Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-03-27
ooInes Of Last Few Days rhroushou,
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusai.


head first while making an inspection.
Wahpeton.-Members Of the Com
mercial club here are discussing the
feasibility of employing full time
secretary for that organization to
meet the demands for local business
awakening.
Verona.-Triple funeral services
were held over the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glare Farrell and their one-day-
old baby, all of whom died within
week of one another, from complica-
lions following influenza.
Grand Forks.-Members Of the
Merchants association here gathered
to discuss the provisions Of the new
woman's employment law, which will
prohibit the engagement Of females in
industry more than eight hours day
in towns or cities Of upward Of 500
population after July 1.
Bismarck.-North Dakota's "blue
sky" commission gave a clean bill of
health to the Equity industrial organi-
cations seeking permission to market
their corporation shares with North
Dakota purchasers. These organiza-
lions are the Equity Cooperative
Packing company of Fargo and the
Equity Exchange of st. Paul.
Grand Forks.-Jepthah Jones,
wheat farmer of this county, was
saved $4,000 loss in cash by a
timely police raid in Los Angeles, &C.
cording to dispatch received here.
Copper stock and race track bunkO
men were on his trail, but hint
dropped, by Mr.. Jones to the police
resulted in q raid which cleaned up
the bunch.
Bismarck.-Former Chief Justice
Andrew A. Bruce Of the North Dakota
supreme court has been named a men,
Der of the committee Of five from the
American Bar association ITO investi-
gate the status of the present military
law relating to courts martial" accord
ing. to dispatches recently received
here. The committee is headed by 8.
s. Gregory of Chicago. "a
Lisbon.-A small 'advance guard
Of three members Of the demobilized
North Dakota First regiment band got
the ovation which had been planned
for the entire organization upon their
return from service last Thursday.
An elaborate welcome had been plan
ned, but not being advised Of it, a
large number of the members Of the
band had stopped to visit friends at
one point or another on the way
home. so that the contingent which got
through on schedule time was mere
handful.
Dickinson.-Keith Carroll, -
year-old boy Of this place, hovers be-
tween life and death as a result Of
the discharge of a revolver cartridge
which he was hammering into the
weapon. Having difficulty to insert
the cartridge, the boy placed the
muzzle against his stomach in order to
better hammer the charge into place.
Then, fearing to tel his mother of the
accident, the little fellow stoically bore
the pain in silence for some <time be-
fore admitting that anything had be-
fallen him.
Fargo.-Leader Harold P. Bachman
Of the 10th Engineers band, formerly
known as the Second North Dakota
regiment bands has definitely an
nounced plans for tour of this state
by that organization. Plans of this
kind have been reported for some
time, but not until after the demobili-
cation Of the band short time ago
was it fully decided upon this action.
Leader Bachman expects to have q
band of about 40 pieces by the addi-
ton of few players from other Or
CARNATIONS. and will start his tour
about three weeks after that of the
164th regiment band, formerly that Of
the North Dakota first regiment.
Fargo.-Adjutant General G. A.
Fraser has suggested that every
county in the state should have a
record Of what its men have done in
the great war, and for this purpose he
proposes that book be prepared for
the entry of such records in the office
of the auditor Of each county and
that the records, when compiled, be
most carefully preserved. In Il letter
directed to the auditors of the various
COUNTLESS, NeucFNl CruScF CullS dLC0u.
ton to the fact that the certificates of
discharge Of the various soldiers will
in many cases ultimately become lost,
either by fire, theft or in some other
way, and that the preservation of the
data contained in them will be of the
utmost importance in many cases.
Ellendale-Sam Norris, hired man
on the farm of w. H. Fleming, was
acquitted Of the charge of having ad-
ministered poison found in his en-
ployer's breakfast food. This case,
which came up two or three weeks
ago, remains as much a mystery as
ever. Mr.. Fleming, who detected
bitter taste in his food, discarded It,
rinsed out his mouth to clear out the
unpleasant taste, and then, suspecting
nothing serious, fed the dish to his
dog. The animal died few minutes
later, and upon examination strych-
nine was found to have been intro
duced into the sugar.