Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-08-21
FACTS ABOUT THE
FL|CkERTAIL STATE

AcAVy StOFm rev nights ago.
Forman.-Sargent county Duroc Jer-
sey swine breeders have formed a per-
manent organization here.
Zap.-An addition is being erected
to the local school house ut cost
of approximately 5000.
Minot.-First wheat harvested in
this section last week brought $40
per bushel. The harvest in this Sec
ton is now on in full blast.
Bismarck.-Ctty Engineer Hensen
reports total local water consump-
ton of "a, 4s5,OOO gallons for the month
of July, the heaviest ever known in
the city.
New Rocllford.-W. r. Davidson,
former local banker recently arrested
for alleged unlawful banking methods,
has been held to district court under
$1,000 bonds.
killdeer.-Joseph Remsing of this
place was killed when the team he
was driving, attached to mower,
ran away, throwing him out in front
of the sickle bar.
Napoleon.-Contract for highway
improvements amounting to $67, 900
have been awarded for work in Logan
county, consisting of 22-mile stretch
of road running east and west of here.
Mott.-Mark Syverud, local jew
eler, was nearly electrocuted by cur
rent of heavy voltage with which he
came in contact accidentally while try
ing to charge the carbonatOr of his
soda fountain.
Bfsmarck.-Cream testing and grain
grinding will be made part of the
Estate common school curriculum, the
same as 'readin', 'ritin'. 'rithmetic,"
under plans now being prepared by
state authorities here.
Fargo-The North Dakota Pharma-
ceutical association closed it's annual
meeting here with the election of John
Void of Grand Forks as president and
the selection of that city as the place
for the next annual meet.
Bismarck.-Dr. John Fl. Worst,
president emeritus of the state Agri-
cultural college, has assumed his du-
ties under recent appointment of
Governor Lynn j. Frazier, as state
commissioner of immigration.
Mott.-The Hettinger county stock
Judging team, consisting of .Messrs.
Hans Soehren and Donald Black of
this city and Edward Crazy of Bentley
won the championship for the season
at the state fair Mt Grand Forks.
Bismarck.-Thanks to quick work
by local police, William O'Brien. aged
II, is serving term in the state peni-
Tertiary, where he was committed
after pleading guilty to burglary
which he had committed but few
nights before.
Fargo.-EXamlnation have been an.
nounced by the postoffice department,
ut Washington for the following an.
pointments in North Dakota: At Car.
rington for Harvey; at Valley City fo,
Marion; at Flaxton for Portal; al
Rugby for Towner; at East Grand
Forks for University.
Minot.-The record baseball game OF
the season was played here a few days
ago when Berthold and Minot teams
went twenty innings to decide game
which had tied in the third inning al
one to one. and again in the fifteenth
inning at three and three. Berthold
Won with an additional run in TWEEN.
tieth, and ended the game.
| Schafer.-CauterizatiO with a hOt
poker is believed to have saved the
life Of Miss Sackette, a homesteader
living Is miles southeast of here, when
she was bitten by a rnttlesnake a few
days ago. Usual antidotes for the
poison being lacking, her sister thought
of the cauterization method, which,
was tried with evidently unusual sue
| cess.
Bismarck.-The source of salaries
for new judges to be named unde,
redistricting legislation in the state is
not clearly defined. according to State
Auditor Carl Kositzky, but recent
opinion from the office of Attorne,
General LANCER holds that all salaries
duly authorized by law are legal Lin
bflity against the state, regardless OF
provision MS to the funds from which
| they shall be obtained.
Bismarck.-Applicatio for loans
! from the Bank of North Dakota are
to be made through local banks and
not direct to the parent institution, nc.
cording to announcement made by
Director General F. w. Cathro. Loca]
banks will receive SIS fee on each
| loan. 1t is stated, besides a commits.
| sion of one-fourth of one per cent,
More than 800 applications have so
| far been received.
Dickinson.-Belate.l rainfall in the
western section of the state has some.
what improved grass conditions for
range cattle, although too late to be of
material advantage so fas us grain
crops are concerned. OF q, recorded
local rainfall of only .S5 inches i'm july.
about two-thirds fell on the next to
the last day of the month. In some
agricultural and stockraising sections
it is said that small grain crops which,
do not warrant harvesting will be used
to eke out the grass supply as for
age crop for stock.
Devils Lake.-Labor day is to be
fittingly observed here under auspices