The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-06-30
NEWS Of THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Newspaper Union News Service.

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polls in November. The measure will
be presented to the voters under the
provisions Of the initiative and refer.
endum amendment to the state con
stitution. The initiative petition was
presented to the last legislature WITH
the legal number Of signatures. The
proposed bank is similar to the Bank
Of North Dakota and is backed by
the National Farmers Nonpartisan
league. The law provides for the
establishment Of an industrial com
mission of South Dakota which shall
consist of three members, the govern
or, attorney general and state auditor.
This commission, two Of whom are a
quorum. would be given power to
operate the Bank of South Dakota.
The attorney general of North Da-
kota holds that the highway depart
ment Of that state cannot cooperate
with the highway department of South
Dakota in construction Of that por-
ton of the YELLOWSTONE trail which
runs along the state line. Several
miles are so located and need atten-
ton badly, this strip being both to the
east and west Of Lennon. The hold
! ing of the North Dakota legal depart
ment may force a change Of the rout-
ing Of that trail to throw a portion
of it wholly within this state and a
portion wholly within North Dakota
before it al receive the attention
which it should have.
The office of the United States r
veying general, under the direction
Of William A. Lynch, will pass out
of existence at the close of business
on June 80 Of this year and the
records Of the office will be trans
ferred to the state capitol building
at Pierre, where they will be stored,
according to a recent order from the
commission general Of the land
office division of the interior depart
ment.
An engine and Is ears Of gravel fell
from the pontoon bridge over the
Missouri river at Chamberlain into
seven feet OF water. Engineer Ed
INlibl lCll Will LIE Cll5AllC, DuS 81 do tu
a log in the river and was rescued
soon after. He was taken to the
Chamberlain sanitarium, where the
extent Of his injuries have not yet
been ascertained.
The grand lodge Of Masons of South
Dakota, at it's recent meeting, unani-
mously approved the project, to erect
a building for Masonic students of the
University of South Dakota, to cost
from 100000 to $150,000. Plans will
be drawn soon and an active campaign
started to advance the project.
w. r. Mcmillan, whose home was
on a farm five miles from Flandreau,
died as the result Of a bee singing
him in the temple. He died 80 min
utes after being stung. This was the
second death in that vicinity within
a week as the result of stings by bees.
Webster, June 20.-Albert Macki,
for some time employed on the Hide
brand ranch, near Webster, was found
dead in bed by other ranch hands
following his failure to appear for
breakfast. An investigation disclosed
that he had died from heart failure.
The contract has been let for the
paving Of 80 blocks in Yankton resi-
Dental sections. M. l.. Flynn. Of
Sioux City, was the contractor. A
total of 47,491 square yards of pave
ment, at a rate of s2.04 per square
yard, will be laid.
Yankton is to hare a radio broad
casting station next fall which will
be twice as powerful as the station at
Denver. Col. and twice as large as
that at the South Dakota university
at Vermillion. 1t will be installed al
Yankton college.
Preliminary plans for the erection
of a new Sunday school building by
the Methodist Episcopal church OF
Mitchell were discussed at a meeting
of the official board of the church.
1t is estimated that 1000 Elks and
other visitors from different parts OF
South Dakota will be in attendance
upon the annuol convention of South
Dakota Elks in Deadwood.
At a special election held at Murdo,
bonds of $685. 600 we're authorized to
be issued for installing a municipal
system Of waterworks. The vote was
119 for to 10 against.
Officials in this part Of the state
are searching for Mrs. H. j.. Anderson,
daughter of William Berry, of Phillip,
who has been missing since 5 o'clock
Sunday evening.
The farmers Of the western part
of the state report a shortage of farm
help this spring, especially since they
have begun their alfalfa harvest.
BY the death Of Harry Thompson,
aged Is, the last Of the civil war vet
Grams of Wagner was removed from
life's activities.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Freese-Rohde company
to deal in general merchandise al