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

Fargo.-W. G. Crocker has been ap-
pointed sugar administrator for North
Dakota by DR.. E. F. Ladd. Federal
food administrator. Mr.. Crocker is a
pioneer North Dakota schoolman and
publisher.
Bismarck.-Dr. F. w. Smith, who
recently resigned his post as presi-
dent of the North Dakota school of
forestry, has accepted a position with
the South Dakota normal school at
Aberdeen.
Devils Lake.-Peter Timboe, chief
of police, was knocked unconscious
for two hours by a bolt of lightning
that hit the city hail. He is suffer-
ing no i'll effects. The building was
only slightly damaged.
Fargo.-Mrs. Julia d. Nelson, for
the twentieth time, has been elected
president of the Fargo Scandinavian
w. G. T. U. local, and is now the old
est officer in point of service in the
local unions in the state.
Fargo.-The North Dakota agricul-
tural college has been designated by
the department of war as a perma.
nent training camp for the duration
of war. Barracks, to accommodate 300
men, will be constructed Immediately.
Fargo. = Business conditions in
North Dakota, as reflected by Fargo
bank clearings for July, show a big
improvement over 1917. The 1918
July clearings, announced today, are
$S,435, 051. 90, while the 1917 July clear
ings were $6,S64,415.71.
Knox.-D. H. Upland, cashier of the
Security State bank, recently closed
by the state bank examiner, furnished
$500 bond for his release pending a
hearing on the charge of falsifying the
bank records. He was arrested on his
return to Knox from st. Paul.
Fargo.-Fifty North Dakota men
are already in the Y. M. C. A. service
and Is others have made applications,
Many of the North Dakotans who al.
ready have been accepted have gone
overseas. It is expected that the state
will have supplied about $50 men by
January 1.
Fort Yates.-The rye harvest on the
Indian reservation at Fort Yates is
practically completed, and indications
are that the yield will greatly exceed
May and June estimates. Crops in
general in that district promise to
yield. far better than the average
which is reported to be always high
jamestown. = Gasoline prices in
Jamestown are quoted from to s
cents higher than they are in Fargo
Jamestown autoists, who for some
years have been forced to pay more
than the small surrounding towns
charge, have started an investigation
and it is stated in certain quarters
that the exorbitant price is due to
lack Of competition.
M1not-"Because some gutter goes
to Wall street and sells his Liberty
bonds at IS or below par, does that
make your investment worth less? No
my friends, Uncle SANS bond is still
at par" declared William G. McAdoo
secretary of the treasury, in fifteen
minute talk here.i The secretary, &C
companied by Mrs. McAdoo, was en-
route to Washington from Glacier
Park, where he had spent brief vaca
ton.
Fargo.-More women are operating
grain binders in the harvest fields OF
North Dakota this year than ever be
fore. and they are making good, &C
cording to reports from various sec
lions of the state. The shortage OF
male labor is quite keen, and women
| are rapidly filling their places in many
respects. The United States employ
ment bureau in Fargo now is sending
out about 200 men a day, with 81 q
day as the average wage for harves
tiers.
Bismarck.-The department of the
interior has ordered the reopening OF
the Bismarck Indian school, closed
last year for lack Of help for the first
OF September. Resident Superintend
ent R. /. Thompson has arrived to
take charge Of the institution. ]
Howard Caldwell, who had been IN
charge. will continue his connection
with the school as clerk. Mr.. Thomp
son comes from Keshena. Wis, where
he was principal of government In
dian school.
Sheldon.-Cattle rustlers are oper
ating in the hill district southeast Of
Sheldon, with the result that several
farmers have sustained heavy losses
officials here have been advised. 1t IL
believed that the rustlers use auto
mobiles In their work and their dep
relations have 80 far been quite ex
tensive. Cattle rustling has also beer
reported from western North Dakots
recently, and local vigilance commit
tees have been organized to trace the
operators.
Bismarck-Although rain fell or
seven days during July in amount.
ranging from .05 to Sc of an inch
the month closed with moisture def
cit for July Of ..05 of an inch. and witt
an accumulated deficiency for the yea1
Of 1854 inches. The July rainfall wa.
we'll ahead of that in 1917, when thu
total for the month was 1.55. The
mean temperature for the month wa.
6S. two degrees below normal. TIL.
highest temperature was 81, on Jul,
81. and the lowest "A, on July 20.
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