Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18
FACTS ABOUT the
FL|CKERTAIL STATE.

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to about $500 have been made In the
Mckenzie county court house.
Misunderstanding has been re-
sumed on an Oil and gas we'll which
has been put down here to a depth Of
1900 feet.
Tower .City.-LittIe Lewis Cowen,
.Jr., aged S, was crushed to death UNI
der IL loaded grain tank here one
morning early last week.
LaNIOure.-A Farmers and Thresh-
ermens association has been formed
in this county to consider wage mat
tiers and threshing prices.
Devils Lake.-Three hundred strik
ing railway shopmen at this point re-
turned to work after being out about
a week.
Dodge.-Proprietor of Il large auto
mobile garage in process Of erection
here are planning to install an electric
lighting system to furnish current for
local illumination.
Grand Forks.-Frank w. Wilder, a
well-known pioneer citizen of this
place, died suddenly last week ut
Rochester, N. Y. He was connected
with number of prominent business
enterprises here.
Williston.-The successful CONNER
cial production of honey of an excel
lent quality has been developed here
following the opening of the irrigation
project and consequent heavy increase
in the number Of local alfalfa fields.
Devils Lake.-Local police have
decided to follow the example of a
growing number of other cities in en-
forcing the ordinance requiring the
display of both head and tail lights on
automobiles.
en- rtete through here with stock from
Fallon, Mont, was found denudcd in q
freight Car, where he reported having
been held up by bandits and relieved
Of clothing, money and valuables.
Grafton.-A l9-acre tract of land
northeast of this city has just been
sold ut $142 an acre, an increase from
500 per acre having been realized by
the seller since he purchased the
tract about four years ago.
Mandan.-MOrton county shows but
little increase in population, according
to the Indication given by returns
from the recent school census. The
population of school age this year is
given as $500, as compared with 6,376
last year.
Williston.-A movement has been
ment of the governments local irriga-
ton project so as to comprise. about
$4,000 acres. The success of the pro-
ject this year, which is its first year
in operation, has aroused enthusiasm
for the plan.
Fargo-A price of SILL 900 was paid
recently by B w. Aylor of Grandin for
the yearling Shorthorn bull calf Sultan
Eclipse, purchased from w. G. Beau
mont of Buchanan. The price is the
highest ever paid for an animal of
that age in the state.
Jamestown.-Local real estate men
assert that North Dakota's corn crop
this year is proving a most effective
drawing card for immigration from
Kansas, Iowa and other corn growing
states. An unusual number of inquir-
les are being reported from these sec.
tons for North Dakota farm lands.
Glen Ullin.-The one-year-old baby
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fahn was ere.
mated in the burning of their home Il
miles from here. The parents were
absent from the house when the fire
started, and two other young children
escaped with difficulty from the
flames.
Bismarck September 16 opens the
game bird season for this year-the
first in which, North Dakota hunters
have been obliged to take the field
without dogs. The bag limit OH chick
ems and grouse is five birds per day
and no person is allowed to enter any
closed field without the owners con
sent.
Wahpeton.-The murder of one mar
and the serious injury of another oc
Cured here in fight which tool
place over the division Of the proceed!
? of holdup of laboring men, said tt
have been pulled off in the "jungles'
near Hankinson. Six men are be
lieved to have been implicated in til,
crime and four are being held for ex
animation.
" Fargo.-A large amount of arm,
foodstuffs has been assigned for sal
here under auspices Of the local post
office. Goods purchased are to b
shipped to the conslgnees from Omah
under a special arrangement whic
permits only the first zone postag
rate to be added to the original cos
Of the goods.
Fargo.-A suit for 100000 dan
ages has been instituted by Bishop
- Poyntz Tyler of this city against tn
- Carolina Power & Light company q
- Raleigh, N. c., for injuries sustaine
. by his daughter, Miss Ada Tyler, in
collision with streetcar while visi
: ing there last spring. The youn
woman has been permanently disfi,
- ured and has nearly lost her vision q
a result Of the injuries received.
% Grand Forks.-The development {