The Mellette County pioneer. [volume], June 15, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XII.
THIRTY-ONE TRACTS OF
LAND SOLD IN COUNTY
At the bifcr Indian land sale held at
Rosebud agency on May 28, there were
sold 125 of the tracts that were of
fered, and practically every one of
them brought a better price than the
appraised value. The appraised price
wus considerably below the appraised
value of similar lands in recent,land
sales, which attracted the buyers, and
it wus said to have been one of the
most successful sales held in
\enrs. There were thirtv-one tracts
sold in Mellette county in this sale,
and we herewith print a list of the
Mellette county lands that were sold,
witli the price paid, the appraised
price and the successful bidder. We
are glad to see this land get into
other hands and placed on the tax
rolls. Indian trust lands do not pay
taxes until they are either patented
or sold.
Chas. Standing Cloud or Kills the
Enemy, se l /* 20-40-25, 100 acres, ap
praisement SIOOO.OO, J. T. llansen,
Caller, $1850.00.
Smoking Eagle Woman, se 1 /* 31-40-
25, 100 acres, appraisement $2400.00,
J. T. Hansen, Carter S. I).
Charles Denoyer, e 1 29-41-20, 320
acres, appraisement $3800.00, A. I).
Bland, 2400 Jackson St., Sioux City,
la., $4350.00.
Emma Denoyer, so *4 33-41-26, 160
acres, appraisement $2000.00, M. M.
Betzner, 522 Nebraska St., Sioux City,
la., $2150.00.
Girl Hawk, nw*4 25-42-26, 100 acres
appraisement SIOOO.OO, Mrs. Bertha
Bland, 2400 Jackson St., Sioux City,
la., $1730.00.
Holy Owl or Smoking Woman, wVi
32-42-27, 320 acres, appraisement
$2500.00, John Smith, White River
$2650.00.
Goes Out or Julia Big Face, e 1
36-41-29, 320 acres, appraisement
$1600.00, P. O. Beaulieu, Winner
$1785.00.
Martha Bordeaux, eVi of sw*4 and
lots 6 and 7 of 6-41-28, 173.76 acres,
appraisement $2400.00, Angeline Ly
ons, Wood, $3211.00.
Ettu Engle Dog, neVi, 15-41-29, 160
acres, appraisement $895.00, Ed P.
Kavl, Winner, SIOOO.OO.
Good Road Woman, se l 4-42-29,
320 acres, appraisement $1900.00, An
drew Roseboom, Lynch, Neb., $1904.00
Minnie Bear Heels or Mittie Quick
Bear, nwVi 21-42-30, 160 acres, ap
praisement $875.00, Lena F. Bechtold,
Texam, $885.00.
Take Her, sw y 4 23-42-31, 160 acres,
appraisement $1400.00, 8. A. Waldron,
1103 Summit Ave., Sioux City, la.,
$1650.00.
Good Horse, seVi 23-42-31, 160
acres, appraisement $1200.00, S. A.
Waldron, 1103 Summit Ave., Sioux
City, la., $1450.00.
Knife Rotten Pumpkin, lots 1 and 2
and 11V2 of sw 1 33-43-25, 165.75
acres, appraisement $1700.00, Floyd
E. Reinoehl, Runningville, S. D.,
$2310.00.
Charles Face, swV 4 23-42-32, 160
acres, appraisement $1360.00, William
Hennings, Cedarbutte, S. D., $1400.00.
Paul Charging Cloud, lots 3 and 4
and e 1 of sw 1 /* 18-41-28, 175.42 acres,
appraisement $680.00, Franklin Mc-
Cray, 216-217 Baldwin Bldg., Indian*
apolis, Ind., $696.00.
Lucy Big Face, nw 1 422-40-29, 160
acres, appraisement $900.00, William
S. Gray, Hot Springs, S. D., $960.00.
Elk Teeth, ei/ 2 26-42-31, 320 acres,
appraisement $2500.00, E. O. Patter
son, Dallas, $2900.00.
Cedar Boy or Luke Charging Eagle,
nV 2 and se*4 of seV 4 29-43-25, 120
acres, appraisement $1200.00, P. E.
Reinoehl, Runningville, S. D., $1530.00
Grace or Lucy White Blanket, ne*4
17-43-27, 160 acres, appraisement
SIBOO.OO, Arthur F. Ziekrick, Murdo,
$2210.00.
Emma Side,
acres, appraisement $1700.00, Earl
Adria, Clearfield, SIBIO.OO.
Mercy, wy 2 11-43-33, 320 acres, ap
praisement, $900.00, Jens F. Jensen,
$1005.00.
Alice Bad Whirlwind, sw*4 1-41-26,
160 acres, appraisement $1600.00, J. J.
Paseka, Witten, $1700.00.
Wallace Kills Two, lots 3, 4 and 5
and of nw|4 6-41-25, 162.89 acres,
appraisement SIBOO.OO, Frank W.
Mashek, 601 S. sth St., Norfolk, Neb.,
$2020.00.
Hip Woman, s*2 12-41-25, 320 acres
appraisement $3200.00, Simon P.
Bloom, 1000 Norfolk Ave., Norfolk.
Neb., $1116.00.
ITenrv Crazy Hawk, sw*4 26-41-28,
160 acres, appraisement $1250.00, Q.
C. Bawd in*', White River, $1313.00.
Josephine Black Horse, ne*4 28-43-
®h* Co until
27, 160 acres, appraisement $1300.00,
Roy A. Waggoner, Bonesteel, $1060.00
Chas. Running Bear, lots 1 and 2
and eV£ of
appraisement $1175.00, Bohumil Ro
man, White River, $1206.00.
Corn Creek Day School, buildings
and land, se ! 4 35-42-33, 100 acres, ap
praisement $1780.00, Estella C. Ander
son, White River, $2000.00.
White Thunder Day School, build
ings and land, lot 1 and ne*4 of nw 1 4
and n Vo of neVi 19-40-27, 170.04 acres,
appraisement $2500.00, Etta M. Navin,
Winner, S2OOO 00.
CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS
So far June has proven itself to
be the wettest month of the year.
Out of six of the first twelve days of
the month we have had a precipitation
record to record and up to June 12
the precipitation that fell here in
4.08 inches. All streams in this sec
tion have been swollen, the lake beds
have ben filled with a new supply
of water. The roads have been al
most impassable for more than a week
No freight of any description either
came in or out of Wood for a week.
The farmers have been kept out of
their fields for practically two weeks
on account of the heavy rains. Many
are as yet not through planting
their spring crops. The weeds are
growing very rapidly, and the ulfalta
is going to be ready to cut long be
fore the farmer is going to be able
to care for the first crop. We have
had very little sunshine so far this
month. Tuesday Old Sol came out
from behind the clouds and shone
brightly all day, and his rays were
certainly welcome. Wednesday clouds
again obscured the sun, and more rain
fall is threatening. The daily papers
report heavy floods in Kansas with
greut damage to property and life.
The wet weather has caused no dam
uge here except the delaying of very
necessary farm work and putting the
roads in bad condition.
ROAD EXTENSION
RUMORS PERSIST
Newspapers published in the vari
ous railroad centers across the river
are becoming much excited over the
prospects of railroad extension to the
Rosebud country. The following is
from the Watertown Herald, and wc
are giving it to you for what it is
worth, and we hope it is worth a lot:
“Unusual activity by the Great
Northern railway system in South
Dakota is beginning to focus alien
tion of the state on the probable p’ ns
of this great system for the immediate
future.
i ‘The recently completed negotia
tions for increased round house fa
cilities in Watertown, were closely
followed by the beginning of road
work from Benson, where the light
steel is being replaced bv the heaviest
tyjK* of steel jails, anJ it iw mid the
heavy steel will be laid through
Watertown and into Huv >n.
*‘ With these improvements and ad-
ditions u.-> a starter, the ruuioi gains
OFFICIAL PAPER OR MELLETTE COUNTY
WOOL), MELLETTE C'OI'NTY, SOU TH DAKOTA. .H SK 15. 1923.
Gone, But Not Forgotten
rapidly that it is Mm intention of the
Great Northern t<* build on from Hur
on, down through the rh*h Rosebud
country, thOnce through Nebraska to
Denver, giving the Great Noi’thern a
lie(»dcd outlet to the south, and open
ing up a licit agricultural territory
in this state ami Nebraska.
‘‘lt is stated to he a fact that the
present shops of the company at Will
mar, Minn., air inadequate and that
the company does not contcmplutt
enlarging the facilities at that point
for several reasons. The new yards
here will relieve* a part of that con
gestion, and plans for local improve
ment are said to lie capable of great
(Xpansioi.. If the line was put
through to Colorado, it would make
Watertown at least a division point,
with infinite possibilities for further
development." Dallas News.
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES
Claret’. Rh-hard-on, Wood
Dale Richardson, Wood
(Juine\ ore Sinkler, \\ ood
Mildred K. Swan, Wood
Ruby E. Evans, Wood
Astrid (’. 1 iJirseu, \\ ood
Adelaide < rockolt, White River
Durward Green, White River
( na Holt', White River
Lueile Hiachovee, White Ki\er
Louis Merehen, White River
Jaek Miller, W hite River
Vivian Sawyer, White River
Thelma Strain, White River
Mildred Walker, White River
Eleanor Walt/., White River
Winfrey Witherspoon, White River
Helmuth Bent/., White River
Arthur Hewlett, White River
Helen Searle, White River
Yvvtnne Tisdell, Wood
Garnett Turner, W hite River
Herman Delaney, Neville
Paulina Ro>a Krovrman, White River
$35 MI iJD
•\ del in i Patti’s tost for a singer was never, as you
might suppose, “Can you Trill? Can you imitate a
mot king bird?” No, it was “Can you sing a simple
ballad in honest, straightforward fashion? Such a bal
lad as ‘Home, Sweet Home’?’* That was u fair test.
Simplicity shows quality naked and unadorned. And
is only genuine worth that dares challenge its criticism.
It takes both courage and the consciousness of •value
to come before the world with affectation. Our assump
tion of numberless little uirs, poses and prejudices is
but the confession and apology for weakness.
The strong are always simple. Simplicity implies
strength. The weak hide their defects and their lack
W'ith tricks and frills.
The higest attainments in painting and sculpture are
not the kaleidoscopic, brightly-colored canvases of bat
tle scenes; not the complex many-turrented statue
structures that misguided patriots sometimes erect in
memorial of achievement. The greatest picture in the world
is a mother and her babe. \s the sense of skill grows
strong and the eye keen in its perception of beauty,
non-essentials, jewelry and drapery, are stripped off
and the true artist finds satisfaction in the flowing line
and satiny flesh texture of the simple human figure.
Dorothy Lee*, Stamford
Owen P. Hailey, Cody
Thomas Hailey, Cody
Winifred Kgleston, Cody
Klda Paleck, Cody
I Minna Wolf, Cody
Melvin Week, Wood
l ml Putnam, Norris
Hereniee Ross, Nonas
i Myron A. Berg, Oknton
Donald 1 lollenbeck, White River
) Marguerite Ilutcliinson, White River
Mildred Beard, Cedarbutte
Coinmeneeinent exercises at Meth
dist ehurch, White River, Saturday,
dune 2d, 2:00 p. m. All graduates
should make an effort to be present
at that time. The six pupil* having
the highest grades will take part in
the program. Mr. Ustrud, from
Pierre, will give an address.
Immediately after the exercises the
spelling contest will be held in the
high school building. All sixth, sev
enth and eighth grade pupils are elig
ible. Applicants should bring pencils.
Paper will be provided.
Stole a Harness and Saddle
Wednesday night of last week some
thief or thieves entered the feed yard
and burn of M. 11. Weed just west
of town and made way with a set of
high hamed harness with breeching
and back band, and also a Coggeshall
saddle, manufactured at Miles City,
Montana and numbered ouo. Lust
week the county commissioners posted
a standing reward of $250 for tip* ap
pi'chension, arrest and conviction of
any person who commits a larceny
amounting to a felony. Here is a
good chance for someone to make $250
by running down these thieves.
Subscribe for the Pioneer.
Advertise in the Pioneer.
In the world of letters, that which lives as poetry
is not the half-hearted, labored utterances of a Poet
Laureate on some quasi “great” occasion. Rather it is
the simple stanza that sang itself out of some more
obscure poet’s heart that binds us all with living bonds
through community of feeling and experience. The great
song is never the oratorio but the ballad.
Heal worth Is always unassuming and natural. High
thinking seems automatically to draw unto Itself the com
plement of plain living. Napoleon was always most at
ease in the Spartan simplicity of camp on the battle field.
To his mind, the grandeur and splendor of his French
court were a concession to the limitations of the less
great.
Great minds focussed as they are on great issues have
small patience with the trivialities of custom and con
vention.
It is only when the building Is * right, true in con
ception, strong in foundation, pure‘in outline, that the
architect dares let it stand forth unadorned.
So with human souls. Our poor terms “homliness”
and “humanness” may stand for the truest aristocracy •£
human character. j
ALFALFA TOUR DATES
ARE DRAWING NEAR
Interest in the alfalfa tour in Mel
lette county June 26 and 27, is still
growing. Erick Brodboll was in town
last Friday on his way home from
Winner, and stopped in aFP r oil ice
for a few moments. He informed us
that considerable interest is being
aroused in Tripp county, and there
is considerable talk down there ol
putting on a similar tour in Tripp
county on the two days following the
dates set for our tour. We under
stand that the Commercial Club at
Winner is sponsoring the project in
Trip County with the eoopeiation ot
the Furm Bureau.
W. 11. Finley, president of the C. &
N. W. K. K., under date of June 7,
writes us as follows:
“I have been holding your court
eous letter of May 1, containing an
invitation to visit your comunity on
the occasion of the alfalfa tour ol
your county, until 1 could ascertain
definitely whether or not l could ac
cept it. I find now that it will not
be possible for me to get there at
time. 1 am sorry. I wish to thank
you for the invitation and say that
I am sure it would be an enjoyable
and instructive experience. I would
like to compliment you upon the pro
gressivencss of your citizens in under
taking an enterprise of this character,
which I am sure will be of benefit to
all concerned. I shall call this mat
ter to the attention of officers of our
company and it is quite possible that
some of them may be able to visit
your locality at this time.”
With favorable weather and fairh
good road conditions the tour will be
a great success and will be well at
tended. Make your plans to take in
this great tour June 20 and 27.
WHOLE COUNTRY INTERESTED
IN VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
Voters in the United States are
vitally interested in the Presidential
election next year. This was the out
standing development of the week in
the Presidential Election Test now
being conducted by the Pioneer. Re
port* received today from all sections
ot the country, tell of voters’ wil
lingness to cast a test ballot naming
the num they think best qualified to
serve as the nation’s chief executive
for the next four years.
The Pioneer’s position in conduct
ing this Presidential Election Test
is more than appears on the surface.
When the final vote is counted as
nation-wide balloting ceases, the total
will bo a representative opinion of
small town and rural America’s
choice. This vote will represent
1*0,000,000 of America's population.
It is tin* controlling vote of the na
tion and once it all pulls together it
will he the dominating power in Am
erican life.
Through its connection with the
Publishers Autocaster Service of New
York, the Pioneer is in a position to
conduct this voting test.
An mm mil opportunity to compare
this small town and rural American
vote with the choice of larger town
voters i presented in the straw vote
now being conducted by Collier’s
Weekly, The Collier's vote has now
been in progress three weeks. It is
also national in scope but lias its limi
tations in that it is a vote of readers,
of that publication which are located
mostly in cities and larger towns.
Nevertheless, more than Bb,ooo votes
have been cast and the figures fur
nish some interesting comparisons
and furnish data for many deduc
t ions.
Henry Ford passed President Hard
in*’ in popular choice during the third
week ot Collier's viote*;*. Ford now
lands at 21,.‘EH, against Harding’s
‘20,1.10. During the second week, when
the vote was at the 50,000 mark, the
President was in the lead. New Jer
sey returns developed an unexpected
leaning toward Ford last week, while
Massachusetts fell down and gave
Harding a margin of only two votes.
Other New England States —Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont —went
to Ford.
The other candidates polled votes
as follows:
MaAdoo 7,685
Cox 6,503
Johnson 6,065
Hughes 5,499
Smith 4,613
La Follette 2,689
Wood 1,962
Borah 1,429
Underwood 1,283
Davis 1,022
Lowden 626
Wilson 623
Ralston 388
One of the peculiar twists of the
voting, points out Collier’s, is that
President Harding, a poor publisher
from a small town, is the choice of
the rich, while Henry Ford, reported
to be tlie richest man in the world, is
Ihe choice of the poor.
First from nation-wide vot
ing in the Pioneer Presidential Elec
tion test, will Ik* published in the
11 c v t issue of Ibis newspaper.
Voting here in Wood through the
week w,ns brisk with interest mani
fested in the showing of the various
candidates. Ford * k the lead over
Harding and is now leading the field
by two votes in the local count.
Seventeen votes were found in our
ballot box Wednesday morning, of
which number Ford was credited w’ith
seven and Harding five. The test
vote is arousing considerable interest
locally, and next week, when we wi
doubt interest in this test ballot will
**ive the li' ♦ nafinn-w'ido no
grow mu h stronger.
If you have not yet voted you
limbi do o without delay. Remem
•mu the polls close July 1, and as soon
thereafter as w«> can '*et the official
i t turn: v.e will give vou the result of
d nation-wide test vote.
T 1 p •t;:vdmg of tbe candidates in
he total balloting is as fololws:
Fort! 14
I fai ding 12 i
VI Smith 3
Johnson 3
Hughes 2
Me Aden 2
LaF, llctte 2
Capper 1
Borah 1
Wood 1
11 v p you voted vet ? Tt co«ts you
nothing and is free to all. Pick the
(Continued on jwge 5)
NUMBER 20.
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