such has been accomplished "a Bar
nard by cooperation between the town
chin &C nnnn4o o,1 a.. ort ~ Demand
where a magnificent school building
Of 81 rooms has been erected at a cost
Of $50, 900.
Pierre.-The state highway com
mission in considering the proposed
Mitchell cutoff highway is working
along a new line between this city
and Rousseau, to keep back from the
river hills and run the line east al
most H. Rousseau before dropping it
down to the river grade between that
point and DeFrey.
Chamberlaia.-Much interest is be-
ing taken in efforts to raise from the
Missouri river a big railway locomo-
tive, which went into the river with
several cars when the trestle bridge
collapsed last June. 1t is estimated
that it will cost $4,000 to salvage the
locomotive. Expert divers from the
Pacific coast are being employed.
Bryant.-Good progress is being
made in the work Of transforming and
improving the interior Of the local
opera house, which will be made into
one of the finest and most comfort.
able play houses in this part of the
state. The opera house was purchased
by the local American legion and will
be headquarters for the members.
Vermillion.-Thc state contest fol-
young professional musicians, includ-
ing pianists, violinists and singers,
conducted under the direction OF the
National Federation of Music Clubs,
will be held some time between Feb
ruary Is ard March 80, 1923. The
winner in each class will compete in
the national contest in Asheville, ".
c., next June.
PierpOnt.-Pierpont may continue
plans for building the high line to thai
city from Andover as a result of 6
hearing before Judge b. A. Walton
recently. Previous to the hearing a
temporary injunction was granted
restraining the town of Pierpont from
having the high line built until the
hearing Of the permanent injunction
in circuit court.
Sturgis.-Meade county women are
dead in earnest for the enforcement
of law and for banishing from the
county the peddler OF moonshine. A
representative group of women select
ed from all the Protestant and Cath
Ollie churches are federated and or
ganized into a committee for law en-
forcement. They have circularized
The entire voting strength of the coun
ty.
Flandreau.-Following a suggestion
made by the commercial club, the
city will in the near future sink a