The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
]! News of
South Dakota

Washington highway mas p'eh 'uo
nended temporarily on account or the
heavy rains.
Geddes.>Work on Geddes new pub
Me school building is being rapidly
completed, and it will be ready for oc-
cupancy by January /.
Flandreau.-W. j. Shackelford, rs
years old, battery expert at the MOTOR
Inn here, was found dead, having
been e~lectrocuted by contact with a
live wire.
Elkton.-Mrs. Ole Rustad, one OF
the oldest women in this section or
South Dakota, celebrated her $50
birthday anniversary at the home OF
her daughter in Toronto.
Dupree.-Tt has been learned here
that the state highway commission
has decided to erect a bridge across
the Moreau river on the county line
between Dupree and Isabel.
Belle Fourche.-BuffalO, the county
seat OF Harding county, located 70
miles north OF Belle Fourche, now has
a doctor for the first time since the
OHlLSu OldtCo ~ "O'AA 'N
Miller. - Some extensive improve
ments have been made to the Miller
city hall, the improvements including
the installing of heating fixtures, SO
the building can be heated by steam
from the city lighting plant.
Yankton.-After a rise OF about q
foot and a half, due to the melting of
early SHOWS in the Black Hills region,
the Missouri river is receding here
again. 1t is expected to remain at
the low stage until it closes for the
winter.
Lead.-Fire OF unknown origin to-
tally destroyed the coliseum in Lead
and it was only by dint of hard fight
ing on the part of both the Lead fire
companies and a large number OF vol.
unteer fighters that adjoining build
ings were saved.
Gregory.-This section of South Da'
kota is fast developing into a corn
growing territory. Agricultural de.
partment statistics show Gregory and
Trip counties as producing 6,72i,O0
in 1921. Another bumper corn crop
was had in the Rosebud country this
year.
Pierre.-Beside the loss Of 35 lives
in South Dakota from fire in the past
year, the report Of the state fire mar
shall shows that the property loss
from fire in the state reached to ap
proximately $24 for each resident Of
A. .totA fDp thn Nnnv nnainn It,ns
80, last.
Wessington.-The question OF wheth
er or not washington Is to have it:
community house is now up to the
court, an injunction having been pro
cured against the city council re
straining that body from going aheaC
with the work until tho matter ha.
beer heard in the court.
Sioux Falls.-Much Improvement ha;
been made in the interior Of the build
lngs of the school for the deaf at Siou1
Falls and the equipment there ap
the immediate future, according tC
the eth biennial report OF the state
board of charities and corrections.
Observation-Disclosures in this sectio,
of the state are ready to extend II
nancial aid to farmers who wish to q
into the dairy business. Dairying il
growing rapidly in the neighborhoo(
of Mitchell, and it is estimated tina
between 20 and 80 per cent more COW!
are being MIXED near here now thar
in any previous year.
Rapid City.-The officers OF tn
United States land office in this cit.
have received an order which with
draws from the public domain an az
gregate Of 34,500 acres situated in tn
famous bad lands section Of western
South Dakota, north OF Conata. II
believed the withdrawal foreshadow
the creation of a new national par
In the famous bad lands region.
Salem.-The special election hel
ct Salem, over the issues Of bondin
the city for $4,000 for the erection Q
a water filtration plant and the que.
ton of granting the Salem Telephon
company q franchise, brought out
spirited contest. The bond issue ca
ried by a vote Of 219 to 206, while tn
franchise election resulted in a vot
of 259 to 154 in favor OF granting tn
proposal.
Mitchell.-South Dakota farmer
will receive almost two and a Ia
times as much for their corn crop tn
year as they did last. The 1922 Gre
will exceed by $23, 900. 900 the value
the 1921 crop. Last year corn in III
state was worth but 10 cents a bushe
This year it is selling for 4S cent
Even at that price it is the lowe
priced corn anywhere in the Unite
States, due to the fact that South d
kota farmers are compelled to sh
further to the corn markets and co
seQuently are forced to pay high
freight rates.
Brookings.-The value Of practic
work done by students in the scho
of pharmacy at State college is prov,
by the following facts recently CO.
piled in this department: School
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