Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-11-21
Facts About the
Fhckertal State

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| Fargo.-Night sessions Of the local
public school have been begun with
an opening attendance of so.
| Minot.-"Dad" Marsh, famous pio-
neer restaurant man of this city,
dropped dead ut his place of business
a few days ago.
Noonan.-County. Judge Pierce has
received word that he has been &C.
| copied for cantOnment work of the
Red Cross.
Fargo.-A number Of volunteers for
service in Y. NJ. G. A. work overseas
have received recent notices that their
services will be called for in short
time.
Fargo.-The use of "flu'' masks in
Fargo disappeared almost us quickly
as it came, and the rather ungainly
looking but very useful safety devices
are now seldom seen.
Mapleton.-Twow wheat thieves, who
recently operated in this vicinity,
were given a years sentence each, in
the state penitentiary, after pleading
guilty before Judge Cole at Fargo.
Bismarck Army Ensign
]. G. Bell, we'll known religious
worker formerly located at Grand
Forks. Fargo and Valley City, has
taken charge of the local s. A. bar
racks.
Mandan.-A sister of Deputy State
Examiner e. A. Thorberg was injured
by q discharge of shotgun in the
hands of careless Victory day EN-
tl,usiast here last week. The injury
Is believed not serious.
Minot-The local celebration Of
'Victory day" began ut a. m, and
by the time business hours had ar
rived the spirit of the occasion had
become so prevalent that hone of the
stores were opened during the day.
Fargo.-Fletcher Anderson, killed in
action in France just before the armis-
tice was declared, was son of Rev.
James Anderson, district superintend-
ent Of the Methodist church for the
Fargo district. The family is we'll
known throughout North Dakota.
Bismarck.-With only 41.65 per cent
of its winters supply of anthracite
delivered as against $500 per cent for
Wisconsin and $40 for Minnesota,
an order has been secured from the
federal fuel administration requiring
the speeding up of deliveries to this
state.
Grand Forks.-The Red Cross has
discontinued work in it's surgical
dressings department., temporarily at
least, upon instructions received from
national headquarters. Other local
branches of the department, it is UNI
derstOod, have also been closed.
Bfsmurck.-The lifting of the valua.
ton limit on farm building erection
and repairs seems to have occurred
under conditions newly promulgated by
the war industries board since the
armistice was declared. Unlimited
road, street, water and sewer improve
ments, it is said, will also be allowed
Grand Forks.-Fifty automobiles
with drivers, were placed at the dis
pOsal of officials of the newly erected
packing plan here for the accommo
dation of visiting stockholders who
were here for the purpose of inspect
ing the plant and equipment last
Wednesday.
Finley.-Following the recent cleo
ton of this city as county seat OF
Steele, by IL reported majority of 300
it is said the usual long legal figh,
may have TO be gone through before
the cOunty's records and official quar-
ters may be REMOVED from Sherbrooke
the inland town where the count!
seat has been for many years.
, Minot.-The non-return of Repre-
! sentative Anthony Walton to the legis
'lature from this district will remove
8 from the state assembly one of tn.
. foremost figures in the delberntiOn!
of the last session. Representative,
Walton is president of the North Du
kota Society of Equity and II leadin.
political supporter of the N0npartisar
league.
Fargo.-Aiajor NJ. Il. Steele, com
; mandant of the s. A. 7. C. at the Agri
cultural college, announces that til,
officers training camp which was t.
be opened at Camp Fremont, Cal, De
t cembef 1, has been abandoned. Appli
i cations for entry already received vii
T be returned. and no further applica
q lions will be accepted, SO far as cal
3 now be determined.
Fargo.-A renewal of the infuenz,
epidemic has broken out in the stu
dents and vocational army trainin,
camp here since the induction of ,
new contingent of more than 300 mel
into the camp short time ago. tn,
case are receiving the same careful
treatment as that which made TIN
local camps death record last montl
one of the lowest in the United States
Bismarck.-State Fuel Administra
tor Baker wired Commissioner Gar
field that, with less than SO per cen
of North DakOta's anthracite Tonnage
delivered, the state would prefer t
pay enough additional for coal to per
Il NIT the payment of adde dwages de
q manded to laborers at Duluth and Su