Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-08-15

was blown by yeggmen, who came in
an automobile, getting IS In cash and
a few stamps.
Minto.-William Henry Fee, one
OF the old timers here, dropped dead
the other day while walking from one
business house to another.
Casselton.-A kerosene stove fire IL
believed to have started the flames
that destroyed the Dignin Sisters mil.
linery store here with heavy loss. .
Fort Yates.-Ed. Sager, q home
steader residing eight miles west of
Fort Yates, died twenty.four hours
after being kicked by a vicious horse.
Esmond.-Mike Krebsbach's pool
hall was broken into and about 500 in
money of small denominations taken.
Entrance was gained thru the rear
window.
Van Hook-The Van Hook Home
Guard company has been accepted for
admission in the North Dakota state
militia and has been designated Com.
pany No. 81.
Wilton.-Members of the Wilton 10.
cal Of the United Mine Workers of
America are doing their bit in the
fields. Each evening the miners have
been spending several hours working
on nearby farms.
Jamestown.-Death has removed an
other North Dakota pioneer at James
town in the passing of C. j. Warren,
who came to the state in territorial
days. In 1882 he filed on homestead,
which Is still in the family.
Fort Yates.-Edmund Manydeeds,
George Molash, Paul White Lightning,
Henry One Feather and Ben Bald
Head are among the genuine Ameri-
cans whom Sioux county has contrib
uted to Camp Custer, Mich.
Jamestown.-A German prisoner re.
Gently captured by the American SOL
diers asked his captors, do the Ger
mans still hold Chicago" according
to letter written from France by
Walter Plunkett of this city.
Fargo.-W. E. McEwen of Duluth,
former secretary of the Minnesota
Federation of Labor and present post
master of Duluth, is announced as one
of the principal speakers at the dedi-
cation of the Labor temple in Fargo
on Labor day, Sept. 2.
Milnor.-The second lightning IA
tality of the year in North Dakota
was recorded here when Cyril, the
13-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. 3. w.
Ryan, five miles south of town, was
struck and instantly killed during q
heavy electrical storm.
Grand Forks.-Just 100 days from
the day he was indicted into service
in Grand Forks, Martin Sanders of
Mekinock, this county, was killed in
action in France, according to official
advices received by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sanders.
Fargo.-The federal campaign for
greater use of cottage cheese has re-
suited in the manufacture and use in
North Dakota Of about $4,000 pounds
of that food product in three months,
according to Mrs. A. P. Hollis of Far.
go. who is in charge of the campaign.
Dickey.-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahl
have returned from jamestown with
their infant son, who had peanut re-
moved from his lung in the James
town hospital. The obstruction lodged
in the baby's windpipe while he was
eating and it was then drawn into
the lung.
Mayville.-Fire destroyed the May
vile opera house and an adjoining
building in which were located pool
hall, restaurant and bowling alley.
The opera house was total loss while
the contents of the other building
were also completely destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, fairly well
covered by insurance.
Minot-The 500 passenger depot
here will be closed and all the rail-
way passenger business of the COM
pany will be conducted at the Great
Northern depot: 500 trains will stop
at the 500 depot, but tickets must be
secured at the Great Northern. It
is not known when the change will
take place. but It is expected to be
soon.
Suitcase liquor traffic.
between the Twin Cities and Bismarck
was severely arraigned by Federal
Judge Amidon here, when he fined
Frank Kunz Of Bismarck $1,000 and
sentenced him to six months in the
county jail. Kunz was convicted of
bringing fifty-eight quarts of whisky
from the Twin Cities, as plumbers
supplies
} Minot.-A complete still was I'm.
earthed by local officers on farm
two miles from Minot. A we'll in the
basement led to subterranean tun
mel and that to a large underground
room, where operations were carried
on. Two barrels and several kegs OF
raw liquor we're found, in addition to
other material which was in process
of ripening. Kelly Huley was arrest
ed.
Bismarck. State Treasurer John
Steen has just published his quarterly
report to the governor, showing the
balance to the credit of various funds
the average daily balance carried in
the different state repositories and
the interest on such balances during
the quarter ending June 80. The re-
port also indicates the amount of the
bonds furnished by the various banks,