Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-08-09
Brief Items Of
State News


has notified the Association of Com
merce that 1t will allow reduced rates
on hay from Northern Minnesota to
points in this state and half rates on
hay baling outfits.
Flasher.-Although sleeping on the
porch within few feet of chimney
which was shattered, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Potter escaped injury when their
home was struck by lightning during
q severe electrical storm.
Fargo.-Six hundred members of the
Industrial Workers of the World held
the boards on lower Front street and
def1ed any offer Of employment which
did not meet with their terms, IS a
day for ten hours. Little trouble has
been experienced from the floating
population.
Hakinson.-The rye in this district
will yield fairly well, according to
farmers who have already harvested
that crop. The crops in Richland, Sar-
gent and Ransom counties are not up
to the standard Of other years but will
compare with those of other counties
in this district.
Jamestown. - Fifty members of
Jamestown Company H, First North
Dakota infantry. have gone to Bis.
marck, where they will join the re-
mainder of the jamestown company
at Fort Lincoln preparatory to leav-
ing with the North Dakota troops for
their permanent training camp.
Fargo.-Ten members of the Indus
trial Workers Of the World took pos
session of the John Mong farm, near
Ayr. N. D., and refused to leave until
their employer had paid them their
wages in cash. Moug had given them
a check which they refused as pay
ment and would not leave the farm
until the cash was turned over.
Observation-Disclosures county, North
Dakota, enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the only county in the state which
has furnished more men for military
service than its draft quota, and there.
fore will not have to furnish any men
for the conscript army. The county's
quota was eighty men, and eighty
three have already entered the ser.
vice..
Bismarck.-Father Martin Kenel,
head of the Indian school at Kenel, 8.
D., from 1884 to 1896 ond for the last
seven years chaplain of st. Alexius
Hospital there, is dead. The remains
were taken to Conception, Mo-, for
interment. He was native of Swift
zerland, born in 1854, and one Of the
best known missionary priests of the
northwest.
Fargo.-C. A. Klaus of jamestown,
president of the North Dakota Hotel
Mems association, has notified Fargo
hotel men that the organization has
been enlisted" by the nation to pro.
cure S,S40 cooks for the United States
army. Fargo men have answered the
communication that they will do all in
their power to assist in securing the
men for the army.
Fargo-North and South Dakota will
lead the union in percentage member
ship for the Red Cross. Edwin ]. Cur.
tbs of Michigan, field secretary of the
central division Of the American Red
Cross here to consult with officers of
the North Dakota organization, pre-
diets. Chapters in all Of the So coun-
ties Of North Dakota will be organ.
lied in the next two weeks.
Pembina. - A Galician woman en-.
ployed as servant in the home of Burt
Humphrey, was burned to death when
a can containing gasoline exploded as
she was igniting q IRE with it. The
woman, with her clothes ablaze, dashed
from the house, and ran across the
fields. When she finally fell all Of
her clothing had been burned from
her, and her flesh was crisped. She
lived only few hours.
At meeting of the directors of the
Starkweather Road association, re-
port Of the work done this year on
the highways showed that $4,000 had
been spent for crawling the roads
leading into that city and that it is
probable that several hundred dollars
will yet be spent. On one of the main
roads, gravel has been placed for q
distance Of four miles and the road
bed is in excellent condition.
Bottineau.-Witha temperature of
4V1 recorded one Qay, THIS city Sh1V-
cred with a temperature Of 80 two days
later, the thermometer having fallen
62 degrees in 48 hours.
Fargo.-Believed to be an agent Of
German spy, carrier pigeon which
fell exhausted on farm near Bris-
bane, N. D., has been ordered Elm
termed" by Federal officials at Fargo
until after the close of the war.
Bowman.-A spark from locomo.
tive kindled blaze which destroyed
the Western Lumber and Grain com.
pany and the Bowman Equity exchange
elevators, with all their contents, at
Griffin. 1t is probable that both will
be Immediately rebuilt.
New England.-Fire completely de-
stroyed the farm home of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. G. Hedin, the flames first be-
ing discovered by carpenters who
were making repairs on the roof. Three
Of the men went into the burning house
and brought out the Hedin baby, who
was almost overcome by smoke.