Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-29

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Fargo.-Attorney William LANCER
1 gives the opinion that all North Da-
kota hotels will be affected by the
eight-hour law in which women are
barred from working more than eight
hours in any one day. The law be-
comes effective July LIST.
COOperstOwn.-The contract has
been let for the construction of new
live stock pavilion at the Griggs county
fair grounds, at the cost of 1920. It
is planned to hold the first sale In the
new pavilion July 8, the last day of
the Griggs county fair.
Kulm.-Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bender
of this place. born in Russia, of Ger
man descent, who came to this coun-
try 30 years ago, recently disposed of
a valuable farm south of Kuhn and
invested the entire proceeds in Victory
bonds, each taking $4,000 worth.
Wahpeton.-Seven teen thousand,
eight hundred fifty dollars in Liberty
bonds and $15,143.75 worth of war
savings stamps We're sold by the Boy
Scouts of Wahpeton during the last
four drives. The troop consists of 80
members and was formed in April,
1917.
Fargo.-A four-day meeting Of the
North Dakota Retail Merchants asso-
citation is to be held in Mandan, June
10, II, - and 49, Hon. james NJ.
Hanley will deliver the address Of
welcome and subjects of general in
terest will be discussed during the
meeting.
Wahpeton.-Richland county is PLAN
ming Il homecoming celebration for the
world war veterans in the near future,
and IL meeting was held here with dele
gates from various points in the county
to decide ON u place for holding the
gathering and also to make the neces-
sary arrangements.
Bisnlarck.-The state boards of
North Dakota whose duties under the
new administration are to be combined
are preparing to turn things over to
control of all state institutions after
July LIST. The main duty of the new
board will be the administration of
funds.
Fargo.-According to figures. build
ing operations in North DakOta this
spring are providing labor for thou
sands, and hundreds of building pro-
jects are under way throughout the
state. 1t is estimated that the cost
of buildings of public and private na-
ture in the various cities will total
several million dollars.
Bismarck.-GOvernorF Frazier will go
to Camp Dodge, Iowa, to attend the
"WelcOme Home reception to be given
the boys of the SSth division, who are
expected to reach the United States
June LIST. The division is composed Of
men from North Dakota, South Da-
kOta, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri,
and the governors of these states have
been invited to the gathering.
Lehr.-After- being reported killed
in action, Private jacob Holm of this
place, upon whose war insurance the
government had paid two allotments,
walked into his home sound and
happy. He had been wounded ut the
time his death in action had been re-
ported. and not knowing that this in
formation had been given out had neg
lected to write when released from the
hospital.
Bismarck working .un-
der the direction of J. j. Osterlaus,
state dairy commissioner, have closed
Il number Of the cream stations Of the
state recently, either because the
stations were not licensed or for not
complying with. the regulations of the
department. Only a few of them
lave been closed permanently, the
majority having been given permission
to reopen again.
Nfandan.-Major J. NJ. Hanley has
been chosen as one of two state MEM
bers of the executive committee of the
American Legion, an organization of
men who participated Overseits and at
home in the recent war, and which
was perfected recently in st. Louis,
Mo. The state legion meeting will be
held in Fargo, July 81, and Lieut.. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt and Col. Bennett
Clark have expressed their intention
of attending the meeting.
FurgO-An extensive program built
around the theme of "Religious Edu-
cation and Reconstruction" is to be
given at the coming state convention
of Sunday school workers, which will
be- held ut NIandan June I7-19.- The
object Of the meeting is to make the
. workers of North Dakota realize that
"there Gun be no reconstruction with
out q more adequate religious educa-
tiOn," and the speakers will endeavOr
to conduct the meeting along the line
of ''short course in religious educa-
. ton" =
Bismarck.-The Bank of North Da-
kota is now open for business and is
{ located in tile Missouri Valley Motor
e company building. For time the ac-
= tivities of the new institution will be
t confined chiefly to organization work
: and preparation for handling the or.
, binary business. Announcement will
! be made by Manager j. II. Waters
r when the new bank-As ready to re
: ceive accounts from privately owned
s banks, and public notification will also
n be made of the sale of the capital