Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-22
North Dakota
News Sifings

several weeks, Ed. Anderson, pioneer
settler of the state, has passed away,
Mandan.-A dispatch from Ottawa
says: Among the casualties just re-
ported was f. M. Brown, Mandan, N.
D., wounded"
Ellendale.-A. ]. Schroer, who has
been appointed receiver of the federal
land office at Bismarck, has taken
over the duties of that Office.
Belfield.-The house and contents
on the famous ]. L. McCutchan ranch
on Bull creek, 10 miles southeast of
here, were burned to the ground.
Alexander. Hotel Mckenzie here
has changed hands, Hans Johnson dis
posing Of it to Clarence Musgrove,
who will take charge on December 1.
Pettibone.-Mrs Anna Schumacher,
well known resident of this village,
died following an acute attack of
asthma. A son and daughter survive
her.
Sharon.-Richard Armstrong, after
trying four different army and navy
enlistment stations and being rejected
as physically unfit, has returned to
Sharon.
Northumberland has new band,
headed by Obert A. Olson as manager,
and with Fred Olson as director and
Carl M. Hjerleid as secretary and
treasurer.
Lidgerwood.-A wild swan, the first
seen in this section of the country for
many years, was killed on Smith
lake, north of town. by Joe shestak,
who was hunting at the time.
Rugby.-Marvin Rosecrans, aged 10,
died at the Rugby hospital from gun
shot wounds said to have been in
flicted by Charles Hill, liveryman at
Denbigh, during a row over horses.
Hill was arrested.
Cogswell-A safe in the office of
the Dakota Sales company of this city
was robbed of about $40 and authori-
ties believe that the crime was COM
mitted by amateurs. Explosives were
not used and entrance was made
through a rear window.
Belfield.-St. Joseph's church, locat-
ed near Gorham, and which was
burned to the ground some two weeks
ago, will be rebuilt. It is planned to
build an edifice costing about $4,000.
Insurance to the amount of $4,000 was
carried on the old structure.
Calvin.-Arrangements have already
been made for the building of a tenn
porary school building in the Mimic
school district, south of Wales, to take
the place of the school house which
burned down a month ago. It will be
large enough to take care of 70 pu.
pills.
Williston. - The water users and
owners of land under the Willistcn
project have taken the first steps to-
ward the formation of an irrigation
district, which it is believed will lead
to the early operation of the project
and its control by the water users
through their own organization.
Lisbon.-Federal authorities are in
vestigating the robbery of $1,000 in
bills from the postoffice at Anselm.
The money had been sent by the Sc.
c,lrity National bank of Minneapolis
to the Anselm bank and presumably
deposited in the safe of the postofice
the night of the robbery. The report
states that the robbery was accom-
plished without the aid of explosives.
Bismarck.-Four students Of Valley
City Normal school were made two in
Bismarck just before the arrival of
Sheriff James j. Kelley of Barnes
county and the parents of two of the
principals arrived in vain endeavor
to prevent the ceremonies. One of
the couples in the successful elope-
ment was Harold B. Rude, formerly
OF Minneapolis, who gave his resi-.
dence as Bismarck, and Miss Beatrice
M. Wits of Mankato. The other was
Lionel Behner of Bismarck and Miss
Esther I. Rich of Tower City. Thu.
whole party remained here for the
night after complete reconciliation.
Fortuna.-Charged with beating his
wife to death in a shack near here,
A. Lease is held in the county jail.
The wife claimed she had been COM
PEELED for days to live on boiled pota-
toes, without even salt, and left her
husbands howell to seek shelter at the
home of A. l.. Wentworth. Lease fol.
lowed her and demanded that she
leave with him. This she declined to
do, whereupon, it is alleged, that
Lease threw her to the floor, kicked
her in the stomach and shouted: "I'll
give you to understand you have a
German to deal with" Mrs. Went.
worth prevented further injury at the
time, but the woman was so badly
hurt that she died.
Noonan Louis GIFTS and Eugene
Trip have bought the Grand theater
1lillsboro-Although no special eff
forts have been made Trail county
has already over 1000 members be-
longing to the Red Cross.
Crosby.-According to reports one
of the leading tonsorial parlors will
add a beauty department and engage
Q lady barber.
Bismarck.-Funeral services were
held here for ]. X. Mcleod, editor OF
the Flasher, N. D., Hustler and pho
neer editor of North Dakota, who died
ct Shakopee. MINI.