The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-03-10

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ters in Pierre and will transact their
business from that city. They believe
they have the foundation for the build
ing up Of a sanitarium which viii at
tract those who can secure BENEFITS
from the hot baths from a wide terri
tory, and they will devote their at
tention not only to the erection of a
proper building to handle those VINO
care to take advantage of the hottest
natural baths in the northwest, but to
carry on a policy of advertising which
will bring the merits of the new in
s~titution to the front.
For the purpose of determining
whether the taxpayers of Gregory
county want the work of highway
construction continued this year, the
board of county commissioners has de-
cided to call a special election, to be
held late in March, when the taXpay.
ers themselves will have put up to
them the proposition Of authorizing a
continuance of good road construction
or the abandoning of the work for this
year in the interest of economy.
Non-political petitions have been
filed for Frank B. Smith, who asks re-
nomination as Judge of the Fourth
circuit. Incidentally Judge Smith has
been on the circuit bench longer thar
any other circuit judge Of the state,
having first taken up that duty when
he vas appointed to the circuit bench
to succeed Judge Haney, who was
appointed to the supreme bench in
1896.
At the primary election to be held
throughout South Dakota on March
IS, the voters of Stanley county will
have submitted to them the separate
proposition Of issuing bonds in the
sum of 100000 for the purpose of re-
funding the outstanding warrant in
~debtedness Of the county. The idea
is to place the county on a cash basis.
The Sturgis commercial club closed
a deal with the government and leased
the 35- acre tract Of land adjoining the
east side of the Meade county memoir
ial park. This will be fixed up and
used for park purposes and will make
the Sturgis park the largest and best
in the state.
AS the result of several incidents in
Watertown recently, growing out OF
gambling and the sale of liquor, a law
enforcement league has been organ
lied by residents of the city, who are
determined that the prohibition and
gambling laws shall be strictly en-
forced.
Plans by citizens Of Tyndall for the
construction Of a $50, 900 municipal
auditorium providing headquarters for
Pike post of the American Legion in
that city, are rapidly being completed
and work on the new building will be-
gin in the early summer, it is said.
Plans for marking, locating and adj
vertising the Black and Yellow trail
through Wisconsin, Minnesota, South
Dakota and Wyoming were taken up
at a meeting OF the national board OF
directors of the trail association, held
in Huron recently.
The South Dakota Dairy associa-
ton will hold its annual convention in
Huron March 80 and 30, a butter scor-
ing contest by the various creameries
of the state being one of the principal
features of the meeting.
Walter Lahti, aged 80, a veteran
employe of the Homestake mine in
Lead, met death in the "Old Abe
shaft by being caught between the
shaft timbers and the cage on which
he was riding.
The academic course of Freeman
college has at last been recognized by
the state department of public instruc-
ton, and was recently placed on the
accredited list of four-year high
schools.
AS the result Of the tragic death of
Ed Schultze, aged about &c, married,
a Lake county farmer, his brother,
Gus Schultze, has been held on a
charge of being responsible for the
death.
Yankton business men and citizens
generally will give whole-hearted sup
port to the ex-service men in their eff
forts to organize a unit of the 147th
Field Artillery there.
William Grigsby Of Aberdeen, the
oldest man in the state, and perhaps
the oldest in the northwest, has
reached the 102nd milestone in his
life.
1t now is assured that Parker will
have a medical detachment Of the
field artillery regiment which is being
organized in South Dakota.
Organization of the Codington Coun-
ty Shorthorn Breeders association was
launched at a meeting Of farmers held
recently in Watertown.
The Iroquois volunteer fire depart
ment will add a great deal of new fire.
fighting equipment, including a chem
ical fire engine.