Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-11

the Red Cross room at Milton and
stole SO from a pocketbook belonging
to one of the workers.
Harvey.--Capt. George Crawford Of
this city is now STAFF officer on Gen.
Atterbury's staff, who is director gem
eral OF transportation in France.
Backoo-Backoo has a new inde.
pendent rural telephone system owned
by the farmers Of the district. The
system fs in fine working order and is
connected with the long distance.
Bismarck.-Organizat of Ma
tional Wheat Growers association, to
maintain a permanent lobby at Wash.
ington, Is being considered at various
meetings throughout North Dakota.
Fargo.-Father j. G. George, asso-
ciate priest at st. Mary's cathedral,
has been placed in charge of the Cath.
ole parish at Napoleon, N. D., and
left Fargo. He had been in Fargo five
years.
Sherwood.-A we'll has been struck
II miles north of here with flow so
strong that 1t has got beyond control
and is flooding the entire country.
The farm has been transferred into a
lake nine feet deep.
Manning.-There is a move on foot
to consolidate the home guard com.
panies of Manning, Emerson and Fay.
cite, thereby making the consolidated
organization the largest of its kind in
that part of the state.
Hampden.-The Hampden Farmers'
Elevator company has closed deal
for the Northland elevator at that
point and the Northland people have
bought the Alsen Grain company's
elevator at the same place.
New Rockford.-A New Rockford
contractor, finding 1t impossible to
hire men laborers, has employed
crew of women laborers on school
house contract he is finishing. The
fair sex have donned overalls and
have proved to be willing and steady
laborers.
Devils Lake.-Jesse Hoksins, Sioux
Indian soldier, returned to his home
on the Fort Totten reservation near
here. invaded home from Camp
Greene, N. c., where, while engaged
in gas practice he accidentally
dropped the mouthpiece of his gas
mask and was severely gassed.
Grand Forks.-Classes for 1874 draft
men in the army vocational training
school at the University of Nerth Da-
kota have been commenced, under
staff of supervisors and assistants. In
struction is along mechanical lines.
The men are being quartered in the
university gymnasium, and are getting
their meals at the university COM
mons.
Hazelton. States Attorney Scott
Cameron and Attorney General Will
liam LANCER have Joined in petition
court, asking that grand jury be
called to inquire into the rioting that
resulted in the killing of Mrs. E. L.
Perras, for which E. Pennington IL
accused of murder, and in connection
with which several others are being
held by authorities for riot.
Fargo. - Announcement has been
made from the offices of the state fair
that 5000 in purses have been offered
by the management for special Ford
races to be held on the opening day,
July Is. Entries will require SIS fee,
and will be closed on the 18th. There
will be two events, one of four and
one of five miles, and the contests are
open to any Ford owner who is q
North Dakotan and over q years old.
Williston.-Three Williston men are
under arrest for importing liquor into
North Dakota. The sheriff met them
on the road from Montana in an auto
mobile. The load looked rather pecu-
liar, so the sheriff Investigated and
found the following contraband: Two
kegs Of whiskey, one barrel of beer
and gallon of whiskey in a separate
container. The men are now awaiting
the action Of the federal government.
Fargo.-Reports reaching the state
War Savings stamp campaign head
quarters here indicate that North Da-
kota is within $3<0OO.O00 of its $751;
00,O400 quota, 1t is announced. Thirty
of So counties have reported total of
$5,3O0,0O0, twenty of which have
reached or exceeded their apportion-
ments. All other counties are from
so to 80 per cent subscribed, which
brings the total to more than 100000
900.
Bismarck.-In order to provide
means of transporting hay from the
Standing Rock reservation to points
in North Dakota where 1t is usually
badly needed, the State Council of
Defense has had under discussion the
advisability of building 30 miles of
railway from Cannonball to Fort Yates
as war measure. The project would
be financed by floating bonds, accord
ing to plans laid before the defense
council.
Fargo.-Announcem is made by
the Union Light, Heat & Power com.
pany of an increase in rates for cleo.
tricity of 81 per cent and an increase
in rates for gas of $685. per cent. The
new rate for electricity is IL cents a
kilowat, and the new rate on gas ID
81 per 1000 cubic feet. The company
supplies Fargo with electricity and
gas and supplies Moorhead with gas.