The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1924-03-28


the proposed extension OF the NORTH
Iowa, Pike, which now ends at can
TON west to the Wheeler bridge,
tbance TO Winner and the Black Hills,
via Mission, Martin and Pine Ridge.
II the proper financial support Is CIV
en- the trail will go from Canton to
Worthing, Lennox, Chance.!o.' .hehce
to Parker and west past Marion 10
Freeman, Menno, Trip, Deimont'
Geddes and Wheeler.
Sioux Falls.-Bachelor residents or
the village of Moe. and bacneior
farmers of the surrounding district,
fearing the raids Of young women
seeking husbands during the present
loan wear. met at Moe and organized
= bachelors union, the members
pledging themselves not to succumo
to the pleadings Of any young women
to their acquaintance who take ad-
vantage of their leap-year privilege to
propose.
webster- Of Day, Mar,
shall, Roberts and Grant counties are
protesting against the practice oi the
state fish and game department IN
seining the game fish fry from the
lakes in these counties for the pur-
pose of stocking lakes IN other
sections of the state, contending that
the fish in these lakes belong to the
people of this section who have been
responsible for their planting here.
Huron.-With a brand new carnival
company. a new fireworks program
new free acts and an evenings pro-
gram entirely new and novel for South
Dakota-a big Broadway musical
revue brought direct from New YORK
this years state fair attractions
promise the residents OF South Dakota
a program that will be unequalled in
interest this fall.
Fort Pierre.-A growing number OF
! Stanley county farmers are consider
ing the poultry marketing business
with renewed interest following
demonstration by A. A. Ulmet, farmer
near here who devoted his efforts to
capons and found that these birds
last season brought him triple the net
return realized from the other fowls
marketed.
Deadwood-T fund for the erec-
tion of a monument to Mrs. Annie
Talent, the first white woman to en-
ter the Black Hills following the dis
covery of gold, is growing rapidly and
within a short time the entire fund
will have been subscribed, so the
work of manufacturing the monument
may be started this spring.
Okaton-This part of western
South Dakota, Notwithstanding that
the season yet Us early, already is
receiving large number Of new set
tiers, who are locating on farms in the
Okaton district. Many of these come
from surrounding states, where farm
land is much higher IN price than in
this part Of South Dakota
Yankton.-His right arm amputated
at about the elbow, George Cooley,
Bon Homme county youth who was
found guilty by jury in circuit court
at Tyndall Of completely in the MUIR
der of Mrs. John Mudloff, at Tabor,
in January, 1928, died in local hos
pital after fighting desperate battle
with blood poisoning.
Parker.-That there is lots of ready
money in eggs and poultry is evidenc-
ed by facts and figures available here.
From January l to March 1, this year,
the Parker Produce company shipped
four carloads Of eggs to eastern
markets-57G,O 900 eggs all raised in
this immediate vicinity.
Wasta.-Floyd Muckler and Paul
; Gillian are authorities for the state
frozen gasoline barrel by building
fire under it. They tried it few
days ago, and when the barrel bursted
they were hurled considerable dis
tance but not seriously injured, al
though bruised
Alexandria-The voters OF Alex
andria, at the annual city election in
} April, will have submitted to them
the question OF the city taking over
the public library, which for about Is
years or more has been operated by
almost a dozen women of the city.
Yankton.-Work is in progress on
the falsework for the final span Of the
Missouri river bridge here. Steel is
being assembled on the sixth and
next to the last span. Completion of
the steel contract is promised in April.
Mobridge.-Mobridge will decide
whether or not the commission form
OF government, now in use here. will
be retained or whether the alder.
manic form shall be adopted. at a spe-
cial election on March %.
Hitchcock.-Over $500 worth OF
silk bolt goods, silk stockings and
hose. shoes and other dry goods and
clothing were stolen from the farm.
ers' cooperative store here.
Colman.-A large number of farm
ers and townspeople staged a gravel
ling" bee in Colman, during which a
number Of blocks of streets were
covered with gravel.