Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-04-24
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Dolnss Of Last Few Days Throughout
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under way in this section ut the close
OF the past week..
MinOt.-SOusn' band will appear ut
NIinot on June 9th under auspices of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Town Criers' club.
MOntpelier-One thousand Russian
goats, it is said, will he put on place
recently leased by two local farmers,
who wish to try out this variety of
stock
Devils Lnke.-'The second annual re-
union of the North Dakota Association
of the Deaf will be held here i'm June,
1t is announced by Miss Inga Anddr-
son, secretary.
Grand Forls-J. Nelson Kelly, sup
crintendent of city schools, resigns his
position to take effect Mt the close of
this year, after quarter of n cen
fury of service.
Grand Forks.-A free dispensary and
clinic for the treatment of children has
been opened mt the settlement house of
the state university. 1t will be open
for inspection and treatment Of pa
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Devils Lake.-A roster of pioneer
settlers of the Lake region is being
compiled here for transmission to the
State Historical society. Three of the
men whose names appear on the list
settled here as early as the latter COS.
Fargo.-Police of Fargo and Mnot
are loking for Miss Agnes Manning, Il
fair young forger. who has left n trail
of worthless checks behind her here
and, 1t is believed, at the Magic City
rs we'll. The young woman is but 25
years of age.
Valley City.-Barncs county commits
sioners have passed resolution pro-
posing an expenditure of $325,OO0 for
road Improvement during the next
three years, a similar amount to he
available from government funds estab-
lished for that purpose.
Bloom-Amateur safe "crackers"
at this point SO mutilated the safe Of
Il local elevator that neither they nor
the agent has since been able to get 1t
open. After mussing up their chances
of Il haul from that quarter the in
tr,lders made off with $500 from an
outside cash drawer and n couple of
automobile tires.
Rismarck.-Rankers who recently
met in conference with the state in
dustrial commission in this city ap-
| pointed a committee of five of their
number to assist in arranging plans
for the organization of the new Bank
of North Dakota. w. G. Macfadden,
secretary of the State Bankers asso-
citation, heads the committee.
Bismarck.-Silas Edberg, 14-ycar-
old Bismarck boy, is missing for sew
eral days past. He was last seen leav-
ing the johnson farm near Wilton,
where he was working, with gun on
his shoulder. The youth was of a
quiet and matter-Of-fact temperament,
and his relatives are at loss to ac-
| count for his absence. rs he is believed
to be boy who would not entertain
focas of going out in search of a(lyt IN
ture and romance.
Bismarck.-With about 10000 bust
ness places of the state due to take out
licenses to operate. under new laws
recently passed, less than 1000 of
these have actually yet made applica-
ton. according to information Just
given out here. Il. H. Tostevin, newly
appointed chief of the license bureau,
expects to begin active working round
ing up the situation and seeing that
the necessary applications are made
and licenses issued.
| Bismarck.-North Dakota leads the
United States in the number of banks
per capita of population. it is divulged
by statistics just compiled from gov
eminent sources. From the figures
| given, the S5S banks in the state aggre-
gate one for every 939 of the popula-
| ton. South Dakota, which is next in
the order of prominence, has 642 banks,
or one for every LIZA persons, while
Nebraska comes next. Iowa fourth and
Montana fifth in the showing.
MinOt.-Booze saved n Minot mans
life 81 few days ago, it is argued,
although others may insist that it was
booze that first endangered it. For
tunately for temperance statistics. it
may he stated that the life saved was
not that of the man who drank the
booze. The thing happened when NJ Ike
Cunningham, drunk, fired four shots
from revolver in an attempt to "get"
F. A. Fiala, who had discharged him
from IL railroad section crew. Cum
ningham was within fifteen feet of
Fiala when he began firing, but
though lie discharged four shots, all
went wild and he was unable even to
wing his intended victim. A bystander
piniOned his arm before the fifth shot
could he fired, and the would-be MUIR
derer is now in Jail. Too much drink
not only saved the life of Fiala, but
also saved his assailant from having
to face charge of murder.
Minot.-More than 200 new members
have been admitted to the Minot lodge
of Eiks during the past year.
WillistOn.-The contract submitted
by the Wiliiston irrigation district to
the secretary of the interior Mt WASH
ington has been approved. The dis