Sioux County pioneer., 1920-12-02
5tate SUMMARY
PassingG Glin,pses
ofLate Euents in
North Dakota
Hazen-The Evangelical church has

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Hazen-The Evangelical church has
been dedicated.
Wildrose-Local clocks have been
advanced IN hour.
Casselton-An . American Legion
band has been organized. If
Glen Ullin-This city and New Salem
will have enlarged postoffices.
Sanborn-A community fair here
proved popular and instructive.
VenlO-The Farmers Grain COM
pany has opened a new elevator.
Mandan-The Town Criers club is
sponsoring a five day Chautauqua.
Lakota-A new community barn for
farmer visitors is about complete.
Cooperstown-Lewis Berg heads the
Griggs County Grain Growers club.
Mohau-Miss Clara Anderson of
Minnesota, is Renville county nurse.
Manning-A recall will be Instituted
against G. N. Pugh, county commits
sioner.
Van Hook-The local telephone ex-
change can now accommodate so more
subscribers. p
Dickinson-The municipal band now
numbers 38 members and has q class
for beginners.
Wabeck- -Mountrail county stock
raisers united, electing board, Of
seven directors.
Velva-A 4O0-pound chunk of coal
crushed Ankor Larson to death in the
local coal mine.
Fessenden-The farm home and all
the belongings of Leo Plaisted were
destroyed by fire.
Sanborn-Community club work in
Barnes county, launched here, is
proving popular.
Lisbon-Bohn & Lowe Of Hewitt,
Minn., have purchased an interest in
the local creamery.
Selfridge-This community will soon
launch its third fight for the county
seat of Sioux county.
Inkster-Its Bath birthday was cele-
brated by the Bank of Inkster by en-
tirely remodeling the interior.
Cooperstown-Martin Hagan was
badly injured when an auto driving
without lights struck his buggy.
Velva-A new electrically equipped
coal company here hopes to produce
Ignite coal at cost Of $1.56 per ton.
Rolla-The auditorium financed by
bonding the city for $16,5OO is now
ready. It is 3Sx1O2 feet and seats
600.
Fairmount-The monthly cream
check of Bert Kunz, who milks 25
cows, has averaged $500 for the past
year.
Grassy Butte-Attempting to light a
fire with gasoline instead of kerosene
resulted fatally to Mrs. Sila Pohre-
bnak.
Devils Lake-This city's 100000
paving job will be completed by De-
cember IL the weather remains fa-
vorable.
Napoleon-Logan county was the
first in the state to report to state
headquarters the completion of its
Red Cross drive.
Langdon-Farmers in this vicinity
have been sued by a Montana grain
company for failure to deliver seed
grain on contracts.
Bismarck-State bank deposits have
increased million and half over
those reported at the last call, totaling
nearly $128,OOO,OOO.
Hillsboro-The Rev. Henry Daniel
son, q, for long time Methodist
pastor here, was killed by switching
cars at Fremont, Neb.
Marmarth-A South Dakota jury
awarded $25,OOO to Frank E. Nauman
Of this city for an injury sustained in
an engine derailment on the Milwau-
| kee.
Stanley-Fifteen years in the state
penitentiary was the sentence passed
upon Thomas Cottrell, colored, found
guilty of shooting to death Thomas
Frye in Minot.
Bismarck-Being forced to decline
tion of President Obregon of Mexico,
Governor Frazier sent a telegram of
congratulations:
Bismarck-The twine plant at the
penitentiary is again In operation af-
ter having been shut down for re-
pairs. There are 1877 prisoners at
present in the institution.
New Salem-According to a recent
supreme court decision the National
Union Fire Insurance company Of
Pennsylvania, will have to meet all
claims for loss on drought policies is-
sued to number Of farmers in this
vicinity in 1917. o
Hatton Two passing merchants
saw the fax straw banking about the
farm home Of Mr.. Testad in flames
and were badly burned in saving the
house from destruction. Mrs. Testad
had given up. the battle and was
phoning for help.
Minto-The North Dakota champion
ship stock Judging team, composed Of
Myrtle Kerns. Of this place, Warren
Tewksbury Of Park River, and Arthur
Rasmussen of Grafton, has gone to