Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-27
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Dolnss o. Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

club has petitioned the Northwestern
Telephone company to extend toll line
connections between this city and
Minpt.
Grand Forks.-This county's honor
roll of men who have lost their lives
in military and naval service in the
great war row numbers Al.
Mandan.-Snles of pure bred horses
and cattle are to be held here March
q and June 3, under auspices of the
North Dakota. Breeders Sales organi-
operating.
Dickinson.-NOrth Dakota checker
champions had their annual state
meeting here February q and %.
Missouri Slope chess players are hav-
ing big meeting In the city at the
same time.
Marmarth.-James Adams, living
near here, suicided by shooting him
self in the head with Il shotgun, after
carefully wrapping his head and the
gun barrel with coat, SO as not to
disturb the family.
Bismarck boy bandit. just over
1G, is being held in the county Jail
here, following an episode in which he
confesses having cut out two punes of
glass from IL rear window of local
confectionery store.
Dickinson.-LOcal MasOns are cele-
brating the completion of handsome
lodge temple, holding banquet on
Friday night of this week, which is
planned to surpass anything in that
line ever given by the Dickinson lodge.
DickinsOn.-The city council has
agreed to finance the Dickinson band
to the extent of 500 II month, pro-
vided some of the music will be serv-
ed to the local public without further
charge, when wanted on state occa-
SiOns.
FargO.-A new precedent is being
set in North Dnllotn by the recently
promulgated determination of District
Judge A. Il. Cole to permit the giving
out of no further divorce news for
publication through the officials of the
court.
Fargo.-North Dakota hardware
men in session here elected John Vetre
of DraytOn as president of the state
association for the ensuing year. The
place of the next meeting has been
left to the selection of the executive
committee.
DraytOn.-"Kid curriers'" here are
not what you think If you get your
ide, from u lady's toilet accessories.
The local 'kid" curling team took all
the hOnOrs for Juvenile work at the
Grand Forks bOnspiel the other day
and is being mentioned as the cham
piOn boys curling organization of the
state
FOrman.-The Sargent county high
way project of 31.4 miles of road,
running from this city north and west
to the county lines, is the first North
Dakota project to be contracted for
under the terms which provide for CO.
operative state and federal aid. It. is
estimated that the work will cost not
less than $:15.OOO
Fargo.-,rhe death of Lieutenant
Colonel Gilbert c. Grafton, well known
North Dakota military man, is report
ed from overseas. Colonel Grafton
was for many years Il resident of
Fargo and was an officer in the Unit
ed States volunteer army in the Phil
ippines aud prominent in the North
Dakota national guard.
WillistOn.-NIuch interest is being
shown by farmers in this section in
the development of their herds by the
addition of pure bred sires. The Mis-
souri-Yellowstone Pure Breeders as
ISOLATION held Il sale of bloOded ami
mails here February 25 and 26. which
was we'll attended and ut which much
enthusiasm was manifested.
DicEinsOn.-Five counties in south
western North Dakota last year util-
lied material amounting $50. 414OO in
value in their campaign against grass
hOppers which were infesting this
region. The work of poisoning was
performed under direction of Stewart
Lockwood, field agent for the extern
sion division of the North Dakota Az
ricultural college. Among the items
Of material used were: 400 tons of
bran, 1914 \tons of arsenic, 4S3 cases
of oranges and lemons, and 249 bar
rels of molasses.
Fargo.-Opera lNuffe warfare was
hardly the name for the pistol duel
which was fought here few nights
ago, although no one was seriously
injured after an exchange of about
twenty shots within range of hundreds
Of people. John Cole, local bad man
pulled IL gun to shoot Officers Welsh
and Witcik, who had arrested him for
bootlegging. In the duel which fol.
lowed, shots went through the door OF
the Orpheum theatre, ranging across
the building just over the heads Oh
the audience. Other buildings were
nicked or penetrated by the shots. and
Cole and two officers We're slightly in
5 5arsa; The man cvns successfully ar
Minot.-North Dakota retail lumber
dealers will hold their next years an
nual convention in this city.
OsnabrOck.-Revival services are be
ing largely attended at one of the loca