Sioux County pioneer., 1918-04-18
North Dakota
News Sif6ngs

New England.-The ABBY Light &
Power company has purchased the
Gardner electric plant. The plants
will be consolidated.
Grand Forks.-The Grand Forks
Typographical union voted to pur-
chase another 500 Liberty bond, that
is the third purchased thus far.
Bismarck.-Burr Mcintosh, pub
Usher and actor, is among the proba-
bilities for the North Dakota editorial
war conference to be held here on
April 26 and 27.
Bismarck.-H. G. Kuhl of Missoula,
Mont, civil engineer, has joined
the staff Of State Engineer Jay w.
Bliss, secretary of the North Dakota
highway commission.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has been
raging here. Andrew Holan lost two
Of his daughters from the disease.
Mrs. Holam and another girl have
been i'll but are reported to be i'm
proving.
Fargo.-John H. Hagen, commission
er of agriculture and labor, says that
between one-third and onehalf Of the
grain crop has been planted in the
Red River valley and little less
than one-third west of the valley.
Cooperstown.-Fire believed mech
diary, destroyed the Hammer-Halvor-
son-Beirer elevator here, one of the
largest in the state, and 1900 bush
els Of wheat, 1000 bushels of barley,
1900 bushels of flax and 5000 bush
els of oats.
Fargo.-Elof Nelson, former resi-
dent Of Fargo, who was married here
on Feb. % and left that evening for
Washington to enlist in the navy ship
yards, was killed in fire at Van
couver, Wash, according to word re-
ceived in Fargo.
Fargo.-Fargo college and the
North Dakota Agricultural college
will be out Of baseball this spring and
there is possibility that no team
will be put in the field at Concordia
college, Moorhead, or at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota.
Minot.-E. Edmunds, 62 years of
age, was sentenced to fifteen years in
the penitentiary on a charge of statu.
tory rape by Judge Leighton, after
pleading guilty to the charge of en-
ticing a number of young girls, 8 and
9 years old, to his shack.
Grafton.-Continued i'll health and
despondency are believed to have
been the motive which prompted ].
Kalal, son Of A. Kalal of Norton, to
end his life by shooting. The young
man, %, lived with his parents on a
farm northwest Of Larkin.
Devils Lake.-Gustav Wanrock,
charged with failure to fill out and
return his draft QUESTIONABLE, was
arrested here by Deputy United States
Marshal G. D. Scott of Fargo, arraign.
ed before United States commits.
sioner and bound over to the federal
grand jury, with bail at $500.
Schafer.-The Continental Oil
company's gasoline tank at Fairview
was drained of some $4,000 gallons,
by unknown persons. A hole was
drilled in the bottom of the large tank
and in order that the contents would
flow freely, the lock was knocked off
the intake pipe and the cover. re.
moved.
Fargo.-L. B. Hanna, former govern.
or of North Dakota, will leave the
first of May for France to take up
work for the Red Cross and he will
leave here In few days for New
York City. Mr.. Hannah volunteered
to take up Red Cross work without
compensation, and pays his own ex.
penses to France.
Fargo.-Grand Forks was chosen
as the convention city Of the North
Dakota Baptist conference to be held
September 25 to % next. II was de-
cided at an annual spring meeting
Of the board Of managers of the North
Dakota Baptist conference, Rev. D. E.
Deake Of Mi,,ot was elected state
evangelist and pastor at large to sue
ceed Rev. w. r. Hill, now in federal
service.
Bismarck.-The state highway COM
mission had adjourned brief and un.
eventful monthly meeting after ap.
proving an application from Ward
county for state aid in the construc-
tion Of gravel road between Minot
and Burlington. This stretch of high
way is subjected to unusually heavy
traffic, much Of Minot's fuel supply
being brought in by wagon Or truck
from the Burlington Ignite mines.
Minot-It.was an error of judgment
and not of heart" said President A.
G. Steele Of the Minot Normal school,
following the announcement that he
had sent his resignation to the board
of regents asking that he be relieved
at once. Steele's resignation was de.
manded at meeting of business men
called to discuss his attitude on Lin.
erty bonds and other war issues. He
declared he has been a strong sup
porter of the government and is not
disloyal, but merely entertained views
regarding war finances that differ
from the government. He says he
regrets he expressed such views. He
expects to be relieved Of his duties
ct once, but has not announced his
plans for the future.