Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-25
Ellendale.-A troop of Boy Scouts

Bismarck.-The Bismarck post of
the American Legion will have local
Woman's Auxiliary.
Bismarck.-The Scandinavian Edu-
cat.onal State Ownership league Is a
new organization recently formed
here.
Fargo.-Twenty-two newly appoint
ed or reappointed postmasters In this
state received their commissions last
week.
Maddock.-Returned service men
here hope to organize post Of the
American Legion with 100 charter
members.
Bismarck.-The Bismarck post of
the American Legion passed resolu-
tons suggesting the resignation of q
number Of state officers.
Sheldon.-Emil Kaatz escaped in
jury in the collision by which rail-
way locomotive wrecked the autOm0-
tive which he was driving.
Minot.-Senator Edsell H. Skies of
Mountrafl county, died in local hos
pital, of strangulated hernia. Funeral
services were held ut Stanley.
Bismarck.-A Statewide campaign
will be put on to further the establish
ment of virile Young Woman's Chris
tian association in the state.
Sheldon.-John Dahl, arrested on a
charge Of burglary, with the alleged
discovery of discriminating finger-print
evidence, was found not guilty.
Anamoose.-The two-year-old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoepfer is dead from
burns sustained through overturning
an urn of boiling coffee on himself.
Devils Lake.-An increase of $913,-
$40 in assessed values of moneys and
credits took place in Ramsey county
between assessment dates in 1918 and
1919.
Bismarck.-rhe state convention OF
the Farmers union, recently held
here, endorsed the movement for
good driving bridge over the Missouri
river.
Hankinson.-Thet local soldiers
memorial committee has abandoned
the project of erecting building and
will proceed with plans for memorial
park and monument.
Bismarck.-Tax titles to more than
200 parcels of land were sold by
County Auditor Flaherty at the an
nual delinquent tax sale held for Bur-
leigh county recently.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that District
Judges Crawford and Hanley will not
be candidates for reelection give prom
Use Of an unusual scramble by judicial
aspirants In this part of the state.
Observation-Disclosures is metropo-
lis" is the slogan of local Commercial
: club men, who IRE engineering drive
to secure for their organization an en-
( rollment of every business man in the
a city.
Fargo.-The larger part Of the con-
: tents of mail sack stolen in Moor
$ head few days ago was subsequently
recovered by the police, brr'ed in q
$ rubbish pile ut the rear of q Fargo
d store. fa
6 New England.-Farlners Of this vic.
t Unity arranged big Christmas dance
: in which it was advertised that nc
metropolitan frivollties like the "bun.
d ny hug" and the tickle toe" would be
r Included.
: Fargo.-The Democratic state cen.
:, trail committee, in session here last
q week, adopted resolutions endorsing
the administration of President Will.
i SON and specifically approving the
It league of nations plan.
Fargo.-The nude body Of -
r pound infant was found in waste
Il paper basket ut the Northern Pacific
passenger station here, without marks
b OF violence or other evidence to show
r what had caused its death.
ell Bismarck-Dr. NJ. w. Roam, local
physician whose sight was nearly de
e stroyed by gunshot wounds accidental
~ sustained while hunting, is in 8
n Chicago hospital, where 1t is said his
It vision win be wholly recovered.
r Bismarck Williams OF
e the North Dakota chapter.of the Am.
a erican Legion arrived here with petit
It lions containing $4,000 signatures ask
ing a referendum looking towards the
d repeal of the laws prohibiting Sunday
n baseball and theaters.
e. Pembina.-United States custom
L house officers confiscated heavy grir
y full of choice Canadian liquors which
) a traveller was endeavoring to bring
into the state. It is said that the
i liquors could be bought at SIS bottle
g In Canada, and would have been
9 worth S18 had the owner been able
It to get them across and dispose OF
n them among the dry Christmas revel
Il ,ers in North Dakota.
81 Bismarck by the special
session Of the legislature of nppropria
,. tions previously awarded to his de-
l. partment for the current biennial
l. period, Attorney General William Ian
e ger last week attempted to protect
e contracts previously made by him 70,
l. the services of Assistant Attorneys
d General s. L. Nuchols and w. s
Lauder by securing the issuance OF
4 warrants covering their salaries 70,
o the ensuing year, which Is included
:. within the period Of their contracts
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