Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-08-15
North Dakota
News Sifings

pointed sugar administrator Tor North
Dakota by DIR. E. F. Laid. Federal
food administrator. Mr.. Croker IL Q
pioneer North Dakota schoolman ard
publisher.
Bismarck-Dr. F. w. Smith. WHO
recently resigned his post as press.
dent OF the North Dakota school 81
forestry. has accepted a position vita
the South Dakota normal school ~
Aberdeen.
Devils Lake.-Peter Timboe, chiLf
Of police. was knocked unconscious
for two hours by bolt of lightning
that hit the city hall. He is suffer-
ing no Ill effects. The building was
only slightly damaged.
Fargo.-Mrs. Julia d. Nelson, for
the twentieth time. has been elected
president of the Fargo Scandinavian
w. G.. T. u. local. and is now the old.
est officer In point of service IN the
local unions in the state.
Fargo.-The North Dakota agricul-
tural college has been designated by
the department of war as perma.
nent training camp for the duration
of war. Barracks, to accommodate 500
men, will be constructed Immediately.
Fargo Business conditions in
North Dakota. as reflected by Fargo
bank clearings for July. show big
Improvement over 1917. The 1918
July clearings. announced today, are
SS,435.05l.2 90. while the 1917 July clear.
ings were s6.S64.4l5.7.
Knox.-D. II. Upland, cashier OF the
Security State bank. recently closed
by the state bank examiner. furnished
$500 bond for his release pending
hearing on the charge of classifying the
bank records. He waS arrested on his
return to Knox from ST. Paul.
Fargo.-Fifty North Dakota men
are already in the Y. NJ c. A. service
and rs others have made applications.
Many of the North Dakotans who al
ready have been accepted have gone
overseas. II is expected that the state
will have supplied about $50 men by
January 1.
Fort Yates.-The rye harvest on the
Indian reservation at Fort Yates Is
practically completed, and indications
are that the yield will greatly exceed
May and June estimates. Crops In
general in that district promise to
yield far better than the average.
which is reported to be always high.
jamestown. Gasoline prices in
Jamestown are quoted from 6 to 8
cents higher than they are in Fargo
Jamestown autOists, who for some
years have been forced to pay more
than the small surrounding towns
charge. have started an investigation
and II is stated in certain quarters
that the exorbitant price is due tc
lack Of competition.
Minot.-"Because some gutter goei
TO Wall street and sells his Libert,
bonds at So or below par. does tha
make your investment worth less? No
my friends. Uncle Sans bond is still
at par" declared William G. McAdoo
secretary of the treasury. in fiftee,
minute talk here. The secretary. &C
companied by Mrs. McAdoo. was el
route to Washington from Glacie
Park, where he had spent brief vaca
ton.
Fargo-More women are operatin
grain binders in the harvest fields c
North Dakota this year than ever b,
fore. and they are making good. a,
cording to reports from various SCI
tions Of the state. The shortage {
male labor is quite keen, and wome
are rapidly filling their places in man
respects. The United States emplo
ment bureau in Fargo now ia sendin
out about 200 men day. with "a
day as the average wage for harye
tiers.
Bismarck-The department Of Il
interior has ordered the reopening
the Bismarck Indian school, close
last year for lack Of help for the fir
OF September. Resident Superinten
ent r. l. Thompson has arrived
take charge of the institution.
Howard Caldwell. who had been
charge. will continue his connects
with the school as clerk. MIR. Thon
son comes from keshena, Wis, whe
he was principal of government
dian school.
Sheldon.-Cattle rustlers are op
ating in the hill district southeast
Sheldon, with the result that seve
farmers have sustained heavy loss
officials here have been advised. II
believed that the rustlers use all
mobiles in their work and their
relations have SO far been quite
tensive. Cattle rustling has also b.
reported from western North Oak
recently, and local vigilance conn
tees have been organized to trace
operators.
Observation-Disclosures rain fell
seven days during July in amou
ranging from .05 to sc of an IL
the month closed with moisture {
cit for July of .05 of an inch, and v
an accumulated deficiency for the J
of 3.54 inches. The July rainfall
well ahead OF that in 1917, when
total for the month was los.
mean temperature for the month
eS. two degrees below normal.
highest temperature was 81, on
81. and the lowest "A. Ion July 30.
Dickinson.--Presid Samuel