Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-10-13
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SHOWN ON TOUR
IN. p. SPECIAL" VISITS 81 TOWNS
IN WESTERN SECTION OF
THE STATE.
NEWS OF STATES MILITIAMEN
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State Institutions and Officials
With Live Letters From Flick.
ertail Guardsmen at Border.

Bismarck
Some of the fanciest stock of the
Northwest toured the western section
Of North Dakota, aboard the IN. P.
Livestock Special" which was on the
road from Monday October to Tues
day, October II, visiting 81 towns and
cities. The train was manned by
corps of better farming workers from
the North Dakota experiment station.
Coming at time when so many
farmers are giving consideration to
the abandonment of grain farming to
take up diversification, the special was
greeted by great crowds.
Thomas Cooper, director of the ex-
pertinent station, was in charge Of
the meetings that were held at each
point en- route. He was assisted by
w. H. Peters, animal husbandman Of
the North Dakota experiment station;
Frank Sanford, successful breeder OF
beef cattle, and John Christianson, Of
New Salem, N. D., Qne of the most
successful dairymen of the Missouri
slope.
The schedule was as follows: Octo-
Der 9, Hazelton, Temvik and Linton;
October 10, Fort Rice, Scion and Tim
mer; October II, Flasher, Carson ami
Elgin; October IL, New Leipzig and
Mott; October IL, Killdeer, Dunn Cen
ter and Werner; October IA, Halliday,
Golden Valley and Buelah; October Is.
Hazen, Stanton and Fort Clark, and
October II, Sanger. A two hour stop
was made at each point.
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To Increase Good Roads Fund.
A motor vehicle graded license bill
which would net the states good roads
fund $275,O00 annually is being drafted
by tax experts at the capitol. The
proposed law, which would impose
upon the motor owner a very moderate
assessment, as compared with those
in other states, contemplates grad1-
ated schedule beginning at So and
running up to $25 for cars of over 60
horsepower.
The average license fee would be
IS the car, and inasmuch as North
Dakota is slated for $4,000 cars in
1917, the first years revenues would
aggregate a very nice sum.
Even If two-thirds of the proceeds
from the automobile licenses we're re-
turned to the counties in which they
originate, there would remain more
than 100000 which the state could
utilize in meeting the requirements Of
the Shackleford good roads bill.
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County Leads In Schools.
Williams county leads the state of
North Dakota and the entire United
States in the rapidly growing move.
ment for consolidated schools, accord
ing to figures which have just been an
nounced by N. C. Macdonald, state in
spector of rural and graded schools.
Within the last year Williams county
has advanced from eleventh position
to first place among the SO counties
Of the state.
With only five consolidated schools
reported for Williams county in 1914,
the progress has been steady. Ten
such schools we're reported in 1915 and
the latest report issued by the in
spector shows a total Of 10 consoli-
dated schools in Williams county at
the present time.
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Dakotans Patrol Border.
The Third Battalion, First North
Dakota Infantry, was happy over Or
ders recently received detailing them
to patrol duty on the Rio Grande in
this vicinity. The orders include COM
panies NJ, c., D and E, who will re-
lieve the Second Indiana, now station
ed here.
One company will be stationed at
the 'Merceres pumping plant, one at
Progress, an abandoned Mexican
town on this side of the river, one at
the Donna pumping station, and one
at Champion store. All are scenes of
recent fighting between the United
States troops and Mexicans.
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Detectives Fill Prisons.
North Dakota is supporting in its
penal and charitable institutions 1902
human being of whom a decided per-
centage are there because Of mental
defects, transmitted from parents, re-
ports the board of control. So grave
has the situation become that the
board is seriously considering recon-
mending to the legislature next win
ter the naming of commission to in.
vestigate conditions in the state gener.
ally, with view to proposing stricter
marriage regulations.
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Edibles Of 1000 Years Ago.
Anyone seeking familiarity with the
daily bill of fare which prevailed in
North Dakota in the year GIG will be
interested in a collection of edibles of
more than 1000 years ago which DR..
NJ. R. Gilmore, curator of the North
Dakota state historical museum,
brought back with him from the annual
fair of the Fort Berthold reservation
at Elbowwoods. This exposition was
attended by descendants of the very
first families of North Dakota-the
Mandans, Hidatsus and the Arickaras.
tribes of Indians.
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To See Guards in Movies.
People of North Dakota will within
a week or two, perhaps, have the OPP
portunity Of seeing the First North
Dakota regiment give a bayonet drill,
infantry charge and other maneuvers.