Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-09-12
Facts About the
Flickertal State

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS entered local
department store and carried Off If
teen bolts of silk, valued at $500.
Fargo.-LOcal building permits have
now been issued in this city in the sum
of $7S2.OOO so fur during the year 1918.
Bottineau.-Otto Corbin, a ten-year-
old boy of this city, was fatally in
jured in binder accident near here.
Langdon.-A meeting has been held
in. this city to plan means for the
unification of church congregations for
theiperiod of the war.
AmidOn.-A1iss Inanda Dalhaug of
this place is dead as result of an
accident in which the auto in which
she was riding was overturned.
Casselton.-The opera house block
In this city was totally destroyed by
fire, entailing loss of $125,OOO. Sew
eral stores were located on the ground
floor.
Observation-Disclosures in this city
have withdrawn u demand recently
made for IN increase of service prices
to fifty cents for haircuts and twenty
five cents for shaves.
Havana.-Henry Weber, aged 48, a
pool room proprietor in this city, has
the record Of 68 pairs Of socks knitted
for the Red Cross work, and is be-
lieved to be the champion male knitter
Of the state.
Wahpeton.-This city has adopted a
resolution permitting the Ottertail
Power Company to increase its rates
In excess of the rate permitted by the
city charter under which the company
Is operating.
Btsmarck.-Republican and Demo-
cratic state central committees, meet
ing here under the provisions of the
state law, have named, respectively,
William Lemke of Fargo and w. f..
Byerly Of Velva as chairmen Of the
two organizations.
Jamestown.-AIrs.T T. A. Weston, a
former Stutsman county resident, has
offered for sale quarter section Of
hand near Ypsilanti, the proceeds of
which are to go to the Red Cross, Y.
NJ. @. A. and other war work.
FargO.-The North Dakota Retail
Merchants association has been elect
ed to membership in the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the United States, &C.
cording to an announcement just made
by Secretary w. A. Donnelly Of the
former organization.
LaMoure.-Private Homer Ayler,
formerly of this city and now serving
In France, writes his mother here that
he killed one Boche and captured
fifteen, and though wounded he is very
happy ut having been able to do some
real effective work in the
Grand Professionalism Il of long
distance service on two competing
telephone lines has recent.y-reen Ell
fected here, with an eventual CONSOLE
dation of the two properties in pros
pect ut some future date in the inter-
ests of more efficient service.
Bismarck.-With hail losses reported
from 81 counties the state insurance
department estimates the total loss for
1918 Mt about $4,000, while the whole
amount paid into the state hail insur-
ance fund is $1s,s39.45. This will per-
NIT the adjustment of losses on a basis
Of about SIS per cent.
Fargo.-The colleges of North Da-
kota are to have Students Army
Training Corps under plan drawn by
the American Council on Education in
cooperation with the War Depart
ment. President Thomas F. Kane Of
the State University of Grand Forks
has been appointed director for the
state.
Fargo.-The resignation of ]. p.
Hardy as state director Of the United
States public service reserve has been
accepted at Washington, and Lindley
H. Patten of this city, state director of
the United States employment service,
has been named to fill the place, which
he will carry forward together with
his employment bureau work.
Hazelton.-Attorney General LANCER,
1t is said, has ordered the calling Of a
grand jury to investigate the killing
OF Mrs. Elise Perras, who was shot to
death by members Of mob which
visited her home in June for the pur-
pose of melting out summary vengeance
upon her son-in-law, who was alleged
to have refused to sell a quantity of
wheat in his possession.
Observation-Disclosures of Peter Lish of
this city, who was reported killed in
action on the western front. in France,
are at loss to know If an error has
not been made in, the report, as his
death was stated to have occurred on
July 20, while letters have been re-
ceived from him bearing date Of Aug
ust 4. Mr.. Lish is son Of Frank
Lish, postmaster and pioneer citizen
here.
Balfour.-Two local women who
have been specially commended by
Red Cross leaders for effective work
are Mrs. J. ]. Thomas and Mrs. Ole
Helseth. Mrs. Thomas has a record
Of knitting pair of.socks a day, and
Mrs. Helseth has completed twenty
four bedshirts and two sweaters in
ten days. Both have large families to
care for besides doing their Red Cross