Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-31


reported the death of Private Will.
lam w. Whalen, 610 Demers ave..
Grand Forks, N. D.. of pneumonia.
Minot. - Chester Oscargard, II
years old, was seriously injured here
when he fell from ski slide on tao
outskirts of the city. The boy sus-
tanned fracture of the hip.
Grand Forks.-Founders day will be
celebrated at thu University of North
Dakota on Feb. %. The days serv.
ices will be marked by the raising of
service flag on which will be $50
stars.
Rolla.-George w. Pow, cashier of
the First National bank of Rolla for
Is years, is dead at Chronicle, Ala,
where he located in 1915, when i'll
health forced his retirement from the
bank here.
Bismarck. - The Farmers Grain
Dealers association has made plans
for its annual convention to be held
in Bismarck on March 5, and z. 1t
is expected that this convention will
be one of the best in the history OF
the association.
Antler.-R. A. Brown of Antler has
been arrested for passing a worth
less check on one or the Minot bust
ness houses. Brown had some mer.
chandise shipped him and sent a
check for $40 to cover the bill The
check was returned for insufficient
funds and Brown, when appealed to
tn ks,I- nj.
his arrest.
Grand Forks.-R. D. Hickman has
resigned as secretary of the Mer.
chants association of Grand Forks
and East Grand Forks to accept an
other position. Francis McKernan,
who has conducted the Crookston
Credit bureau for some time, took
over the entire credit business of the
local association.
Bismarck. - North Dakota is now
bonding through it's insurance de.
partment one or more officers in one.
third of the counties of the state.
Altogether 1877 state bonds have been
issued county officials, the surety
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 in the
case Of the common run of county
officers to $4,000 for county treasur.
ers in all except the very small and
new counties. Township and school
officer bonds will not be issued to any
extent, it is anticipated, until after
the March elections.
Flrgo.-At a meeting of the state
board of regents DIR. Thomas F. Kane,
president of Olivet college, Olivet,
Mich, was elected president of the
University of North Dakota and G. w.
Randlett, head of the extension de.
partment of the school of agriculture
at Bookings, S. D., was elected head
of the extension department of the
North Dakota Agricultural college
here to succeed Thomas Cooper, re.
signed. DR.. Kane formerly was presi.
dent of the University of Washingtno.
Fargo.-Lloyd Junkin of Moorhead,
arrested with three others for al
legged participation in series of All.
tomobile tire thefts, has made an.
other alleged confession, duplicating
himself in still a new tire theft, &C.
cording to Fargo police. Junkin and
his pals have all been held for trial.
Bismarck. Several thousand cop
les of two interesting pamphlets writ
ten in German by DR.. Alfred G. Koe.
Mig Of the University Of Minnesota
have been received by Chairman
Marks Of the Burleigh County Ret.
Cross Chapter for distribution among
the German-speaking people of this
district. DR.. Koenig recently toured
North Dakota making patriotic ad-
dresses in his mother tongue, and he
is believed to have accomplished
much good. His circulars are enti-
tied "Amerika, das Land unferer
Wahl" and "Amerika, i'm Weltkrieg."
and they are issued through the state
headquarters Of the Red Cross at
| Fargo.
Jamestown.-Th jamestown city
| police have discovered the person
owning the key of whisky found Sc
curely packed in trunk at the North
ern Pacific depot here and he was
sentenced to 80 days in jail at hard
labor and fined 5000 and costs. The
A.aA udAl0 ~ LOul6 DuAlCld duU u0
claims to have been employed as fire.
man on a steam shovel.
Minot. - Charles Palda, the eldest
son of Judge and Mrs. L. ]. Palda.
has enlisted in the United States avi-
alton corps, and went from Minneap.
oils, where he has been attending the
university, to st. Louis for the exam
nation.
Grand FOrks.-The directors of the
Commercial club adopted resolutions
to the effect that congress organize
thoroughly responsible publicity bu-
reau, whose duty it shall be to keep
the press of the country thoroughly
informed as regards war.
Marmarth. u Fire of unknown orr.
gin here destroyed the First National
bank, Carter's general merchandise
store, q barber shop and a poollall.
A half block was burned over and
the loss is $4,000. About 20 per cent
Of the loss is covered by insurance.
Jamestown - LYMAN c. Crum n