Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-08
Pioneer Special Service by Western Newspaper Uni,

Bismarck.-C. w. Litten of Fargo,
state manager, and Deputy Ed An
drews of Fargo have completed the
organization of a class of so eandi-
dates for early initiation into Capital
City Homestead No. 300 of the Home.
steaders.
Fargo-Walter L. stockwell, secre.
tary of the Masonic bodies of North
Dakota, acting for Grand Master Rey.
nolds, has wired authority to Col.
John H. Frame, commander Of the
First North Dakota at Charlotte. N.
c., to organize the North Dakota mil
itary lodge. No. 2. A. F. & A. M at
Camp Greene.
Fargo.-Notice of retraction by A.
G. Townley has been served on E. M.
Crazy, editor of the Devils Lake
World, for the publication of an ar.
ticle in the World which Townley al.
leges was libelous. The retraction no.
tice marks the first to be served on
North Dakota newspaper by the pres.
ident of the Nonpartisan league.
Grand Forks.-The University of
North Dakota is flourishing in spite
of the war. Prior to the opening of
the school it was generally believed
that the enrolment would he mater.
tally less than that of former years.
After two weeks of school the enroll.
ment has decreased only 9 per cent
as compared with enrolment OF last
year.
Bismarck.-By declining to patron
ize North Dakota hotels which do not
have at least one meatless and ore
wheatless day each week, in compli.
ance with the request of Food Admin,
istrator Hoover, Bismarck's 200 trav-
cling men voted ct meeting here to
do their bit for food conservation. A
permanent food conservation league
was formed by the knights of the grip.
Binford.-For the first time in the
history of this region train has been
snowbound in October. Striking a
drift in cut east of Jessie, the local
passenger train arrived here six hours
late. Farmers who were prevented
from blowing early in the fall by dry.
ness of the soil, have given up hopes
of doing any more work this year and
are looking forward to some intensive
work in order to prepare the seed bed
next spring.
Hazelton.-Chief Engineer John M.
Wiley of the st. Louis & Canadian
Western railway, which proposes q
line from st. Louis to Winnipeg, via
Sioux Falls, Bismarck, Minot and
other Dakota points, has been in
Hazelton consulting local people as to
the extent of this villages desires to
be included III the survey. Tue sur.
veying crew now is camped at Beaver
Creek, Is miles southeast of Hazelton.
On the north end of the proposed
route 100 miles is said to have al.
ready been surveyed. The chief en-.
gineer is authority for the statement
that grading will begin at Lola, 8. D..
in the spring.
Langdon.-One of the city's oldest
landmarks was destroyed when the
Columbia hotel here was destroyed by
fire. The building, contents and tho
adjoining pool hall we're total loss
partly covered by insurance
Harvey.-Mrs. Daniel Freund OF
Bowdon was killed and her husband
received a broken leg when the car
in which they were riding overturned
near this city. Mr.. Freund is in the
local hospital.
Garrison.-H. Jassman, the village
milkman, was the first to celebrate tire
advent of winter by bringing his daily
store Of essence de COW into Garrison
on bobsleds
Kcnmare.-Joseph Strom and Tony
Louis, two Foxhclm miners. are in q
local hospital suffering from injuries
received when they misjudged blast
and returned to 1t just as it went of.
Minot --Peter schlect, charged with
killing his brother-in-law. Martin Mitt.
lider, in row over the use of au auto
last August, appeared before Justice
Dill and was bound over to the district
court. Bail was fixed at $4,000.
Hannah.--Scores Of Mimic township
school children are enjoying a vacation
enforced by the complete destruction
by fire of the Mimic township consol.
idated school house, one of the finest
structures of its kind in this section
of the state and costing more than
$4,000.
Minot.-Fred B. Brundage. Great
Northern engineer, is dead. He wac q
brother of Mrs. Jerry D. Bacon, whose
husband is owner Of the Grand Forks
Herald. The last run Mr.. Brundage
made out of Minot was on the special
troop train which carried Company D
OF this city to Devils Lake. Death was
due to. spinal meningitis.
Ryder.-That the possession Of q
Liberty bond invests the owner with
special privileges and powers is tho
opinion Of Vic Mega, an Austrian nv-
ing near here. Mega stated recently
that he intended going to Canada and
when informed that 1t would he ncees.
sary for bin to lave passport t. get
across the line, he proudly exhibited 4
Liberty Loan certificate which he had
just purchased and replied. "Me no
need passport. me got Liberty bond"