The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-12-08
Mews of
South Dakota

Will be held III Huron, January II.
Crandon.-Clint Rowley, 80, is dead
as the result Of wounds he inflicted
upon himself with a .22 caliber rifle
following a quarrel with his wife.
Miller.-Good progress is being
made in the work Of erecting a large
Catholic parochial school building at
he village OF Polo, in the northwest
ern part of this iHand) county.
Pierre.-Supt. h. L. Rawlins of the
Pierre public schools, was elected
president OF the South Dakota
Educational association. Watertown
was selected for the 1923 convention.
Hayti.-The South Dakota display
Of potatoes on exhibition at the Mid
west Horticultural exposition at Coun-
ell Bluffs, Ia, November l3 to Is, won
over all the states of the middle west,
except Minnesota.
Winner.-The new Winner Athletic
club gymnasium has been thrown
open to the members OF the %organiza-
ton. A complete equipment of shower
baths, weight machines and other APP
paratus has been installed.
Philip.-The p~ostoffice at Harding
grove has been discontinued, upon adj
vice from the postal department at
Washington. H~ardinggrove is locat-
ed 40 miles north Oh Philip, being sup
piled by a daily stage out of here.
Sioux Falls. - After walking the
floor Of his home all day, and appar-
emily worrying over something he did
not explain to his wife, Anthony
Myhre, IA years old, walked out into
his back yard and took his W life
by jumping into the cistern.
Canton.-The Lincoln County Mid
Winter Fair at Canton is the only
one OF its kind in the Sioux valley.
The next one will be held on Febru-
airy 7, 8, and 9, 1923. 1t was started
by the people of Canton and has
grown into a countrywide affair.
Dell Rapius.-The little 4-year-old
son of MI. and Mrs. Lou Myers Of
Dell Rapids, was killed four miles
west of this place. 1t is said that
the child was riding on a waterfalls
wagon, which in some manner tipped
over, ~pinning the tot beneath, anu
bringing instant death.
Huron.-The South Dakota Public
Health association, which is the rep
r~esentative in the state of the Nation
| al tuberculosis association, is send
ing to each county in the state a sup
ply Of Christmas seals, health bonds
ana other material to be used in the
coming Christmas seal drive.
Elk Point.-A petition has been cir
take up the matter Of paving the
streets. Signatures of most of the
property owner on Main street we're
secured and the matter was discussed
at a meeting of the city council, but
nothing definite was decided as yet.
Rapid City.-Although a large lum-
Der company with headquarters in
this city, has commenced cutting H.
0O0,00 feet Of lumber from the state
park in the central Black Hills, it is
probable that because Of protests no
more trees will be permitted to be
cut in the state park for some years
to come.
Fedora.-A strange disease that is
battling the skill of the veterinarians
has made its appearance here among
hogs. It's first onslaught is noticed
by loss Of appetite and a tendency to
lie down. Later they lose the use of
their hind legs, and appear to suffer
grea- pain. The disease runs weeks
before they succumb.
Flandreau.-Riggs Indian institute,
the government Indian school here,
has been hard hit by the shortage of
coal and unless fuel is received here
in large quantities very shortly it
may be that the institute will have to
De closed entirely. Owing to the
scarcity OF fuel several of the class
rooms and all of the work shops have
been closed.
Belle Fourche.-A steering wheel
on an auto saved the life of Melvin
Mcintyre, a student Of the Belle
Fourche high school, while he was
hunting some miles from the city.
AT the bottom of a hill the car OF
himself and several other students
became stalled. While they were try.
ing to start the auto McIntyre's shot.
gun was accidentally discharged in
the car. The force Of the shot was
stopped by the charge striking the
steering wheel, this fortunate circum-
stance saving McIntyre's life.
White Rivera Toledo, O., COM
pany has purchased bonds of $2S, 500
which were voted here to install what
Will be a unique water works plant
n sewer system. The project in
wolves the Harvesting CT the White
river, on whose banks the town of
White River is situated. 1t is pro-
posed to build a dam in the river and
thus form a reservoir, from which the
water, after it has settled, will be
pumped into a standpipe, which will
be OF sufficient height to give high
pressure in the water mains.
H~oward.-John Perschong, SO years
o!d, and a pioneer of Miner county.
celebrated the happiest moment of
MS five score years recently when it
was announced to him that sit is a
| boy, and has baan pamed Ionu Iovanh