13 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1922
Page
1
A jet rear well drilled by Mr. Beach yielded soft water at 45 feet but insufficient quantity. The hole was sunk to 105 feet with no additional water, ending hopes for a personal well for now though the endeavor proved worthwhile and left room for future attempts.
W. Bridgeman of Witten asked Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to extend the Winner line westward in 1922. President W H Finley replied on January 6 1922 the outlook is not encouraging enough for extensions this year citing a poor past year and uncertain prospects ahead.
The Wood South Dakota Christian Endeavor Society mailed Christmas boxes to three members studying away: Miss Irene Hall at Spearfish S D and Virgil Foster with Wesley Stall at Tabor College Iowa. Letters from Foster and Stall express thanks and best wishes for 1922.
Sheriff arrest of Mrs. Caldwell and Gus Luth at Woo restaurant leads to guilty pleas in Dallas. Each fines $250 with costs after preliminary hearings, amid prior raids on the establishment. Luth a Winner freighter with a wife and children aspires to sheriff run.
Pleasant Valley items list visits by Harry Atwood Clara Wolf and others to neighbors Weeks Estes and Peterson. Includes a provincial move from Todd county a mas qurade dance ride request for a sleigh and a correction to last week’s figures. Also notes superstition about two dollar bills and subscriber quirks.
In Amidon North Dakota farmers seek coal for corn in carload trades but the terms payment and price for coal are unclear. County agents urge interested Mellette county growers to state how much corn they can trade while Bowman Bowman ND Sorarray Nuxr will supply coal.
The Wood Community Church gathered at the Legion Hall in Wood for its annual meeting and oyster feast. Officers elected include J B Brown for two years, E B Brown as Clerk, A J Sinkler as Treasurer, Wood as Trustee, and E S Cleaver as Pianist, with the Ladies Aid Society electing F T Sinkler as President George Moore as Vice President Merrill Kaufmann as Secretary and Treasurer.
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