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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
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Considerable complaint has been
made in the past on account Of the oh.
noxious character of tho boards of
barley during harvesting and subse.
quent handling. This objection has
been largely removed since the intro.
duction Of the binder, self feeder at.
tachments to threshins machines and
self straw stackers. There Is little
danger in using the straw for feeding
Or bedding for stock.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
Local Happenings

DR.. Thomas was called to Porcu-
pine the first of the week to attend
one OF the children ofThos. Skye.
Hark! Look! Listcn!-Now is
the time for you to buy Dodge
Brothers auto from F M. Redman,
Selfride, N, D. 31tf
Martin Swift was over from Sci
fridge the first OF the week to con-
suit DR.. Thomas about an injured
foot in which blood poison had set
in.
The Hartung Land Company OF
Mclaughlin, South Dakota, buy
and sell decided Indian lands. When
you get your patent give them a
chance t. bid on it. They pay
spot cash. 15tf.
Mrs. Bowden is quite seriously i'll
this week and is being treated by
DIR. Thomas and under the care of
Mrs. Nellie Schocnhutt, formerly
nurse at the local hospital.
Allister Colville this week sold
his old run-about car to party in
Mclaughlin, and bought new
Ford touring car from Geo. G..
Jewett, the Ford dealer in whose
territory Fort Yates is included.
VIM. b. Nchl, II. r. Nchl and
Fred b. Nehl of Watauga, were
here the first of the week and leased
some hay stumpage on Indian land
in their vicinity. While here the
two former subscribed for the Pho
neer, and the latter renewed his
subscription for another year.
r. A. Farmer, who has charge or
the surveying crew that has been
laying out timber allotments for
the Indians along the Missouri and
other streams on the Standing Rock
reservation the past three years,
was here Sunday to confer with
Superintendent Hitch. Mr.. Far
mer is now working along the Grand
river and expects to come up this
way in about three months and
complete some unfinished work let
over from last year.
John Leach of Solen, chairman
Of the board of county commission
ers of Sioux county, was here Tues
day visiting the town and county
officials. He came to North Da-
kota in 1872 with Don Stevenson,
ST., and VIM. Wade, present county
commissioner of Grant county. He
is widely known over the state and
is most loyal citizen to the state
and it's institutions. He served
three wears in the civil war and
served years fighting the Indians.
He has been engaged in the mer-
camille business at Cannonball for
several years and ranching.-Car-
son Press.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
PROPER SEEDS
There 10 Still a Fair Supply ouickl,
AYaiiahia.
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A great many of our farmers will
not plant their full acreage this year
on account Of supposed shortage OF
seeds. We are informed by the whole.
sale scotsman in the country and the
various experiment stations in the
states. that there is still moderate
supply Of pedigreed barley and certain
kinds Of corn on hand for quick ship.
ment.
Potato is going to be the hardest
seed to obtain. However, in most in.
stances, potatoes can go in last. The
advantage Of state Potato Growers
Association was never more apparent
than now.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
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LOSS MAY Be 100000, 900
Cement Bulkheads Built to Check
Copper Mine Fire.

OSpVO' 'ss's'S ''Ss
Butte. Mont, May 16.-A great body
Of copper ere, the richest in all the
mines OF the Anaconda Copper Mining
company and valued at many millions
of dollars, is now practically sealed up
within the confines Of great cement
bulkhaadg that extend from the 1900.
foot level TO the surface.
This tremendous destruction 9fmost
valuable mining property is the result
of fire which broke out March in the
old slopes Of the Tramway, Leonard
and West Colusa mines and which
has been buFaiaG for many years in
the old Minnie Healy ground adjain.
ing.
What that fire has cost the Anacon.
da company no one has been able to
estimate in property loss 1t far ex-
eeeded snything Of the kiad in any
mining district in the United States
in all history. One mining man said
its extent would run up to 100000.
600.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
FARMING COMMUNITY QUESTION.
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Far BIO II from us to urge the fer.
mers to do anything more than they
are already doing, but in case any Of
our farmers are prevented from plant
ing their maximum acreage through
the lack Of money. labor, power or
seeds, It 10 public question and "
ought to bslp them solve y inusdt
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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
Many Survivors Picked Up.

Paris, May 16.-one hundred and
fifty-eight survivors Of the torradoed
French passenger steamer Medjerda,
sunk while on its way from Algeria to
Merseilles, have been picked up BY q
passing ship.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17

General Petain has been named
generalissimo of the French armies
with supreme command of the forces
In the field.
General Foch, one ct the heroes Of
the Marine. who commanded the
French center at that memorable bat.
tie, was named to succeed Petain as
chief of staff.
General Nivelle, who has been in
command of the French field forces,
will have command of certain army
groups.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-17
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
Sole:nlll. '''-St State Bank
At Solen. in the State OF North Dakota, at
the close of business May l, lDl7. -...

AT Solen. in the State OF North Dakota, at
the close of business May I, 1911. =, -..-
RESOURCES
Loa, and discounts .................e 1886 OF
OyeulruftS None
Warrants. stocks, tax .cer,tiicattess,,
Banking house, furniture and fixtures 1886 90
Current expenses, taxes paid, over
Undivided profits. 1853 Is
Due from other banks .,....s 1900?
Checks and other cash items 253S5
Cash 1908 3.l85 IS
Total ............... S2,lU 81
LIABILITIES
CAPITAL stock paid in........s 10000 90
Surplus fund $500 on
Undivided profits, less expenses npd
Toxcs paid. ........................
Individual deposits subject
Time TO e shsSn Of deposit g
cssnefs outstanding s,S IS $500
Bills payable. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000 OO
Total ... 81, 4O4 u
State OF North Dakota SIS
Comfy OF Sioux
1. R. b. Mcdonald Cashier OF the above
named bank. do soemnlv sw ear that the above
statement Is true, to the best Of my know
ledge and belief. K. b. Mcdonald, Cashier.
Subscribed an $ worn to before me this 18th
day of May lai7. N. f. ShObe. Notary Public
Ny commission expires Dec. !, t82!
o erect Attest
a. o. SchimanSIy
R. B. Mcdonald Director"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
FIVE CARS FROM IOWA
LOADED WITH LIQUOR
Owner of One of These Jag
Wagons Was Before Judge
Harry Johnson
From Mondays Daily.


William Lau from Sioux City was
hailed before the Mankato municipal
court late Saturday for not complying
with the law in having the numbers
displayed on his car. He paid a fine
of 1855, imposed by Judge Harry
Johnson. He had been loading up his
car with Mankato liquor and another
car with his was being used for the
same purpose. The police knew of
five cars in all that were in Mankato
Saturday from Iowa and were loaded
with liquor here.
Elmer Osund from Nicollet paid a
fine of S. for having but one number
sign on display. The other had been
broken in a bump, and had not been
replaced.
George A. Davis from Seaforth,
Mimi, who paid fine of So for not
complying with the law in the display
of license tags, was here on his we'd
ding trip. He had a new car, having
sold mis- old one, and the fellow to
whom he sold it kept Davis number
tags. That was what got Davis into
trouble.
Joe Lovilattia paid a fine of SIS in
the municipal court late Saturday for
having been drunk.
e. J. Wiegel from Hammond, Ind,
was convicted of vagrancy and SEN
fenced to forty-five days in Jail, but
was given until six o'clock this even
ing to get out of town.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
ESCAPED WITH FEW BRUISES
Ole Olson Fell Through Trap Door
While Train Was Moving.


Falling through trap door on
speeding passenger train Saturday
night, Ole Olson, passenger, re-
ceived only slight injuries, according
to the attending physician who is
treating him at hospital in Winona.
Railroad men marveled at Olson's es-
cape with his life.
Olson boarded the Northwestern
train, No. SIT, west bound at $50 at
Onalaska. When the train approached
Midway the brakeman lifted the trap
opening the vestibule and stepped
across to open the other trap. The
passenger walked out upon the plat
form and suddenly pitched through the
opening.
The train was stopped sharply.
Trainmen hurried back expecting to
find that Olson was dead. Instead he
was lying on the right of-way,
bruised but not seriously hurt. He was
brought to Winona and taken to the
hospital in the ambulance. Beyond
the face decorations, the physician
says, he is unhurt. Train No. 517
reaches Mankato near midnight.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
MRS. MARGARET MARCEL DIES
Aged and WelI-known Resident of
This City Passed Away.

Mrs. Margaret Margel, an old and
well known resident of this city,
died last night about $3.50 o'clock, at
her home, 922 North Sixth street,
after a lingering illness with cancer.
During the past summer she was car
ed for by her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs Frank Miller. De-
ceased was born in Germany on
April 16, 1885, and came to America
when young girl She was married
to Mr.. John Miller in Wabasha coun-
ty and they made their home in that
vicinity for some time. Mr. Miller
died about eighteen years ago. Eight
years ago the widow married Mr.. An
ton MARCEL in this city, and he pre-
coded her in death two years ago.
Surviving relatives are ten sons by
the first husband as follows, Edward,
who resides on a farm near st. Clair;
Theodore, Walnut Grove; William,
Mankato; Peter, st. Paul; Leonard.
farm near Eagle Lake; John, Donny-
brook, North Dakota; Louis Barney,
Joseph and Frank Miller, Mankato;
three sisters, Mrs. Theodore Zellmer,
Mankato, and Mrs. Louis Sader, Wa
basha and Mrs. John Leonard, Wa
basha. Funeral announcements will
be made later
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
hudson
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The friends and neighbors of John
o. Jones and family gathered at their
home one evening last week, ninety
in number. This was in the form of
a farewell Mr.. Jones and family
will soon leave for their new home
in Alberta, Canada The evening
was spent in social way, and at a
late hour a dainty lunch was served
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were presented
with silver cake basket. r. T.
Thomas made the presentation speech.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones spoke a few
words showing their appreciation of
the kindness shown them by their
many friends.
jamestown, NJ D., in response to
a message from that place informing
him of the severe illness of his
brother, Carl, who is suffering with
pneumonia. 1t is much hoped that
he will recover
Mr.. and Mrs R. w. Thomas and son
w. r. are visiting the formers sis
ter and family at Aberdeen, S. D.
E. R. Roberts and family have
settled on the Lloyd farm.
Threshing is about completed in
this vicinity. Corn husking will be
the next thing for Mr. Farmer
David Roberts is busy hauling
material for a new set of buildings
on his farm in Butternut Valley.
G. G. Jones is also putting a new
dwelling on his farm in Cambria
Township.
Mr.. and Mr. Roberts of Ipswich S.
D. are spending few days visiting
at the home of |. Davis and family
Esther Evans left for Bemidji,
where she will visit her sister Mrs.
r. Roberts and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis of Minneapolis,
are visiting relatives in the vicinity
H. R. Jones, H. j. Roberts and e.
N. Jones of Mankato attended the
sale at j. A. Jones last Thursday.
w. J. Meredith return I'd home from
Wis, where he attended the funeral
of his aunt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
SERVIANS ARE STARVING
Fifty Thousand of Them Are Said
To Be in Great Want.

Paris, France, October 22.-Fifty
thousand Servians are starving and
countless others are dying from in
sufficient rations in the Monastir
district alone, according to the re-
ports brought here by the American
Red Cross nission, which is on its
way back to America. The mission
has just returned from the Servian
field. The members report that
over thirty-five vi1'"g have been
destroyed utterly in the region of
Monastir alone 1t is believed that
when the mission makes it's formal
report, telling of the fearful suffer-
ing among the people, it would be a
sensational document. The general
morale of the citizens of Servia is
said to have been greatly affected
by their sufferings and it is said
they are to a considerable extent
questioning the motives of the allies
very earnestly. The mission, it is
said, will urge formal statement OF
the position of the allies, so as to
clear UP any possible misunderstand-
ing
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
Billy Carson, Bonnie Scot,
Was Mad All Through
JABS BROTHER IN FACE
Saw Was Weapon He Welded
With Great Deal of vigor;;
Paid Fine
From Mondays Daily.

Miss Esther Jones, '119 South Sixth
street, saw with her own eyes a
passage at arms over an attempted
sale of liberty bonds that eclipses ut
terly any friction over the same prop
osition that has yet been reported in
or around Mankato. 1t was not a
German who raised the disturbance.
Strange to relate it was Scotchman,
and one born in the land of the heath
er. 1t appears that the friction was
in some. measure due to personal
feeling between two brothers, perhaps
entirely so, and may not have been
caused by opinions on the war issue
at all.
The affair happened Tuesday about
mile and half from Delavan, be-
tween that town and Winnebago, at
a farm home. Miss Jones was driv-
ing an automobile for three Liberty
bond solicitors, William w. Hart, her
uncle; Andrew Carson and Silas
Wood, all living in that neighborhood
Carson, brother of Andrew Carson,
and the latter went to the door. He
told his brother that the party had
come, representing the government,
and wished to sell Liberty bonds.
Billy Carson Swore.
Billy Carson swore vigorously. The
rest came up and scrimmage took
place Billy Carson had in his hands
a saw with which he struck Mr.. Hart
on the left side of the neck and face.
Happily, Mr.. Hart was protected by
a fur collar, or he might have been
seriously cut. Andrew Carson was
cut on the left side of the face. Silas
Wood was scratched on one hand
with the saw, and Billy Carson spat
in his face The latter was borne to
the ground and the saw was taken
from him. The other men let Billy
Carson rise, thinking he would be
peaceable, but he seized a hammar
and slipped UP behind Mr.. Hart, evil
IDENTIFY intending to strike him, but
another man seized the hammar.
The occupants of the auto drove
to Blue Earth, where they reported
the affair Billy Carson was arrest
ed, and later had to pay a fine Of
500, besides giving a $1,000 bond to
keep the peace.
This fiery Scotchman is about sew
enty-five years old 1t is said that
the feeling between him and his
brother arose over a division of their
fathers estate. According to report,
Billy was not satisfied with the di-
vision, claiming more by right of
primogeniture, being the older of the
brothers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
Vernon Center
From Tuesdays Daily.


Rex Briggs, who is down from
Stanberry, Wis, where he expected
to work in this vicinity for a month
or more has been quite i'll with an at
tack of bronchitis. After being con-
fined to his room for several days
he is now able to be around the house
but it will be several days before
he fully RECEIVERS.
Herman NARROW of West Vernon
has rented the Brewer house and
moved into the same, this week. The
family will receive very cordial
welcome into the village life.
Mrs. Arts Busby of West Vernon is
enjoying the company of her brother
and sister, Henry and Margaret Oh
sen of Wallahalla, N. d. They ex-
months. Mr.. Olson will assist the
Busby's in harvesting their big corn
field of IT'S acres, which is A No.
corn. 'ewxs
Mrs. Marie Boughton and her two
daughters, Mesdames l.. Wyinan and
Hugh Francis enjoyed a motor trip
to Mankato Tuesday, where they
spent the day shopping.
Willard Busby is improving his
residence by adding a large cement
porch 10x32 it. Charles Redfield who
is in charge of the work expects to
have it finished by Wednesday. He
then will go to Stanberry point where
the Cooper residence is undergoing
improvements, by putting a basement
under the house and the addition of
a large enclosed porch.
At the home of Mrs. Ed Johnson
Friday afternoon, the Queen Esthers
rendered a farewell party to Mrs. AL
bert Halverson and Miss Lille Hal
verson, who are leaving the village,
the former will go to Sherburn and
the latter to st. James, where they
expect to make their homes for the
winter at least.
T. D. Hayes shipped his first con-
signment of two carloads of onions
to Chicago.
Mrs. Robert Fate and Kieth, left
Tuesday for Lena, ILL.,, called there
by the serious illness of her mother.
Miss May Robinson is expected
home soon from Mont, where she has
been living on her claim, which she
has proved up on, and will return
to Vernon Center to spend the winter
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Robinson.
D. A. Slate is transacting business
in Mankato today.
The official board of the Methodist
Episcopal church will entertain the
men of the church and congregation
at a get-to- gether meeting at the
church parlors this Friday evening.
The women of the church have pre-
pared a most appetizing luncheon
which will be served by the hosts in
the class room at $3.50. A very pleas
ant evening is anticipated.
Dwight Cornish is building a large
basement barn 36X60 on his farm
southwest of town. The basement is
completed and the carpenters began
their work this week, which will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wrightson OF
Blue Earth spent Sunday with Miss
Blanch Randall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
CAR SHORTAGE IS HANDICAP
Lack of Transportation lnterferes
With Handling of Potatoes.

Lack of Transportation lnterferes
With Handling of Potatoes.
The serious, car shortage in the
northwestern territory has had a dis
appointing influence upon the potato
situation. Frost damage is admittedly
serious in many sections and shippers
at points where there are no storage
facilities for the protection of stock
have been caught disastrously. These
conditions force value higher at re-
ceiving points. The government regu-
lations as to handling potatoes by the
hundred weight are being adhered to
as closely as possible by buyers, and
twin city territories are selling po-
tatoes in car lots today October 20, on
the bases of the following figures
white stock, sacked, per cwt. $2.42 to
$3.50; red eatings, sacked, per cwt
1882 to $40. Liberal receipts of far
western stock are in market.
Cabbage is higher and buyers are
paying 500 per ton freely for car
shipments. The heavy demand would
indicate higher range of values lat
er on after the first freeze up.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
COLD BLAST IS DUE
PUT ON MORE COAL
Report From St. Paul That Old
Boreas Is Going to
Turn Trick
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
IA 40 R..I..


st. Paul, Mimi. October Pit was
forecasted today that late in the day
the severest weather yet seen this
season would strike the northwest.
The mercury was dropping at the rate
of two degrees an hour. There was
IA strong northwest wind. The low
est temperature reached here up to
noon today was 20 degrees, but it
was predicted that it would fall to
Is degrees by tomorrow morning.
There were snow f1urries around the
twin cities today. The lowest tenn
perature of the northwest reported
today was at Havre, Mont, where the
mercury stood at 10 degrees. Farm
ers all over the northwest have been
working feverishly to- get their vege-
tables into warm places in time to
save them from freezing. 1t is feared
that the shortage of cars will cause
thousands of dollars damage to farm
produce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
CARRIED CARGO OF LIQUOR
Two Fellows Who Were Seeking
COMPANION Filled With Booze.

Two Iowa fellows walked into the
police station yesterday afternoon and
asked help in finding a companion
They said this companion was a little
"thick headed" when he got liquor in
to his system, as was the case today
They wished to depart in their auto
mobile for Iowa, but wanted to find
that man.
The police saw that these two fell
lows themselves were likewise under
the influence of liquor and determined
not to let them start off in a car in
that condition. Several big bottles OF
whisky were found in the capacious
pockets of the overcoats and overalls
that the fellows wore. "That is for
Iowa. said one of the young fellows
as a great bottle was taken out OF his
pocket How do you get it past the
Iowa liner" he was asked. 81 keep it
hidden in my pocket he said.
One of the young fellows was SC
much under the influence of liquor
that he was locked up in cell. The
other, who was more nearly normal
was allowed to go out in search OF
the missing companion. The bottles
of whisky were taken in charge by
the police.
1t developed that the badly soused
man of the bunch, who was locked up
was the owner and driver of the au-
| tomobile This was Peter Guam, q
farmer, living at Cylinder, Iowa, not
| far from Emmetsburg. He told one OF
| the officers that there was no liquor
in his car, but some bottles of booze
| were found there. He was charged
! this morning in the municipal court
with having operated motor car
| while under the influence of liquor
| and paid fine of SIS and costs, OF
c7Q eS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
LIE SUEUR BOY WINS MEDAL
Roy Cistoi Recognized Fer His Ability
AS Sharpshooter.

LIE Sueur, Mimi, October 22.-Roy
Distol, on duty aboard one of the
American warships in the war zone,
has won mccall as sharpshooter, ac-
cording to a letter sent his father,
Max Distol of this city.
Although his parents were born in
Germany, young Distol enlisted in
the navy at the opening of the war
and since that time has used every
effort to defeat the Germans, much to
the delight of his father, who declares
that his eight children are at the dis
posal of the government, and that he
himself, although old, is willing to en-
ter the service to repay the govern
ment for the freedom enjoyed since
arriving in this country from Ger
many
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-26
GREAT WINTER WHAT
ACREAGE Is PREDICTED
Forty Million Is the Number
Fixed Upon BY D. W. Snow,
Grain Expert
limited Press Dispatch.1
From Mondays Daily.

Chicago, ILL.,, October 22.-American
farmers will plant 40,000,000 acres of
winter wheat this year, according to
the estimate of D. w. Snow, grain
expert here. This will far exceed
the greatest sowing of winter wheat
ever made in this country or any
country Mr.. Snow says the farm
ers are making this large planting
because of the new law that guaran-
tees them So bushel.
The acreage of winter wheat that
was reaped this fall was 27,763,000
bushels, which was below the nor
NAL, by reason of winter killing.
The spring wheat that the farmers
sowed was 100000 acres. If the
farmers next spring show the same
disposition towards spring wheat as
they are now showing towards win
ter wheat, it will mean in all the
enormous sowing of more than 75,-
coo 900 acres of wheat for next falls
harvest.