Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-10

peinss d Last Few Days Throusheus
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Psrusai. Il
Amidon. Alfonso Williams, colored,
is in jail here charged with stabbing
Charles Gray, another negro, who Is
said to be at deaths door.
Grand Forks.--Dr. w. r. Baldwin OF
CasseltOn was elected president Of the
North DakOta Medical association at
Hts recent meeting held at this point.
Rugby.-The annual picnic of the
Pierce County Pioneer association,
held at the farm Of w. A. Hamilton,
was an outstanding social event Of the
| year. q @
Fargo.-The eight-hour law for
working women, effective July I, re-
suited in a sharp raise in prices at
practically all restaurants and cafe
terias In this city.
New Salem. The bursting Of water
wings with which he was endeavoring
to learn to swim resulted in the
drowning Of. Herman Miller, a 17-year-
old boy Of this place.
Beulah. "a new opera house in
course Of construction here gives prom
Use Of being the best building of its
kind on the Stanton branch, as well as
one Of the best in the state. ss
Bismarck. Three -quarters Of mill
lion dollars will be Bismarck's share
in the years reconstruction program,
construction and Improvement plans
now on foot totaling that amount.
Logan Resid in this section are
shocked at the sudden death Of VIII
liam Hecker, prominent farmer. who
is said to have been suffering from an
unusual blood disease, the fatal char
acter Of which was not realized until
the report Of his death. Ss7s
Dickinson A. Struthers, q
deaf farmer of the Scheffield vicinity,
was killed by an engine on the, track
between here and Lehigh station. The
man had previously had a narrow
escape from injury or death in sim.
4 liar manner, short time ago.
Bismarck.-June collections for auto
tags amounted to $147, 100. go, bringing
the total for the first half Of the year
to $538, 10000. The registration was
not begun until late, owing to uncer
tainty about the rates and method Of
handling until after the legislative SEES
sion had closed. .1s
Dickinson. month of June will
{ 20 down In history as the hottest Junt
ever known in. this part Of the state
On two days near the close Of Stht
month the temperature went as high al
1O7 and 108 degrees Fahrenheit, and Il
was above 100 degrees on several othel
days. The record Of 10S degrees wa
4 established on the afternoon Of Sun
day, June 20. Is.
Velva.-A million-dollar coal mining
and electrical corporation is being or
ganized here, with options on valuabl,
properties nine miles south Of town
y The plan In view is said to include th,
generation Of electrical current iron
the use Of Stacked coal at the mines
conducting 1t to nearby villages b,
wire for lighting and power purposes
Tioga.-Almost ten tons Of butte
was manufactured at, the local cream
cry during the eight weeks ending Jul,
Ia and the Ice cream output Of tn
n factory has been kept to the limit TO
the entire summer. With a record da,
Of ], 200 pounds on butter, June e, tn,
people Of this section feel that the de
velopment Of dairy interests In thi
h section has been dependably estab
lished.
Garrison.-An explosion Of dyna
mite near the power house startle'
residents here last Tuesday morning
Il and broke windows out Of building
nearby. 4 mine operator who had 4
pounds Of the explosive which had no
proved satisfactory for mining opera
lions threw It onto an ash pile. 81
later felt that this would hardly b.
safe, so lighted the fuse attached t
one stick and threwait among the rest
The man was uninjured.
Bismarck.-A w. Luehrs, automo
bile registrar in the state highway de
partment, has begun the apportionmen
Of the $685., 100 which has been col
lected to date from license fees. o
this amount, $4,000 is directly appro
priated to finance the highway CON
mission. OF the remainder. so per cen
goes to the counties from which til
fees originated; 10 per cent may b
expended on highway construction o
maintenance % the commission ma
elect. and 40 per cent must be expend
Cd on state roads. IS.
Williston. Windows were wrecked
barns blown down, telegraph and tele
phone lines put out Of commission, an
at least two persons killed by tol
nado-like windstorm that swept owe
the northwestern section Of this stat,
- well 40 6yer northeastern Montan
early last week. A mother. and daugt
al ter named Helgeson, living near AZ
amo. are the persons known to hav
been killed. The storm worked grea
havoc In this city and vicinity but 81
pears to have been heaviest at Zaf
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