Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-08-27

deaf in this city to succeed j. w. Blat-
tner who has resigned to accept the
superintendency of the. Oklahoma
school.
New Salem.-When team attached
to a hay rake and driven by William,
aged 9, son of H. B. Norton, started
to run away, the boy attempted to get
of the rig, he was slow and when the
rake hit bump the spring seat threw
the lad high in the air. His teeth and
the muscles of his jaws were loosened
but no bones were broken.
Judson.-Although two elevators
were already doing business, farmers
who organized the Farmers Union
Mercantile company were not daunted
and when they refused the purchase
Of either of the old ones, decided to
erect a 10000 bushel elevator. Now
they have branched into public service
work and will install an electric plant
to light the city.
Langdon.-Steps are well advanced
here for the formation Of livestock
breeders association, which is expect
ed to form the nucleus for new stock
movement in Cavalier county. Aims
as outlined by the organization COM
mittee include the promotion of the
livestock industry, the promotion Of
pure bred stock, to aid in the purchase
of purebred animals, and to establish
the county as one of the livestock
centers of the state.
Devils Lake-Satisfied that every
avenue of escape had been closed and
that the threat of the sheriff to hunt
down her son would make, him chron-
fc fugitive, Mrs. Frank Carter, aged
mother of Ed. Carter, who broke from
the county Jail here, returned her son
to Sheriff Olson, ending search in
which posses we're securing every Sec
ton in automobiles. Carter hid in
grain fields until hunger took him
home. He is held on q statutory
charge.
Mandan.-Two and three-quarters
millions of tiny trees, all the way from
one in CHI to three feet high, cover sew
eral acres of ground on the Field sta
ton, attracting the attention of every
visitor there. These are the trees be-
ing grown from seeds which will go
to supply the demand for trees for
shelter belts which have come in from
over the entire wide area served by
the local station. Application received
up to May this year will be filed
from the 1916 output of cuttings.
Fargo.-When the Trail county
band goes to the Minnesota state fair
on Sept. 10 and IL it will go as the
North Dakota State band. The band
is under the direction of w. L. Dod-
son of Buxton, who is president of
the Musicians Progressive association,
which has been working on plan to
have big band designated as the
state band. The plan is to organize
all the bands in each county into a
large county band and then choose the
best musicians as the statewide organ
izatfon.
Mandan.-As the result of action
taken, when Mandan Elks voted to
give H. l.. Hartman five-year lease
for rooms, plans and specifications
were ordered for a $4,000 building
with theater on the ground floor.
Hartman, manager of movie" house
here, is backed by twin city film cor
poration.
Mandarin. E. Sherin, IS years old,
cashier of the First State bank, New
Leipzig, died suddenly of heart trouble.
He was one of the best known bank
ers in Western North Dakota. The
body will be taken to Winnebago for
burial. A widow and child survive.
Grand Forks.-R. B. Smith. formerly
collector for the Tri-State Telephone
company, wanted by the police here on
a charge of embezzling $165, was ar
rested at Caledonia. He is reported to
be willing to return to Grand Forks
without extradition papers. The sher-
III left for Caledonia.
Hankinson.-S. G. Ireland, head of
the Ireland Lumber company with
large interests in North and South
Dakota, died here of paralysis. His
body will be taken to Charles City, To-,
his former home. He was we'll known
in twin city lumber and financial cir
cles.
Marmarth.-The latest fair associa-
ton chartered under state laws, organ
lied by Marmarth parties and known
at the Slope County Fair association,
will this fall hold its first annual SEES
sion here. The date has not been Sc
lected other than general plans for the
week of October 1t.
Marmarth.-Plenty of rain has pro
duced big crops, but also high water in
creeks and rivers and as a result the
Marmarth- Austin Concord mail route
has been changed to run from Rhame.
The Little Missouri river is respon'
sible for the action of the postottice
department.