The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-11
VOLUME XII.


details Of the proposed alfalfa tour
to be made in this county on Tuesday
and Wednesday, June 10Th and Goth
County Agent Rudolph stated that he
expects to devote considerable time
to arouSing interest and working for
the success of the tour, which indi-
cations now are will be one of the big
gest advertising and booster projects
ever put on in this county, and it GER
tainly merits the support of every
citizen in the county.
The first day, June 10Th, will be
devoted to tour Of the east end OF
the county, We will try and have
meeting of those in this end of the
county in the near future to arrange
an itinerary for our part of the tour,
and the County Agent will look after
the arranging Of the tour of the west
end of the county and making up an
itinerary that will be covered on June
Goth.
Among those who have already ac-
cepted invitations to Join this tour are
Nick Casper, of Rapid City, Presi-
dent of the Alfalfa Seed Growers AS
sociation of South Dakota; Ralph
Johnson, Agronomist of the State Col
lcge Extension Division, Brookings;
w. c. Allen, Editor and Manager of
the Dakota Farmer, pulished at Aber-
deem, S. D.; w. J. Arnold, of Sioux
Falls, Secretary of the South Dakota
Development Association; while II. +.
Byram, President of the Chicago Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad under date
of May 4th, writes us as follows:
Il am in receipt of your letter of
May lst in regard to the Mellette
County Alfalfa Tour. We are very
much interested in the development OF
Agriculture along the lines suggested
in your letter, but / am afraid it will
not be possible for me to accept your
very kind invitation, owing to pressure
of other duties. Nevertheless, | will
ask our people to arrange to have a
representative of the Company present
on that occasion and hope it will be
very successful"
Invitations have also been extended
to the Commissioner Of immigration
Irwin d. Aldrich; the President OF the
c. & n. w. Ry. and representatives OF
some of the leading daily papers cover
ing this territory to make this tour
with us.
1t is also hoped that arrangements
can be completed to have moving
picture camera man with us to take
several hundred feet Of picture film OF
the tour and some Of our alfalfa fields
and other interesting scenes OF farm
activity in this county.
The tour will come to an end at
White River, on the evening OF June
Goth. at which time the Humphrey s
Nursery will present some Mellette
county farmer, who is member OF the
Farm Bureau and who has taken part
in the alfalfa tour,with sufficient nur-
serv stock to plant we'll balanced one
acre orchard.
Now, Mr.. Mellette County Citizen
here is an opportunity for you to DO
some real genuine boosting for youl
county, and to encourage the growing
of alfalfa, hogs and dairying; to at
tract some new settlers to this county
and do some real good. Everyone
should try to arrange to lay aside their
labors for these two days and take
part in this big tour. 1t is being pro-
NOTED in the interest OF the entire
county, and no particular town, SEC
tion or community will receive one
iota more benefit from the tour than
anv other section. It's a countrywide
project, and as far as we know, the
only tour of it's kind ever attempted
in this state.
Sign up pledge card and snrf it
IN be q real booster and hep make
the tour real success. If You have
friend somewhere that has been want. |
inc to see this country, write him and
tell him to come and join this tour on
June 10Th and Goth. There will he nc-
comodations for limited numhrr OF
people who have no cars OF thclr own
but such persons should send III their
registrations early so as not to meet
with disappointment.
Here is the enrolment up to the
time of going to press:
Size OF Car Have room fol
Name Passengers Passengers
F.. II. Hamilton D.
Hugh Sinclair D
c. AbOurezk
Fred C. Kirch
A. J. Krieger z
Nj. c. Cordcs
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