Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-16

| HillsbOrO. - The HillsbOrU Boy
Scouts subscribed over $1,000 in LIB.
erty Bonds and War Saving certi6.
Gates.
Crosby.-W. II. Ware. former own
er and editor OF the Crosby Review,
is dead after nearly three years in
validism.
Tower City.-Tower City is to Gel.
citrate the Fourth of July. The ar
rangements are being made by the
Commercial Club.
Portland.-Prof. S. w. Siljan of the
Portland public schools has enlisted
in tho hospital reserve corps, and al
ready left for camp.
Lawton.-I4awton will observe Me.
mortal day with the unwilling and
dedication of a service flag to the
boys from Lawton now In the army.
Observation-Disclosures OF private
car line taxes in North Dakota by
the state auditors office totaled &c.,
944.99 on May 1, according to State
Auditor Kositzky.
Leonard.-"Shad" Seger, Leonard
pioneer. took his own life when he
hung himself in the basement of his
new home. Dependency Is given as
the reason for the suicide.
Grand Forks.-The thirteenth an
nual meeting and clinic Of the North
Dakota State Dental association will
be held in the auditorium here Tues.
day and Wednesday. May 81 and o.
Gwinner.-The electric light plant
here Is to be housed in new build
ing this summer. Street lights have
been discontinued owing to a dis
agreement between the city dads and
the company.
Tolley.-A series of storms swept:
this section destroying several barns;
and small buildings. No one was hurt.
An automobile party near Mohall was;
compelled to abandon the machine and
lie in the road until the storm passed.
Belfield.-Andrew A. Miller, ar.
rested several weeks ago on com.
plant of Ed. Josucks, charging the;
illegal killing of cattle, and acquitted
III Justice REMARKS court at Me.
dora. has been rearrested on a sim.
liar charge.
Carrington.-It is difficult to con.
vince the Darlington board of edu.
cation there is teacher-famine. There
were sixty applicants for the position
of superintendent. when the present
official was granted a years absence
for war work. :.
Cannonball.-The famous Cannon.
ball ranch. long one of the wild and
woolly show places of the west, will be
the scene of real "By Heck" party
given for the benefit Of the Cannon.
ball Red Cross chapter, May Is, by
c. r. Wilcox and Miss Lucille Van
Solen.
Ellendale.-Carl Weis, Jr., and John
Miller were seriously injured when an
oxygen container with which they
were working exploded. Mr.. VETS
lost his right leg and Mr.. Miller sus.
tanned broken leg. The men were
taken to a hospital at Aberdeen for
treatment.
La Moure.-H. r. 8. Diesem, one
of the publishers of the La Moure
Chronicle has Joined the fighting
forces of the United States. Mr.. Die.
sem has been engaged I'M newspaper
work in the state for the past several
years and is we'll known among the
North Dakota editors.
Grand Forks-Grand and Sioux
counties are planning to cooperate in
the construction of a wooden bridge
over the Cannonball river here. The
matter will be definitely settled at
the next meeting of the Grand coun-
ty commissioners, Sioux county al.
ready having agreed on terms.
Bismarck.-Governor Frazier has
announced the appointment of o. T.
Haakenson of Towner to be chief as
sistant fire marshal. succeeding VIII.
liam Olson of Valley City. who re-
signed. Haakenson is a we'll known
Townleyite, who was a clerk in the
house during the last regular session.
Snowden.-Leo Biladeau of Balm.
Vile tried to board freight train
near here when he slipped and fell,
with the result that both legs were
cut off. He. lay beside the track for
several hours before he was picked
up by "a crew from a passing train.
He died before reaching the Willis
ton hospital
Crosby.-One Of the most disas.
trous fires in the history of Crosby
destroyed the building occupied by
the Crosby Light and Power com.
pany. and the Crosby Auto company,
consumed 1S automobiles, wrecked
the light plant. and left the village in
darkness. The Home Guard was at
once called into action to patrol the
city at night until the light system
can be restored
misunderstanding attention to the
fact that coal shortage next winter
Is inevitable and that unless the Zig
mite mines of North Dakota are en-.
abled to maintain their production tc
full capacity throughout the summer
months, not only Minnesota and South
Dakota may repeat their unpleasant
experience Of last winter. but thai