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The Mellette County Pioneer

Location

Wood, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1923

Page

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Alfalfa Tour Hopes Spark County Farm Bureau Interest

Mellette county considers a May or June alfalfa tour with a prize incentive a one acre orchard for a participating Farm Bureau member. Erick Bradbell of Humphries Nurseries offers sixteen apple trees sixteen cherry trees sixteen plum trees two crab apples two hundred mulberry trees and fruit plants to lure sign ups. Citizens are urged to return a pledge coupon to the Pioneer to gauge backing and move forward if enough residents join.

White River Erick Bradbell Humphries Nurseries Mellette County Farm Bureau Daily Press

Mellette County Pioneer Club entries close in strawberry and corn programs

The Mellette County Pioneer Girls Strawberry Club will close at 6 pm March 31 with twenty six entries, while the Boys Corn Club has twelve members. The clubs prize growth with free plants and seed, medals, and a fall exhibit expected to draw regional interest. Eligible youth ages ten to eighteen on Mellette farms may join. Members list includes Lillian Gustafson, Bessie Paseka, Floa Paleeck, Mabel Wheeler, and many others from Wood, White River, Cody, Mission, Carter, Schamber, and Runningville.

Mellette County Boys’ Corn Club Corn Club Strawberry Club Straw Club Edit Wkile Nuff Pioneer Wood Pearlie Wilson Adah Theodora Crisman Schamber Madeline Ham Vera Hansen Carter Grace Ham Nazel Joneschiet Christine Gunner Cody Dorothy Sawyer Ada Funk White River Glen Punk Sophie Broad Mission Mery Fssington Cecelig New Anna Bareal Aenes Paseka iHadys Mitchell Vyvene Tisdell Beulah Kemnitz Runningville

Indian Attorneys Have Not Quit

A 1923 Washington dispatch states that Sioux Nation attorneys C C Calhoun and Major Ralph H Case are under contract to prosecute Sioux claims against the United States and have not withdrawn. The note urges publication to counter a March 8 Sioux City Journal item and reassures the Sioux they can expect substantial recovery.

Fred C. Kirch Mellette County Wood South Dakota Mr. Kirch Sioux City Journal C. C Calhoun Ralph H. Case United States

Pigs Farrow Sixty Percent Born in Spring Months

A report notes that sixty percent of all pigs are born in March April and May, indicating a spring farrowing peak. The finding highlights seasonal breeding patterns affecting hog producers and farm planning.

Farmers urged to use salt on barberry and improve yields

The piece promotes salt on barberry tails, better seeds and breeds to aid farming, lower cow numbers for improved feeding, and profitable farming mottos. It also advises using well rotted manure in gardens, advertising via a respected newspaper, and wheat seeding depth for durum wheat to ensure moist beds and higher yields.

Seed Bed and Treated Seed Use in South Dakota Wheat

The article stresses two key practices for spring wheat in South Dakota. First a clean seed bed after a cultivated crop, second seasonable sowing with treated seeds of a suitable variety to improve yields. It emphasizes timing and soil preparation to support healthy germination and growth.

South Dakota

Easter All Fools Day Church Joke

A playful note invites readers to consider attending church next Sunday, highlighting Easter as well as All Fools Day. It suggests the idea of trying church services as a surprising, positive experience.

Redecorating Your Home and Kitchen Recipes Mix

AHome craft guide outlines bedroom ideas for boys and girls with period color schemes and furnishings. Practical tips include a day bed blue denim spread oak or painted dressers and wall shelves. Also offers decorative touches for girls room with rose gray palettes and storage keepsakes. Easy egg based dishes describe moulded crumbled crumbs baked eggs and coddled egg toast with butter and seasonings.

Eggs for Easter Morning Shirred Eggs Recipe from Mary A Dolve

Morning eggs feature Shirred Eggs from Mary A Dolve former extension foods specialist at State College. Buttered line hints at a simple baked egg dish suitable for Easter brunch.

Mary A. Dolve State College

Child dies of pneumonia near town

Miles McKee, sixteen months old son of Mr and Mrs George McKee, died Saturday evening from pneumonia after a week of illness. The burial will be in Witten on Monday as the community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.

Miles George McKee Witten

Orr family returns from Colorado winter stay

James Orr his wife and son Rex returned home last Sunday from Denver Colorado where they spent the winter. They drove a Dodge and found the roads a bit rough past Niobrara. Mellette county friends welcome the Orrs back to their old home on Good Friday.

James Orr Rex Denver Colorado Niobrara Mellette County Orr

Think It Out The Brain Guides Perception And Power

The text argues the brain governs sight hearing and taste, directing energy and preventing wasted effort. It urges clear thinking, efficient use of mental powers, and education focused on organization and efficiency to keep the mind alert in the "crow's nest" above the body.

Boys Aere Corn Club entrants listed by towns

The record lists participants for the Boys Acre Corn Club across White River, Runningville, Wood, and Mission. Names include Claude McKennett, Gerald Barton, Max Barton, Leroy Mitchell, Bud Tunner, Roscoe Ozanne, Jacob Krieger, Frank Petera, Elmer Petera, Adolph Broced, Povle F. Graham, Otto F. Prokop, among others.

Mellette

Sunday School Next Sunday at Wood School House

Sunday School will be held next Sunday at the Wood school house at 10 30 a m Lesson topic The Walk to Emmus Text Luke 24 12 31 Golden Text Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead He is Not Here But is Risen Luke 24 5 6 FE L Galbraith Supt

Wood Emmus FE. L. Galbraith

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