The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-28
North Dakota News in Brief

Bismarck-The railway commission
mas received formal notice that tnS
Great Northern has appealed from thu
and loading platform be Installed a
East Fairview. This means that tht
rail- board must defend its order II
the courts.
Minot-More than 200 Americans Of
meeting of the signalslaget. @. T
Braatelien, of Rothsay, Mimi, was
| elected chairman at the closing ses-
| sion. X. c. Kopsing, of Manfred, n. d.
eSose Of Wessay an M
Bismarck-William Meas, so, propr-
etor of the Clifton hotel, New Salem
was found dead in the yard of his home
trouble. The widow, four sons anc
three daughters survive.
Fort Yates-Sioux county, the bulk
of whose $500 people are Indians, is
the only county In the state which has
not a single citizen in the penitentiary
able state of affairs was revealed when
the county auditor was called upon to
look up some data relative to the
county's criminal and insane.
Fort Yates-Killalive, a young Sioux
who proved an all-around point-getter
In the recent boarding school field day
is being touted as a coming star for
Carlyle. He is one of the finest finished
dLnleLeS the reservation mas pTOuuGSu
Fort Yates-C. w. Lewis, Jacob Jor-
dan and John La Pointe, arrested by
Indian police on charges of introducing
intoxicants on the reservation, were
arraigned before u. s. Com. Edward S
Johnson at Solen. Lewis pleaded guilty
and was sent to Mandan to be held In
jail pending action. by the United
States attorney. Jordan and La Pointe
demanded an examination, and Will be
given a hearing July 2.
Tnrf vofau-nnnIAI and Claimant
Coldhand were cleared on trial of a
charge of coldblooded assault upon A.
c. Hayes, of Solen. The. defendants
were charged with using force in re-
taken up by Hayes. The court ruled
that inasmuch as Hayes action was
illegal, the Indians could not be held
for forcible recovery.
Taylor-Luck now should attend Mr..
and Mrs. August Lucknow, welded at
the NJ. E. church. The bride was Mrs.
Selma Lucknow. She was attended by
her sister, Mrs. William Lucknow, and
the bridegroom by his brother, Frank
Lucknow.
Fort Yates-Unusual interest attach
es to the annual conference of Catholic
Indians of the northwest owing to the
presence here of DR.. Charles A. East
man. Indian educator and author.
egates are here from all of the reser-
vations in North and South Dakota,
Montana and adjoining states.
Killdeer-FaIling from a load of hay
under the wheels of his wagon, Morton
Gorder lay unconscious in the road for
several hours before recovering suffi-
GENTLY to proceed to a neighbours house
for help.
Elgin-Irving Melcher, formerly in
charge of the Thompson lumber yards
at Edgeley, has assumed the manage
ment here, succeeding L. A. Sherman,
who goes to Beach to represent the
company.
Hillsboro-The Kaufman drain, one
of the largest reclamation projects In
North Dakota and which will serve a
vast territory tributary to the Goose
river has been completed.
Larimore-when lightning struck the
chickenhouse on the c. B. Warcup
farm, 200 chickens were rendered un-
cue the apparently lifeless birds, and
the shed was completely enveloped in
flames when the chickens came to and
made their escape with nothing worse
than singed feathers. The building was
completely destroyed.
Bismarck-Frank Finlayson, some
times styled king OF Bismarck's
blindpiggers, has furnished bail in the
sum of 81 1000 for his appearance in
district court Saturday to answer to a
charge of tampering with witnesses.
BismarclS-Engineers connected with
the state highway commission now are
making detail surveys of three high
way projects in Cass, Trail and Will
liams counties, which have been rec
commended by the commission for state
and federal aid. "
Beach-Hastening to a point five
miles northeast of town in search of a
dead man, citizens found Peter Koch
lying unconscious by the roadside as a
result of injuries sustained when his
team bolted throwing him from the
wagon. Koch was revived. his, team
captured, and he resumed his home
ward journey, little the worse for wear.
Notwithstanding from a visit in
Canada, Aaron Sweeney was detained
three days on the border before he
could convince dominion officials that
he was not Canadian seeking to avoid
Bismarck-Charters were issued to-.
day to the German Evangelical Luth-