Sioux County pioneer., 1918-04-18

Lanson.-Mr. and Mrs John Norby
OF this place have lost two children
by death within month.
Bismarck.-The state will start
condemnation proceedings to obtain
ground for the new Dickinson normal
school.
Grand Forks.-The state board OF
nurse examiners will hold their sem,-
annual examination for registration of
nurses here May 2 and 8.
Devils Lake.-Noonan consolidated
school is closed for two weeks
vacation in order to allow the older
children to assist their parents during
seeding.
Gachle.-Solomn Miller was thrown
from his wagon while unloading coal
In the railway yards, his horses be-
coming unmanageable, and received a
broken leg.
Dunn Center.-The Dunn Center
Red Cross chapter has for sale to be
put up at auction quarter section
farm, town lot, stallion and big
load Of poles.
Dickinson.-Mrs. Grace Hoffman,
owner Of the Dickinson Candy shop,
has been robbed of diamonds to- the
value of $1,000. No clue to the thief
has been obtained.
Grand Forks.-Prof E. A. Moses OF
Albany, Ore. will arrive in Grand
Forks on May to become municipal
bandmaster and instructor of banu
music in the public schools.
Anamoose.-G. A. Ebbert has been
appointed general in charge of the
boys thrift brigade which was organ.
fzed here. Twenty-six boys from the
ages of 6 to IA years have enrolled.
! Observation-Disclosures young ladies
have raised third Of the mile OF
pennies they set out to gather, or
$247.63. The work is still going on
and they will have their mile some
day, they say.
Langdon.-As means of aiding the
sale of War Savings stamps IN Cav
aiier county, the Langdon Commercial
club has offered a 800 Liberty bond
to the rural school that buys the most
savings stamps between now and Jan.
1, 1919.
Mott.-A. B. Cooke has become the
county agent of Adams county to fill
the vacancy left by the resignation of
Ray d. I.aflin. Mr.. Cooke will also
have chrage Of Bowman county and
will make his headquarters at Het-
finger.
Grand Forks.--Green Freeman, COL
ored, admitted to the state asylum at
jamestown June 10, 1906, escaped on
March 26, last, and has not been To-
Gated, according to word received by
L. X. Hassell, county Judge for Grand
Forks county
Fargo.-Leo S. Horst, Nonpartis.
an league speaker arrested here charg-
ed with violation of the espionage. act,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner w. C. Green and was
bound over to the federal grand Jury.
Bail Of $1,000 was furnished. The
government alleges that Horst, in h
speech at Towner. N. D., made sedi.
tious statements.
Dickinson.-The federal reserve
board at Minneapolis has written to
President T. H. Pugh of the Dickin-
son school board 1t is the wish of the
federal board that the Dickinson
school board refrain from putting on
the market a $4,000 bond issue for
the purpose of erecting school buila-
ing at this time but wait until after
the war so as not to hamper he gov.
ernment's financing.
Bismarck. $4,000 bonds, the
second largest consignment of Liber.
ty loan paper received in Bismarck,
were delivered to State Treasurer ].
Steen to be deposited to the credit of
the North Dakota Teachers retire.
ment and pension fund. The trustees
Of this fund voted to invest 500, 600
in the Second Liberty loan. Their
quota was cut down to $4,000. The
board recently elected to invest $780,.
900 more of the teachers fund in the
third Liberty loan.
MISUNDERSTANDING has new
band, which made It's first appearance
to give the select service men a
sendoff. Fred Arason is the leader.
Bismarck.-April 25 has been set
by the state land commissioner as the
date for the leasing Of school lands
in Grant county, which have not al
ready been taken. The leasing will
take place at the county court house
in Carson. and the minimum renta.
per quarter will be SIS with fee OF
So for the issuing of the lease.
Fargo-An immediate survey is to
be made in North Dakota to determine
the available supplies of flour and
flour substitutes now on hand in the
state. This survey will include the
amounts in the hands of the millers,
the merchants and the people, it is
announced by E. F. Ladd, federal
food administrator, In addition the
merchants of the state will be asked
to keep a record of every sale of
wheat flour, flour substitutes and
sugar. Cards are being distributed
and samples of these will be furnish
ed to the merchants on which indi.
vidual sale records must be kept and
the cards returned to the food ad.