Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-03
Doings of the Week
In North Dakota

typnOlu I6Ver.
Jamestown.-A deal has been closed
whereby the Daily Alert purchases
the mailing list and good will of the
Daily Capitol Jesse Brugster, for.
ner editor of the Capitol, will con.
tinue to conduct that paper as q
weekly.
Fargo.-The North Dakota acreage
of rye is over twice as great this
year as last. according to A. j. Sur.
raft of Grand Forks, field agent OF
the department of agriculture, show.
ing jump in acreage from 1,066,OOO
acres last year. to 2.34O.OOO acres
this year.
Towner.-The Jury in the Martin
Dillman case brought in verdict of
guilty Of manslaughter in the second
degree and the punishment was fixed
at six months in the county Jail.
Dtllman was charged with having
shot and killed VIM. E. Gaffrey at
the Dillman home in Karlsruhe.
Binford.-North Dakota's greatest
and most crying need is more 16O
and 800 acre corn, COW, hog and silo'
owning farmers. declared Charles e.
Connolly of Devils Lake, chairman OF
tho statewide immigration movo
meut, who addressed a large meeting
OF farmers and business men here.
Minot. - Eight thousand dollars
was the award of the jury in the To-
cal district court hearing the case
OF Harold Edwards against the Great
Northern railway. The case accrued
from Great Northern train hitting
Taxi driven by Edwards at level
crossing inside the city limits last
spring.
Carpio.-Carpio was visited by 8
disastrous fire, the fire starting in a
shed in the rear of the Carpio Free
Press, destroying the building and
Newspaper plant Conrad Dahl's pool
room and barber ship. the unoccupiet
restaurant building owned by S. j
Rasmussen and Pixley's two-story
drug store building.
Fargo.-Tle last step in the long
drawn out legal battle originating in
the Cass county court and travelling
to the United States supreme court
which upheld the legality of tle
North Dakota inheritance tax law
was the payment of $9.933.62 over to
the state by States Attorney Arthur
w. Fowler, the executrix of the will
Of the late Martin A. Hagen.
Grand Forks.-Word has reached
here of the death at johannesburg
South Africa. of Consul John Bray, a
former Grand Forks resident. Bray
at one time was local postmaster
county auditor and state auditor.
He was appointed by President Nc.
Kinley. in 1896, as consul to Austria.
liza. He was stationed first at Mel
bourne and then went to Sidney
where he remained for years.
Bowman.-President Wilson has
declared the Bowman postmaster
ship. recently held by Mrs. Lillian
Totten, wife of County Judge E. B.
Totten, vacant. The post pays ST..
300 per annum, and candidates for
the job will be examined at Lennon,
S. D.. San. 8. Under the new civil
service regulations. the successful
candidate may hold the position for
life, unless removed for cause.
Fargo.-The first military funeral
to be held in North Dakota since the
beginning of the war was held here
Wednesday, when the body of Scott
Bredell. member of Company "A,
l6ith U. 8. infantry, Bismarck, who
died at Hoboken, N. j., on Saturday
Of pneumonia was accorded full
military honors. Adjutant Fraser o.
Bismarck came to make all arrange
ments Bredell is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. Bredell, of Hunter.
Parshall.-After having been pinned
under a load of coal from p. m. un
I'll 3 p. m. the following day. Arthul
Koenig, residing east of Parshall
died few hours after having beer
found by Peter Geiger. Koenig wa.
driving home from a local mine witt
a load of coal when the sleigt
slouel:ed from the grade into ditch
overturned, and buried him up to his
nrmmpits. His efforts to liberat.
himself proved fruitless. and for q
hours he was held a prisoner
Fargo.-Mrs. Kate O'Hare has lef
for her home in st. Louis, aftel
making preparations here for appeal
ing her case to the supreme court
Later on. she will go to Florida
where SHE will spend the winter. AT
torney v. r. Lowell, who acted al
Mrs. O'EIare's counsel in the recen
trial. filed appeal bond of $3.50
with Judge Chas. F. Amidon. fedora
district Judge. After filing the bono
Mrs. O'Hare was at liberty to leav
the state, which she did Immediately
Fargo.-The chief clerk of tn
postal mail service here is advised
by the general superintendent o
mails that. because of a scarcity o
sacks. 1t is exceedingly importan
thai he order every sack not in us
in the Fargo postoffice and in othe
offices in this division put back int
service.
Enderwood.-This town has sen
| 40 Young men into the service of tn