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consulting the records Of the govern
n-ent weather observer, 1t Is found
that during April 2.45 inches OF rain
fell and the figures for May show 3.97,
while for June the amount was 81
4.20. This makes the total for three
months over 1852, and july is show.
ing heavy precipitation.
A huge dredging machine has bAeu
at work for some time clearing out
and improving an immense drainage
ditch several miles north OF Hayti.
The ditch drains a wide extent Il
country. II is estimated that as tn
result OF placing the ditch once more
In good condition several hundred
acres OF crops in the region near the
ditch will be saved this season.
What promises to be one OF the best
croTs OF small grain ever harvested
in the Missouri valley and the western
part OF the state is going into the
shock as fast as possible. The haz.
ard OF rust. dry weather or haf will
soon be over so far as winter rye.
barley and winter wheat are CON
cerned.
Progress is being made in the con-
struction OF a railroad for the War.
ren-Lamb Lumber company froa Fair.
burn 10 a point about three miles
vest of Camp McMaster in the state
park near Custer. The railway line
VIII soon be completed to the north
side of the state park.
After a bitter fight, Garretson CON.
solidated school district has at last
passed out of existence. Abandon.
ment orders have been issued. The
consolidated district was created on
March %, 1920. and the election for
abandonment was carried August 26.
1921.
A marked increase in tIae number
OF children of school age In Jones
county is shown by the figures on
the school census which have Just
been announced. There is now a
total OF l,029 persons OF school age,
while a year ago the number was s62,
A saving of So per car on livestock
shipped in mixed carl lads is an
ounce by the American Farm Blu.
reau federation as the result of the
decision OF the Interstate
commission. to go init effect on or
before August 10.
With the aid of a ronge stick a
plaything belonging to one of her
children, and d short piece of wood,
MRS. Sam Starnes, Of Mitchell, killed
the first rattlesnake that has been
seen in that section of the state for
many years.
Plans have been prepared for a
complete new sewer system which
VIII be installed in Burke thus sum.
mer. 1t is expected the contract will
soon be awarded, so the work of in.
staliing the system can commence.
Work will commence in Mobridge
this year on a ley Masonic temple.
n financial portion of the project
has been arranged, and ground for
the new temple will be broken during
the closing days of July.
AT a meeting held at homestead by
druggists from all counties of the
Rosebud country, and from Boyd
county, Nebraska, what will be known
as the Rosebud Pharmaceutical asso.
citation vas formed.
w A King. for the last eight years
assistant to the executive
has been selected to fill the vacancy
in the tax COMMISSIONS office al
Pierre. caused by the resignation of
A. G.. Berneau.
Thus far more than $1,000 has been
subscribed to the fund for the CON.
struction OF a new hospital in Canoya.
II Is hoped to have the work Of con-
struction start before the close OF the
summer.
The growth of Mobridge during the
past year is shown by the fact that
the assessed valuation of all the prop.
erty in the city now is 2,36S, 079, a
sensational gain over last year.
Friends in WATERFOWL have learned
that Robert Marsh. aged 81, a former
WATERFOWL man. was one of the vic
tins of the massacre Of nonunion
miners at Herrin, Ill.
Edmunds and Brown counties are
fast getting out of the class OF one
crop territory. as shown by the hogs,
cattle and sheep shipments being
made at this time.
DR.. F. e. Clore, a specialist of the
United States bureau of animal hus-
bandry on hog cholera prevention,
has been added to the federal forces
ut Pierre.
Cream shipments from Phillip
continue to be very heavy. During
a period of 80 days cream to the value
Of $4,000 was shipped.
The farmers OF the vicinity Of Lake
Norden will have a cooperative po-
tato marketing association. IL present
plans materialize
Miss Selma Swenson, q young wo.
man of Roberts county. died from in.
iuries sustained in an automobile ac-
cident.
Watertown has 1857 children Of
school age. OF this number 1.402 are
girls and LESS are boys.
Wolsey claims South Dakota's old
est woman resident in "Grandmar
Fin. age 104.
A new creamery has been opened
In Hof Springs.
1t is announced that at the annual