Sioux County pioneer., 1920-12-02
Charles Ego has resigned as

Of here Is nearly completed.
Wild Rice-The pOstoffice will be
continued until December Is.
Wllton-Frank Burtch is new SUPER
intendent Of the water works.
Fargo-The first North Dakota saxo-
phone band has been formed here.
Huff-Schmidt postoffice has been
discontinued and the mail will come
here. 4gf
Hazen-The first basketball game of
the year gave Hazen 40 to g victory
over Killdeer. " -
MISUNDERSTANDING grease ignit-
ed her clothing and badly burned Mrs.
Albert Thompson.
Devils Lake-The Legion post al
ready has elaborate plans under way
for New Years eve reception.
Rugby-Business men Of Rugby will
invest up to $4,000 in the electric
plant, insuring this city better service.
Observation-Disclosures 1S years in the
local pastorate, the Rev. Mr.. Meisel
will go to the Mohall Lutheran church.
Hillsboro-The contract for ten
miles of highway in Traill county has
been let to w. H. Noel & Co. Of james
town.
Valley City-Pinned under car
which had plunged over a 2O-foot en-
bankment, Henry Vogel, 21, was found
dead. =.
Center-The Hazel Miner memorial
fund totals $783.98. The Carnegie
hero fund commission has refused q
hero medal.
Observation-Disclosures members Of
the University of North Dakota band
will tour the state during the Christ
mas holidays.
Observation-Disclosures A. Sloane, tran
sfent bond salesman, was arrested
here for alleged fraudulent deals in
German bonds.
Sentinel Butte-Franzo Crawford,
successful candidate for Rhodes
scholarship, will sail for Oxford, Eng
land, in December.
Agricultural College-County agents
of the state, planning their winter
campaign, laid emphasis on the organi-
cation Of farm bureaus.
| Bismarck-The first woman con-
stable ever elected in the state is Mrs.
Irene Charlebois, manager of the lunch
stand at the state capitol.
Fargo-The federal prohibition Of
flee, directing the war on whiskey rum
ners throughout this state, has been re-
opened under Lane Maloney.
| MinOt-The Association of Com
merce and the Rotary club will be
asked for advice in the appointment of
a police chief to succeed Charles Land.
resigned.
Oberon-The basement and walls of
the $4,000 school are complete and
the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy by the opening of the 1921
fall term.
Wild Rose-James Nelson, local
rancher, who went to the st. Paul
market recently, reports that stock is
coming in there much faster than it
can be handled.
Forman-Struck by an automobile
which he was trying to dodge in ap-
parent confusion, w. H. Whitinger, "a,
sustained fractured skull which
caused his death.
McKenzie-Victor J. Anderson Of
Burleigh county and D. E. Shipley Of
Stark county. are mentioned for the
speakership of the North Dakota
house of representatives.
CarringtOn-Damages in the sum Of
$4,000 are sought by the patron of a
local restaurant from the proprietor.
It is alleged that an electric fan fell
from the ceiling and struck the diner
on the head.
Mott-The charred bodies Of three
children Of James Sullivan were taken
from the ruins OF their home. 1t is
believed lamp exploded while the
parents were away. The youngest
child was six months, the Oldest five
years. 4..
Grand Forks-H. NJ. Stanton as q
proxy for President Holbein of the
North Dakota Good Roads association,
and H. F. Dooley of Williston. secre-
tary, are delegates from North Dakota
to the Roosevelt Highway conference
in Duluth.
Fargo-Twenty-seven nursing or
ganizations are in operation through
out the state, 18 of them under Red
Cross chapters and nine under county
management, according to the report of
Miss Ruth Bracken, supervisor Of
public health nursing.
University-Births in North Dakota
during the third quarter of 1920 ex-
ceeded deaths by more than 1000.
There were 3,134 born and deaths
totaled lilo. Mortality rates are
higher during the first year of life than
during any succeeding five-year period.
Fargo-The advice of L. B. Hanna.
one Of the governors Of the Federal
Reserve bank of Minneapolis, is to
practice rigid economy in tiding over
the present crisis. He declares that
this bank loaned heavily throughout
the Northwest in an effort to keep the
farmers going.
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