Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-08-18

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NlinOt merchant, is dead.
Grand Forks Peter Stenseth. for
more tlmn 20 years resident of Grand
Forks, Is dead.
stump lake-Fire destroyed the
power plant at the summer resort park
here.
Emerado- Contract has been let for
| the building of a two.room school to
cost $4,000.
Mercer-As the result of a lightning
shock, Mrs. Lois Wagner fell, break.
Eng her leg.
4 6eaeh-Miss Helen E. Waldo, for.
merly Of Beach, has sailed for South
Africa where she will be married.
| eeach-Use of the stomach pump
saved the lives of two young children
who ate fly poison containing arsenic.
Notwithstanding and municipal
Improvements are under way ut FEES
senden.
acknowledgements Of the town
,lof Drake has been ordered by Tax
Commissioners George E. Wallace.
6lsmarck-GeOrge III. Mcmahon, for
merly an engineer in Colorado, has
been appointed assistant state eng.-
lneer.
\ Watford city-Anton Larson. 36,
la farmer living near Watford City.
|died three and one-half hours after he
had both legs cut off by binder.
Jamestown-Funeral services have
been held here for the late Frank A.
Taylor, 50, former resident of James
town, who died in Minneapolis.
WtIliston-Local business men few
,leled and repaired the main streets in
: preparation for the sociability tour of
the Roosevelt Highway tourists.
Fargo-A1iss Lillian G. Topping, sup
slerintendent of the Florence Crittenden
infection following extraction of
teeth.
Mtlnor-Afrs. c. C. Clark was burned
to death when the contents of 81 kero-
: sene can that she was using to start
u fire exploded.
Fort Yates-The Standing Rock In
! dian fair will be held here Sept. 6-S
The association has applied to the
government for $500 aid.l
! Washburn-Fifty people, including
children and adults, were. examined at
the free health clinic conducted by
the anti-tuberculosis association.
. Mott-Various. measures for the re-
lief Of drought stricken counties Of
the Slope country were outlined at Il
Injecting here Of county commissioners
lof the district affected.
Y Grand Forls-Three young men,
4 lrunaways from the home for the
predetermined in Grafton, have been
found in East Grand Forks and re-
turned to Grafton.
!, eisnarck-Suit involving title to the
! former arm6ry Of Co. A, First regi-
!. ment, North Dakota National Guard
8 in Bismarck, has been begun in dis
trict court.
lisbon-Checks totalling $6,147 have
y Just been mailed to the various Ran
g Isom county schools in payment OF
s their respective shares of the state
school iapportionment money.
!, Lakota - Nelson county farmers
n have launched a drive against the bar
! berry bush, said to harbor black rust
J, Destruction of every barberry bush ir
the county is aimed at.
/ Devils Lake-Efforts are being made
x to secure the 1922 state fair for Devils
$ Lake. 1t is argued that Devils Lake
e is more central than Fargo or Grand
: Forks and easily accessible by rail.
Wahpeton-Fred Hope, 43, trans.
/ lent, is in "a local hospital with gun.
!. shot wound in hts leg received while
s Iriding ON a freight train near Wolver.
0 ton.
e Bismarck-A reduction of the as.
sessment of lands in the southwestern
s part Of the state and the counties in
( other parts of the state which have
i had poor crops is urged by Tax Com
: missioner George L. Wallace.
7 Rugby-Rev. A. Il. Hooke, who has
n resigned Ibis pastorate at Winnipeg,
e has accepted call to the pastorate
of the, Methodist church of Rugby
t where he will assume his duties Aug
!, ust 21.SS8s
!, Grand Forks--Incidents and condi-
It t.ons Of e.lrly days in this section were
interestingly recalled by COL Frank
slViets, Grand Forks pioneer, and now
Slot Ashtabulu. Ohio, during his recent
I visit here. He is So years. old and
/ feels that he will not be able to make
! the Journey here again.
!, Egeland- Hail accompanied by a
: thigh. wind which moved barns and
granaries and demolished small build
u ,ngs, did considerable damage over an
g area about three miles wide and 20
e miles long in northern Towner county.
J. The storm began near Ellsbury and
$ Travelled southeast.
n FargoL. B. Hanna, former gov;
ernor Of North Dakota, and son, Rob
q ert Hanna, have reached Fargo after
}. an automobile trip Of 5000 miles from
0 Santiago, Cal, through California,
a Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana
Z and North Dakota. The trip took
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