The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-01-26

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Sioux Falls.-The state prison twine
plant for the season has manufactured
and has ready for shipment 2,70O, 900
pounds of binding Irvine.
Bonesteel.-The Bonesteel State
bank voluntarily closed it's doors here,
giving as the reason. depleted re-
serves and inability to make collec.
tons.
Observation-Disclosures preparations
are being made for the 35th annual
meeting Of the Society Of Black Hills
Pioneers, which will be held in Dead.
wood January q.
Canton.-Arrangement are under
way to flood the ice on the river in
young people of this city may enjoy
a little good skating this winter.
Onida.-The city of Onida has paid
up the last of it's registered warrants
and now is on "a cash basis, being
m of the few towns in South Dakota
to be in such excellent financial con
dition.
Flandreau.-Moody county must be
the land OF domestic bliss. There were
"a marriages solemnized in 1922 and
not a single divorce granted, accord
ing to the records in the office OF
clerk OF courts.
Acknowledgements made by repre-
sentatiyes of the Milwaukee railway
company show a surprising increase
in the number of cattle and hogs
shipped from Milbank during 1922 as
compared with the year 1921.
Wakonda.-Mr. and Mrs. August
Kuhler recently celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary. Twelve of their
children, from California, Colorado,
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota were present.
Brookings.-There are now % ap-
proved Smith-Hughes vocational agri-
culture departments in the schools
Of South Dakota receiving state and
federal aid. The consolidated school
at Rutland Is the latest addition to the
list.
Sioux Falls.-Lawrence Johnson,
convicted Of the murder Of Night
Capt. E. j. Pike. here last summer,
was granted a new trial by Judge j..
l.. Fleeger. Johnson was given a life
sentence, but commitment was with.
held.
Wallace.-Plans for the erection Of
a new school building in district No.
SO, situated just north of Wallace,
are being started as a result of the
decision Of the district, at a special
school election, to build a new school
house next spring.
Onida.-The voters Of Onida are
taking great interest in a special
election, to be held here on Feb. 8.
at which the proposition of author.
iZing the issuance of $4,000 in bonds
for the erection of a new public school
building will be submitted to them.
Oacoma.-Mild weather has caused
the ice in the White river, one Of the
principal tributaries to the Missouri
river, to begin to break up and the
river here is full Of ice floes, accord
ing to reports. The ice carried out
a steel bridge near Iona and several
other bridges are threatened.
Toronto.-Jackrabbits in the vicini-
ty of Toronto had a hard day recent
ly. More than 100 of the long legged,
long cared inhabitants of the prairies
fell before the guns Of a hunting
party Of 30 Toronto business men and
farmers who engaged in a contest for
a big turkey feed that marked the
end of the days sport.
Kimball.-The school bond issue
for 500 900 voted on by the Kimball
independent consolidated district
carried by more than a 100 majority.
Plans for the building which will be
used for the junior and senior high
schools have been made. Work on
the new structure will be started i'm
%mediately, it is planned.
Oacoma.-Although the town of
Kenneoec, as the result Of a recount
Of the ballots cast at a county seat
contest between that place and Oaco-
ma, wins the county seat of Lyman
county by five more votes than the
necessary two-thirds required by law,
the county seat will not Immediately
be moved from Oacoma to Kennebec.
Judge Burch, of the circuit court, or.
dered the injunction restraining the
county commissioners from moving
the county effects to Kennebec, to re.
main in force for a period of 80 days,
giving the attorneys representing
Oacoma time in which to perfect an
appeal to the supreme court.
Custer.-A verdict Of suicide was
returned by a c%oroner's jury which in
vestigated the death of Aaron j.
Michael, aged 81, a Custer county
rancher, who was found dead in his
home, with a Winchester rifle be-
tween his knees and a bullet hole in
his head. The heavy bullet entered
his forehead and passed out at the
back of the skull. The suicide followed
a quarrel between himself and ]. r.
King, a neighboring rancher, over a
matter connected with some land,