Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-02

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News Siftings
Grand Forks.-The force working
on the new high school is working
overtime since starting the cement
work.
dgerwood.-New officers for the
ensuing year include ]. w. Tarr,
mayor, and George Goolsbey, chief of
police.
Minot.-Hector Rollman, report.
ed as prisoner in a German camp,
is a Minot man. His mother makes
her home here.
Williston.-C. G. Mackenroth is the
new sheriff Of Williams county, chos.
en- by the county commissioners to
succeed Alex Strom.
Tower City,. Sherman has been
elected president Of the Tower City
Commercial club. Plans are under
way to arrange for Chautauqua this
year.
Minot.-P. D. Norton, congressman
from the third district, announced
here that he will be q candidate fof
the nomination on the republican
ticket. ...l,.
Grand Forks.-Welsey college. q
Methodist institution, has begun q
campaign to establish an endowment
fund Of 100000. District conferences
are under way.
Grand Forks.-Rosalie H. Hatherell,
for years a member of the Grand
Forks high school faculty, died OF
heart failure while sitting at her desk.
She was IS years old.
Williston.-In special election,
Williston approved the proposal to
issue $12,500 bonds, and that sum, to.
gether with $13,500 previously au:
thortzed, will be used in the purchas.
ing of the state armory here.
Bismarck.-The Turtle mountain
reservation at Belcourt, consisting OF
two townships. and with a population
Of 1000. oversubscribed its Liberty
Loan quota ten times, according to
advice received by Chairman James
A. Brown OF the state board of con.
troll. ia6
Williston.-A remarkable birthday
celebration was held at the NJ. c.
Webb home, near here, when three
generations Of the family observed
the anniversary Of their birth, all on
the same day. Mrs. Margaret, Webb,
II; her son, NJ G. Webb, 40, and his
daughter Viola Webb, Z.
La Moure.-George Hutchinson, Lo.
PEI. Wash, resident of Dickey, N. D.,
and La Moure since 1882, is dead.
Mr.. Hutchinson was engaged in the
store business in La Moure till ten
years ago, when he went west. For
many years he had been a writer OF
poems that gained wide reputation.
Kenmare.-No. Al, freight train
on the 500 line, was wrecked near
Baden. Two freight cars and the ca.
boose were derailed. J. A. Schurshun
Of Minot, travelling salesman, was
seriously injured. Carl Sheas, brake.
man, sustained four broken ribs. A
broken rail was the cause Of the acct.
dent.
Rugby.-"The lady from the second
ward has the floor" This expression
win be heard in the common coun.
Gil, for Mrs. Rose Daigle defeated
John Sandy McTavish for alderman.
Mrs. I. Mcbride, candidate for mayor,
was beaten by Hans Bjornstead by
. vote Of 1874 to ~. p. S.-Women
voted at the election.
Observation-Disclosures Lynn ]. Fraz
Ter has been advised by Dr.. G. J. Nc
Guerren of Devils Lake, secretary OF
the North Dakota board of health,
that federal officials will cooperate
with the state board Of health in
fighting trachoma. In Dickey and La
Noure counties 10 cases have recent.
" been reported to the board.
Fargo.-The names Of So delinquent
registrants In Fargo, have been re.
ported to the police by w. r. Tucker
clerk Of the Cass county military
committee. All information obtained
BY the board, within five days Will
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powered to visit in person or through
deputies each person whose name ap
pears on the Stacker" list, which car
ries about 1913 names for Cass county
Williston.-Advices have been re
ceived by the Williston Water Users
Assn from the department Of the in
terror. that q contract providing for .
Ave year irrigation service. on tn,
basis proposed by holders of land undel
the Williston irrigation project, will
be signed. The land owners propose
that the government fix a fiat charge
OF $3S an acre to cover all construc
ton and maintenance charges to date
Jamestown.-Minot was chosen al
the 1919 convention city for the an
nual conclave Of the grand comman
derry Of the Knights Templar of NORTH
Dakota, at the close Of its two da,