Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-16
North Dakota
News Sifings

beach.-Ihe Missouri slope section
OF North DAKOTA has greatly increased
It's wheat acreage over that of 1917.
Dawson.-Dawson subscribed 81
per cent more Liberty bonds of the
third issue than the government
called for.
Antler.-Superinten G. O. Me.
huse OF the Antler schools will have
charge Of the Maxbass schools the
next year.
Cooperstown.-The Farmers and
Merchants State bank is the name of
the new financial institution to be
launched here.
Park River.-Roger Allin. former
governor of North Dakota. and Miss
Anna Mckenzie, of Flushing, Mich.
were married here recently. Mr.. AL
lin was governor in 1895 and 1896.
Fargo.-Rev. J. D. Runsvold, for
merly of Northwood. N. D., who re-
Gently accepted the pastorate of the
First Norwegian Lutheran church OF
America of Fargo, has been installed.
Bismack.-The Bismarck Elks will
conduct a flag service on May 16,
when they will float the Stars and
Stripes from a 150-foot masthead
which will be erected at the state
capitol
Minot-James Quit, who entered
plea Of guilty to grand larceny in q
Burke county justice court. was sent
enced to two and ene-half years in the
state penitentiary by Judge X. f..
Leighton.
Valley City.-Colonel Frank White,
governor of North Dakota for two
terms, has arrived in France, to take
his place among the allied officers
reached here.
Fargo.-Hewison Pollock Of Fargo
College. representing the state at the
Central states oratorical contest held
mt Topeka. Kan, Friday night. won
fifth place. Twelve states were rep.
resented. South Dakota won first.
Bismarck-The state tax commits
sion is cooperating with Francis p.
Garvan. director of the bureau of in
vcstigatfon, alien property custodian,
Washington. in still hunt for enemy
money or property in North Dakota.
Towner.-George Kline, a pioneer
OF McHenry county. and for 81 years
county Justice of the peace. died
here after short illness. 1t is re-
ported that Judge Kline, as he was
Familiarity called, tried over 1000
Justice court cases.
.. Grafton.-Ralph Givens, for II years
in charge Of the mechanical depart
ment Of the Grafton News and Times
has left for Camp Dodge. Ralph is
the fourth member Of the family now
in the army as three Of his brothers
have been in Europe for some time.
Jamestown.-The Northern Pacific
Railway company encourages the
planting Of war gardens again this
spring. the same as last year, and
along the right-of-way for the use of
employees who desire to put in and
cultivate gardens.
Upham.-Ed. Urban. 33 years of age,
a prominent and prosperous farmer
living about ~ miles west of this
place. committed suicide by the use
Of shot gun. The act was done
during fit of dependency over con.
tinued Illness. as he had been unwell
for five years or more
Fargo.-Charles Kretchmar, hard
ware dealer at Kramer, Bottineau
county. was sentenced to serve six
months in the Bottineau county Jail
and to pay fine Of $500 by Judge
Charles F. Amidon in federal court.
Kretchmar pleaded guilty to the
charge of Decorating the American
flag.
Devils 1.ake-1n decision HANDED
down District Judge c. w. Buttz up
holds the right of school officials
to enforce the vaccination law. The
decision was in case brought against
the Devils Lake board of education
by DR.. w. F. Rhea. seeking to compel
the board to admit his son to school
without vaccination.
Minot.-The Girls Military Squad
will erect white marble monument
In Riverside Park in memory Of Mi.
not's heroes in the great war. So far
'ssoAO AA"sS OSCA SCNCu UOyS
killed in action and three died OF
disease. The monument will be
dedicated with appropriate services
on Memorial Day, May 30.
Bismarck.-State Auditor Carl B
Kositzky announces that a total OF
s366.455.15 is available on incomes
from the University and School land
funds for apportionment to the com
mon schools Of the state at the end
Of the quarter ending April 81, 1918
The money is to be apportioned to the
various schools of the state on the
per capita basis.
Minot-How Private William Scott
OF this city. went over the top will
his lungs filled with poison gas, tt
meet and enemy attack, was described
at the Red Cross workers luncheon
at the st. Paul association in st. Pau
by George w. Simmons Of the Ameri
can Red Cross, recently returned from
France tn illustrate tho stuff ~ xuhiol