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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Philadelphia Carmen May Strike.

Philadelphia, Aug. members Of
the Amalgamated Association Of
Street Railway Employees of America
were waiting for reply from the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
to the demand of the association for
an increase in wages, and better work.
ing conditions. The demand was sent
to President Nitten. Of the transit
company. Mitteu has failed to reply to
other communications sent him by the
association. he claiming that the or
gauisation represents only small per.
centaga.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Improves the GRAVY,

Did you ever try using "thimble-
full" of milk with the water in making
gravy? Or the smallest shake of cell
cry salt and pinch of sugar in addi-
ton to the salt and pepper? These
will transform the most plebian gravy,
says a Mothers Magazine reader.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
I. w. W.. Fail to Take Train.

I. w. WIS Fall TO Take Train.
Valley City.-One hundred and fifty
members of an I. w. w. band moved
northward from here toward some
mobilization point not yet known to
the local police following futile at
tempt to seize 500 line train near
Valley City. Armed guards succeeded
in defeating the l. w. w. efforts.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
STATE DRUGGISTS CONVENE
Are Welcomed BY Mayor Emery Of
Farao-Attendance Large.


Farao-Attendance Large.
Fargo.-North Dakota druggists 90
ened their. annual convention In Far
go with a very satisfactory attend
ance and with the promise that the
number of visitors would be materially
increased. The visitors were welcom'
ed to the city by Mayor Emery, the
response in behalf of the association
being by President ]. w. Needham ct
Finley, N. D., who also delivered his
annual address. Reports of standing
committees /, Of officers, and the ap-
pointment Of convention committees,
concluded the mornings work. In the
afternoon program of addresses and
new business was taken up.
The second day another program
of set speeches took place. and Thurs.
day the visitors held their annual pic
mic.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
GENERAL.

The new Harahan bridge spanning
the Mississippi river at Memphis.
Tenn, said to be the largest structure
on the river, has been opened to traf'
DC. Il cost $5,000.000.
Frank Gotch, champion wrestler OF
the world, is out Of the game for an
indefinite period, having suffered a
fractured leg during an exhibition
bout at Kenosha, Wis,
Settlement Of the strike Of cloak
makers in New York City. which has
been in progress for twelve weeks,
probably will be attempted by the fed
eral bureau of Cancellation.
The actual cost of transporting one
passenger over Missouri Pacific lines
in Nebraska is 2.16 cents, according
20 testimony offered by that railroad
In the 2-cent fare hearing at Omaha.
Canada's consumption Of alcoholic
beverages dropped from .S72 a gal
lon per capita to .745 per capita in
the fiscal year just ended, according
TO returns announced by the inland
revenue department. The consump'
ton of tobacco also shows falling OF
from 3.427 pounds to 1929 pounds per
capita.
Thirty-two persons lost their lives
in the IRE at Tatpi forest, which de-
stroyed the chateau of King Constan.
tine of Greece and the crown prince.
Twenty-eight of the victims were
members Of the Royal guards. The
king barely escaped with his life.
being trapped by the flames and
tainted. He was rescued by soldier,
A new worlds trap shooting record
was set at Peru, Ind, bye. A. Young
Of Springfield, o., at the Hoosier
Classic shoot. when he broke 100 con.
secutive targets at distance Of
twenty-three yards.
Christy Matthewson, who made a
reputation as being the premier pitch
er of professional baseball during the
past sixteen years as a member of the
New York Giants, has become man
ager Of the Cincinnati National league
club.
Sir Ernest Shackelton, the British
Antarctic explorer who. on returning
from the south polar zone last April
left twenty-one of his companions on
Elephant Island, has sailed from Punta
on . small schooner to rescue them.
Profits totalling 81, 200 were earned
by the municipal saloon at Sturgis
8. D., which operated during the veal
ending June 80. This was shown by
the annual report Of the Sturgis Mu
nicipal company, which runs the sa
loon.
Serious floods in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia caused
fifty known deaths, rendered hundreds
homeless, damaged property and
CROPS to the extent Of $15,000,000 &C
cording to estimates.
The Rev. Charles F.. Aked Of San
Francisco, one of the leaders Of the
Ford peace expedition, who just re'
turned from the Stockholm peace con.
ference, says he is convinced that the
commissions peace efforts were Of no
Rvail.
Fventy.three persons are known to
have been drowned in floods caused BY
torrential rains In the Guanajuato dis
trict IN Mexico. Thirty houses were
DESTROYED In sialo. and heavy damage
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
200 .. w. we. Held In Bismarck.

Bismarck. w. w. agitators and
harvest workers, rounded up to the
number of 200, we're separated by the
Bismarck police from would-be labor
ers, who are being sent to the fields
while the Industrial Workers are kept
behind bars. Charges are made that
the agitators sought to prevent har-
vesters from seeking work.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Out Of the 2O,646 trail-hitters at int
recent Billy Sunday revival at Kansas
City, 1864 have joined the churches.
It is said that when all the $500, 00o,-
900 gold coin coming from England to
the United States has arrived the tc.
tai of gold coin and bullion in this
country will equal the total Of any
three countries in the world.
A celebration to be known as the
Golden Wedding" of the first trans
continental railroad and the com
memoration of the driving Of the gol.
den spike which linked the Union Pa.
cific with the Central Pacific, now
known as the Southern Pacific, on
May 10, 1869, will be held In Ogden,
Utah, in 1919.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
SEED CONTEST OPEN TO ALI
To Be Held In Connection With Grow
ers' Meeting In Devils Lake.

To Be Held In Connection With Grow
ere Meeting In Devils Lake.
Devils Lake.-The annual seed con-
test and meeting of the North Dakota
Improved Seed Growers association
will be held at Devils Lake in connec-
ton with the Lake Region Seed Grow
ers' association fair and institute. On
invitation of the Lake Region branch
association, the vote of the state as
ISOLATION council placed the meeting
at Devils Lake and fixed the contest
to conform with the Lake Region con.
test in November.
The seed growers contest is open to
all citizens of North Dakota, provid-
ed they conform to the rule to show
the exact quality of seed which they
are holding for sale as seed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Six Carranza soldiers were killed In
the Villista attack upon q de facto
supply train at Palomas,> Chihuahua.
according to dispatches received in
n Paso.
It has been announced officially in
Mexico City that the differences which
have arisen between the United
States and Mexico may be considered
% satisfactorily settled.
The Mexico Northwestern train, I'LL.
ed with forage and supplies consigned
to Casas Grandes merchants for the
use Of General Pershing's army, which
was held up in Juarez, has been re.
leased.
The military authorities at Ell Paso.
Tex. have learned Of negotiations
carried on by allied Villa and other
Mexican political elements for the
turning over Of the Carranza garrison
ct Juarez to Villa.
A half million dollars for screen
wire il reported to have been author
lied for General Funston to protect
the Kitchens and mess rooms In the
army along the border from flies and
other carriers Of disease.
mr.. Eta - +~.vo1 arroaa the inter.
national bridge at Laredo, Tex, again
has turned southwark and for every
American refugee reaching the border
from interior Mexico three are enter
ing into Mexico.
James Linn Rodgers, representative
Of the American government, Informed
the Mexican secretary Of war at Mex
leo City that the American expedition
ary forces in Mexico would be grad
uallv withdrawn from Mexican terri
tory.
A declaration that he and all other
members Of the Carranza government
are mutually united with the firm de-
termination Of establishing order In
Mexico. was made by General Jacinto
Trevino, military commander OF the
northwest.
Hungry and thirsty soldiers on the
Mexican border were remembered by
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union at their session in Washington.
The members voted to send them
cases Of grape Juice and q number OF
electric fans.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
For a Mustard Paete.

II you mix mustard paste with the
white OF an egg instead Of hot water
the result will be as good and it will
lot blister Warm conlphnra,ed oil Is
letter than either.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Plana Prison Probe.

Investigation of conditions at the
penitentiary that are responsible for
the IL escapes in two months will be
made by the board of control, in CO.
operation with Warden Talcott. Two
guards were ordered to search the cars
Just before the train pulled out. Two
other guards watched the cars from
the outside and two other guards
were outside the grounds watching
for escapes. In the investigation both
guards and convicts will be asked to
tell their stories without fear.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Facts and Figures.

",Nell, how's the poultry businessf
You had it figured that you could make
every hen supply you with dollars
worth of eggs for so cents worth Of
corn"
II did so. But l think now my hens
have got 1t figured that l kin be in
duced to furnish corn until spring
without no eggs whatever in return.
And they may be right, at that"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Bolt starts $4,000 Fire.

Bolt Starts $4,000 Fire.
Dicky.-Six business places and one
residence were destroyed by fire here,
which started when bolt of lightning
struck the vigro drug store. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

A pig has as much use for tail as
a man has for the two buttons on the
back of his frock coat.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
WASHINGTON.

The war department has sent orders
to all department commanders to de.
lay transportation to the border of ma
tional guardsmen now mobilizing un.
til they are thoroughly equipped and
organized.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Adjournment of congress not later
than August 20 gas tentatively agreed
upon by the senate demands in eau.
Gus to revise their legislative pro.
gram with view to bringing the ses.
sion to an early close.
An emergency appropriation OF
$4,000 was voted by the house for
the public health service in its fight
against infantile paralysis in New
York and to stop its spread to other
states.
Judge John H. Clarke Of the United
States district court at Cleveland has
been nominated by President Wilson
for associate justice Of the United
States supreme court to succeed As
sociate Justice Charles e. Hughes.
The 1-cent newspaper will be q
thing of the past within short time,
owing to increase cost of paper and
the shortage of the product used in
paper making, predicts Secretary o
Commerce William c. Redfield.
An Informal inquiry has been made
by the state department to the British
embassy for information concerning
the application Of Great Britain's
trading with the enemy" act to Amer
lean business firms and corporations.
Australia's embargo on wool ex;
ports to countries other than the al
lies will not injure American manu-
lecturers, unless it is extended into
September, when the seasons prin-
cipal sales are held, in the opinion of
the department Of commerce officials.
President Wilson has signed the
rural credits bill passed recently by
congress-. The measure creates a
system Of twelve land loan banks
under direction Of federal board.
The bankers will handle long time
mortgages to farmers.
Senator Poindexter has introduced
a bill to make all income tax returns
public. He has been assured of sup
port In the finance committee for a
proposal to incorporate the idea In
the general revenue bill, now before
that committee.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Be sure you are right-but don't be
too sure everybody else is wrong.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
on CUTTING BUSTED GRAIN

Nothing to Be Gained BY Being Early,
eoIIey Says.
Fargo.-There's nothing to be
gained by cutting rusted grain early.
according to H. L. Bolley, pure seed
commissioner of North Dakota. Farm.
ers, Mr.. Bolley says, have been under
the impression that rusted grain
should be cut early. In adopting this
process, he says, the farmers nip the
wheat in the milk, and the result 10
that the entire crop shrivels.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

St. Paul and Minneapolis last year
ate 100000 frog legs.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Half a million shells daily since
June q, or total of about 10,500,000
have been hurled on the German lines
by the British, according to CORE
spondent of a leading London paper.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
WAR NEWS.

The German admiralty announces
that on July II German submarines
sank a British auxiliary cruiser and
three patrol boats.
The entire first class mail Of the
Danish liners Frederick VIII, for New
York. and Oscar II, from New York.
was confiscated by the British author.
tiles.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Secretary Daniels announces that
construction of enough high power
aircraft guns to supply all active bat
tleships and cruisers of the navy has
been completed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

John Redmond, the nationalist lead.
er Of the British parliament, declared
that the delay in making public the
text of the Irish bill and the irritation
caused by Lord Transformers recent
speech had created q very serious sit
uation in Ireland.
Every foot of German positions cap
tured by the British on the western
front is being drepched with a de.
structive fire of British high exclo~-
ives in preparation for a new attack
British military men declare tina
fighting must go on below as we'll az
above ground. The Germans have
catacombed all villages to escape
shell fire. At Bazcntin-Le-G Grand, TO-
instance, the underground caverns
sheltered $4,000 men.
Great Britain has again refused p
plea of the American Red Cross for
permission to make conditional ship
ments of Red Cross supplies to Ger
many and Austria Hungary.
German prisoners taken by the
British in the Somme region since
July 1 total 1879 officers and 1919
men. In addition, seventeen heavy
and 1873 lighter guns have fallen into
British hands during this period, the
London war Office reports.
Nearly 10000 women in England
have already been made widows by
the war, according to figures COM
piled by the British government. AS
q result Of the recent naval battle
1850 widows were added to the list
OF wc.en receiving pensions.
Russian forces have crossed the Car
pathian mountains for the first time
since their defeat by the Germans a
year ago, and have entered Hungary
according to Petrograd reports.
London reports that positive proof
has been found that the two great
German dreadnaughts, Kaiser and
Kronprinz, were sunk by torpe'ioes
during the battle of Jutland, and that
they now have been added to the Off
cial British list Of German ships de-
stroyed.
The Berlin war office announces
that twenty-five British and French
aeroplanes have been captured On the
western front In the last month. A
lis. Of the names and eecupantsf Ct the
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

The car of Russia is a great reader.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

The Berlin war office announces
that twenty-five British and French
aeroplanes have been captured On the
western front In the last month. A
lis. Of the names and occupants Of the
sifcyafts has bech published.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS OF THE pAY HELD TO A
FEW LINES.
u1E EVENTS BOILED DOWN
Personal. Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting 70 the
General Readers.
MEXICAN TROUBLE.

Six Carranza soldiers were killed in
the Villista attack upon de facto
supply train at Palomas,> Chihuahua,
according to dispatches received in
n Paso.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Great Britain has again refused p
plea of the American Red Cross for
nermissfon to make conditional ship
ments Of Red Cross supplies to Ger
many and Austria Hungary.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Fventy.three persons are known to
have been drowned in floods caused By
torrential rains In the Guanajuato dis
triet n Mexico. Thirty houses were
destroyed IN sialo. and heavy damage
vRs espasd II ether plasea'
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Adjournment of congress not later
than August 20 gas tentatively agreed
upon by the senate demands In eau.
Gus to revise their legislative pro.
gram with view to bringing the ses.
sion to an early close.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11

Serious floods in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia caused
fifty known deaths, rendered hundreds
homeless. damaged property and
crops to the extent Of $15,O00,000 &C
cording to estimates.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02

the thought that he would see Betsy.
Barbara in office hours as well as out
rendered 1t very feeble. So Betsy-Bar.
bara fell to work on the secondhand
typewriter; and she had 30 far pro-
gressed that she could write a pass
ably good business letter in four at.
tempts and a mornings time.
On the scene of brisk business &C
tivity suddenly entered Rosalie Le
Grange. AS she stepped into the door.
she was large-eyed. serious. a-quiver
with inner intensity. She broke into
a smile. however. as she surveyed the
Thomas W. North Advertising Agency
at work Both Tommy and his anna
teur etenographer had heard the
steps; but each. as people will do
when they are intent. failed to look
up from his uncompleted line until
startled by Rosalie's:
MY! Such a pair of little work
ers!"
Tommy grinned.
"Ah, a customer" he said; "busi-
ness bad at the boarding-house? Any.
thing can do to advertise you? !
recommend our A A Complimentary
and fetching for establishments of
your class. How's this for a line:
Our eggs straight from the hen-our
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02

Cd tho corner from Wall street and tho
driver began to inquire for pier 1615.
Captain Baldwin was as near to pro
family az his convictions allowed. As
for the mate. he had no convictions
which prevented him from expressing
himself to the limits of his vocabulary.
over that unlucky accident, that tum-
BILE into the matches. which had sent
newly-signed italian member Of the
crew to Bellevue hospital nursing q
broken arm. With all the heaven
condemned things they had to do be-
fore the improper old scow could be
cleared in the morning. how the sin
and sulphur (the mate inquired Of the
bright air) were they going to dig up
another sailor to satisfy the port regu-
lations?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02
DOCTORS ODD DEATH REPORT
Many Physieians' Certificates Disclose
Alterations Of Sense In Giving
Cause Of Death.

The chief stat.stician of Wisconsin.
in examing death certificates filed by
physicians with the state board OF
health. has discovered and disclosed
some Of more than local interest.
They reveal alterations Of sense and
science in the diagnosis of disease and
the causes Of death as to merit con-
sideration from reformers who wish
to put nearly every act Of human life
under medical supervision.
A few instances must serve to Illus
trate the nature of multitude. One
report is this: Went to bed feeling
will. but woke up dead" Another
says: DO not know the cause OF
death. but patient fully recovered from
last Illness" A third reported: Last
Illness caused by chronic rheumatism.
but was cured before death" Still an
other: Deceased never had been fatal
ly sick" And this. "Died suddenly;
nothing serious"
Some reports are mere absurdities.
such aai kicked by horse shod on
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02
Daily Ihoudht.

the left kidney" Died suddenly at
the age Of one hundred and three. To
this time he bid fair to reach a ripe
old age" Deceased died from blood
poison caused by a broken ankle which
is remarkable as the automobile
struck him between the lamp and the
radiator" A mother is reported to
have died In infancy"
The significance of these reports
lies in the fact that they emanate
from the members Of learned profes.
sion dealing with the practice of that
profession. They serve to caution
those who are eager to clothe these
local doctors with authority to say
who shall marry and who shall not.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-02
CHAPTER XIV.

A Stroke Of Luck.
We come now to the most crowded
day in all the crowded life of Rosalie
LIE Grange. We begin. indeed. with
Rosalie LIE Grange out of the stage
picture. We are in the office OF the
Thomas W. North Advertising Agency
in lower Fifth Avenue. Tommy North
sits at cheap but neat desk. brand
little old office. He is laboring for
an accurate and arresting headline to
proclaim the safety. and yet the dead
liness. Of a new automatic revolver.
At the typewriter desk in the corner
sits Betsy-Barbara Lane, inexpertly
tapping the keys with two fingers OF
her right hand and one of her left
And as Betsy-Barbara smiles trium-
phantly over this fair line, frowns at
that foul one. purses her lips over the
other hard combination. her radiance
fills and illuminates the Thomas w.
North Advertising Agency.
From inception to interior furnish
ings. It is all Betsy-Barbara. Hers
was the choice and placing of the
green Mission furniture. Hers was
the selection Of the pictures. their ar
rangement in relation to the wall
spaces. That It might be q pleasant
place for work, she picked out prints
Of her favorite pictures-the Countess
Potolka. the Baby Stuart and the
Duchess OF Devonshire. To give 1t q
business air, she added framed pho
tograph of the Union Station In st.
Louis. Further. Betsy-Barbara found
the most spectacular specimens of ad-
vertieing design executed by Thomas
W. North. set them in passe-partouts
with her own hands. and hung them
Just where they would invite the eye
and confidence Of customers. She re-
membered also the soul needs OF Mr..
Thomas W. North himself. In the
interstices Of the decorations she
placed such notices as she deemed
best for him. as DO It Now" indus
try Is Happiness" and, most sig
nificant OF all to one who understood
the reason for the Thomas W. North
Agency, Its What You Do After
Business Hours That Gives You Nerv.
ous Prostitution" Finally. to all these
decorations she had added more and
more frequently of late her own illu-
mined self.
For life. what time she was not
busy with the solace of Constance.
hung heavy nowadays on the capa-
BILE hands of Betsy-Barbara. Just
when she realized that what she need
ed was work. she found that the CORE
spondence of the Thomas w. North
Agency was getting greater than
Tommy himself could handle. She
announced at once her intention of
learning the typewriter and doing that
work herself-all for the good OF the
enterprise. To this proposal. Tommy
entered a protest of conscience; but