Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-04-04

Devils Lake.-Eighty-one per cent
of the homes in Devils Lake viii
have gardens this year.
Stanton.-John Stuber of Golden
Valley pleaded guilty to third degree
forgery at Stanton and has been
sentenced to three years in the
state penitentiay At Bismarck.
Tuttle.-Tuttle gave banquet in
honor of the select service men soon
to leave for Camp Dodge and all of
the northern Kidder county men in
Glass l were made guests of honor.
Bismarck.-Miss Mary Omdahl left
for Washington, d. c.. to accept a
position in the civil service. Miss
Omdahl formerly taught in the Devils
Lake schools and this year was a
state penitentiay at Bismarck.
Jamestown-Seed and labor will be
donated by the citizens Of James.
town to care for 80 acres of land,
the use of which was donated to the
Red Cross by William l.. Hall. The
jamestown branch of the Red Cross
will receive the entire proceeds from
the tract.
Killdeer.-The Red Cross sale at
Killdeer Melted over $4,000 and was
one of the liveliest sales ever held in
the county. Two eggs brought $40,
box Of cigars $165. flag $75, q
sack Of flour $25, two bushels Of
barely $25. A bull, donated by one
of the farmers. brought $3.50.
Minot.-The body of c. A. Hyatt,
local barber who had been missing
since December, was found floating
in IL feet of water in a slough north
east of the city. 1t is believed he
committed suicide. He leaves a wife
and one child. He came to Minot
about year ago from Havre.
Grand Forks.-The new system
which has been installed at the filtra-
ton plant was demonstrated to many
people of the city, and 1t is claimed
the water drawn from the taps in
every part of the city is just as pure
as the many varieties of the so.called
spring water.
Fargo.-Rev. E. Leroy Dakin, Lo-
gansport, Ind, has declined the call
of the First Baptist church of Fargo.
Gladstone.-Liberty day, April 8,
will be celebrated in elaborate fashion
here under the direction of the
Knights of St. Thomas and the I'D
E." society.
Napoleon.-H. G. Biersboro, assist.
ant cashier Of the Merchants State
bank here, was found dead in the
bank and approximately 5000 was
missing from the cash box. How
Biersboro came to his death is not
known as he was alone in the bank
at the time.
Minot.-Private w. G. Carroll, who
was reported in the casualty list OF
Americans as wounded and who was
believed was from Minot, the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. CARROLL. is not
the Minot man. The information is
contained in telegram received
from the war department.
Observation-Disclosures the leadership
Of John C. Malone, farmers in this
district are adopting the acre ir
every quarter" plan for helping win
the war. The idea is for all farmers
to give one acre out of every quar-
ter section put into crop to the Red
Cross, Y. M. c. A. and Knights oil
Columbus.
Washburn.-The progress of Nc
Lean county Is RI vealed by the fact
that the county commissioners have
awarded contract for the installa
tion of ornamental electric lights
around the block in which is located
the handsome new court house, re
Gently completed at Washburn. Six
big lamps are being put at the prin
cipal crossings at Washburn.
Bismarck-The last week in Marcel
found seeding generally under way
in central North Dakota, a condition
exceptional in the history of thi.
section. Thousands of farmers got in
to their fields with teams and tractor
outfits and much seeding is already
done. Reports generally are that con
ditions never have been more favor
able at this season Of the year. The
recent snow, melting slowly, soaked
into the ground and left it in work
able condition.
Fargo.-In state convention her,
the Nonpartisan league made the fol
lowing Inducements: Governor Lynn
]. Frazier. Secretary Of State Ton
Hall; Attorney General William Ian
ger, Auditor Karl Kositzky, insurance
Commissioner S. A. Olsness and Johr
N. Hagan. commissioner of agricul
ture and labor, and N. c. Macdonald
superintendent Of public instruction
Albert H. Olson, of Bowman TO,
treasurer and Howard Wood of Deer
ing for lieutenant governor. C. F
Dupuis Of Temple and S. ]. Aandahl o.
Litchfield were Endorsed as railroad
commissioners, the other railroad
commissionership being left open To-
the Endorsement Of organized labor
Congressman John NJ Baer of the
first district and George M. Yount
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