Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-26
Schafer.-Many thousand acres Of
late flax was damaged or killed In this

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Hamilton.-A gasoline explosion re-
suited fatally to Miss Myrtle Menzies,
assistant cashier of the local bank.
Carrington.-North Dakota Congre-
gationalists are meeting in annual con-
ference in this city this week, and have
u three-day program of excellent i'd
dresses.
Williston.-The Red Cross Of Will
liams county started a shipment Of A.
1926 pairs of socks In transit for use
overseas few days ago. The consign-
ment was the product of three months
work.
Fargo.-The sixth biennial report of
the North Dakota state soil and geo.
logical survey is now ready for distri-
button, according to announcement
made by the compiler, DR.. Herbert A.
Hard of this city.
Beach.-Capt. Charles I. Cook of
Company NJ, originally Of the North
Dakota Second regiment, has been in
valided home with an honorable dis
charge after several months Of active
service in France. {
O0AhOoIOWu." Uul4uluSS except
the house on the farm of District
Judge j. A. Coffee. in the northern
part Of this county, were destroyed by
fire which is believed to have been
started accidentally by men sleepinap
in the barn.
Underwood.-Miss Edna Rust,
local young woman, has received a
OnC ne1y {,,A1
relic from an American soldier ut
Chateau Thierry. The exhibit is an
unusual one and is attracting much
local interest.
Fargo.-Eight hundred regular serv-
ice men will be called from North Da-
kota for training at Camp Grant not
later than October 16, according to q
recent announcement received here
from the provost marshal generals Of
flee at Washington.
Fargo.-An order issued some time
ago requiring the consolidation of
cream buying stations has been sus-
pended from operation, and will be
superseded by uniform system of
control, embodting several northwest
ern states, which will be worked out
by the national food administration.
Grafton.-A number of threshing
machines in the western part of Walsh
county are reported to have been
badly damaged by acts Of sabotage
perpetrated, it is believed, by /. w. w.
members and agitators operating
among the employed men on the
farms. Exact clues, however, have not
yet been obtained.
Bismarck.-North Dakota's contribu-
ton to the governments new man.
power levy is 84,S69 whites and 100
colored men, according to the compila-
ton Of figures given out by Adjutant
General Fraser. The registrants are
classified as follows: Citizens, "a, 485;
declarants, 5,59S; aliens, 5,665; total
whites, S4,S69; total colored, 100; total
registration, 85,712.
/ WillistOn.-Farmers and business
men at this point have organized
local community club and subscribed
81 200 for stock towards making the
new movement success. Local de-
velopment, the establishment of COM
munity center, and better UNDER
standing between men Of the city and
the farms are among the purposes
sought to be advanced by the club.
Hettinger.-A campaign against go
piers is being organized by farm
authorities, in which it is expected that
every county in this section of the
state will participate. Heretofore,
campaigns against gophers and prairie
dogs have been confined largely to the
spring season, but the fall effort has
been decided upon this year as supple
menting what had been done earlier
and making the work Immediately eff
fective.
Fargo.-City Engineer Frank L. An
ders has been granted an indefinite
leave Of absence from his. officim
duties here in order that he may enter
upon his duties as captain in the en-
gineer corps of the United States army
at Camp Dodge. The city commission
recently passed resolutions to the eff
feet that it had no employees whom it
would deem indispensable in case their
services were needed by the govern
ment.
Bismarck.-John A. Flow, the Bis
marck man who recently Joined his
three sons in the service of Uncle Sam,
taking advantage Of the provision let
ting in men past the age of 45, writes
from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, that in
stead Of being used as a musician he
has been called upon to serve as ex-
pert harnessmaker and saddler. Mr..
Flow is much pleased with the change,
as he believes it will offer him an OPP
portunity to see active service in
France within short time.
Bismarck.-The freight car shortage
is already becoming acute in this
state since demands have become gen.
eral for cars for shipment of grain,
and many calls are being made upon
the state railway commission to
straighten out the tangle and secure
for each community its needed quota
Of cars. A conference has been asked for
by rail commissioners of several lead