The Mellette County pioneer. [volume], July 27, 1923, Image 1

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Che (Jtielletie Comtlii
1.41 Inches of Rain This Week Practically Assure Mellette County A Bumper Corn Crop
VOLUME xir.
HOG CHOLERA BREAKS OUT
Dr. Davis, the veterinary of Win
ner, who has been kept busy vaccinat
ing cattle and hogs in this part of the
country for the .past two weeks for
anthrax, on Wednesday of this week
discovered cholera in two different
bundles of hogs. Roy Galbraith,
south of town, has some eighty or
ninety hoys sick, and has lost two or
three. Dr. Davis pronounced it
cholera after making an investigation.
The same dav he found some of the
hogs in the M. H. Weed feed lot, just
west of town infected with the same
disease. Mr. Weed hud lost one of
his hogs up to the time of writing this
item. This is the first time in the his
torv of the county, so far as we know,
thut cholera lias made its appearance
amonc the hogs in this county. •
It is to be hoped that the disease
will be checked promptly. With
cholera and anthrax both prevalent
in the county at the same time, it
gives our farmers no little concern.
The entile lo s as a result of anthrax
lias already been quite heavy, but Dr.
Davis inf* rmed the writer that with
•• nil vaccination and the heavy
mills of this week he hoped that the
disease would soon be stamped out.
MADE A GOOD HAUL
Sheriff Chris Buuin, E. A. Brodboll
and Lou Barton of' White Kiver, and
M. H. Weed of Wood spent Monday
night at the Paul Meyer ranch übout
twenty miles northeast of Wood. They
had reeeivde information that the har
ness and saddle that had been stolen
from Mr. Weed some time ago was
at this place and their mission was to
recover tlie stolen property, and in
this they succeeded and brought back
the harness and saddle with them, b\
much to their surprise they also found
twenty-six quarts of hooch, which
they confiscated, but no arrests were
made. One John Waugh, who some
time ago was captured with a quan
tity of hooch in the west end of the
county, and who plead guilty before
Judge Burch and who was hired out to
Paul Meyer to earn his fine, is sup
posed to be the owner of the new sup
ply of hooch just captured, and prob
ably is also the one guilty of stealing
the harness and saddle, but the offi
cers were unable to capture this man
in fact, did not see him. The chances
are that when lie is captured the judge
will not be quite so lenient with him.
ANOTHER FINE RAIN
It was getting a trifle dry on the
surface and some of the gardens and
flower beds were beginning to suffer
a little for moisture, hut not badly.
The corn however was growing nice
ly and was not in any great need of
moisture for a time yet, and the har
vest work was progressing nicely—
some hud completed their harvesting,
while others had several days work
yet before they could complete their
harvesting of small grain. Then Tues
day evening after several days of
threatening, a nice gentle rain began
falling and it rained all night long,
and Wednesday morning the precipi
tation measuredl.Oo inches, and it was
still raining when this measurement
was taken. Every drop of this fine
rain was absorbed by the ground, and
it will put new pep and life into every
growing thing. Corn is just beginning
to tassel and silk and this rain is just
what w T e needed to make the corn,
W’hich promises another bumper crop.
Some have cut their second crop of al
falfa, and the farmers have been more
than busy with their harvest, their
haying, cultivating and looking after
their stock, and this heavy rain will
give them a few days of much needed
rest. We haven’t suffered for the
lack of moisture at any time this
spring, and all sorts of crops have
been making a good growth. The rain
came in ample time to do this country
a world of good.
Frank Jarboe and a Mr. Haight
arrived yesterday from Burlington,
Kansas, on a pleasure and business
trip. Mr. Jarboe is connected with
the Drover s National Bank in Kan*
sas City and also at Omaha, and still
lias business interests at Wood where
he formerly lived and was in the bank
ing business. He expects to go to
Wood tomorrow. Upon his return he
and Mr. Haight and the other Bur
lington. Kansas, people, Mr. A. Cow
gill and Wm. Pilcher of the drug firm
of Cowgill & Pilcher will make a trip
to the Black llill s on their return to
Kansas. —Charles Mix County Courier.
Mr. •Taib.e ami Mr. Pilcher arrived
here last Friday.
II Mmrnmfimm I .11 i -
Something to Think About
BOOSTERS RETURN FROM
THOUSAND MILE TOUR
The Frontier Days boosters returned
from their big 1000-mile booster trip
last Saturday, practically a day behind
their schedule. They held to their
schedule remarkably well until Friday,
when they tied up for the night at
Bonesteel, having fallen behind in
their schedule, and they finished their
itinerary Saturday. It was a hard
trip and the bunch was pretty tired
when they passed through here, but
they had a remarkable trip and were
well received and highl v entertained
wherever they went. At Omaha they
put on a booster performance in a
park and were guests of the Commer
cial Club at a banquet. They were
also banqueted at Sioux Falls, Sioux
City, Council Bluffs, Fremont and
Norfolk. Everywhere they were given
a big welcome, and they did a good
job of advertising the big Frontier
Davg«how to be given at White River
August 7-8-9-10, and incidentally the\
ga\e Mellette county and the Rose
bud country a lot of publicity, and got
thousands to talking about this partic
ular section of the country. At Nor
folk the Cowboy Band, the Indian
dancing and talks by Col. Jordan and
others were broadcast over the radio,
Thursday evening. It was without
doubt one of the biggest publicity
campaigns ever attempted by so small
a community as White River, and it
will-do a lot of real good. We pre
dict that as a result of this extensive
booster trip the the Frontier Days
show at White River this year will
draw the largest crowd ever assembled
iii this county and it is going to tax
the ability of the folks at the county
seat to care for the crowds. It is to
be hoped that they will not run into
another such streak of bad w’eather
as they did last year. All such adver
tising stunts as this booster trip help
to attract the attention of people to
the Rosebud country and we can easily
accomodate several thousand more
people here. We need more popula
tion, more real honest-to-gosh fanners
to help develop this, the richest sec
tionofUie great state of SoutliDakota
Quite a number of our people are
leported to have lost more or less
stock as a result af anthrax, losing
all the way lrcm one critter to as
high as thirty or forty head. The
heaviest loser in this county, so t ir
as w e have been able to learn is Frank
Hickman up on the Big White river
north and east of Wood, who lost
about forty head, according to reports.
Mr. Hickman is a breeder of "thor
oughbred Aberdeen Angus cattle, am]
his loss is a heavy one. Paul Pi ran,
v ho lives on the other side cf the
river is reported to have lost about
bixty bead ot his cattle as a result of
this disease.
The tourist traffic through here is
growing heavier every day. 'Don *t voq
think“we ought to set aside a day aud
dean up our tourist park and camp
gi'Mmd? We do.
OFFICIAL RARER OR /VIELLETTE COUNTY
WOOD, MELLETTE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, JULY 27, 1923.
Frank W. Jurboc and Mr. Pilcher,
of Burlington, Kansas, arrived here
Friday of last week and are visiting
with old friends and aquaintances
Mr. Jarboe has a wide acquaintance
in Mellette county, having homestead
ed in Happy Hollow, and lived there
for a number ol years. About five
years ago he returned to Kansas to
be with liis parents and help care for
li’cin. Mr. Jarboe brought the editor
a couple of fine black bass taken from
ihe waters at Lake Andes, which re
sort he visited before coming to Wood.
They were certainly fine specimens
of the finny tribe and we enjoyed them.
Frank still has great faith in the
Rosebud country and says he lias
often had a'desire to return to Mel
lette county and make his'home, but
feels that he should remain with his
aged mother at Burlington, who is in
rather feeble health. Mr. Pilcher is
an uncle of M. D. Payne of the First
State Bank of this place, and is in
t)it* electric light business at Burling
ton. This was his first visit to the
Rosebud country, and be is delighted
with what he saw here, and thinks
we have a very rich country, and all
that we need is more farmers and a
railroad.
While down at Rosebud the other
day, one of the younger Indians who
lives up in the Cody neighborhood,
came to us and began talking about
the possibilities of alfalfa. He
seemed to be greatly interested in the
culture of this money making plant,
and he said that he was going to at
tempt the organization of the younger
Indians of this county into an alfalfa
society, whose object would be to
have every young Indian owning land
in this county to seed at least ten
acres cf alfalfa on his allotment. This
certainly would be a good thing for
the countv and especially for the In
dian, for it would give him a start to
become self supporting. We wish this
particular voong Indian success in his
very laudable undertaking and lie
should recive every encouragement
' roni both Indians and whites. W*.
believe the Indian could come nearer
making a success n s a tiller of the
soil bv giving his attention to the
r row : ng of alfalfa hnv and seed than
*\ an\ other branch of fanning.
Mr: A. ( owgill of Burlington, Kan-
as came into the ofiice one day last
week when the editor was out and
visited with the Courier force. Mr.
swgill i- 83 years old, a veteran ot
Me ( jvi | war, and in the drug business
t Burlington, Kansas. This is his
■i't leal vacation and lie is enjoying
immensely. \\ e are aoiTy we were
ut.—Charles Mix County Courier.
Mr. Cowgill and his youthful com
panion arrived here Tuesday, after
having undergone the experience of
getting off the highway, getting their
ar tuck in a mudholc about six miles
cutheast ot Wood, and spending a
night on the prairie,
AS OTHERS SEE US
We have just returned from u short
trade excursion into that fascinating
part of South Dakota. The ‘‘West
of-the-river” country has a something
about it which always makes a visit
stick in one’s memory. It proved a
i rofitable as well as a pleasurable ex
perience, and we can personally affirm
the good things we have been hearing
ibout that magnificent country. The
time cannot be far away when the
“Rosebud” will be due for an influx
of immigrants and a substantial
r rowth, for it is not possible that such
i country can remain undiscovered
much longer. There are thousands of
acres of good land to be had for twen
ty to thirty-five dollars an acre, and
this land will produce as much as any
in the state. We have just been look
ing at those crops. More railroads
and better highways are needed, but
this is a matter of population only.
We acknowledge the present and
future trade possibilities from a
jobber’s standpoint astonished us,
and we must admit to having “over
looked a bet.” We are making ar
rangements for representation and for
our own part expect to make an earn
est effort to live down the accusation
that the eastern part of South Dako
ta does not know how the other half
lives. We had this put up to us a
number of times, nlwavs accompanied
bv the statement that “The Rosebud”
was the best part of South Dakota.
The facts are that the Missouri
river with its boiling ten-mile current
is largely responsible for this condi
tion. It has been one of the worst en-
emies of Sioux Falls and a good friend
to our sister jobbing points in lowa
and Nebraska. We feel that the
bridge building program now being
arranged is one of the greatest things
that ever happened to South Dakota.
We are verv glad that the first one
to lead into “The •Rosebud/ "■—
House Orean of the Iron Store, Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.
Elsewhere in this week’s Pioneer
is an advertisement of the Chicago
& Northwestern system, “Reasons
Why the Transportation Art of 1920
Should Not he Changed,” which
makes very interesting reading. The
railroads are now using the newspa
pers to talk to the people and present
their side of the railroad question.
r !iis is something they should have
done a good many years ago, and per
haps they could have stopped some of
the legislation that has been enacted
and which has proved such a burden
'*n our great transportation lines. We
believe that the great mass of people
ie fn»r and honest, and while they
lave been harrnngued hv politicians,
thope who want to reform and con
trot most everything under the sun
but themselves, have mislead a great
number of people in order to gain
power. We are glad that the railroad
porplo lmv© finally awakened and arc
presenting their side of the great
transportation question, and there is
no doubt but what the great common I
proper time. A crippled transporta
tion system will cripple every other
business of this great land of oius,
and it is time that a little hard com
mon sense were used by our law
makers. The C. & X. W. will have
something to say to our readers from
time to time in our advertising col
umns, and we would suggest that our
readers read these ads and get posted
from all sides.
THE STATE BRIDGES
Bridge Engineer Kirkhnm an
nounces that the plans for the,Mo
bridge bridge arc complete and thati
the structure will cost $249,000
against his preliminary estimate of
$283,000. The plans lor (he Rosebud
bridge are as far along as it is pos
sible to act them until the exact loca
tion is determined. It is said that
there are local political and commun
ity complications that are holding up
the final location of the structure.
Chamberlain ha* about all il not all
of the money for her bridge ready to
deposit with the state treasurer; For
est City has produced a large portion
of the funds needed for her bridge and
gives assurance that it will he all
ready before autumn. Thus the con
struction of four of tlie live great
Drill* :es is imminent and perhaps by
winter work upon cucli of them will
be progressing. The fifth, the Pierre
bridge, is second in the regular pro
gram, that is, it is the second to he
built and paid for directly hv state
money, but it is not probable that it
can he undertaken until next year but
it is reasonably certain that by the
time the next legislature convenes that
some of the bridges will he finislrtnl
and that all of the others will he under
construction.
The one-tenth mill state bridge
tax has been paid in for two years,
producing about $400,000; the govern
ment add* to this 00 per cent so that
there is at thN tini*; about $040,000
available to apply upon t! * irst two
bridges; this sum will he more than
sufficient to build the Rosebud struc
ture and leave a good chunk for the
Pierre plant. In the other cases the
money is produced locally and will ho
paid back by the state and govern
merit as fast as the f unds for the pur
pose accumulate in the treasury.
The first bridge undoubtedly to he
»end\ for traffic is tin* Yankton toll
bridge, the sub-structure for which
is already in, and awaits the steel
which is being fabricated and upon
the contract for which the people ol
Yankton have paid SIOO,OOO. From
the first the company lias stood reso
lutely upon the proposition that no
debts should he contracted hut that
everything should he paid for in spot
cash. It has been a great strain upon
the business men of Yankton hut they
have pluckilv stood by their guns and
have accomplished the accomplishable.
--Canton News.
The Sunday School had an ice
cream stand on nMain street last Sat
urday and they did a nice business
until a late hour.
The Mellette Countv Threshing
Co. expeet to begin threshing the bum
per small grain crop that has just
been harvested in Mellette county.
Their new separator is in White River
and we understand thoV will begin the
season about August 1 on the George
Mooie farm south of town.
RICHARD
Be Master of Your Job IVjjpP^
No job Is so difficult and none so disheartening as that of avoiding
work. The idler is the man above all others to be pitied. He who
avoids work never lives, for he never comes to know the joy of doing,
the contentment that comes from creating, nor the glory of serving.
Without work there Is no rest.
Every man wants to think that he Is worth something. No man
can know what he is worth without work. Work Is ths test Man’s
record in this world is the record of his work, not of recreation.
Work is man’s noblest expression. All men wish to be noble. AH
men wish to leave a record. Therefore even they who are Idle feign
work; they wish, at least, to appear as workers.
Genius Is sometimes looked upon as a God-giwu means of making
a record without work. However God given genius mty bo, It new
accomplishes anything without work. The men of greatest genius have
always been amongst the most plodding, hard working and intent —
their chiefest genius being their genius for work. It is men of tMr
kind who know that no true work is menial. They who look agon
their work as menial are they who fail to inveat In that wosk the
patience, iK?rsistence, and power which lifts them above it.
Man was not made for work; work was made for man. Ths man
is lost who is servaut to his work. The strong man la always master
of his job.
Work is an educator, and he who would be educated always seeks
work which is alcove him, to which he must grow rather than work
beneath him to which he must descend.
Real rest comes through change of work. We hava work to do to
gain our bread. We have other work to do for Our delight Both OHH|
be done heartily, strenuously, and with a will—else wa fall
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GOT THEIR PICTURE IN
THE SUNDAY PAPER
The Houston (Texas) Post pf Sun
day, July 15, contained a very good
picture of the J. H. Bundy family of
Wood and the Durant Sedan in which
they made the long journey down into
the Lone Star state and back again.
I he following appeared in the paper
about the Bundy’s trip to Houston:
Some question has been raised aa
lo the adaptability of closed cars for
touring, and to help unswer this ques
tion we will refer you to the above
picture ol‘ the Durant sedan which
belongs to J. H. Bundy of Wood, S.
D., and to the account of his cross
country trip recently made in it.
“Mr. Bundy, accompanied by his
wife and two daughters, one of whom
is Miss Ardeth Bundy and the other
Baby Lois, who is only one year old,
arrived in Houston a few days ago,
after making the trip from Wood, S.
I)., a distance of 1597 miles.
“ A log of their trip shows that they
lett Wood, S. D., driving to Brunning,
N eb., and there were held up by heavy
rains. After the rains ceased, they
left Brunning, driving to Caldwell,
Kansas, making many detour# on ac
‘;'Mint ol washed out bridges and roads
From Caldwell they drove to Enid,
Dkla., detouring a number of times
and traversing roads w’hieh for many
m,iles of the way w’ere covered with
water. Leaving Enid they detoured
to Oklahoma City and were forced to
wait there, as the bridge over the
North Canadian river had been
washed out by the heavy rains. When
this had been repaired they proceeded
on their wav, passing through Fort
Worth, Austin, and Richmond, Texas,
arriving in Houston June 18, 10 days
having been required for the trip of
nearly 1600 miles, w’hich as the nar
rative shows, was made during a time
ot most unfavorable road conditions.
Such a trip as this should convince
anyone of the dependability of Durant
cars, and the possibilities of tonring
in closed ears.
“Mr. Bundy is a brother of Dr.
Thomas E. Bundy, I)r. Murray M.
Bundy and Mrs. Fred Autry of this
city; and when his visit is completed
will return in his sturdy Durant sa
dan to his home in Wood, S. D. 99
Our happiness must coine from
what we do for others, not for our-
- elves.
Home grown cucumbers, tomatoes
and green corn will soon be on the
market.
Mrs. J. A. Siegmund entertained the
Ladies Aid society at her hom,e south
w T est of town, yesterday afternoon.
The heavy rains the past week gave
the gardens u new lease on life. Some
of the gardens w’ere beginriing to suf
fer some for want of moisture.
If Germany continues to print pa
per money at its present rate of spejd,
wood pulp in that country will soon
he # worth more than the money.
Rev. Kussmnn is expected to arrive
in Wood with his family some time
this work, in time to fill the pulpit at
the school house ne'it Sunday morning.
Coming Again, Lange, Eye Man, of
Mit< hell, S. D., to Wood Aug. 2, a. m.;
White River, Aug. 2, p. lu. ; Carter,
Aug. 1, p. in.; Witten, Aug. 1, a. m.;
Complete examinations. Face meas
urements. Get our service.
NUMBER 2b.