Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-25
GENERAL.

Because of the increased cost Of
paper the Milwaukee Free Press ad-
yanced its price from 1 to 2 cents q
copy for street sales.
Fourteen veteran letter men Will re-
turn to the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln this fall as the neucleus for
one of, the most promising football
elevens the Huskers ever had.
Sixty-six persons are known to have
lost their lives in the flood which
swept three West Virginia mountain
streams late last week, rendering
10000 persons homeless, and causing
Z property loss Of $5,000,000.
Nearly a million acres Of grain
we're completely wiped out by hail,
and grain on several million more
acres was severely damaged in a ter
rife storm which swept across north
srn North Dakota and northwestern
Minnesota.
President Ball of the st. Louis
Americans league baseball club offer
ed bonus of $4,000 to the team II
It should go to first place for day.
He also offered a suit Of clothes to
every man on the team if they went
into first division for three days.
Damage estimated at 100000 was
the result of an electrical storm near
Sioux City. Houses were unroofed,
plate windows were beaten in upon
crowds in stores and street torrents
carried away more than q score Of
automobiles.
Five automobile bandits held up
pay clerks entering the plant Of the
Burroughs Adding Machine company
at Detroit, Mich, and after shooting
one of the clerks escaped with bags
said to have contained between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Suit to cancel ninety-eight patens
covering approximately 10000 acres
in central Wyoming and recover dam.
ages totaling $s4,607.s5 was fled in
the United States district court for
Wyoming at Cheyenne by the govern.
ment.
A report issued by the New York
health department shows that Of 84S
persons who have succumbed to in.
fantile paralysis since July !, 6S5
were under five years of age.
Frank Gotch, champion wrestler
probably is through with the crap
ping game for good. Information re-
ceived by friends of Gotch say that
the injury the wrestler sustained in
an exhibition match recently will pre-
vent participation in the wrestling
game hereafter.
Al Francis, of Dubuque, Ia, arrest,
ed at Detmar, Ia, few days ago
charged with stealing an automobile
at Dubuque, entered plea of guilty
and was given a five-year sentence al
Anamosa. The car was recovered.
Orders to eleven recruiting officers
stationed in the principal cities Of
Iowa to report at the mobilization
camp at Des Moines for discharge
causes officials to believe that the
Washington officials have abandoned
the plan to recruit the Iowa regi
ments to the maximum war strength
More than 1000 civilians have en-
rolled for the Atlantic naval trainins
cruise, which will start August Is ant
last until September IL. Nine battle
ships have been assigned for the trip
More than 1000 New York childre,
now have been killed by the epidemic
of infantile paralysis and nearly 500
have been stricken by the disease
The health departments daily bulle
tin shows that the plague still con
unues to gain Roadway.
Four days of last weeks extreme
heat caused nearly 1000 deaths II
Chicago, City Health COMMISSIONS
John d. Robertson told physician
conference on how to save babi