The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-05-25
NEWS OF THE STATE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF The
PAST WEEK IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

oAS Va
of the Boy Scouts" accepted by the
national boy scout board, which has
adopted the composition as the OIL
cial march OF all organizations or the
boy scouts in the United States. The
music has been printed in sheet form
and also will appear in the next
issue of Scouting" the official boy
scout magazine.
Belvidere.-The school board II the
district north Of Belvldere mas
awarded the contract for the cree
ton of a new school building. The
contractor will m work at
once it being the plan to have the
new school completed in time lor
occupancy at the opening of the fall
and winter term Of school next sep
TENDER.
Yankton Indian Agency.-Unknown
bandits, Of whom not the slightest
trace has been secured, bodily carried
away the safe from the A. II. kopke
store here, but were unable AFTER
strenuous efforts, to open the safe
and secure the 1900 of Indian pay
money which had been placed in the
safe the day before.
Henry.-This place is becoming an
important cream, poultry and egg
shipping point. In one day recently
local buyers paid farmers OF this
district an aggregate Of about $1,000
for cream, eggs and poultry Market
ed here. The shipments are expected
to show a material increase during
the coming months.
Murdo.-The SO, 900 gallon water
tank to be erected on a tower in
connection with the new municipal
waterworks system is being put into
place as rapidly as possible. The
tower on which the monster tank will
be erected will be 100 feet high from
the concrete base to the platform.
Webster.-After July l the young
men and boys of Day county VIII be
given an opportunity to earn pin
money. The county will pay a bounty
of 5 cents each for all gophers killed.
A bounty of 10 cents each will be paid
for pocket gophers 10 cents each for
crows and 81 for wolves.
Wakonda.-The farmers Of this
district are receiving comfortable
sums of cash for livestock which they
are marketing. During a period OF
80 days an aggregate of AZ carloads
of livestock was shipped from Wa
! konda, this consisting Of cattle and
hogs.
P~hilip.-The county commissioners
have selected August 80 to September
l, as the dates for the annual Haakon
county fair, which will be held In
Philip. The county farm bureau will
cooperate in making the fair a great
success.
Hot Springs.-Within the next two
weeks work will be begun on cement
bridges which the Northwestern viii
build. four Of them to be put in be
tween Smithwick and Oral and two
others between Oral and Buffalo Gap
INSTRUMENTATION won the
fight with Pierre for the 1924 con
vention Of the South Dakota District
Young Peoples Luther league at the
session here. Pierre was tentatively
promised the 1925 convention.
Aberdeen.-Reese Price, assistant
chief Of police of Aberdeen, was in
dicted by the grand jury in federal
court here, charged with receiving
and concealing a stolen automobile
taken from st. Paul.
Pierre.-Gov. w. H. McMaster has
announced the appointment of Alber'
Williamson, of Kennebec, as county
Judge of Lyman county, to fill the
al caused by the death OF F. f
Fullen.
Howard.-Plans are being made fcl
the largest and best Fourth of July
celebration ever held in Miner county
under the auspices of Nels Pedersor
Jost No. 145, American Legion.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS horses fo1
the local national guard unit, Com
pany d, One Hundred and Thirty-sixtf
Engineers are to be shipped here By
the federal government July l..
Yankton.-Announcement is made
that there will be a convention O
registered nurses Of the Second
South Dakota district in Yankton OF
September IL.
Observation-Disclosures of incorpor
alton have been filed for the Visible
Vaporizer Manufacturing company, a
Chamberlain, with a capital Of s25,O00
Wagner.-The municipal band il
making good progress. A band of q
pieces is expected to be in the fielt
in time for Decoration day.
DeSmet.-A BID of $34,157 won tn,
contract for read construction be
tween here and Lake Preston, a dis
lance Of nine miles.
Philip.-The work on the new seet
house of the Farmers Cooperative
Co., is fast nearing completion.
Willow Lakes.-The Willow Lakes
chautauqua will open on Saturday
June 2 and continue for five days.
Murdo.-A report Of the IL towns
comprising the ninth district as divid
ed by the South Dakota branch Of tn
American Legion shows that Murd'
has the largest membership enroll
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