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he P* oneer Wi s he s Its Readers And Everybody In Mellette County A Merry Christmas
VOLUME I
REMEMBER
One of tho most important issues with any Business
man or Farmer is Credit. Banks am simply institu
tions of Ciedit. Make your connections with a good
conservative Bank who extend their credits conserva
tively and a favor is always forth coming to the con
servative man in the time of need. A GOOD Bank
always has money to loan to GOOD men.
Mellette County State Bank
“Bank of Security and Service.”
TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $42000.00
White River, S. D.
WE MAKE GOOD]
I* We have previously, through the medium
of the Pioneer, advertised a scale of prices
that has more than fulfilled our guarantee
to supply you with the best and cheapest
groceries in the county. We stated that
proof of our guarantee awaited the cus
/ tomer in our open doors. You, and the /
i rapidly growing ranks of our Customers 1
• who have availed themselves of the oppor- '
[ tunities we set forth to obtain reasonable I
/ priced groceries, are invited to consider /
| our stock of A X A A A j
| Dry Goods and Clothing. |
: A full line of Mens and Boys :
Is X X Overcoats. X X |
I . Some tasty Christmas pack- |
t ages in Mens Furnishings etc. :
I WE SELL EVERYTHING! |
WoodMer.Co.
COAL
Wa have a good stock of Hard and Soft Coal
that we are selling at reasonable prices.
LUMBER AND BUILDING
When yeu Want to build « n Y t {'* n *
figure on your material bill. We ha *«
moat complete atock of allkinds of Building
Material. Westrivetoplease.
VONSEGGERN BROS. & UTZ
Wood, - & P ‘-
FEED AND LIVERY BARN
All Kinds of Feed For Sale
Oats, Shelled Corn, Ear Corn
Ground Feed, Chicken Feed, Eta
KENNETH MELLOTT, Manager,
COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
ROBT. R. JONES, Cashier
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WOOD, MELLETTE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, DECEMBER 20. 1912
Christmas Tree Monday Night.
You should attend the Christmas
tree and entertaimeat to be held in
the dining room of the Fairview’ Hotel
at Wood on next Monday evening
December 23. Arrangements have
been made fora visit from SantaCiaus
on that evening and every child pre
sent will receive a gift of some sort
from the hands of Jolley Old Santa.
This is made possible by the liberali
ty of the business men of Wood.
There will lie a short program of
songs and recitations and Rev. Rus
sell has promises] to give a series of
stereopticau views of a circus unload
ing, which will no doubt delight the
little folks. A s|>ecial invitation is
extended to the homesteader to attend
and lie sure and bring the little folks.
The new parcels po?t law will go
into effect all otcr this country on a
week from next Wednesday, January
Ist, 1913. You will then be able to
send most anything through the mail
so long as it does not weigh over elev
en pounds. The amount t of postage
you will have to pay will depend
largely on what distance the -package
has to go and on its weight. The
rates are based on eight different
zones, and packages in the first zone
will be carried at the lowest rate
while packages that are carried into
zone eight will require the highest
rate. It will be necessary for you to
procun* special parcel post stamps
when you mail a parcel. No intoxi
cating liquors will be carried by the
parcels post, nor live chickens, hides,
pelts, explosives, and a number of
other articles. No doubt the parcels
post will be a great convenience to a
large number of people when it gets
to working smoothly, but for a time
we imagine the postal authorities will
find they have more than their hands
fad. The parcels post will no doubt
make some inroads on the business of
the express companies.
Coyote Valley News.
Mr Renwick is putting the second
coat of paint on his bouse.
Frank Bleka made a trip to White
River, Saturday on business.
Frank Richardson and wife visited
at Hackells home Wednesday.
Mr. Hacked is helping Mr. Richard
son build a chimney on bis house.
Mr. Hill who lives five miles east
of Wood is treating his house to a
uew coat of paint.
George Klabau has sodded his
house up to the windows. He is go
ing to keep warm this winter.
Ted Lundblade and Bill Armstrong
visited at the Frark Bleka and George
Kiabau place Tuesday afternoon.
Bill Armstrong and Dess Ferguson
champion checker players, challenge
any checker players in Mellette coun
ty-
Bill Armstrong was seen out hunt
ing after the snow fall. Anybody
wanting big game just send in their
orders to Bill.
Frank Bleka is making a dam on
his place so he will have a pond of
wat.ir in the spring. He is going to
stock the pond with fish and frogs.
Bill Armstrong, George Klabau,
Mr. Fredrickson and Ted Lundblade
were visiting at Leonard Ellmaker
place Sunday. The afternoon was
spent in.discussing the topic of ‘‘how
to cook a meal.”
Mr. Shireman who is homesteading
twelve miles north east of Woods, got
lost on his way home from town last
Saturday night and landed at George
Klabau place about ten o’clock at
night eight miles from home. He
thinks himself a hero for finding a
shack after dark in this country.
The daily press announces the ap
proaching marriage of Miss Helen
Millet Gould to Edward 55bepard a
prominent St. Louis business man.
The bride is said to be worth SBO,OOO,
000.
Don’t forget to attend the Rev.
Russells ibustrated lecture on the
“Life of Abraham” at the school room
next Sunday morning. It will be
worth your while.
Dr. Edmonds had to reset Earl Sig
monds broken leg last Tuesday.
Mrs. Maxine Crosby went to Win
ner, Wednesday, on business.
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Parcels Past Soon.
Installs A Box Ball Alley.
The Palace Pool Hall last'Saturday
installed a Box Ball Alley, overhauled
their lighting system and pool tables
and as a result this popular place of
amusement is now enjoying a very
good run V)f business. This is*the
first Box Ball Alley tol>e installed in
this tow n.
Indians To Celebrate Christmas and
New Years.
The local Catholic. Societies of the
Butte District will have a meeting at
the St. Peters Church on Oak Creek
in Todd county, where the new stone
meeting house nas just beenVomplet
ed, on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, January 1, 2 and 3. There will
be a Christmas tree for the children
and other services. All are cordially
invited to attend these services.
Crazy Hawk Is Dead.
Crazy Hawk who lived about three
miles south west of Wood, died about
7:15 Thursday morning of last week
after a long and lingering illness. He
was a sufferer for several years of
paralysis, rheumatism and dropsy,
and was seventy nine years old when
he died. He leaves a wife and four
children, all of whom are married, to
mourn his death. Crazy Hawk has
been a devout member of the Catholic
church for a number of years. The
funeral services were conducted by
Goggel Eyes last Friday at the St.
Marys Catholic church two miles
west of here. The body was laid to
rest in the Catholic Cemetary.
Looses A Valuable Horse.
Wm. Fredrickson who is holding
down a homestead seven miles north
east of Wood had the misfortune to
loose a valuable horse by colic Sun
day evening. Mr. Fredrickson has
been rather unfortunate since coming
here, having lost three head of horses
now. We hope his luck will soon
take a turn for the better. Here is a
little remedy for horse colic that in
most cases will give immediate relief
to the animal, and as it is so simple
and easy to administer you should try
it the next time you haveacolicy horse
Clean out the hoofs of the front feet
and saturate the frog and ankle joints
with turpentine and in a majority of
cases the animal will itnmediatedly
recover from the most severe attack
of colic. '
Kills A Man In Self Defense.
Belated news of a tradgedy that oc
curred near Porcupine, S. D., has just
reached here. On November 27, so
the story goes, two Indians, Louie
Ringing Shield and George Plenty
Wound, brothers, on their way home
from the Rosebud Agency where they
had been paid some money, stopped
at the home of Chris Roubideaux and
asked for a horse, which they got.
The horse was not broke to lead and
acted up some. The two Indians had
been indulging in some fire water
and were not in the best of humor.
Mr. Roubideaux suggested that they
leave the horse at bis place and come
after it later. Thereupon" they com
menced shooting. Mr. Roubideaux
in some manner wrenched the rifle a
way from Louie Riuging Shield and
struck him over the head with the
weapon. He died from the effects of
the blow at trwo o’clock the next morn
ing. George Plenty Wound came
out of the melee with a broken shoul
der and some broken ribs. Mr. Rou
bideaux went to the Pine Ridge Agen
cy and gave himself up itnmediatedly
From what we can learn there is no
question but what he will be- acquit
ted as there is but little doubt but
that he committed the deed in self
defence. He is a son of Chas Roubi
deaux of this place.
W. M. Becker of the Monarch Pool
Hall left this morning for Omaha,
Nebraska. He will also visit his home
folks near Lincoln before returning
to Wood. During his absence the
pool hall will be ia charge of F. H.
Lester.
Whitelaw Reid, the American am
bassador to Great Britain since 1905,
died at his London residence, Dor
dhester house, shortly after noon last
Sunday from pulmonary oedema. .
The department of justice will try
|o put the butter trust into a separa
tor as it were.
drafts, writes insurance and makes farm loans.
Safe, Sound and Conservative
Better open an account today and join our
rapidly increasing list of depositors.
A. K. Wood, Vlce-Pres. G. L. WatSOH, Cashier
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ROBERT P. CARTER I
Nelson’s Cash Market
Fresh Beef
and Sausage
Salt and smoked meats
AUTOMOBILE
SUPPLIES w> REPAIRING
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED AND CAN
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WOOD. S. D
First State Bank
WOOD, SO. DAK.
Does a General Banking Business. Issues
F. A. McCornack, President
Genera] Merchandise
“The Store of Quality, not Quantity.”
In Post Office Building
We Strive To Please.
Wanbliciqala Tipi
Pork
CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
Will Buy Your Poultry and E|
at Highest Market Prices
Nelson Bro’s.
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NORTHWESTERN
COMPANY
We have a forty-five horse power
tractor and gang plowsand are ready
to contract for breaking
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