Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-10

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Wahpeton.-The state school of SCI
ence opened its years work few days |
ago with an enrolment of IS, 63 of |
whom are girls. A much heavier en-
rollment is looked for after the close
Of the threshing season.
[ Fargo.-H. G. Fish of Minot, former |
curator Of the North Dakota State His
torical Society, has been named as
state representative Of the Junior Red
Cross on recommendation of the Red
Cross state headquarters here.
Fargo.-A call is being made for 800
selective service men to entrain. for
the state agricultural college training
camp here, on October Is, for instruc-
ton in the various vocations employed
in connection with the war.
Crosby.-Christ Odegard, an Upton
township young man in this county,
committed suicide with shot gun.
Odegard was a class four man in the
Graft, and is said to have grown de-
spOndent because he could not enlist.
Bismarck.-State Fire Marshal
Reade was called to Marmarth in the
hope that an incendiary suspect being
held there would prove to be the in
-veterate firebug who seems to have
been operating there for the past two
years.
Ks Grand Forks.-Lieut. Pat O'Brien,
the Authorization who made fame for
himself by falling wounded into Ger
many, then falling out with the Ger
mans and making his escape, is sched-
uled for a number of North Dakota
speaking dates.
Bismarck.-Miss Callie Wieder has
been engaged by the North Dakota
public library commission to superin-
tend the installation of school and
rural community libraries at various
points in the state. She will report for
duty about October 25.
Absaraka.-Fire of suspicious origin
resulted in the destruction of 10000
bushels Of barley, valued at $4,000,
belonging to A. 4. Marshall near, here.
A valuable barn and granary were also
destroyed, and ten horses and q COW
were burned to death.
Fargo.-The name of j. p. Hardy,
pioneer Fargo citizen and secretary of
the local commercial club, has been
sent to the senate by President Wilson
as nominee for the postmastership
here. Under present civil service rules,
tenure of the office is without limit.
New Rockford.-Private Joseph ID.
Harrison of this city has been cited for
conspicuous gallantry in action in OPP
eratiOns near scissors, where the Off
cial order records that he "drove the
crew from an enemy battery which was
firing direct fire across the Massey
ravine, by his own rifle fire."
MISUNDERSTANDING have been
filed with the state fire marshal's Of
flee from this vicinity, of alleged pro-
German activity in the burning of
grain stacks. Fire Marshal Reade and
his deputies are keeping close watch
on reports Of this kind, it is learned,
from different parts of theNstate.
Fargo.-A phase of the litigation
started Jointly by North and South
Dakota against Minnesota for $1,000
600 damages for injury wrought to
lands in the two states by Minnesota
drain projects emptying into the Red
river, will be argued before the United
States supreme court on October IA.
Conway.-Burglars entered the Con-
way bank building, and by means of q
series Of explosions, forced the bank
vault and the safe which stood within
1t, and made their escape with about
$1,000 of the banks cash. The post
office building was also entered, and
one sack Of parcel post mail was
stolen. t .H
Il Lfnton.-Anton Bockmaier, an aged
farmef near here, who is nearly blind,
shot and instantly killed Fred Schu-
macher, young boy, it is alleged,
while trying to brighten Schumacher
and party Of youngsters from raid
they were making upon his root house.
Bockmaier is much distressed over the
tragedy.
Bismarck.-State Commissioner of
Agriculture John N. Hagan is advising
farmers to hold cattle, when possible,
until they can be brought to about
1000 pounds live weight before placing
them on the market. The suggestion is
made because of the governments rule,
in buying cattle for army use, not to
purchase anything dressing less than
$50 pounds net.
Grand Forks.-Schools throughout
the state will be generally very closely
watched for the appearance of out
breaks of the so-called Spanish influ-
enza, which is said to have made its
appearance at several points in the
northwest. Some physicians diagnose
the disease as new outbreak of Ia
grippe in the severe form in which It
was prevalent in various parts of the
country number Of years ago.
Bismarck.-The only brewery in
North Dakota, which is located near
this city and which has never brewed
a drop Of beverages since 1t was erect
ed in 1880, nearly thirty years ago, is
at last to serve useful purpose, hav-
ing been purchased for warehouse. use
by local seed company. The plant
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