The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-25

Jamestown.-Mrs. Edith Conklin Of
Bismarck. chairman Of the Woman's
State Council Of Defense, has appoint.
ed Mrs. Lou Osborn chairman and
Mrs. Irene Jacobson secretary of the
Stutsman County Woman's Council of
Defense
Bismarck. May Is has been set by
the railway commission as the date
for the hearing on the complaint Of
jamestown patrons against the rates
and service of the Western Electric
company. The hearing will be held
at Jamestown.
Dickinson.-J. A. Mcleod and w. A.
Witte. two Dickinson Northern pas.
senser brakemen. were caught the
their grips and as consequence were
Immediately placed under arrest.
They also lost their Jobs.
New Leipzig-The New Leipzig
Commercial club has arranged to
lease all the lots in the Park addi-
ton to the village for war garden
purposes at 81 for the season. They
are already plowed and dragged.
ready for planting. There is brisk
demand for them, and the entire tract
will be gardened.
Fort Yates.-R. p. Higheagle Of
the Standing Rock reservation is one
of three delegates selected at the
Black Hills council at Fort Thomp.
son, 8. D., to carry to Washington
the Sioux nations representations as
to its claims for an indemnity Of sew.
eral million dollars for the forfeit
ure Of the treaty ceding these Indians
the Black Hills country.
Observation-Disclosures, in former
years one of North Dakota's great
est game resources, are increasing in
the Bad Lands, under the perpetual
closed season which has been in ef-
feet in this state several years. re-
ports Deputy State Warden Mack Sin.
clair, who has just returned from Ami
don, where he investigated charges
of illegal hunting of antelope.
Bismarck.-A pair of stockings
knitted by Mrs. Robert Buchanan
from wool which she had sheared,
carded and spun from sheep which
she had raised entirely without as
sistance. were sold at Red Cross
auction at the Buchanan consolidat-
ed school, in Emmons county, for Sc
and contributed to a net total of 1892
produced by the sale, for which ar
ticles were donated by all the farm
ers in the community.
Bismarck-Five hundred and
eighty-one men will entrain during u
fve-day period beginning May 10 for
Fort Logan, Colo, according to in
structions sent out to North Dakota
counties yesterday by Adjt. Gen. Fras.
OF following orders received from
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Grand Forks county will supply IS
men. Cass 10. and other counties in
proportion. This IL the first move.
ment Of drafted men in the state who
were not ordered to Camp Dodge. Des
Moines. Iowa.
Williston.-Prairie hrss starting on
the Achamire farm. nine miles south.
east Of Bonetraill, spread before .
terrific gale. Considerable hay and
pasture land was destroyed by the
flames. which also threatened the
Achamire barn and homo. The barn,
full Of work horses and cattle, caught
IRE, but by hard work the horses
were rescued. A prairie Are starting
along the river bottoms and in The
high wind threatened the buildings
on the Musick farm and adjoining
sections. Both fires were ex.in.
guished by rain and snow
ismarck.-The gentle three.day
rain which has fallen over North Da-
kota is estimated to be worth $4,000
600 to the state by Commissioner of
Agriculture and Labor John N. Hagan.
"A good start is generally considered
worth at least two bushels to the acre
of any crop" said Mr.. Hagan in dis
cussing the crop situation in the state.
"The normal acreage of wheat in
North Dakota is about 100000 acres
and this year the wheat acreage is
abnormal More than half of the
wheat acreage is already in the
ground. This means that the rain
of the last few days has fallen Oh at
least 100000 acres of wheat. An
increase Of bushels to the acre will
mean at least 100000 bushels of
wheat which. at 80 per bushel. is
worth s14,OOO,OOO to the state at
large"
Minot.--A roadmaster from the
Minot division of the Great Northern
reports that Liberty bonds among the
Greeks working on the section in his
division are going like hot CAKES"
He sold $4,000 worth in two days to
these men of foreign birth.
Havana.-At the close of the first
day of the Third Liberty Loan drive,
Havana village and Weber township
went over the top with a 200 per cent
sale of bonds. The village and town.
ship represent population of about
700 and had an allotment Of $10,5O0,
and the sale for the day amounted to
1000.
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