The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-05-05

farms in the state oil South Dakota
in 1920 was $107, 717,S79 and the total
value of these ~mortgaged homes and
farms was $45S,097 ,S62, the mortgage
debt thus representing 23.5 per cent
of the total value. Rented homes,
tenant farms, and farms that are part
" owned and partly rented, it should
no noted. are not included in this re-
mort. The total number OF homes in
the state other than farm homes was
GOA Of which 40,132 or 500 per cent
were owned by the occupants; and
of these owned homes 10,S3S or 30
per cent were m~ortgaged. Information
regarding the value of the home and
the amount Of mortgage debt was
secured from $3.50 or 57.9 per cent Of
these m~ortgaged homes. The average
mortgage debt of the homes for which
mortgage reports were secured was
S1,646 and the average value was
S426S: and on the basis of these
averages the total mortgage debt on
the m~ortgaged homes not on farms
is estimated as $17,S42,S33 and the
total value OF such homes as $46,259,-
862. The ratio Of mortgage debt to
value is 1876 per cent. On owned
farms the total mortgage debt, as
reported in the census Of agriculture,
was $S9,S75,O46, while the total value
of these m~ortgaged farms was SAIL
S37,314, the ratio of debt to value be-
ing 21.S per cent.
Bids are being asked by the town
of Mission Hill, in Yankton county,
for the construction Of a waterworks
system, and the opening will occur on
April 2S. An issue Of $4,000 in bonds
has been authorized by the town
board, and the contracts will be put
to a vote of the people early next
month. as required by law.
Action by the Lake NOrden board Of
education forecasts an enlarged and
greatly improved high school for the
next school year. 1t was decided to
add another year to the high school
course, giving the students a fully
accredited three-year high school.
AS a result of the recount in the
election contest brought by Miss
Gladys Pyle Of Huron against G. L..
Gordon for the third republican nom.
nation to the state legislature, Miss
Pyle was awarded the nomination by
q majority of SO votes.
Instead of having a new city arte'
sion well drilled, the Gettysburg city
council has decided to install new
pumping machinery at the present
well and thus ecure a sufficient sup
ply Of water for domestic and fire
protection purposes.
The Parker city council has pur.
chased four acres Of lane on the Ver-
million river, one mile east of the
city, which will be transformed into
one of the finest and most picturesque
city parks in that part of the state.
BY the lease of a building in h
business district Hudson now viii
nave a community building, which in
addition to local purposes will be used
by visitors to the city-tourists and
others as a rest room
While sitting at the dinner table
with members Of his family, Charles
Betters, a farmer, aged Y years., re-
| siding southwest of Broadland, was
stricken with appoplexy and died in
stantly.
After negotiations extending over
| several weeks the town board OF Wall
| has sold bonds of $14,500 which was
| voted for the purpose of installing a
| new municipal waterworks system in
| Wall.
All the teachers of the Bryant
| schools have been r%eengaged for the
| coming school year at the same sala-
ries as are paid this year., it being
decided to make no reductions.
The Lennon board of education has
made a cut of about seven and one
half per cent in the salaries of the
teachers Of the public school for the
coming school year.
Rural school No. SO in Rome town.
ship, DAWSON county, boasts Of a
unique enrolment feature. 1t has
three pair Of twins. The boys are all
in the sam grade.
The records of the state land de-
partment show that since the enact
ment of the law providing for oil
leases on state lands, the state has
received $4,000.
In the annual city election at Clark
Miss Hattie Pickles. a teacher in the
Clark. high school, was elected mayor
OF Clark, defeating two male oppo-
nents.
William Reeves post American Le-
gion Of Huron. is laying plans for the
biggest Fourth OF July celebration in
the history of the state this year.
c. C. Cash" Haynes, Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul conductor, was
found dead in his room in an Aber-
deem hotel.
The Tulare board of education has
opened bids preliminary to arranging
for the erection OF a new public school
building.
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