Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-01-02
North Dakota
News in Brief

Bismarck medical survey of
Burleigh cOunty's school children Is
being made.
Williston.-Hugh Eratinger, residing
near Hanks in this county, killed him
self by shooting, while insune.
LaMoure.-About $1,000 worth of
raw furs have been shipped out from
this point by trappers this fall.
Graft0n.-A new bank with pro-
posed capital Of $4,000 is being Or
ganized by NonpartisaR interests here.
Cooperstown.-Ten quarter sections
of land near Jessie in this county were
sold for 500, 600, an average of $55 an
acre.
Mott.-D. M. Stegenga, superinten-
dent of schools here, was seriously
injured by being hurled from an over
turning load of hay.
Bismarck county farm
ers are organizing for an effort to
have the proposed state-owned eleva-
tor and flour mills located here.
Fargo.-The Fargo postoffice's stamp
sales during the week before Christ
mas threatened to exceed the cores
pOnding weeks sales of any previous
year.
LakOta.-Every adult person Of Mel
son county is member Of the Red
Cross and fully paid up for the year
1919 as q result of the Christmas roll
call drive.
Cooperstown.-Robe Johnson, long
reported as missing from the American
lines in France, has written his father
here that he has just been released
from a German prison.
Fargo-A movement is again being
made in this state to secure recogni-
ton of the veteran service of DIR.
John H. Worst by designating him as
president emeritus Of the agricultural
college, of which he was the official
head for many years.
FargO.-The projected opening Of n
local community training school of
religious education on January is
announced. The work will be con-
Quoted at the city Y. NJ. G. A., and an
excellent faculty has been selected to
conduct the work.
Towner. Following quarrel
Frank Oberder, local farmer, was
shot and killed by his wife, it is al
legged. on Sunday morning of last
week. Mrs. Oberder has been arraign.
ed before Judge Ellis, charged with
murder in the first degree.
| Bismarck.-As a result of com.
plants lodged against the Duluth
grain inspection board last summer
the North Dakota state railroad com
mission has made representations tc
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist of Min
nesota, asking the dismissal of mem
hers of the board.
Bismarck General Bur
leson's so-cnlled PRODUCTION" in lonl
distance telephone tolls will cause III
average increase of about 26 per cen
in rates for day service in this state
according to representations made b!
the state rate expert, james A. Little
before the state railroad commission
here.
Jamestown.- There has been {
marked decline in the litigation EN-
tered into within the state within tn,
past two or three years, according t.
authorities quoted here. The dis
quieting. business effects resuitan
upon the war are supposed to be tn,
cause Of the conservative tendencie!
along this line.
AIinot.-Sheep raising in this section
proved SO profitable during the las
year that it will be followed on !.
considerably increased scale durin.
the year 1919. The fact that sheer
will thrive on such destructive plan
life as wild oats and thistles makes
them peculiarly valuable as we'll n!
inexpensive to maintain.
Washburn.-The death of littl,
Katie Holzuk at Wilton from gun
shot Wound a few days ago is said t.
have resulted accidentally from tn,
discharge of weapon in the hands O
Mike Snober. an Austrian. who, it Il
alleged, had started out to shoot /,
neighbor who had incurred his enmity
The man was held to appear before
the district. court, cash bond o
$1,000 being secured.
Bismarck.-Chief Old Dog of tn,
GrOs Ventures is here from the Der
thold reservation, with Mrs. Old Do,
for medical treatments. The old chic
Is magnificent specimen of rugged
manhood, nearly seven feet in height
and is one of the wealthiest and mos
progressive Indians in the country
with thousands Of acres of good lant
and several thousand head of cattle ii
his possession. His fine physique ha.
made him the subject of unusual at
tentiOn here.
Agricultural College.-The S. A. I
C. and vocational army camp barracks
which were constructed here, capable
of housing $40 men, are to be convert
ed to other uses needed in connection
with the operation Of the school. Thu
mess hall, 7OxS0 feet, will be used TO
stock Judging pavilion; one wing vii
be used for farm machinery labora
tory. and the building provided TO