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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
HEAVY DEMANDED
GOVERNMENT LAND
hoMEsTEADERs TAKE UP $4,000
ACRES IN WILLIsToN DIS
TRIcT DURING YEAR.
INTERESTING NEWS OF STATE
North Dakota Events Of Past Few
Days Selected and Edited for the
Convenience Of Our
Readers.

Williston.-Nearly $4,000 acres of
government land, the equivalent of
$50 quarter section farms, were OBJ
tanned by homesteaders in the Willis
ton land Office district within the IL
months ending June 80. according to
the annual statement made public by
Receiver Thomas B. Murphy. AS re-
suit of this big demand for free public
land less than 100000 acres Of gov
eminent land remain in the five coun-
ties comprised in the local land dis
trict, and in spite of the fact that
much of the remaining land is rough
and broken and suitable only for graz
ing it is now being taken up by pro-
spective homesteaders at the rate of
300 to 500 acres day.
More than half of the land still
liston district is situated in Mckenzie
county and is in the bad lands along
the Little Missouri river. Under the
enlarged homestead law this land is
being taken in 320.acre tracts and will
be used almost exclusively for stock
raising. However. many settlers are
finding tracts of land with from so to
100 acres which may be cultivated.
10000 Acres Unclaimed.
Williams county still has something
more than 10000 acres of unclaimed
land. Some of it is said to be suitable
for small grain farming but the most
of 1t is either very rough and broken
land or bush-covered river bottom
land.
The remaining land in this district
comprises scattered tracts in the three
counties Of Mountraill, Burke and Di.
vide, parts of which are included in
the local land Office Jurisdiction.
There has just been opened to set
Element about 5000 acres of land with.
drawn when the Williston irrigation
project was built. This land is river
bottomland mostly within a mile or
two Of Williston or other towns and
although brush-covered lands. is very
desirable.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Pioneer Special Service by Western Newspaper Union
U. S. MAY ABANDON PROJECT.
Big Irrigation Plant Located
Al WilIiston N. D.

Williston.-The next 80 days will,
In all probability, determine whether
or not the government will abandon
thel ocal irrigation project or whether
further efforts will be made to put
the plants on successful basis.
That this statement of the present
condition of affairs Is correct is ad.
mitted by representatives of the
reclamation service as we'll as by rep.
resentatives Of the water users under
the local project. After holding hear.
ings In the city and listening to about
90 per cent of the water users who
appeared before them, the members
OF the board of review, appointed to
investigate local conditions, adjourned
until the last Of this month when
they will reassemble here for the
purpose of completing their recommen.
dations to the Washinton officials con-
corning the future of the North Dakota
pumping project.
To Gather Information.
Although it was officially announced
that the adjournment was taken to
alloW the gathering OF more infOrma.
ton, it is understood among those
in close touch with the situation that
the delay was given in order to allow
those interested in retaining the pro.
ject to arrive at some basis of action.
Provided some method Ia devised
which seems practicable to the com.
mittee it is believed the recommends.
tion to the government will favor the
operation Of the loca, plant next sea.
son.
From the statements made before
the committee the members have prac.
tically arrived at the conclusion that
the irrigation project here can be op.
Grated at a water cost to the water
users of not to exceed $3.50 an acre.
and it Is the desire of the commit.
tee to bring the cost as much under
that amount as possible.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Attempted Ja,, Delivery Falls.

Williston.-Seven prisoners in the
Williams county jail who cleverly pro.
NOTED an attempted Jail delivery, sub.
stituting bread soaked in water, for
mortar, which they removed from Q
brick wall through which they were
rapidly making their way, are now be.
ing confined in indiviual cells. The
work was only discovered when
piece Of the fake mortar gave way.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Ignite HEARING DELAYED.
Railroads Request for Postponement
10 Granted by comnission-Rate
Case Cause Of Long Fight.

Fargo.-The North Dakota Ignite
coal rate hearing has been postponed
TO August 8. 1t was set for July is,
but the Northern Pacific has asked
for the postponement on the ground
that their experts are engaged in q
hearing in Chicago. AS the expert Of
the state commission is also there the
request was granted.
The maximum Ignite coal rate case
has been the cause of long fight be.
tween the roads and the commission.
Several years ago the legislature, be.
lteving the railroad coal rates were OK.
cessive. enacted a measure providing
maximum rate. The railroads ap.
pealed but the law was sustained by
the state courts. The case was then
carried to the federal supreme court.
which knocked the law out on the
ground that it was confscatory.
At the hearing in Washington it de-.
veloped that the Great Northern had
actually made money on the maximum
rates, and it is not party to the pres
ent hearing. The Northern Pacific
made profit of $500 but that was not
held sufficient in view of the volume
of business done, and the 500 lost
$4,000. The roads are now charging
the rates in vogue years ago.
The commission will have a hearing
on the matter and will no doubt at.
tempt to establish new rate that will
be in the nature of compromise be-
tween that declared confiscatory and
the rate the roads wish to charge.
Should the roads take the matter into
the courts, the new rate will be the
one to govern, pending the result of
the litigation, which may continue
three or four years. pending if the case
Is again carried to the federal court.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Woman Ha. gath Birthday.

Garretson.-One of the most remark.
able of the aged residents of the state
is Mrs Sigrid Tofte, mother Of Mrs.
G. A. Grant, Of this city. with whom
she makes her home. She has just
celebrated her oath birthday. In spite
of her advanced age she is quite &C.
tive and enjoys life as we'll as one
much younger. She has been resi-
dnt of this part of Minnehaha county
for Al years. coming here in 1874. with
her husband, who took as homestead
the farm now occupied by her son-in-
law. There we're few settlers here at
the time they arrived and they had all
the hardships of the early pioneers.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Put Matches In Drinking Fountain.

Put Matches In Drinking Fountain.
Grand Forks.-Mischievou boys,
who are not realizing what they are
doing, have been placing matches in
the public drinking fountain on South
Fourth street. The matches are dead
ly poison and If enough of the mixture
of water and sulphur were taken inter.
nally the result would be death. Mrs.
r. A. Sprague, pure food inspector, has
been notified of this condition. and the
police will make arrests If the practice
lie continued.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Chamber Ia;n's New auditorium.

Chamberlain --Clamberlain's new
chautauqua auditorium is the pride of
the chautauqua association. 1t is 30
by 1O6 feet. with seating capacity OF
1000. The building is located on the
chautauqua grounds. part Of the L.
5O0.acre park on American island. one
of the most attractive islands along
the Missouri. The chautauqua was
held last week.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Boys to Tour County.

Williston.-Fifty-five Williams coun.
ty boys will leave Williston on the
morning of July 10 for tour of the
county. The boys, conducted by farm
experts of this county( will make q
study of agricultural conditions. and
will get flrst-hand information. Under
the plan outlined, the boys will be
gone five days. They expect to cover
about 20 miles day, and will sleep
In tents.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Grand Forks Family Lost in War

Grand Forks Family Lost in War.
Grand Forks.-Nearly a year has
passed since Mrs. Eugene Toussaint of
Grand Forks was swallowed up in the
European war wave that rolled across
Belgium. but her husband still clings
to the hope that she is living. Il have
tried to get in touch with her, but to
no avail" Mr.. Toussaint said. "Once
/ learned she was in monastery near
Louvain, but that is the only time I
have heard anything of her." She,
with her youngest son, was in Brussels
when the war broke out.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Miller Seeks New Trial.

Bismarck.-John Miller, serving life
term in the state penitentiary for the
murder of John Karst of Breckenridge,
MIMI. at Lansford, N. d., last fall, has
appealed to the supreme court Of the
state for a new trial. Miller has al.
ways maintained that he was innocent
of che crime. Joe Mylo, his alleged &C.
complete in the murder, in which Karst
and Albert Sisel were slain, confessed
the crimes, and implicated Miller.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Lutherans Select HIIl.boro.

Willow City.-Hillsboro was selected
by the North Dakota German Lutheran
conference as the place for the next
annual gathering, at the session just
ended here. One of the most impor.
tant steps taken by the conference
was the decision Of appropriate $780,.
0G0 for the home mission work in
North Dakota and South Dakota dur.
ing the coming year. About hundred
delegates attended the session.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Detective Given Sentence.

Fargo.-One variety of sporting"
will be unpopular in this state as a
result Of an Is months sentence i'm.
posed ON Albert Gillette in the fed.
eral court. The court excoriated the
methods used in committing serious
crime for the purpose of obtaining evi.
dence for minor one. Gillette was
employed by st. Paul detective
concern to secure evidence against
some Trail county women and made a
trip to Minnesota with the most at.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Elevator Company Elects.

Tower City.-The Tower City Eleva.
tor company held it's annual meeting
at the Odd Fellows hall. and fair at.
tendance Of stockholders was present.
The members elected the following
directors to look after their business
during the coming year: D. B. Shaw,
John Olson, ]. N. King, Walter Young.
G. T. Carroll, A. d. Poe and T. M.
Crawford.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
MayviI.e Normal School Open

MayviIIe Normal School Open.
Mayville.-The 1915 summer session
Of the state normal school at Mayville
was opened recently when a large
number Of students from over the
state enrolled. The enrolment is very
satisfactory and promises that this
shall be larger session than the past.
A class in work leading to diplo.
mas of graduation from the advanced
course has been formed. 1t is expect
ed that this work will be given regu-
larly henceforth.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16

Grand Forks.-John Brohman of Red
Lake Falls, Minn., formerly of Grand
Forks, was killed in railroad acct
dent at Arkansas City, Kans., and his
body brought to Red Lake Falls for
burial,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Former White Hope Seek. Divorce

Sioux Falls.-Charging his wife with
various shortcomings, AL Palzer, who
gained national reputation as .
white hope" when efforts were being
made to develop q white pugilist who
could wrest the heavyweight cham
pionship from Jack Johnson, has in
stituted in the state circuit court in
this city a suit by which he seeks to
secure divorce from Mrs. Ethel Pal
ger. For some time Palzer was q resi-.
dent Of Sioux Falls. d.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
eaaaaaeman I. Shot.

Madison-ClintOn Smith, baggage
man at the Milwaukee. was accidental
ly shot by another Office employee.
Clarence Grinager. Grinager had tax.
en- revolver from a drawer and was
examining 1t when 1t was discharged.
the bullet striking Smith in the thigh.
Fortunately the wound is not serious.
as the missile passed through the
feshy part Of his leg.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-16
Gregory County Items.

B0nesteel.-The census returns, as
filed with the county auditor. show
Gregory to be the largest city n
Gregory county, With population OF
914. Next in order comes Dallas. with
837: Bonesteel. $50: Fairfax. 451: Her.
rick. AS. and Burke. 421. Bonesteel
has small incorporated area and.
with its 200 suburbanite residents.
ranks up close to second in size.
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ENGLAND
CONTINUED from page l.,

and General Monro after = careful
examination Of the sltuation.
Without giving figures as to the
total enIistments, the premier praised
the Lord Derby recruiting campaign.
He declared that one Of It's chief re.
suits was to afford strenuous exs,i-
bision Of patriotism" He did not
touch directly upon the CONSUMPTION
issue.
IN moving passage Of the bill call
ina 100000 more men to the colors.
the premier referred to the great loss
in killed and wounded on both sides.
"At the end Of sixteen months" he
said, 1--WE are fighting in various
theatres Of the war with . force Of
about one and one quarter millions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
RUBBER SMUGGLING
PLOT DISCOVERED
Continuous Procession Of Women
Their Baggage Loaded With
s.aG4 Contraband Goods.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. J
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Details Of
how the government interrupted what
was to have been a continuous pro
cession Of women travelling from New
York to Rotterdam on Dutch steam.
ers, their baggage loaded with crude
rubber for German military uses. came
to light here today. Federal officials
had statement from Miss Anna
Del,kers. whose baggage was seized
three weeks ago. Her trunks contain
ed 3,40o pounds Of rubber destined
ultimately to German motor car fac.
tories.
Max Jaeger, naturalized American
also was said to have made state.
ment and federal authorities declared
he was the engineer of the plot. The
United States attorney is expected to
take action today, charging failure to
manifest merchandise exported for
profit.
The Deutsche Bank Of Berlin, &C.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
Are Your Kidneys
eIogyed with Waste?

It is no longer necessary for any
one to suffer with that headachy, all
rundown feeling that is often the re-
suit of kidney trouble.
1t is no longer necessary for you to
contend with disagreeable bladder and
urinary disorders or be tortured with
rheumatism, stiff or swollen joints or
the heart-wrenching miseries that fol-
low as result of neglected or poorly
working kidneys. Solvax quickly and
surely relieves all such troubles.
SolvaX Ia a wonderful discovery that
has always been so uniformly success
full that every package is sold under
positive guarantee to refund the
money If It does not relieve the worst
cast Of kidney disorder.
Your money back If you want 1t, ="
is the way Wilkinson & Co., the popu-
lar druggists, are selling this great
kidney remedy A guarantee like that
speaks eloquently for the merit ct
Solvax.
Do not suffer another minute. Sol
wax will relieve you If it doesn't, tell
Wilkinson & Co. that you want your
money back and they will cheerfully
refund it
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
James cruze Pleases Old Friends

JdIHSS SfAx0 FiSGSS6 Viz -TsbSii0os
In Armstrong; Wife" at the Grand
cas- most beautiful women, stars in
an excellent picture. Prominent in the
cast is James Cruze, the former popu-
lar man of THE Million Dollar Mys-
terry" If his work was well received
in the former picture, he is perfec-
ton in Armstrong; Wife
In this gripping play, Miss Goodrich
has an excellent opportunity to dis.
play her wonderful dramatic ability
as we'll as her beautiful gowns for
which size is noted.
This play tells the story of May
Fielding, a country girl, who 10
tricked into a false marriage by a
professional gambler a9S elopes with
him to the city, driving her girihood
lover, broken-hearted, to seek his for
tune in the wilds of the Canadian
northwest. During this interval many
interesting incidents take place and
you must go to the Grand to see the
picture.
The two return to David's home in
Canada and there Arnold finds them.
Thinking that May has taken this
means Of meeting him, Arnold Is beg
ging her to leave with him when
David enters and orders Arnold out.
But before he goes. Arnold tells May
to meet him at the deserted cabin that
night. The two men meet later In the
abandoned cabin, and May, by threat
ening to kill herself If Arnold shoots
him, again saves her husbands HE.
Arnold Is killed by the police. May
realizes her love for DAWN as he laws
wounded in her arms, and he, realiz-
ing that he has iudFed her wrongly,
forgiyes her.-Advertisement. .&#
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
TAX ON SALT
BREEDS PELLAGRA
Epidemic o. tho Disease 10 Expected
Among the Poor Of Italy Because
Of Increased Price.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ROME, Dec. GA sharp increase
In the number of cases of pellagra
among the poor Of Italy is expected to
follow the issuance Of royal decree,
adding an additional tax of one cent
on pound Of salt. There are about
100000 cases of pellagra In Italy at
present. Twenty per cent of the
cases brought under observation are
fatal. Pellagra develops almost ex-
clusively among the poorer classes
who subsist almost entirely upon corn
meal in one form or another.
Investigation has convinced Italian
medical men that the use OF salt in
cooking OF corn products prevents
fermentation and checks the disease.
The new tax will put salt out Of the
reach Of many thousands OF Italians.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
AUSTRIA
CONTINUED from page IL

not so much opposed to the disavoWa'
of torpedoing of Che Ancona as to the
manner used by Washington in the
American note.
It was suggested to Count Tlsza
that visitor to Vienna was sur
Prised at the large number of daily
conferences held by Emperor Franz
Josef.
"The world has quite false i'm:
preston OF the emperor" he replied.
"He is awake at four o'clock every
morning and works until 8 A. night,
like man of forty. He knows every
detail of foreign military affairs. He
has retained his strength Of mind and
; physically is one of the strongest men
in the monarchy today"
The military situation, Count Tisza
said, is more than satisfactory to Aus
tria-Hungary.
at speaks for ITSELF" he said. "The
italians are unable to advance. We
hold today positions we chose as first
lines and really never expected to
hold. The italians were late in start
ing and we were able to improve our
defenses."
From Count Tisza's windows, over.
looking the Danube, Bulgarian shi..s
could be seen arriving with supplies
Of food-one of the reauits Of the Ser
bian campaign. Count 1isza himself
was busy with the problem Of food
distribution when he received the
correspondent and he was asked about
| the parliamentary debate on the food
| question.
| "The situation was much worse
last year, he said. "Today it is moi
alarming. OF course we have to spare
some things and It may be rather
hard on the populations, but we'll be
able to- struggle through with our
difficulties"
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startlingly shown in the effects Of
this latest step against intemperance.
In one month drinking has diminished
TWENTY-FIVE to forty per cent in Eng
land. Drunkenness is down forty per
cent and still decreasing. Careful in
vestigation proves today that there is
no treating in London. Fashionable
cafes in London's downtown district
now have may empty chairs. Leading
hotel bars lack the little groups Of
"strategists" who gathered daily to
discuss the war over whiskey and
soda. Professional "moochers." well
known in London. have been annihi-
lated by the law which says they may
have no drink unless they pay for it..
Semi-respectable restaurant-public-
houses have been hard hit. No groups
gather to talk over ale and bitter. The
patrons are drinking almost pathetic
ally alone. The lower class of public
houses has suffered less. Laborers "till
drop in for their morning and evening
nip or tankard Of ale. They paid for
it themselves before, anyhow. AT
certain American bar and hotel well
known to Americans, the veteran bar
maid who makes the best Bronx cock
tail In England, admits she isn't MAX
ing as many nowadays. She knows
many Of the most prominent Ameri-
cans in London and many who fire.
quently come over, but she admits
she's not seeing them as often. The
secretary of one Of London's largest
clubs declares that two drinks are
now being taken where three were
consumed before. The manager OF a
well-known West End cafe admits
that his daily bar receipts are Off
nearly forty per cent. There is no
one to buy for "the other fellow Po-
lice court figures show that where
London produced 1000 arrests week.
ly for drunkenness before, there are
now not more than CO.. In other
parts OF England and In Wales and
Scotland, where the law is effective,
police figures sum up that where
there were 600 convictions for drunk
enness, there are now 400. In Liver
pool during the month preceding the
non-treating order there were 1913 ar
rests and in the following month but
1G5. In Newcastle there were Is
against Al, Durham, SO against "a:
Northumberland, 40 against rs; and
Cardiff, 6 against I.
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1 Is necessary that thI. force be aug.

It Is necessary that this force be aug
mented."
On September IS, Premier Asquith
Informed commons that British enlist.
rents since the beginning Of the war
totalled nearly 100000 and on No
vember 2 he declared that nearly l..
100000 Britishsss were in France
and Flanders.
It was assumed today that daily en-.
iistments since these declarations
were made, had filled the gaps caused
by Casualties and that the addition OF
100000 men to the colors by the
bill proposed today would bring the
total to about 4,oc0,o 900. This mum
Der, Of course, includes men In ser
vice In England as we'll as on the
firing line.
The premier's statement indicated
however, that. only slightly larger
British force is now In tho f,e!d thar
on November 2 when he estimated
General French's forces at slightly
less than one million.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
DIVORCE GRANTED
WIFE YESTERDAY
Mrs. Julia kerns Secures Decree
Amended Petitions Filed In
Two Cases.

In the district court yesterday a
divorce was granted to Julia Kerns
from Fred G. Kerns. She was given
the right to use her maiden name,
Julia Wilsey in the decree.
Amendments have been fled IN the
cases OF John w. Watson, assignee OF
H T.. and E. c. Steiner and H. w.
Watson, assignee Of Steiner Amuse-
Iment company, against the Mississippi
River Power Co. The claim in each Of
the amended petitions is for $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-21
CLEANSE THE BLOOD
AND AVOID DISEASE

When your blood is impure, weak,
thin and debilitated, your system
becomes susceptible to any or all
diseases.
Put your blood in good condition.
Hoods Sarsaparilla acts directly
and peculiarly on the blood-it puri-
fies, enriches and revitalizes it and
builds up the whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has stood the
test Of forty years. Get it today.
It is sure to help you.