The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-06-09
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

IC ouu CllONo Va
strongly agitating an innovation in
the form Of a high-powered radio
phone to receive concerts, speeches,
ermons and other features broad
casted through the air by h large
stations in the twin cities, Denver,
Chicago, Catalline Islands n other
sections of the country.
Extensive improvements are being
made to the property of the Eagle
Bird Mining company, which owns
valuable mining ground near Dead
wood. The contract has been awarded
for an additional 500 feet of tunnel
The mine now is operating a full
force of men.
The state hospital for the insane
n Yankton has purchased a 10 acre
tract Of land across the James river
from the hospital park, and will add
It to the present park. New facilities
for the enjoyment Of the asylum
patients are being added to the park.
A through test for oil in the BiXby
district. the starting point of the oil
boom two years ago, viii be made
this summer for the first time. The
territory being inaccessible by rail
road, drilling equipment has never be.
fore been brought in.
That the Missouri slope section OF
the state will have an opportunity to
harvest a good crop of prairie hay the
~~,,;,r -, y, , annnorc RI he pnytnin
from the reports which come from all
along the valley to the north line of
the state.
IN effort is being made to revive
the Moody county old settlers asso-
citation, which embraced as members
those who located in the county in
the late '70s. 1t is planned to reor
- " re and have annual meetings and
p]icnics.
Mrs. James Bankson, 40, wife Of n
retired farmer, living at Canton, end
ed her life by throwing herself under
the wheels of the locomotive hauling
a freight train as it passed on the
tracks near the Bankson home.
Tax anticipation warrants, sold last
December, totaling $1,000, 600, have
been paid off, leaving the state with
out obligations of this nature, accord
ing TO an announcement by State
Treasurer William O'Brien.
A final search by friends for the
body of Joseph Davis, a rancher living
on Firesteel creek near Mobridge,
who disappeared two months ago,
failed to disclose any clues as to the
fate of the missing nan
Gov. McMaster has reappointed
Thomas j. Hunt, of Philadelphia, as
commissioner OF deeds for the state
s~ylvania. His term is for a period Of
four years.
After As years Of service as justice
Of the peace, {. Won Woehrmann, Of
Hill City, has relinquished the office.
He assumed the duties of justice of
the peace in Hill City in 1877.
Carl Steiner, who has lived alone
on a farm in the Gettysburg district
for the past 80 years, bled to death
as the result, it is believed, OF being
injured by some of his horses.
The officers of the Clay County
Fair association are having a number
Of improvements made at the county
fair grounds in Vermillion, in prep.
aration for the annual fair.
Good progress is being made in the
work of installing a new waterworks
system at Hitchcock. An elevated
tank will be constructed, to give the
necessary pressure.
Preliminary work has commenced
on the construction Of a Catholic
church in Plankinton. The old church
building will be utilized for a parochi
al school.
The stage is being set for the 38tf
annual convention Of the South Da
kota Firemen's association, which will
meet in Madison on June Is, IA, 1;
and 16.
By a majority of one the voters o.
Hudson, at a special election, author
lied the issue of $4,000 in bonds fol
enlarging the school facilities Of the
town.
The boys and girls Of the farm
clubs Of the counties of Hughes, Sully
Potter, Stanley. Lyman and Jones will
meet in Pierre the last week in June
The dates for a two-day communit!
celebration and sports day in Iroquoi.
have been changed from July 8 and
to July 13 and IA.
A chicken with four complete leg!
is a freak reported at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Peterson, who live
near Beresford.
Gov. McMaster has commenced
three weeks tour Of the state. talking
before graduating classes in sewers
high schools.
A carload of pure bred Guernse!
cattle was recently imported for dis
tribution among Union county farm
ers.
The board Of education Of Beresfor(
has decided to cut the teachers sal