Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-08-28
NORTH DAKOTA RED CROSS
ACTIVE IN HOME SERVICE

tip llDIue service SECTIONS OIL Ile
North Dakota chapters of the AmeE-
can Red Cross assisted more than 2,25G
families of soldiers and sailors in the
month of May, according to reports re-
ceived from One-half of the home serv-
ice sections in the state.
This branch of the Red Cross has
been specially helpful in recent months
assisting in the readjustments taking
! place in soldiers and sailors families
upon the return of the men from
abroad. Information has been given in
regard to the civil relief act, CONVEX
sion of insurance and all regulations
affecting returned service men.
Where necessary chapters have also
extended money relief to the families,
drawing upon the funds collected To-
c;llly. In May $l1O5.49 was thus ex-
'pended i'm North Dakota.
Home service was organized to as
sist the families cf soldiers and sailors
when it was found there was need to
combat anxiety, to safeguard health, to
give legal protection. to promote edu-
cation, to assist in employment, to give
encouragement to disabled soldiers on
their return, and to assist them and
their families during the period of
their retraining for civilian life. The
continuation of home service and the
extension of it's responsibilities are in
| cluded in the peace time program of
the RedsCross.
Manlan.-Local Presbyterians have
installed handsome new pipe organ.
Bismarck.-A BARRIERS strike for
30 cents per haircut is on here, with
early reports of mo violence"
Williston.-Local building develop
ment will include the erection of two
new brick theatres this season.
Bismarck-A Good Roads club will
he organized here to promote highway
Improvement in Burleigh county.
Starkweather.-NIike Skhurynski,
transient, is in Jail for alleged robbery
of his roommate, John Kendrutuk, of
S130 in currency.
FargO.-The North Dakota Peoples
Press association met here for it's Sec
Tuesday of this week.
Diclsinson.-Attorney F. G. Hebron.
formerly we'll known in western North
Dakota as a special state prosecutor of
liquor law violations, has removed to
| Oregon.
| New ROckfOrd.-NIany visitors from
both within and outside of Eddy
county attended the, celebration and
fete held here for returning soldiers
and sailors.
Bismarck.-Safe crackers made
haul of $1,000 in papers, $75 in cash
and $500 in Liberty bonds after break
ing into the offices of II lumber COM
pany here.
Williston.-G. "A. Mcfarland, former
president of the state Normal school
at Valley City, has been selected for
! the position of superintendent of the
| Williston city schools.
Harvey.-Harold Bachman's "NIil-
lion Dollar" 1,orth Dakota band has
been invited to participate in furnish
ing the entertainment at the Missouri
Slope fair at Mandan.
Mandan.-A crew of wOrkmen has
begun the work of boring and making
soundings preparatory to establishing
the required depth of piers for the
proposed driviAg bridge over the Mis-
souri, river.
Fargo.-David N. johnson, local
bookkeeper who got into the news
paper limelight by sending packages by
mail to President Wilson, has been
committed to the state asylum at
jamestown.
Bismarck.-The first depositor in the
North Dakota Home Building associa-
ti0h was boy II years of age, who
has declared his intention of depositing
81 month toward buying home on
the state plan.
Hillsboro.-Vern6n Boyd of this city
and George Butler of Dickinson, re-
turned overseas service men, have re-
ceived appointments to positions un-
der the sergeant-at-arms of the United
States senate.
misunderstanding North Dakota
clothiers, who held their annual con-
vention here, had an auto trip, chicken
dinner and little side line of golf
rendered for their entertainment by
the city.
BiSmarck.-ASSesSed valuation OF
lands in North Dakota will amount to
over $1,OOO,OOO,OOO, according to a
statement attributed to State Tax
Commissioner George E. Wallace of
this city,.
Napoleon.-C. p. Burnstad, the Lo-
gan county cattle king, is bringing to
the state trainload Of cattle which he
has picked up in Montana for feeding
purposes. Mr.. Burnstad has $4,000
acres of grazing land. upon which he
expects to turn $4,000 head this year.
Fargo.-Census supervisors named
for the three enumeration districts In
North Dakota are: First district, Her
man D. ALERT, Langdon; second dis.
trict, Fred L. Walker of Glendale
third district, Charles Simon of New
England.
Fargo.-Hector Barnes local sports.
man and automobile eXDert made the