12 May 1922
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Newspaper
The Mellette County Pioneer
Location
Wood, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
1
The article explains how skilled dairy men assess cows by build udder quality and body capacity. It notes that production history is the surest test and advises using an experienced judge for buyers. Emphasizes deep bodies large chest and well placed teats as signs of dairy potential.
The piece outlines key judging criteria for dairy cows with head categories Capacity 20 Chest 15 Udder-veins 50 Appearance 15 total 100. It cautions judgment should be checked by milk records and Babcock tests and stresses buying only healthy cows free of tuberculosis or infectious abortion.
Three weeks after a leg bruise Norma Palmer's ailment was diagnosed as cancer of the bone. Doctors in Omaha advised amputation, but Lincoln surgeons tested the limb and say they may save it. Norma is in a body cast and improving, with her parents at Lincoln and siblings on the ranch near Mellette county.
Chas Freeman has completed arrangements to open an exclusive cream station and expects to be ready to buy your cream about the 24th of this month. He will erect a small building and will be prepared to buy your eggs and cream for cash.
Word has arrived that a small Indian payment will be made here tomorrow totaling about $3 or $4 per capita.
Superintendent C V Stinchecum of the Rosebud agency has forwarded his resignation to Washington. He was transferred from Kiowa in Oklahoma and has accepted a good position with an oil company in Oklahoma. He and his family plan to leave for Oklahoma within a few weeks.
The local Masonic lodge shifts regular meetings to the second and fourth Tuesday nights of each month. Members are asked to follow the new schedule, replacing the old practice of meeting on full moon dates.
A strong late day rain brought the first good shower of the season after a record heat. The storm spawned hail as large as guinea eggs but quickly moved on. Ground and crops including grass, small grain and alfalfa revived as the northwest rain delivered much needed moisture.
The piece argues that cash registers curb dishonesty but fail to create real happiness. It suggests replacing monetary checks with genuine honesty, likening it to true religion, and claims real virtue would bring more joy and even more money.
Mrs. Kumrow of LaPorte Indiana, aged in the eighties, is seriously ill. Her daughter Mrs J A Siegmund received the notice on Wednesday and left yesterday via Winner to be at the bedside in LaPorte.
At the Murdo Cooperative Shipping association annual meeting a new hog handling plan was approved. Hogs can be received any day, up to 75 percent of market value at unloading, with balance paid when sold. Eaton Bros. will manage all cooperative shipments, a 25 cent per hundredweight charge covers all expenses and membership. First shipment makes a farmer a member. Losses after accepting hogs are paid from the sinking fund. Local shippers including C. S. Hight, Matt Gillen, James A. Paleck and C. J. Ray attended, with Paleck elected to the board. Also announced are six corn breeding demonstrations in Mellette county and a seed corn testing event at S. R. Langley’s.
County agent announces ready to distribute poison bait for prairie dog eradication. Work starts next week in six large towns and expands to others after listings for 100 acre towns. Walter Bell of Tuthill prepared poison mix at $1 per pound after losses from dogs on a 40 acre field. Cooperative listing cheaper for all cooperators. hait for 12% cents.
The Lyons Film Company screens Harold Bell Wright's Eyes of the World at the Wood Legion Hall on Saturday evening May 27. They bring their own projector and invite all to see the great picture.
The Wood Sewing Club presented a Style Show at the Legion Hall last Thursday afternoon. Demonstrations of straw hat cleaning and renovating by a local clothing club demonstrator drew strong attendance and interest, suggesting many last year’s hats will be worn again this season.
Fire at St Marys School in Mission was ruled incendiary. Two girls are in custody with four others as accessories and two witnesses. Eight pupils implicated will be tried in federal court at Deadwood this month. An Indian boarding pupil faces charges for attempting to burn the Mission boarding school and will be tried at the May term in Deadwood.
The county superintendent visited last week as final exams approach for early next week. Absent seventh and eighth graders miss classes since the tests. The board bought woven wire fencing for the school grounds. Please return library books to prepare for vacation. The last day ends with a track meet at White River on May 19. County agent Lange agrees to help as a meet official.
Rosebud Valley reports F Z O Bryans sod work on Willis Wesner farm for rent and others plow fields, a fine rain, and new barn foundations. Local youth club, sewing group, birthday of Miss Lillian Gustafson, school clock fundraiser, and evening dances at Wood color the community.
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