Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-08-02
North Dakota
News Siftiings

olaf Larvik of Temvik played with
matches In the hayloft. Two escaped,
but the third was burned to death
when the barn was destroyed.
Observation-Disclosures r. Cary, daugh.
ter of L. N. Cary, a millionaire real es.
tate man Of this city, and William
Lewis Little of Pittsburgh. Pa, eloped
and were married, but members of the
brides family were on hand in time
to witness the ceremony.
Observation-Disclosures Miller of Bald
win, born in Germany, whose father
and three brothers have died fighting
for the kaiser, came to Bismarck, took
out his first papers and Immediately
enlisted in the Second battalion of the
First North Dakota infantry.
Fargo.-George Van Arnan Of Will
kin county, Minnesota, was elected
president of the Red River Valley Old
Settlers association at the Interstate
fair. Other officers are: B. F. Mack
all, Moorhead, vice president; Edwin
Clapp, Fargo, treasurer, and H. ].
Hagen, Fargo, secretary.
Grand Forks.-Only three of the
thirty l. w. w. driven out of Bemidji
reached Grand Forks, others having
got off at Ebro and Crookston. A re-
ception committee awaited them at
East Grand Forks and they were
hustled into Dakota, where Sheriff A.
F. Turner and policemen took them
in custody.
Fargo.-A. G. Reinecke, for years
prominent in the newspaper business
in North Dakota, founder of the old
Fargo Daily News, dropped dead at.
Cleveland, Ohio, according to word
received here. Mr.. Reinecke has been
in the insurance business eight years
since retiring from the newspaper
business in Fargo.
Fargo.-An appeal to the postmast-
ers of North Dakota, to assist in dis
tributing farm help for the harvest
and threshing season was the first &C.
ton of S. S. Mcdonald, recently ap-
pointed special labor representative
for North Dakota by A. Caminetti,
United States commissioner of immi-
grafton and head of the federal en-
ployment service.
Washington.-In speech to the
House, Representative Norton of
North Dakota has denied that the
election of John M. Baer to the House
was indication that the people of
North Dakota are disloyal in their at
titude toward the war. He defended
the people of his state against the
charge of disloyalty, referring to
Senator McCumber of q disloyal post
mistress.
Fargo.-Eighteen thousand specta-
tors witnessed the interstate fair har-
ness races. Cecil Bond, with Catura,
of Durand, Wis, driving, won the 2:15
race in four straight heats. F1eeta
America driven by Martin of Hutch
tnson was second and Royal Ward,
with Olston of Fargo up, was third.
Cecil Bonds best time was 2:15N.
Bill Lange, Larson's Minneapolis en-
try, took fifth place.
Fargo.-Declaring that 1t is not pos
sible to exaggerate the gravity of the
crisis that faces the people of the
United States, Carl Vrooman, assist:
ant Secretary of Agriculture, in a
spirited address here before large
crowd at the Interstate fair grounds
told his audience that "this is one of
the most momentous hours in our
history, If not the most fateful hour
in all history, for as one of sister,
hood of nations we are face to face
with wars most dreadful handmaiden,
famine"
Minot-Minot has an 8-year-old boy
hero. He is Normal Miller, who, see
ing a man apparently drowning in
Mouse river, swan out and held him
up by his hair until Fred Mott, man
ager Of the bathing beach at Dormant
park pulled both to shore.
Fargo.-Poison beans, which have
appeared in the North Dakota markets
during the past few weeks were the
feature of the exhibit prepared by the
chemistry department of the North
Dakota Agricultural college on display
In the agricultural building at the In
terstate fair at Fargo.
Beach.-Devils Lake was voted the
1918 annual meeting of the North Da.
kota county treasurers' association;
all members attending the Beach ses.
sions were made honorary members of
the Beach chamber of commerce and
State Auditor Carl R. Kositzky of Bis
marck, former treasurer of Burleigh
county, was rejected president.
Bismarck-North Dakota's first raid
under the bone dry law was made by
Attorney General LANCER. States At.
torney McCurry of Burleigh and
States Attorney Connolley of Morton
county, when the home of G. F. Win
ter, former agent for the Minneapolis
Brewing company, was raided and six
truck loads Of intoxicants removed.
Fargo-The federal grand jury for
this district has begun Investigation
of charges of disloyalty made against
Postmistress Lillian Totem of Bowman
by Senator p. ]. McCumber in an ad-
dress before the senate. Senator Nc
Cumber charged Mrs. Totem with en-.
pertaining anarchistic lectures and
other acts deemed incompatible with
her n0sftiOn in time of war