Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-04-03
State eW$inbrief
poInss Of Last Few Days Throuohou,
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.
Grand Forks.-Potato culture is the

WillistOn.-W. N. Dickinson has
been appointed receiver of the United
States land Office here to follow
Charles Mansfield, whose death oc.
Cured recently.
Bismarck.-Attorney General Will
liam LANCER has mailed notices to
pool room and amusement house pro-
prietors calling their attention to the
fact that they must apply to his Office
for licenses.
Grand Forks.-The War Mothers of
America is Il new national organiza-
ton which has just appointed u field
representative in this state. Mrs. j.
G.. Moore of this city is the represen-
tative selected.
Bismarck.-Decision as to the selec-
ton of city for the location Of the
Bank of North Dakota was deferred
by the industrial commission, it hav-
Ing been originally intended to make
the designation by March %.
Nelva.-Twentyni hundred eleven
dollars is the aggregate sum realized
by Il. f. Brown, BalfOur stOckman,
from the sale of % swine recently
disposed of. The sale brought him
an average of $126 per animal.
Bismarck.-F. H. Wilder, well
known former Mandan newspaper
man, who was for long time con-
nected with the office of Secretary of
State Thomas Hall, has been made
secretary of the state penitentiary.
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Sheep club has been organized by 45
farm boys and girls Of this section.
The youngsters will procure IL number
of pure-bred ewes, which will be
handled under direction of the county
farming agent.
FargO.-An attendance of more
than 5000 people is expected June -
to 10 when the Young Peoples. Luther
league and the North Dakota Choral
union Of the Lutheran church hold
their joint annual convention, sched-
uled for this city.
Williston.-A clothing repairing
school, or institute, Is scheduled to be
held here this week, in which Miss
Joyce Eddy, home demonstration agent
for Williams county, will cooperate
with Miss Wilson. Il clothing expert
from the Agricultural college.
Observation-Disclosures are again cur
rent that G.. +. Stangeland, a prolnin-
ent employee of the Nonpartis:,n
league. is to be named as statistician
for the newly organized Bank of North
Dakota. The salary attached, it is
said. will be about $1,000 Il year
Minot.-"Jilnmie" Ticknor and C. A.
Parriott have pleaded guilty to
burglary in connection with the series
of auto tire thcfts perpetrated in this
city last year, which eliminated in
arrests following the, shooting Of Off
GERS GOWN and DeVaney last April.
Fargo.-Victory loan chairmen Of the
various districts and counties in the
state met here for IL discussion of
methods to be pursued in handling
the Fifth or "Victory" loan campaign
to be Installed on the 21st Of April.
Chairman Wesley c. Mcdowell of
Marion presided.
Bismarck.-A camp meeting asso-
bers of the German Evangelical church
here, with view of establishing a
permanent camp meeting ground with
the necessary structures to permit
holding sessions here annually. A
splendid site has been secured ON the
banks of the Missouri river three
miles northwest of the city.
Michigan.-A snOwbank saved the
life of Miss Esther Johnson, Il 16-year-
old girl of this city, 1t is believed.
when her clothing had become ignited
from an explosion following the use of
kerosene Oil to start slow fire. En-
veloped in flames the young woman
ran from the doorway, where man
who happened. to be near rolled her
in II snowbank until the flames were
extinguished.
Fargo.-Edgar Hoover whose trial
in federal court here on charge of
seditiOn has attracted statewide at
tention, has been convicted on two
counts in the Indictment. Hoover last
winter escaped from the Richland
county Jail, passing out through win
dow from which the bars had been
sawed out from the inside. but though
he was the only prisoner in that part
Of the building at the time, he stoutly
maintains that lie is not the man who
did the cutting.
Fargo.-Nothing much less than a
miracle must have INTERVIEWED, it is
believed, to save the life of David
DuVall, employee of a local dry clean
ing establishment, who was trapped
in Il closed room when u gasoline ex.
plosion occurred recently. Mr.. Du.
Vail. who had been working in the
cleaning house. stopped to move tub
of gasoline when the explosion oc
Cured. which hurled him against the
wall Of the building. He fought his
way through the flames to the outside
where he was overcome from the ga.
he had inhaled.
Devils Lake.-A contract has beer
closed by the state game and fish
commission with w. r. Smith of thi!