Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-12-23
Summary
PassingGhn,sses
ofLate Euents in
North Dakota

Ill @ North Dakota
Mayvllle-An addition Of 500 blocks
is being plated.
Hope-The' light plant is now mu-
nicipally operated.
Minot-The Great Northern will
make extensive Improvements here.
Adrian-The Presbyterian church is
out of debt and has burned its mort
gage.
Arthur-Eleven thousand pounds Of
dressed turkeys were marketed here
in three days.
Elbowoods.A new Office building
and large barn are being added to
the group Of Indian agency buildings.
! Fargo-Retiring Congressman John
n. Baer has Joined the staff of the
Fargo Courier-News. =
Glen Ullin.-Mr. and Mrs. Franz
Skalsky celebrated their golden we'd
ding with family reunion.
Minot-The first woman in the state
to join the Good Roads association 10
Mrs. E. B. McCutcheon of Minot.
Sanish-The Oldest settler cannot
recall the Missouri having been open
so late as 1t is this year.
/ Washburn-Seven hundred bushels
of Kubanka wheat will be shipped in
here for seeding next spring.
Bismarck-A position on the execu-
tive board Of the fire marshal,s asso-
citation of America has been given
Henry L. Reade, state fire marshal.
\ Fargo-Between 100 and $50 boys
and girls. representing the various
clubs Of the state, attended the annual
encampment here.
Fargo North Dakota implement
dealers will meet here in their twenty
second annual convention January 28,
q and %.
| Lidgerwood-A hawk caught and
tagged by children near here during
the summer was shot by farmer in
Texas, who wrote the children.
Foxholm-Struck in the face by the
crank Of a gasoline engine when it
backfired, John Clark lost the sight Of
his right eye. s., q .,.s +
Grand Forks-Local Legionaires
have petitioned. the legislature to
make Armistice day a legal holiday In
this state. sssss
New England-Forty thousand dol
lars will be received from the state by
the local school district for q new
school building.
Park River-Paul Farup post Of
the American Legion, has passed reso-
buttons urging the state legislature to
hasten the bonus payments.
Sanish-Selling his employers cat
tie for $4,000, George Renicke, fore
man Of the Swords ranch near here,
disappeared in st. Paul.
Bismarck. w. 5Cathro, head Of
the Bank Of North Dakota, is chair
man OF a bankers committee which -
working out details to relieve the
financial situation! of the state.
Fargo-Legislation to regulate the
boring and using Of artesian wells in
the hope Of preserving this natural
resource Of North Dakota is proposed
by the state flood control. commission.
Student fellowships be-
tween this institution and the Univef.
sity Of Buenos Aires will be ex-.
changed. according to plans now, being
laid. Two students from each insti-
tuition will go to the other.
Valley City-In& the arrest here Of
John Lynch and Charles Washington
the authorities believe they have two
Of the ring leaders in the series Of
store robberies that has been taking
place throughout the state. IN
Wahpeton-After two years Of ex-
perimenting the International Harves-
ter company will abandon its hemp
growing project in Richland county.
The work will be taken up in Marshall
county,, Minnesota.
misunderstanding the railroads an
increase OF 20 per cent on passenger
fares and IS per cent on freight rates.
the state railroad commission granted
only one petition for increased rates.
That was to the express companies for
1871 per cent raise in rates.
Dunseith-T hirty-five ex-service men
are in the; state sanitarium here.
Twenty-four more are in the state
hospital at jamestown, and nearlys2O0
more are in various authorized gov
eminent hospitals throughout the
state. S,9 AZ 4
Fargo-A seed exchange system
whereby prize winners at the big
January seed and grain show will be-
entitled to prize winning seed Of some,
other variety than that in which they
win will be an unusual feature of the
exposition. 4s 4
Hebron7-Knocked out by drink Of
moonshine passerby gave him, Frank
Kick lay for, three days unconscious
near q ,building on which he was doing
carpenter work. When found his feet
were frozen and he had to have leg
amputated. S
Van Hook-Signed by James X
Polk, president Of the United States
1844-4s, the original land. patent issued
to his grandfather, Cyrus Hodges, in.
1916, Ii in the possession Of william
Hodges, merchant Of this place. The.
deed is to 40 acres Of Illinois land.