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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
viii Try to Recover Fees.

Will Try to Recover Fees.
Jamestown.-Acting at the instruc-
lions OF the county commissioners,
States Attorney Russell Chase has pro-
ceeded to collect "all amounts due the
county from Sheriff Dana Wright, on
tse bond Of said sheriff or otherwise
and either against the sheriff or joint
ly with the surety company" Wright.
for two terms sheriff, until his resig-
nation last month, now major in the
service of the state militia at Mer-
cedes, and also a member of the state
legislature, is alleged to have with
held certain sums from the county
treasurer, claiming them as his fees,
according to statute.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
HOUSE EMPLOYEES NAMED.

The house staff in part is as follows:
Speaker, Howard R. Wood; clerk, A.
E. Bowen; assistant clerks, w. D.
Austin, Edward Wood; enrolling and
engrossing clerk, o. S. Wing; bill
clerk, Paul Nelson; proof reader, w. B.
Mclaughlin; journal clerk, Mason B.
Showers: sergeant-at-arms, o. Som
mervold; assistant, P. NJ. Casey; mes
senger, J. w. Smith; doorkeepers.
Robert KEGS, John Warren; postmast-
er. ]. A. Lawler; mailing clerk, Frank
Geiger
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Woman May Lose Both Feet.

Woman May Lose Both Feet.
Langdon.-Nlla Morken, well
known young lady, returning to Osna-
brook from Milton, had both her feet
badly frozen during the recent cold
snap. The horses which she was driv-
ing. we're seized with blind staggers
in the blizzard which was blowing,
and had to be left on the road while
Miss Morken started to walk to near
by farm. When she reached the farm
It was found that her feet were frozen
and she was almost exhausted. It 10
probable that she will have to have
both feet amputated.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
A Flying start.

As the result of lectures admins
tered to him by both his father and the
young woman of his choice, certain
young man decided to turn over q new
leaf and show some interest in bust-
ness.
"Well, Molly" said he to the girl one
evening, II am really going into bust
ness in earnest. Made a beginning al
ready today"
"Good!" exclaimed Molly. "And what
was the nature of your start?"
II ordered my tailor to make me .
business suit"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

The gavels being used by the presi-
dent Of the senate and the speaker Of
the house have been made out OF q
chair which for many years was used
by past governors. On the handle are
fifteen rings indicating the Fifteenth
session. They are beautifully made.
the artist being Capitol Carpenter
PetersOn
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Train Kills Dawson Man.

Dawson.-N. Lewis, owner and op.
orator of the Dawson creamery, was
terribly mangled and instantly killed
by Northern Pacific train about four
miles west of Dawson. Lewis, who was
deaf, stepped of the track, then back
again Immediately, in the. path Of the
speeding train. He was well known in
Kidder county.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Bowling Tourney at Forks.

Grand Forks.-Plans have been com
pleted for the annual Northwest Bowl.
ing congress to be held here January
% to 81. Teams from the following
cities already have entered: Grand
Forks, Fargo, Bismarck, Minot, Devils
Lake, Valley City, Dickinson, Wahpe.
ton, and Darlington, N. D.; Crookston,
Moorhead, Thompson, Brainerd, st.
Cloud, Duluth, Chisholm and Inter.
national Falls, Mimi; Superior, Wis;
Aberdeen, S. D., and Winnipeg, Man.
Other cities are expected to enter
teams.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
pi.cu.. Labor Legislation.

Discuss Labor Legislation.
Grand Forks.-Members of the exec.
utyie beard Of the Grand Forks divi-
sion. North Dakota Federation of La
Dor. at a meeting here discussed legis-
lation for the benefit of the organiza-
ton. which will be urged at the pres
ont legislative session. One Of the
most important bills to be urged by the
labor body will be a minimum wage
for women.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

The house has created new COM
mittee to be known as that on public
utilities and is to consist of nine MEM
bers. This was created by the COM
mittee on rules. 1t is claimed by those
who ought to know, that this will be
an important committee ana one
which has been much needed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
SENATE EMPLOYEES.

Senate employees include the follow
ing: First assistant secretary, Walter
Kelley, Hettinger; second assistant,
George McClintock, Pierce county;
chief engrossing and enrolling clerk,
Harry Dence, Stark; assistant, Calvin
Andrist, Divide; voucher clerk, Mrs.
Hogene, Kidder county; desk
stenographer, Christ Olson, Burleigh;
doorkeeper, Sigrud Robertson. Mclean
county; assistant sergeant -at-aIms,
William Duran, Walsh county; mes
senger. j. o. Quamme, Grand Forks;
postmaster, P. ]. Hanson, Steele.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Fargo Auto Show Date. Bet.

TN80 VUs0 CIV" 0@soS osS
Fargo.-Manager w. NJ. Ball of the
Fargo Automobile show announces the
dates for this exposition, March 10 to
16 inclusive. Both the auditorium and
the armory have been secured for this
show, which promises to be the largest
event of it's kind ever attempted in
this state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Number Of Arrests Decrease.

Number Of Arrests Decrease.
Grand Forks.-Police records show
that 1916 arrests on various charges
decreased approximately 1T per cent
under the record for 1915. In 1916,
the arrests totaled ESQ; in 1915, they
totaled 661.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Man Maets Peculiar Death.

New Salem, John Glow, aged 43, Of
this place, died in one Of Bismarck's
hospitals from fracture Of the neck.
Mr.. Glow was digging we'll and was
down several feet in the ground when
. calf jumped into the hole, landing on
his neck. He was taken to the hos
pital and every effort was made to
save his life. Other members Of the
family were driving bunch of calves
into the barn when one broke away
and landed in the we'll.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
M'LEAN PRESIDENT PROTEIN.

Senator Henry Mclean, of Cavalier
county, oldest senator in years of SER
vice, was unanimously selected al
president pro TEN of the senate. There
were several old members but theJ
have dropped out, and when Jud La
Moure went, Senator Mclean became
the daddy of the senate
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Bopp Case Nearly Ready for Jury.

San Francisco, Jan. 6.-Arguments
before the jury are expected to con-
sumo ten days in the case of the Unit
ed States against Franz Bopp. Grman
consul general here, and associates,
charged with conspiracy to violate Am
erican neutrality. Two final witnesses
for the defense are expected to testi-
fly. Bopp and his aids are charged
with having conspired to blow up
trains and ships bearing munitions to
the Entente Allies in 1915. It is
thought the case will go to the jury
early next week 2. the latest.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
New Hotel For Mandan.

New Hotel For Mandan.
Mandan.-That the new hotel being
erected here by former Governor L. B.
Hanna will be ready for occupancy
July 4, is the prediction made follow
ing the starting of excavation for the
work.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
news Of THE WEEK
CONGREGATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 B0|L|NG DOWN OF EVENTS
National. Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Glasses Of Readers.
WAR NEWS.

The French armored cruiser eau
lois was torpedoed in the Mediter'
rean sea on December 81 and sank In
. half hour, with loss Of four lives.
In the month Of November the al
lied powers lost 1873 mechant ships
Of total of 314,500 gross tons "by
the war measures Of the central pow
ers."
During the year just closed 17S,537
men were recruited In Canada, or
nearly half the total Of 3s5,955 since
the outbreak Of the war.
Three thousand prisoners, six can
non and more than twenty machine
guns fell before the advancing Teu-
tonic forces in Wallachia on Decem-
Der 20, according to Vienna Official
statement.
The British transport 1vernia has
been sunk, and one hundred and fifty
military officers and men are missing,
according to an official announcer
by the British admiralty.
An entire Russian regiment OF coast
artillery-about 1900 men-with the
exception Of so men, was lost when
the Finnish steamship Oihonne struck
q mine near the Gulf Of Finland.
The entente governments, In reply
ing to Germany's peace proposal, re.
fuse to consider the prefer and de-
declared it is insincere and ineffective.
Tho suggested conference without
conditions is not peace offer, the
note says. but is rather war man
euver.
Comments Of the German papers on
the entente reply to the German peace
proposals indicate the universal con-
viction that peace now is impossible
and that the central powers must con-
tinue to prosecute the war with the
utmost vigor.
The increase in the national debt Of
Great Britain, France, Russia, Ger
many and Austria-H Hungary is estimat
ed at $49,455, 100000 from the begin.
ming of the war to the latter part OF
1916, except in the case of Austria
Hungary, in which the estimate ex
tends only to May, 1916.
In 1916 $500 Germans were cap.
turad by the French and 10000 by
the British, while in Serbia and Mace.
donia the entente allied army took
11,173 Bulgarian and Turk prisoners.
During the same period the Italians
made prisoners Of $3.50 Austrians,
~xhRe the RaasssiasBas 3taf ed sseea
than 100000 Germans and Austrians.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Fraternity Adopt. Orphan.

Clarence Eckberg, five years old, was
an orphan, but he is an orphan no
longer. He has been adopted by the
Sigma NJ fraternity of the University
of Washington, and the 25 young men
who belong to that fraternity have
pledged themselves to give him a
proper education.-Duluth Herald.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Senator McCarten's bill providing
for the Torrens system of registering
land titles was the first bill to be in
troduced in the upper house of the
assembly. The bill is believed to have
the support Of the Nonpartisan league.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
IMPLEMENT MEN TO MEET
Will Hold Annual Convention At
FARGO This Month.

Fargo.-The North aDkota and West
ern Minnesota Implement Dealers as
sociation's convention will be held in
Fargo this year Jan. rs, 26 and ~, &C.
cording to announcement made by
President August Hanson. The audi
forum has been secured for this event
and it promises to surpass any previ'
Gus gathering by this organization.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

The South Dakota supreme court
decided the state tax laws under
which express companies are taxed Is
unconstitutional.
Exports of American manufactures
and commodities through the port Of
New York were $2,7s5.s31,so6 in
1916, or approximately $1,000. 100000
more than in 1915.
The nrst Domestic Servants union
reported organization east Of the Mis-
souri, 1dySF has been formed at Du-
iuth MINI, with 100 charter members.
Eleysa School children were killed,
lunr probably fatally hurt and eight
ssslousiy injured when q tornado
wrecked the vreton rural school
house mr. McAlester, Oklahoma.
The insurance which the Union
Pacific railway system recently an
bounced it had placed on the lives Of
lts employees covers 10000 persons
and amounts to $so.ooo,ooo.
Nearly half million dollars to
guard against infantile paralysis in
Chicago next summer is the request
made of the city council finance com
mittee by health authorities.
T-o ,,,I1,on orouoau ,n,,oh 100 r3ra
for consumption, were destroyed in
New York by q squad under the SUI
pervision of Lucius P. Brown, head of
the bureau of foods and drugs Of the
department Of health.
Under giant Mount Macdonald, in
the Selkirks Of British Columbia, the
Canadian Pacific railway has just
completed the longest double track
mountain tunnel in the western
hemisphere. The tunnel is over i've
miles long and cost over 100000.
The death rate for 1916 in New
York was the lowest on record, &C.
cording to q report issued by the de-
partment of health. With population
estimated at 5.624,841 there were IT,
sol deaths in the year.
Juan T. Burns, consul general at
New York for the de facto govern
ment, was arrested by federal ofhcers
charged with shipping arms into Mex
leo in violation Of President Wilson's
embargo proclamation of October,
1915, and with evasion Of customs
regulations.
Forty.ave women inmates and one
sister Of the st. Ferdinand de Halifax
insane asylum at ST. Ferdinand de
Halifax, Canada, lost their lives when
IRE destroyed the building. The prop.
erty damage is estimated at 100000.
Denying the motion for new trial
for David Caplan, convicted Of man.
slaughter in connection with the Los
Angeles Times dynamiting in 1910,
Superior Judge Willis Of Los Ange-
les sentenced Caplan to ten years in
prison.
Frank 1sbell, one Of the owners Of
the Des Moines club Of the Western
league, has purchased the park and
franchise of the Wichita club Of the
same league, the price being $4,000
for both the franchise and the park.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
somethlno wrono with HEM

II your hens are not laying ut this
time, there is something wrong about
the condition of your flock.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Best Manure Pile.

The manure pile should never be
more than an inch thick, but quarter
Of mile is about the right length, and
the meadow or orchard Is q mighty
good location for it.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
chI,lino Causes Trouble.

Chicks that get wet are almost in
yariably chilled and chilling is likely
to be followed by digestive troubles.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Hoo Pasture Of Quality.

Plenty of tender, nourishing hog
pasture of good quality may be had
during the entire season If clover is
grown.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Protest Against High Rates.

Pr0teSI N8dIHSt rtI4H ndteS'
Fargo.-Bankers Of Iowa and North
and South Dakota have issued tenta.
tive call for meeting with representa-
tives Of the Minneapolis and st. Paul
Clearing House associations at Aber.
deem, s. D., soon, according to an an.
nouncement here. The object, 1t is
said, is to protest to officers of the as.
sociation against the range Of charges
made by their firms for clearing checks
from these states, presented for pay.
ment in the Twin Cities.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
DIPPING Posts.

Dipping the butts of fence posts for
q length of 80 inches in hot coal tar
will prove great saving in fence
post expense.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
"The KINGS Enemy.

1.-THE Kings Enemy"
As early as the time of Alexander II
If Scotland q man who let weeds go
to seed on his farm was considered to
be the kings enemy.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Attainina Poultry Profits.

Clean, dry, well-ventilated houses
do not afford breeding places for dis
ease germs.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Once more through the corn with
he cultivators may add ten bushels
yer acre to the yield. Even in this
ear of costly labor you cannot afford
o skimp on the cultivating.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Industrial accidents An Pennsyivs,
mia during 1915 totated 3zM, 4s3, q
which 1857 resulted fatally. according
to statistics just made public.
AID Santel, Pacific coast champion
heavyweight grappler, will go on the
mat at San Francisco February ~
with Joe Stecher of Nebraska, it was
announced.
Breaking all its coinage records,
the Philadelphia mint during 1916 pro-
duced 238,469,769 domestic coins in
denominations ranging from l cent to
half dollars and valued at $9,344,266.
Eleven persons we're killed and 40
injured when train loaded with per-
sons returning after the New Year
holiday collided with switch engine
ten miles outside Edinburg, Scotland.
OuO uUAuAOu PVAoVAo ssAS
to have been drowned in Clermont,
F&uneensland, Australia, by a flood
which washed away the main street
and all the houses in low lying places.
The coronation of Emperor Charles
and Empress Zita of Austria as king
and queen of Hungary, took place
December 30 in st. Mathay church at
Budapest.
Fifty-four persons were lynched In
the United States in 1916. Fifty of the
victims were negroes and four white
persons, and included in the record
are three negro women.
More than one billion dollars net
income from operations was made by
the railroads Of the country during
the year now closing. Statistics
gathered by the interstate commerce
commission complete for nine months
indicate that the total net income
from operations will be approximately
| $1,09S 100000 for the entire year.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Cause Of Leg Weakness.
Leg weakness results from lack Of
3soe-makinH feed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
Nice BRIGHT Straw.

For nice bright straw, early oat
harvests are In order.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Don't take a bitter revenge on the
bumblebees because Of one sting. Put
stake near the nest and avoid it for
rhe sake Of the clover crop.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

The wrong way to cultivate corn is
RI cultivate shallow when the corn Is
small. and deep when 1t is large or
the last time through.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Senator Hitchcock has introduced
bill appropriating 100000 for the
construction of q dam and reservoir
in the North Platte river, near Guern.
sey, Wyo.
President Wilson has nominated
Lieutenant Colonel Chester Harding.
army engineer corps. to be governor
of the Panama canal zone, to succeed
Major General Gothels, who resigned.
A bill to patent to the regents Of the
University Of Nebraska 800 acres Of
land adjoining the agricultural expert.
ment station at Scottsbluff, Neb., was
introduced in the house by Congress
man Kinkaid. The land is to be
used for dry farming experimentation.
Almost nine billion dollars was the
aggregate value of all crops of the
country last year. In an estimate an.
nounced by the department Of agri-
culture, the exact value was set at
$s,s34, 5S7, 900. That was an increase
of 2,165,9s9,O00 over the value Of
1915 crops.
The problem Of raising additional
revenue for the government to avoid
the threatened deficit at the end Of
the next fiscal year has assumed such
proportions that administration lead
ers are considering the advisability
of placing tariff duties on commodi-
ties now on the free list.
Exports from the United States dur.
ing the eleven months Of 1916, ending
November 30, jumped more than a
billion and three-quarters in value for
the same period Of 1915. the depart
ment Of commerce announced.
Prompt consideration in congress
of President Wilson's proposed rail.
way legislation was predicted after
announcement Of the termination of
conferences between railroad and
brotherhood heads in New York in
an unsuccessful attempt to settle
their differences.
Railroad legislation, deficiency bills
and possible oral outcroppings re-
garding Mexican affairs and European
peace developments may make an
extra congress session necessary, it
Is believed.
Figures published by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce show
that in the first eight months of this
year foodstuffs shipped to Europe
reached a value Of about $670, o00, 900.
or at the rate of more than $50, O0O, 900
a month.
President Wilson was go years old
on December %. He was the recip-
lent of many congratulatory mes
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Russia Is a large producer Of as
bestOs.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

After levying a "war loan" OF
100000 pesos on the city, Villa has
evacuated Torreon, according to re-
ports at Juarez. Villa harmed no for
eigners or their property in Tor.
reon.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
MEXICAN TROUBLE.

Villa followers have captured and
looted the town of Sabinas, Hidalgo,
between Laredo and Monterey. &C.
cording to advices reaching the
border.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Continuation Of the conference OF
the Mexican.American joint commits.
sion without regard to the question
of withdrawing American troops from
Mexico is proposed by General Car
rama in his message refusing to rat
lily the Atlantic City protocol.
One hundred and forty prisoners
were taken, twenty-five were killed
and large quantity of loot taken
from Chihuahua City by Francisco
Villa, was recovered by Carranza
force, near Guerrero when the 600
Villa followers were defeated by the
de facto forces.
Adherents Of Francisco Villa are al
ready arranging details of a Mexican
provisional government, to be set up
by the bandit chief, and tentative
seat Of government has been chosen.
according % Information ~ the hands
Of United. States authorities on the
border. &.
Increasing evidence that General
Carranza's government is being men,
aced by bands Of insurgents, coupled
with the prospect that the first chief
will not accept the Atlantic City pro.
ocol has brought the Mexican situa
ton to a stage that is causing grow
ing concern in Washington. Officials
admit that the conditions are EN-
barrassing.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
WASHINGTON.

Senator Hitchcock has introduced
bill appropriating 100000 for the
construction Of dam and reservoir
in the North Platte river, near Guern.
sey, Wyo.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

President Wilson was 60 years old
on December %. He was the recip-
lent Of many congratulatory mes
sages from all parts Of the county
and abroad.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

Figures published by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce show
that in the first eight months of this
year foodstuffs shipped to Europe
reached a value Of about $67O, 000, 900,
or at the rate of more than SCI, 100000
a month.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

A bill to patent to the regents Of the
University Of Nebraska 800 acres of
land adjoining the agricultural expert.
ment station at Scottsbluff, Neb., was
introduced in the house by Congress
man Kinkaid. The land is to be
used for dry farming experimentation.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

President Wilson has nominated
Lieutenant Colonel Chester Harding.
army engineer corps, to be governor
of the Panama canal zone, to succeed
Major General Gothels, who resigned.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11
-.
GENERAL.

The South Dakota supreme court
decided the state tax laws under
which express companies are taxed Is
unconstitutional.