Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
neer Special Service by Western Newspaper Union

WlltOn.-JO30ph W1erDh1nDky, aged
26, died within two hours after being
dug from under q fall of loose coal
in the No. 2 shaft of the Wilton mine
bismarck. - The first "votes for
women" election in North Dakota, to
be held in Bismarck soon, apparently
has created little excitement among
the suffragettes of the Capital City to
date. December 81 the women of the
Capital City vino have the qualifica-
tions demanded of male voters may
cast their ballots for member of the
city commission to succeed r. G. Bat
tey, finance commissioner. Ballots
distinctive in color and separate bal
lot boxes will be provided for the
women voters.
Fort Yates.-Livestock Inspector
Seippel returned from the Bullhead
district where he killed nineteen head
of cattle and one registered stallion.
The animals were injured in the re.
cent prairie fire that went over the
district and which was caused by an
engine setting fire to load of balad
hay at Mcintosh.
Cando.--Mrs. Oscar Ahlgren and
daughter failed to see the oncoming
train when they drove home from
town. The engine caught the right
rear wheel of the buggy and whirled
it about, throwing both occupants out
The fact that the horse jumped sud-
denly forward just as the engine
struck them was all that prevented
fatal results.
| MinOt.-S Someone robbed S. j. Ras.
mussen Of seven automobile tires, TAX.
en- from his home on the south hill.
The car had been locked in the gar
age but the thief had gained admit
lance by removing garage window
with a screwdriver. Not content with
| taking the three tires in the garage,
he took the four tires off the<wheels
of Rasmussen's auto.
Fargo.-The resignation of Thomas
Cooper as director of the North Da.
kota experiment station and the agri.
cultural extension department of the
state agricultural college is announced.
Mr.. Cooper accepts election to the
position of dean of the college OF
agriculture of the University of Ken.
lucky and becomes directing head of
Kentuckys' agricultural education and
experiment and extension work.
Edgeley.-Picking his living out OF
the skies as patriotic duty is the
answer o1 B. A. Searle, manager of
the Oeisen Equity store, to the pleas
for Increased food production. Mr..
Scare is raising livestock whose pas.
lures encroach on the territory HIN.
erto occupied almost exclusively by
aviators. Starting with 20 pair of
pigeons, he has gone into the squad
raising industry.
Berthold.-G. T. Murray has receiv.
ed notice of his appointment as ap-
praiser for the federal land bank for
this district and has been informed
that his commission will follow in q
few days. His territory has not yet
been assigned to him, but it has been
intimated that it would be arranged
so that he could make his headquar-
tiers at Berthold.
Minot.-Dr. ]. L. Devine has been
arrested on complaint of Police Ma
iron Mrs. Campbell, charged with pro.
curing abortion on one Mrs. Welo.
who resides near Minot. DR.. Devinc
was admitted to bail of $1,000 for his
appearance before Justice Dill for pre-
lfminary examination. DR.. Devine is
one of the city's most prominent ply
sicians and respected citizen.
Bismarck.-North Dakotans are Nv-
ing more cheaply than the average
American, according to DR.. E. F. Ladd
Federal Food administrator. An
eighth Of a barrel of flour costs $1.43
in North Dakota, $1.51 in Minnesota,
and $1.63 as national average. Pota.
toes are 40 cents a peck in North Da-
kota, as compared with 81 cents in
Minnesota and A cents in the nation.
Fargo.-Dr. E. F. Ladd, food adj.
ministrator for North Dakota, an.
nounced that results already mani.
tested from meatless days have for
the first time created sufficient sup.
ply Of meat to allow this country to
partially comply with the quantities
requested by the allies for shipments
| NuA tA0 AAVASA VI 00VOMU0Ib IT,
cording to reports received from Fed
eral Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover at Washington.
Washburn.-McLean county farm
ers are putting in between 200 and
800 per cent more rye this year than
last, in the opinion of Karl Klein, d.
rector of the First National bank here
Mr.. Klein stated that about IS per
cent of the farmers have had their
notes renewed and that about is per
cent were able to pay them up In
full. He said bankers have been
ready to grant extensions, realizing
that with some moisture next year the
farmers will be able to wipe out their
debts easily.
Wahpeton.-Sherin Void has arrest
ed Jack Mcdonald, proprietor of the
Windsor hotel at Hankinson, on q
charge of conducting place Of com.
mon nuisance. Mcdonald is out un.
der $1,000 bonds. It is alleged that
Mcdonald conducted a blind pig in
the hotel and that he received regu'
! lar and Irregular shipments of beer.