Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-30
North Dakota
News Sifhngs

Newark.-The opera house here was
destroyed by fire.
Aneta.-Aneta is to have a three
day chautauqua June 5, and Z.
Williston.-There will be % mem
bers Of the graduating class in the
Williston high school next month.
| Arthur.-A Red Cross auction sale
at Arthur, Cass county. brought in
over $4,000.
Burlington. - The German-Ameri
can Bank of Burlington has changed
its name to American State Bank
| Wahpeton.-The choir in the Meth
odist church raised $l1O for the Red
Cross by the presentation of 1.-The
Holy City"
Grenora.-George Kitchen, a former
resident of Grenora, has been sent.
enced to five years at Fort Leaven-
worth for desertion.
company's stationed at Minot, agent OF
the railroad, were accused of keeping
liquor in their possession for delivery
to violators of the law.
Bismarck.-A. d. Gaines, Minneapo.
lis, was called before the North Ia.
kota state committee Of defense here
charged with not having sown to crop
his 30.000-acre farm near Sanger.
Dunseith.-The Turtle Mountain de.
partment store was struck by light.
ming and completely destroyed by fire.
Very little was saved and the loss
is estimated at between $4,000 and
100000
Fargo-J. w. Brinton Of st. Paul,
general manager of the Consumers
United Stores company, a Nonparti.
san league enterprise, was placed un.
der arrest here by United States
Marshal Dayle charged with violation
of the espionage act.
Minot.-A Minot Grotto Of the Mys-
tic Order of the Yelled Prophets has
been organized in Minot. Some Fifty
Masons became charter members
Harry Ordway, deputy grand monarch
OF the Grotto, was present from Chi
cago and had charge Of the affair.
Minot.-The committee in charge of
the arrangements for the Retail Mer.
chants association meeting in Minot,
June II and ia, has decided to keep
the expenses down to minimum, and
any moneys left over will go towards
purchasing uniforms for the Minct
band.
Fargo.-Dr. VIM. N. Stearns Of Far.
go college will sail soon for France
to enter Y. NJ. C. A. army work. DIR.
Stearns has been ordered to report in
Chicago early in June for induction
into service. l.. b. Hanna, former
governor of North Dakota, who EN-.
listed recently for foreign service
with the Red Cross. has arrived in
France. he cabled yesterday.
Fargo.-Farmers of this state are
asked to make known as soon as pos
sible to the county agent or to the
government labor Office here the
amount of help that will be needed
during the haying, harvesting ami
threshing, according to William Eng
lish. the government local examiner.
The government will establish branch
Offices at Bismarck, Grand Forks and
Minot
Bismarck Pullmans for
transient farm laborers will go out of
fashion if Secretary McAdoo, director
general of American railways, con
siders favorably a resolution wired
him by the North Dakota Council of
Defense. urging that passenger coach.
es be attached to freight trains for
accommodation of farm workers, and
that a fare of not to exceed cent
per mile be made for their transporta-
ton.
acknowledgement for bumper
crop of wheat are better than they
have been at any time in the last ten
years. Commissioner Of Agriculture
and Labor Hagan advised the state
council Of defense in formal report
here. The spring wheat acreage now
sown is 100000 acres, an increase
Of 100000 acres over 1917 The seed.
ing is completed everywhere in the
state. and in most sections the wheat
is already up.
Bismarck.-Two pounds of wool
from White House sheep have been
allotted to North Dakota to be sold at
auction during the week of the Red
Cross war fund campaign. according
to letter issued to the public today
by Governor Frazier, of North Da.
kota. The letter, which. admonished
persons to send in their bids, says
the total amount secured from all
states by the auction will be turned
over to the Red Cross war fund as
the presidents fund.
Misunderstanding to the assist
ance of her little daughter. who
screamed for help. Mrs.. Ferdinand
Matthias, wife of Rev. Matthias
grabbed the oil stove, which had
caught fire. only to be caught in the
burst of flames which followed its
explosion. She rushed to barrel
Of water and thrust her head into It.
She was found in this position by her
husband and neighbors. death having
quickly followed the explosion. She