The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-06-02

che responsibilities of the franchiSe
as we'll as its privileges, the huron
commercial club a few months ago
promoted the organization OF a Wo'
mems Civic league. The result mas
been that the women Of Huron nave
taken a more active part in poltlcal'
civic and business events OF the d
City thar ever before, which has at
tracted attention from all quarters OF
the state.
According to advices from Wash
ington, ID. c., a new town will be locat'
ed 10 miles south of Ravinia, to be
known as Marty, and applications for
postmaster at that place are now IN
order. st. Paul's mission is already
located there, and at the present time
a mammoth parochial school building
is under course of construction. Marty
promises to be a thrifty little city
within the course Of a few months as
numerous parties are already figur'
ing on various business enterprises.
Potter COUNTY farms are we'll stock
ed with purebred and high grade cat
tie and hogs, as is shown in the COM
p~ilation of figures obtained in a recent
livestock survey of the county. There
are about 500 farms in the county.
Out of 1914 farms reporting on cattle,
four have all purebreds, SO have no
purebreds, and 81 have some Of each,
showing that more than one-half the
farms are using at least a purebred
sire.
That dependency caused by finan-
cial worries was the motive behind the
suicide Of Cal Smith, a prominent
rancher of the Eagle Butte territory,
was established by investigation FOL
lowing the discovery of the body on
the Smith ranch a short time ago.
The contract has been awarded for
the erection Of a new public school
building at an interior point II miles
north of Ortley. 1t will cost $1,000.
One of the unique features is tat
living quarters for the teachers viii
be provided on the second floor.
TRANSMISSION of blood from his neph-
ew failed to save the life Of Matt
O'Connell of Lake county, who died
in a Madison hospital following a
general weakening of his physical
condition after an operation for a bad
case of appendicitis.
A transaction involving farm lands
worth l 1000, 900 or more may be con
Guided as the result OF a visit of a rep,
re%sentative of the British northwest tC
the members ofthe Mennonite colon
les at Bon Homme and Wolf Creek, in
Bon Homme county.
Good progress is being made in the
work of constructing a new city hal
building at Gregory. 1t will have a
frontage of so feet, and will provide
quarters of the city council and for
the firemen and their f%ire-fighting ap
paratus.
The 1922 commencement program
of the Brookings State college will be
br~oadcasted by radio as the various
events take place on Monday, June IL
!. if the college radio apparatus is re
ceived and installed in time.
Reports made by seven of the /;
banks in Hamlin county show a gair
of nearly $4,000 in deposits over thu
deposits in March of this year. This
indicates that financial conditions il
the county are improving.
The ~12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
/, Turner, living near Memo, jumped
over the manger in the barn an
hrnLn hiC nncE folItnr ,,n1or III,
, horses mad being trampled upon t
some extent when found.
The Highmore volunteer fire de
partment is adding a great deal O
, new and modern fire-fighting equip
ment. Among the new equipmen
will be a fire truck, which cost $4,000
!, A bad landslide occurred recent,
on the Terry road near the Glob,
, mine in the Black Hills. Twenty O
80 wagon loads of earth and rock al
2 most completely blocked the road.
Boys in the prairie section of tn,
, state are picking up considerable
, spending money these days by dig
ging out wolf dens and capturing tn
pups for the bounty.
, Requests totaling $1,000 are mad
2 to various charitable and religious IN
> situations of the Norwegian churcI
through the will Of A. ]. Loon, a Dav
y son county farmer.
Tie business men and other res
4 dents Of Hartford are making prelin
I mary plans for a ~rousing Fourth c
July celebration, to be held in tina
city.
q Red Lake, a fine body Of waite
Iea Chamberlain, has become one G
the leading fishing resorts Of the Mi.
souri, valley section of the state.
i In a period of one week 81 carload
Z Of cattle were shipped from Bere!
h ford. During the same period fiv
cars of hogs were shipped.
r The appointment of Mgr. Bernar
d j. Mahoney as bishop of the dioces