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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
AUTOMOBILE FOR EVERY
SIXTEEN PERSONS IN N. D.
ca.,. with $3.50 Machines, Has Great
or Total Number Than Any Other
County in the State.

Bismarck.-Cass county, with $3.50
automobiles, has greater number OF
gas gigs than any other county in TT
state. In density Of machines, how
ever, Burke stands first, with one car
for each ten people, and the two Scotch
shires. McHenry and Mclean, follow.
with one car for every thirteen peo
pie. The proportion of machines for
Cass county is one to sixteen; in Grand
Forks and Walsh counties one to
fifteen, and in Burleigh, Bottineau and
Ward, zone machine to every fourteen
people. The fewest cars are reported
by Sioux county, with a total Of 81
machines, or one to every 81 people.
1t must be remembered in this connec.
ton that majority Of Sioux county's
2.135 people are Indians less than one
generation removed from the calico
pony.
These and many other interesting
facts are disclosed by detailed re.
port prepared by E. M. Walla, In
charge of the automobile registration
department Of the secretary of states
Office.
Based upon the above estimate Of
population, made by Secretary Of
State Hall in 1915, the ratio Of auto.
mobiles in North Dakota would be one
to each sixteen people. Using the
latest federal estimate of approxi.
mately 100000 people for North Da-
kota, the ratio is one machine for every
eighteenth person.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
use short Words.

& "A man who acts as tutor and com
panion to a young boy, wrote this In
d0rsement on one Of the boys COM
positions: "Use short words fol-
low the example Of Horatio Seymour.
This is part Of his address delivered
by him to students in 1873: Short
words, like love, hate or zeal, have q
clear ring which stirs our minds or our
hearts. They but tell Of the Joy or
grief, or rage or peace, Of life or
death. They are felt by all, for their
terms mean the same thing to all men.
We learn them in youth; they are on
our lips through all our days, and we
utter them down to the close Of life.
They are the apt terms with which we
speak of things which are high or
great or noble. They are the grand
words Of our tongue; they teach US how
the world was made. "God said, Let
there be light and there was light"
Z" Mark the words of more than one
syllable New York Tribune.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
THIRD ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW.
Missouri Slope Association Meets Jan.
n 81 and Feb. I and 2.

!. Bismarck.-The third annual prem
-ium list Of the Missouri Slope Poultry
Association has Just been issued from
the press, showing program and prem.
iums for the corn, poultry and alfalfa
show to be held at Bismarck three days.
beginning January 81, 1917.
IS Numerous prizes are announced for
an departments, and the addition Of
corn and alfalfa to the range Of exhi-
bits has been counted upon to attract
widespread interest among practical
agriculturists. The new premium List
u very handsome one, full Of use.
3full information to fanciers and exhi,
,bitors. It may be had upon application
10 the associations secretary, Mr..
Frank Mifholland at Bismarck.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
TO COMPEL CROP ROTATION
Cavalier County Senate to Introduce
Novel Bill.

Langdon.-state Senator Henry Nc.
Lean Of Cavalier county will introduce
a bill in the coming session Of the
state legislature, proposing the com.
pulsory rotation Of farm crops.
I After Jan. 1; 1919, under the pro.
posed law, It would be made unlawful
to plant the same grain on a piece Of
land more than two years successfully.
It also provides that once in every six
years the land owner must plant some
crop that requires constant filling, such
as corr, or use the land for pasturage
The senator proposes to assess 10
cents an acre against the farmer who
violates the law.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
GIVE "SYRuP OF FIGS"
TO C0NSTIPkTED CHILD,
Delicious aFruit Laxatlvsv cart harm
tender little Stomach, liver
and bowels.

Look at the tongue, mother! II
coated, your little ones stomach, lives
and bowels need cleansing at once,
When peevish, cross. listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever.
ish, stomach sour. breath bad, has.
sore throat, diarrhoea, full Of cold, give
q teaspoonful Of "California Syrup Of
Figs" and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of ita
little bowels without gripping, and you
have q well, playful child again. ASK
your druggist for 60-cent bottle Of
California Syrup Of Figs" which con.
tains full directions for babies, chill.
dren Of III ages and for srown-ups.-
Adv,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Cork L.ninu for Clothes.

The new corn lining for waterproof
garments produced by a French proc
ess is claimed to be as flexible as thin
leather, and 1t may be folded without
harm. After the cork Is sliced into
uniformly thin sheets, the fexibility
is obtained by chemical treatment re-
moving all resinous matter. BY means
of a special cement the cork is at
tached to one side Of any suitable
cloth, or, for greater strength, the cork
may be used between two layers Of
cloth. While the material Is. very
light, the special advantage Of the cork
raincoat is said to be its porous quail
ity, giving ventilation while shedding
rain.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
! Ten Minute Classics |
Famou. Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form |
Me1icos Tale Of La Llorona, the Wailing Woman
BY j. ~. MULLER
Copyright By !. ". 11ul,se
Nv j. NJ. MULLER

soul Of Bon Muno, but the soul of
Luisa assuredly knows no rest. She
must wander evermore through Mex
leo, waiIing for her children. And she
bears with her the doom Of everyone
who speaks to her, for the person &c
costed by her surely will die within
the week. Should one accost her first,
and ask, as some have done: Throw
of your rebedo, senorita, that may
see your pretty facet" that man will
shrek when the yelled woman obeys.
He will shrek just once, and fall dead.
Merican writers haze produced
several persions of this tale. II has
always appealed to the deep postical
spirit among Mezicans. A most
esteemed metrical version is that OF
Don Tincento Rive Palacio. Ov
own Thomas A. Janvier has pre-.
served tho same legend in a charm
ing prose tale. Orozco y Berra, an
accomplished Merican historian
(1s16-1ss1) traces the legend to the
Aztec creation-myth of Cihuaco-
huats, the goddess who gathers the
souls Of the dead and passes through
the land CARRIED IN mystic vhite.
vaizing aloud. The Indians BE-
lieve that she will not cease till a
Montezuna again sits on the throne
of MEXICO.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Man Hang. Self; Five Look On.

Duluth, Dec. 26.-with rope taken
from q Christmas package, Gust Mel.
son, IS years old, hanged himself in
the lobby of a hotel here, while five
men stood by waiting for the police to
arrive. Had they taken the initiative
of cutting him down, they probably
would have saved his life, police say.
The dead man is said to have been
respondent, because he was alone on
Christmas and without funds. He had
a brother in Minneapolis and another
in South Dakota. the latter farmer
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Father Hennepin a eueineee Man.

Father Hsnnepin 40 Business Man.
The University of Minnesota regents
have been asked to establish class In
real estate transactions similar to the
one now In force at the University Of
Pittsburgh, and one speaker sees sane
ton for the move In the record Of Fin.
Their Hennepin, early explorer. HE
was the first real estate man in Mlnne-
'apolis," was the declaration. HE
made personally conducted tour Of
the place in 1880, then went back to
France and wrote q book about It"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
SAVING As A FINE ART.
Family Thrift 10 Almost Unknown
: Quantity In the Average Ameri.
can Household.
me ART al. saving IA IN kn0w.

The true art Of saving IL In know.
ing how to spend our money. =
Mr.. Micawber,s advice to David
Copperheld was sound: "Never spend
above your income"
I Family thrift Is almost an unknown
quantity in the average American
household.
Men are famous for their generosity
and our women run their h0useholde
on the same generous scale.
As tie income grows larger little ex
travagances creep In imperceptibly-
little luxuries Of no greet moment
seemingly at the time Of their indulg-
ence- and 80 the increased income Il
Offset. at
Every sane man and woman wants
to save. We know that It is our only
insurance against the future.
No matter how well things are going
at the present moment, every family
stands q chance Of experiencing ''rainy
days." and we are wise II we take
means to meet them.
Sickness or loss Of position has not
the same dread to the man or woman
who has a comfortable. savings &C.
count tucked away in the bank, as 1t
has for the person who spends as he
goes along.' d,
Sickness 0r loss Of position to the
latter Is nothing short Of q tragedy
OF course, there are thousands who
find the margin between wages and
bare living exceedingly scant. It seema
next to impossible to save.
But there are few Of us who could
not cut down our cost Of living by
careful buying and elimination Of I'M.
necessary Injuries. Il
Anyway, it would do us no harm to
figure out our family budget q bit and
adopt the plan Of saving a certain per
cent Of our income for future contin.
gencies.-Butfalo News.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Handy Artificial Limbs.

The up-to-date artificial hand is
quite miracle of mechanism. In fact,
1t can do almost anything that an arm
of flesh and bone can do. With 1t a
man can carry stick, an umbrella or
hold a book, etc. He can use knife
and fork quite as dexterously, write
with a legible hand, hold cricket-bat
or a billiard-cue, hammer or an az.
and pick up pin!
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
NASH is FOUND HALF FROZEN
Fugitive surrenders to Sheriff Prizes
OF Steele.

steele.-Half starved and with boil,
feet and his face frozen, Leon Nash,
wanted for shooting and killing Clar.
ence Hicks in the latter's cabin, IA
miles northwest >of Robinson. surren.
dered to sheriff A. T. Price of Steele.
He had been travelling at night and
sleeping In straw stacks during the
days, and had wandered as far east
40 Darlington.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Bowm.id Esfs!House spsakersh'p.

Bismarck.-E. A. Bowman Of Kuhn,
! prominent member Of the Equity Co
operative Exchange and q delegate to
the Republican national convention
last June, has received the indorse-
ment Of the Non Partisan league for
the speakership Of the House Of Rep
resentatives. Bowman will be given
the leagues and Equity's joint appro-
val at caucus here this week, accord
Ing to plans. It was predicted month
,,vso that Bowman would be the choice
pfthe Non Partisan league.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
DANDRUFF AND ITCHING
Disappear with uss q cutlcura soap
and olntmsnt-Trlal Free.

The first thing In restoring dry, fall.
ing hair is to get rid Of dandrun and
itching. Rub Cuticura Ointment into
scalp, next morning shampoo, With
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Prevent
skin and scalp troubles by making CUT
cura your everyday toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticlra, Dept. I,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
FOR UNITY IN FARMING WORK
Agricultural Societies and Experiment
Station TO Cooperate.

Grand Forks.-The Grand Forks
County Better Farming association
here will work in closer cooperation
with the state experiment station, in
the conduct Of IT'S better farming cam.
paign, 1t was decided at a meeting
here. Thomas Copper, director Of the
experiment station, speaking for the
association banquet, pleaded for unity
in the better farming work in this
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Lad 10 Test Coffee Samples.

isS Laid to Test Coffee Samples.
Bismarck. The state board Of con-
troll has submitted to Pure Food Com
missioner Ladd at Fargo several dozens
/ Of samples of coffee submitted to. the
board in response to It's call for bids
Tor a few tons Of this beverage with
which to supply the state penal and
charitable institutions.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
p.kot. steer. Top St. Paul Market.

Fargo.-Thirty-one North Dakota
steers, averaging 1890 pounds topped
the market here at the opening rounds.
when they sold at $685.. This was the
largest consignment Of quality stuff re-
ceived here last week. There were sew
eral other small sales Of fair to good
steers that sold at $7.50@S. One fat
COW weighing 1880 pounds headed the
the stuff at $3.50. The market was
quoted steady for the week, but the
quality showed vast improvement ov-
d that received previously.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Alleged piaesrs are Arrested.

Bismarck.-six men, said to be men,
bers of an illegal liquor selling gang,
have been ordered arrested by Attorney
General Linde here as a result Of his
efforts to trace the source Of the alleged
bootlegging in Bismarck. According
to the attorney general, the men are
members-of an alleged bootlegging ma
chine composed of forty-seven mem
hers. More arrests, which would in
clude some Of the ringleaders, were
Sromised by the attorney general in q
brief statement.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Out Of Il. Mouth. Of Babes.

John Edward and his mother had
been invited out to dinner. The hos
tess was fortunate in having great
many things that little folk like
chicken, pie and SO on. The meal
was progressing merrily., Conversation
had Jagged for minute, and John
Edward expressed his satisfaction
thus: "Well, mother, we're fortunate
in one thing. All the folks we know
are good cooks"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Rom,nee and Sentiment.

Some people think that the working
girl becomes coarse and unwomanly
and loses her natural charm and ro-
mantle sentiment. This is not true.
for the business girl not only does not
have all the romance and sentiment
knocked out of her by learning to do
things for herself, but she is better
suited to select husband or to mate
with the man with whom she will be
happy than those girls who learn the
practical side Of life only by what
they hear Of the outside world and
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Faro Hiah School Burns.

Fargo.-Ffre originating from an ex-
plosion Of chemicals in a laboratory,
destroyed the Fargo high school build
ing and seriously damaged an adjoin-
ing grade school section at. an estimat-
ed loss Of 100000. One hundred and
twenty.seven pupils and eight teachers
Of night school, meeting in the build
ing at the time, narrowly escaped in
iuries. The building, with adjoining
portion, was valued at $4,000. Insur-
ance covers 80 per cent Of the loss.
The destroyed section was built in
1900.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
NEW COUNTY J! HAS 1871 SCHOOLS

Creation Of Grant Leaves Only 40
In Morton.
Mandan.-By the division of Morton
county and the creation Of the new
county Of Grant, Morton has only 140
schools. .131 schools being in the new
county Of Grant. Consolidation of
rural schools, County Superintendent
e. Lorin says, vii find great favor
during the coming year, and he ex.
poets many rural districts to Join
hands In the construction and main.
tenance fof a single centralized school.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
TEXT OF SCHOOL
SURVEY RECEIVED
URGES BOARD TO CONTROL ALI
lNsTITUTIoNs-WoULp ELM
MATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
INTERESTING NEWS OF STATE.
North Dakota Events Of Past Few
Days Selected and Edited for the
Convenience Of Our
Readers,

States government survey of North Da-
kota's institutions of higher education
has been received in Fargo. Its chief
recommendations are as follows: Abol-
ition Of the Office of state superintend-
ent Of schools and the placing of its
duties in the hands of the new COM
missioner of education, an Office Gre
ated under the new board of regents
by the last legislature. Material
strengthening Of the state normal
schools by raising requirements of ad-
mission to a full four-year high school
course and requiring more work be-
fore graduation.
Normal School Needed.
The immediate installation Of the
proposed normal school at Dickinson
authorized by the vote Of the people
November z.
The reduction Of the agricultural
college at Fargo to q farm and trade
school, with practically no four-year
courses leading to degrees except in
agriculture.
RemiVal Of the department Of tech
meal and professional engineering at
present existing at the agricultural
college to Grand Forks and combining
It with the college Of engineering ut
the state university.
Changes at Farm School.
No courses leading to degrees at
the agricultural college in the liberal
arts or sciences and the discontinuance
of the agricultural college courses in
architecture and architectural engin-
'eering. $50
Discontinuance Of the agricultural
high school at the agricultural college,
Q strong preparatory course now given
there which has about $50 students.
Strengthening Of the short courses
In trades and agriculture at the agri-
cultural college and the establishment
ateboth the university and agricultural
college Of normal courses for training
high school teachers, school superin-
tendents, etc. making higher courses
than are offered at the normal schools.
For Survey by Regents.
School Of science at Wahpeton to
be made strong school Of secondary
grade in science, agriculture, mechanic
arts and household arts.
School Of forestry at Bottineau to
be made primarily q farm school, the
forestry course to be, removed to the
agricultural college. !.
Extension Of the work Of the state
library commission to include the es-,
tablishment Of state library at each
county seat in the state with branch
Libraries at smaller towns.
"A survey, Of the, public schools
should be made by the board Of re-
gents along the line Of the survey by
the government Of the higher educa-
tidnal Institutions.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Minnesota euardsman SLAIN.

Llano Grande, Texas. Dec. 26.-John
Matcheits of Virginia, Mimi, private
in Battery d, First Minnesota Field
artillery, died here of bullet wounds
received after dispute with James
Macenespie, private in the same bat.
terry. over the possession of one dollar.
Macenespie made his escape after the
shooting and has not been captured,
although a report that man answer
ing his description had been arrested
about 20 miles east of here is being
investigated by Captain T. A. Kali
duuski Of Battery d.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Rumored Lansing May Resign.

~ Rumored Lansing May Resign.
Washington, Dec. 26.-The resigna-
ton Of Secretary Of State Lansing
would be no surprise to senators, espe-
cially those on the upper houses for
eign affairs committee. Though none
would permit himself to be quoted,
criticism of the secretary by both ad-
ministration and anti-administration
factions was INDUCED in because he
had "crudely complicated an already
confused diplomatic situationy in his
comments on the Presidents message
to the warning nations suggesting a
peace conference.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
URGE FARMER FOR SPEAKER

Ward County Delegation Advocates
81 II. r. Wood Of Minot
81 Fargo. Howard r. Wood, Minot
farmer, was advocated for the speak
aership Of the North Dakota lower
house Of the legislature, by Legislature
members Of the Ward county delega.
ton Of the Non-P Partisan league. Mr..
Wood will make his first APPEARANCE
in the legislature at the present ses-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
lurx M MURDER Gao pisaarees.

Jury In Murder Case Disagrees.
Mandan.-The jury in the case Of w.
G. Starkweather, charged with the
murder Of William Osterman, May is,
1916, reported disagreement after
forty-eight hours elaboration.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
No Delay.

"Old Father Noah had the right idea.
When he became convinced that pre-
paredness was the thing he didn't
stand around talking about It He
went to work" g ,r 4,
aTrue enough. But you must remen-
Der that old Father Noah didn't have
to wait weary weeks and months while
appropriation bills were being put
through congress"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Frazier Names Secretary.

Frazier Names secretary.
Governor-elect Frazier has introduc.
ed, at the capitol as his private secre.
tary, N. A. Mason of Wimbledon. Mr..
Mason has resided in Wimbledon for
twelve years. coming from Iowa to en-
gage in undertaking and furniture bust
ness. Later he established an insur-
ance agency which he has closed to
become first assistant to the new gov
.ernor. Frazier announced that the ap-
pointment of the executive clerk is
under consideration but not yet ready
for announcement.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04

Miners Get Wage Increase.
Noonan.-Threatened tie up Of Zig.
mite coal mines In this district has
been averted by the owners through a
wage concession by which the miners
win receive an increase Of IS q month.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
Qutelasaed.

outcIassed.
'My rich uncle sent me a present
of q diamond bracelet"
'That's nothing. My rich aunt sent
me whole gross Of eggs"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS OF the pAv HELD 70 a
FEW LINES,
LATE EVENTS BOILED DOWN
pssseaal. Political, Foreign and oshss
letslllssnes Interesting b ths
General Readsra.
WAR NEWS.

The new Almanach Do aotha, ,.n i,ss
sss counts. se7 barons, and l'tss less
q nobility.
The losses Of the French army to
daxs have been $4,000 and Of the
British 100000 according to "com-
petent military authority" says the
The, German neace proposals were
delivered 70 the Japanese government
] n Tokyo. anmentinx on the pro
posals. the newspapers declare that
1.n.n v,il n.var .1rse "a surrender
Kiso Chou.
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