Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-09-29
CLASSES DELAYED
TO HELP FARMERS
LADD PosrPoNEs OPENING OF
WORK At FARM SCHOOL
FOR SOME COURSES.
NEWS OF STATES MILITIAMEN

Important Items From North Dakota
State Institutions and officials
With Live Letters From Flick
ertail Guardsmen at Border.
Bismarck
To help out the farmers and Tue uuys
and girls who are needed on the farm
this fall, President Ladd has postponed
the opening of the work at the Agrt.
cultural College for the courses in
Farm Husbandry, Power Machinery,
Home Makers and the Draughtman
and Builders until October %, instead
of opening October 9, as scheduled in
the catalogue and circulars. This will
enable farmers to finish the fall work.
and all the boys and girls will be able
to begin the school work together.
The full twenty-five weeks will be
offered, but the Christmas vacation will
be cut out. Students in these courses
should plan to remain through the full
school year until March "a.
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t1SaISU 0OOy tSduuISos
The board of regents has just tax.
en- under consideration new constitu.
lions under which the various institu.
lions of the state will operate. The
same regulations will be prepared for
the University of North Dakota at
Grand Forks, and the Agricultural col.
lege at Fargo, while the normals will
have another set and the school Of
science at Wahpeton, and the school
of forestry at Bottineau, third.
DR.. Laid, president Of the Agricul.
tural college, President Crane Of the
state normal at Minot, and President
Mcfarland of the Valley City normal.
we're heard by the regents on the pro-
posed constitutions. President McVey
of the University of North Dakota.
was also heard Wednesday. A meeting
of the state board of education was
held simultaneously.
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Workers Scarce in N. D.
More men are needed for winter
work in North Dakota. This il
the opinion of T. L. Stanley, federal
labor agent cooperating with the state
department of agriculture and labor.
1--WE find that there is a real scar.
city of men for winter work through
the state" declares the labor expert.
1.-THE many coal mines in the west
ern part of the state need men to
mine and haul coal. The Bitumina
mine at Washburn in Mclean county
needs eight or ten men to mine and
three to haul.
The demand for sober Industrious
men was never better all over North
Dakota. Steady employment may be
secured on farms for those that I'LL
these qualifications"
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Seven Plague Cases In State.
Inquiry of DR.. McGurran, secretary
of the state board of health. at Devils
Lake, has revealed the fact that there
are now seven living cases of infantile
paralysis in North Dakota, and one
death has already been reported. There
we're two cases in Cass county, one Of
which died; one case in each of Eddy.
Pembina and Grand Forks counties.
and three cases in Cavalier county.
DR.. McGurran said 1--we are investi-
eating the report Of every case, and
If the case gives positive reaction we
quarantine it Immediately, but any that
are only contact cases are put under
modified quarantine. We are doing ev.
erything possible to stop the spread Of
this disease, and we hope we will not
hear of another case"
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Guards Win Sham Battle.
The North Dakota regiment went
into sham battle recently with an i'm
aginary foe in cotton field just two
miles from the Mexican border.
1t was exceedingly hot work, but
the North Dakotans we're successful in
their maneuvers and won the battle In
a thrilling bayonet charge. Over 10
miles were covered by the North Da-
kotans and many of the boys were
overcome before the regiment return
ed to camp.
Maneuvering and study of field tao
tics comprise the activities of the
North Dakota regiment this week.
The belief that the boys are goins
home soon is growing and 1t is gen.
orally expected that they will be out
of hereby Oct. or soon after.
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Laid Case Not Pressed.
The Calumet Baking Powder Co. Of
Chicago has taken no further steps
towards prosecuting their suits for
100000 damages against DR.. E. F.
Ladd, state pure food commissioner, it
has been learned. No complaint has
been fled in court nor has DR.. Ladd or
his attorneys been served with copy
Of 1t.
Regents Make Appointments.
President Frank L. McVey Of the
University of North Dakota has return
ed from Bismarck, where he has been
attending the September meeting OF
the state board of regents. A number
of appointments were made at this
meeting, among the most important Of
which was the appointment Of DR.. ].
w. Cox of the College of Medicine Of
the University of North Dakota as act
ing director of the state public health
laboratory to fill the place left vacant
by the resignation of DR.. L. D. Bristol.
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