Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-10-31
Havana.-Harvey Arneson Of this
place was killed in q recent auto acci.

near here resulted fatally to j. e. Cole,
Il Minneapolis fur buyer.
Jamestown.-Lieut. HI. B. Curtiss has
been stationed here as instructor Of the
students army training corps.
Valley City.-Dr. E. c. Allen, newly
elected president Of the state normal
school at this place, has arrived to as
sumo his duties.
TT. Totten.-A prairie fire starting
near the mission here burned over
stretch Of country 25 miles long before
it was brought under control.
Grand Forks.-Dr. Fred Long of the
university Of Manitoba has been ap-
pointed to the chair of pathology and
bacteriology at the state university
here.
Lisbon.-Mrs. Della NJ. Jones, editor
and manager of the Gazette Of this
city, is dead. Her husband is an officer
in the United States military service in
France.
A1inot.-Three little girls, daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartness, who
live % miles northeast of Norma, were
burned to death in q fire that destroyed
their farm home.
Hoople.-Robert and Leo, sons of
Charles Reynolds of this place, aged
respectively and 10 years, each lost an
arm through the explosion of q stick
Of dynamite which they found.
Linton.-The October term of the
Emmons county district court hQs been
adjourned, and cases pending 'on in
dictments from the grand jury will
probably be tried at Bismarck during
the December term.
Hankinson.-Horatio d. Gates, in
service in France with U. S. marines
from this city, has been commended by
Secretary of the Navy Daniels for con-
spicuous bravery in attending wounded
comrades under whitening shell fire.
Bismarck.-The record Red Cross
acre production for Burleigh county
has been moved up by recent report
| of $40 proceeds from an acre devoted
to Red Cross support. The previous
high record acre for the county brought
500.
Bismarck.-North Dakotans now own
an average of $6.28 worth of war saw
ings stamps per capita, or total Of
So, 997, 246 worth for the entire state.
The quota allotted to the state, and
which should be raised before January
1, is $19,OOO,OOO.
Fessenden.-Muchc curiosity has been
aroused here over the recent discovery
of porcupine at large in a field near
/ "a
this species has ever before been found
wild in this state, and how this animal
came into this section is unknown.
! Fargo-Local ministers of nearly all
religious faiths in Fargo united in a
petition to the state board of health to
permit reopening of places of worship
which are temporarily closed, together
with all other places Of public gather
ing, on account of the influenza cpl
demic <i.. SO g.. .-.-..
Grand Forks.-A state wide music
contest is the latest innovation in con-
nection with the annual conference
week to be held at the state university.
Soloists, clubs, choruses, ETC., will COM
pete after tryouts in various district
Il
fore the state contest takes place.
Fargo.-Go to : Sunday School day,
which was to have been observed in
many parts of the state last week, had
to be put over, as the temporary ban on
public meetings unfortunately timed
itself SO that this was about the only
week in the states history when no one
co,,11 o+tond S,,ndo1 ,ohco1 Nyo,,o,>.l.
II has now been fixed upon as the day
for the big rally
Steele.-Unusual suffering was ex-
perienced here during the more critical
stages of the influenza epidemic which
has been raging in various parts of the
state. The only physician in the city at
the time was confined to his bed through
illness, and no medical attention was
procurable for several days. A number
Of deaths resulted before the malady
was placed under control.
Devils Lake.-A pathetic tragedy
took place in the life of promising
young woman when Miss Lucille Love-
land Of Waterloo, Iowa, arrived here to
be united in marriage with Roger La
Due Of this city and found she was only
in time to attend his funeral. The groom
died on the eve of his intended we'd
ding day, and Miss Loveland, the pros
.pective bride, is now Frustrated with
illness.
Minot.-John Zakshewskie, alias
Stupard, 22-year-Old Austrian said to
be wanted in Stanley for failure to
register, as well as for alleged burglary
and resisting an officer, has been ar
rested here. During the first week in
August he fought off a posse in Noun
trail county and escaped with a rifle to
the hills in the southern part of the
county. Upon his arrival here he was
recognized and taken into custody.
Washburn.-From, deep mourning to
high rejoicing is the transition in the
feelings Of the people of Washburn and
vicinity by the news that Private Carl
A. e. Knudts0n, one of its most popu-
lar young men, reported killed in ac-
ton in France on September H. is still
fighting the Hun. The information came