Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-26

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\ News in Brief
| Casselton.-Dr. A. A. Walker, pio-
neer veterinarian of this city, is dead.
| FargO.-Influenza cases are again
growing notably less here and in
various parts Of the state.
Pettibone.-"Dad" Brown, well
known pioneer resident here, suicided
by shooting few days ago.
Fargo.-A dragnet set for petty
liquor-dispensing. offenders brought in
q dozen alleged infractors Of the law.
Grand Forks.-Local officials threat
en- to arrest autoists who begin driving
their cars after January without the
new license tags affixed.
Benedict.-A Good Roads association
with headquarters at this point is
projecting the perfection Of motor
truck line between MinOt and Wash
burn.
Mandan.-The selection Of Carson
as the county seat Of Grant county is
contested in an action filed in the
courts by G. w. Bleick Of Elgia a few
days ago.
Fargo.-The case Of Mrs. Kate
Richards O'Hare, under conviction for
alleged seditious. utterances made at
Bowman, is to be appealed to the
United States supreme court.
Mandan.-A stock selling campaign
Is to be launched, it ID said, for the
promotion Of Manning, Mandan and
Freda. railroad, connecting points north
and south of the Northern Pacific main
line.
Jamestown.-A cameo ring, stolen
from him 80 years ago, has just been
returned anonymously to Frank
Brown, a pioneer Of this city, with a
typewriter note reading, "God bless
those who forgive"
Mandan.-Captain L. B. Hanna,
North Dakota's former governor, re-
Gently returned from Red Cross work
in France, was. the guest of honor at
a testimonial banquet given by the
commercial club here a few nights
ago.
Fargo.-A. "A. Trovaten, former
Fargoan, is obtaining attention in
Minnesota to proposition to require
gasoline dealers everywhere to register
autos by factory and engine number
as means Of detecting stolen ma
chimes.
Bismarck.-The arrest Of f. G. Tur
ner, prominent ranchman Of Sioux
county, on the charge of seattle rust
ling" brings up "reminiscences Of the
frontier days to those who remember
the various real and alleged activities
Of those times.
Fargo.-Wild Rice, small village II
this county, was said to have had 54(
memberships to the Red Cross paid w
for 1919 early in the drive last week
There are just $40 men, women ant
children in the Wild Rice district
making 100 per cent efficient cam
paign.
4 LaMoure-A government hospita
for the treatment Of the dreaded ey'
disease, trachoma, has been estab
lished here-the seventh Of its kind II
the country and the only one west o
the Mississippi river, it is said. DR.
G. e. Downes is the physician ii
charge.
Fargo.-The 1919 show Of the Nortl
Dakota State Poultry association will
be held at the armory here January L
to II, the dates being nearly the sam
as for the Tri-State Stock and Grail
Growers association meeting, whicl
opens January IA, continuing to tn
18th.
Fago.-A clever burglar made ava,
with $1,3S1 Of diamond rings, wris
watches and other jewelry. by breaking
\ the show window of local store ut al
early morning hour, just as passin
train deadened the noise made by hi
method of gaining access to the Gov
eted wares.
New England.-Joe Arnold, who
with his wife and three children, wa
recently found dead from influenza II
their home in the outskirts of Buffalo
N. T., was former, resident here
| where he gained considerable notoriet
through the charge Of having burne
soldiers pictures left with him 70
framing.
Valley City.-Private George Hol7
man of this city was awarded the dis
tinguished service cross for extraol
binary heroism in action at Gesnes
France, a month before the close O
the war. His bravery vas shown i
] carrying messages repeatedly throug
heavily shelled area in which eigh
other soldiers were wounded or killed
Fargo.-The sale Of Red river ic
on coupons calling for Detroit lake ic
is charged against local compan
according to statements appear
ing in one Of the newspapers here
Local health officers and the feders
food administrator for tie state cal
attention to the fact that the river ic
4 is impure and therefore dangerous 70
2 use.
Z Fargo.-The x M. g. A. Of this cit
8 Is staging a sharp drive for PAS ne,
members to replace that number er
gagged. in war work of various kind,