Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-02


Of H. c. Kendall. publisher of the
Granville Herald, died At q local hos
pital.
Mayville.-The summer school at
the Mayville normal will open Mon
day. July l. and close Wednesday.
August z.
Bowman.-Bowman county's Lib
erty Loan quota went over the top
with 300 per cent Of tho assigned
quota in less than a weeks time.
Ray.-Thrown under an automobile
while playing in the street, Chauncey
Custer and Harold White crawled out
from under the machine only slightly
bruised.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES school children
will go into the war garden business
this season on an extensive scale,
under the direction of Prof. C. j. M.
Nelson, superintendent.
Bottineau.-Plans for the new Bot
tineau high school building have been
accepted and work has been in prog
ress several days of tearing down
what remains Of the old structure.
Mathematician county subscrib-
ed 100000 to the third Liberty Loan,
exceeding its quota of $4,000 by
$115,000, according to reports from
j. P. Lamb, chairman Of the county.
Observation-Disclosures, the new
inland town situated about Is miles
west Of Killdeer and deriving its
name from Mayor ]. F. MILESTONE of
Killdeer, is becoming a real cream
center. Cream from 100 cows will be
hauled here three times week and
delivered to the railroad by auto
trucks.
Devils Lake.-Checking up incom-
plete returns, Chairman J.. M. Kelly
for the third Liberty Loan drive in
Ramsey county, reported an over
subscription of $4,000. The county
was allotted 100000 and has already
subscribed $4,000. It will easily
reach 100000 before time limit is
reached.
Fargo.-Fgures announced at the
Office Of the Cass county executive
committee of the third Liberty Loan
by T. D. Hughes, chairman, and F.
w. McRoberts, secretary, show that
to date Cass county oversubscribed
its allotment of 100000 for the rural
districts >561a per cent. The total
amounted to $626,250.
Bismarck.-Lora G. Little, field
agent for the medical Freedom league,
charged with the violation of Section
I 3 Of the espionage act in distributing
literature attacking compulsory vac
cination in the army, waived examina.
ton before U. s. Commissioner Fort
and will appear before the federal
grand jury at its next session.
Bismarck.-The state board of con-
troll is making it's annual survey of
the capital street railway, a mile
and a quarter Of track, trolley poles.
conductor wire, rails, spikes and cars,
which constitute North Dakota's only
state-owned public utility. The car
line is in need Of repairs, else Con-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mo-
torman O'Connor fears the car may
take q notion to leave the tracks. and
go wandering away over the prairie.
Fargo.-Mothers' day in North Da-
kota will take on more significance
this year than at any time since its
Inauguration. Honoring mothers of
their memory through some distinct
act Of kindness q visit, q letter or
the wearing Of white carnation-
are the marks Of Mothers day OBJ
servance which has ben widely adopt
ed in North and South America, Eng
land. Europe and in Australia. May
IL, the second Sunday in May, has
been officially designated as Mothers
day.
Fargo-Carleton R. Ball, member
Of the United States department. Of
agriculture, has been elected director
Of the North Dakota experiment sta
ton to succeed DIR. L. Van Els, direc-
tor since the resignation Of Thomas
Cooper early in the year. A. F..
Schalk. assistant to DR.. Van Els in
the school of veterinary science Of
the college, was elected head of the
school, succeeding DR.. Van Els in
charge, the resignation of the latter
from the two offices being accepted.
Fargo.-While the assistant states
attorney was making arrangements
for her trial in the Cass county dis
trict court, Mrs. Jeanette German
returned to the state from Mime
apolis to answer to the charge Of
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, and entered a plea of guilty
and was sentenced 10 serve SIX
months in the county Jail. Mrs. Cor
man passed number of worthless
checks on Fargo merchants during
one busy afternoon Of the holiday
season last year.
i .Bismarck.-The board Of regents
will hold formal meeting at Fargo
on May z, when a number of i'm
portant matters are to be considered.
The board has accepted the resigna-
ton of acting president Steele of the
Minot normal, to take immediate eff