Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-09-22

etis, Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh, Grand
Forks. Fargo, Oct 21-22, counties,
Griggs, Steele. Traill, Barnes, Cass.
Wahpeton, Oct counties, Ransom,
Richland, Sargent.
steele-A new theatre is being open.
ed here.
eismarck-The city is receiving bids
on fire truck apparatus.
minot-A half acre of muskmelons
netted local farmer $122.
Faroo-Twenty thousand magazines
are sold monthly in Fargo for $4,000.
6erthold-Kenneth Whitson, 3, fell
into an abandoned well and was
drowned.
6tsmarck-State school enumeration
for 1921 totals 2O7,959, an increase of
5000 over 1920.
Far0o-A membership drive for the
Farm Bureau will begin throughout
the state October
Hillsboro-A large part of the North
Dakota wheat crop this year will grade
No. 2 Dark Northern.
Grafton-A purebred livestock sale
will be held October 10 by the Walsh
County Livestock association.
Univereity-COrn is North Dakota's
best crop this year according to re-
ports Of the federal crop agent.
eantry-The unusual thickness of
animal fur this fall causes Indians
here to predict severe winter
carson-Local men have formed a.
company to drill for Oil on likely spots
In this vicinity. Leith also has the bee.
New Rockford-All retail merchants
of the city have served public notice
that they will be on a cash basis after
September 10.
casselton - Cass, Barnes, Griggs,
Steele and Trail counties were repre-
sented at meeting here for boosting
the dairy business.
Wiiton-For the first time in months
the coal mines here are working full
time, and they expect soon to be en-
plOying many extra men.
Turtle Lake-The appeal of Henry
Layer, confessed murderer of family
here. for a court trial, is~being consid-
cred by the supreme court.
Judson-The county commissioners
divided a school district here as the
means of settling dispute over the
location of school house.
Medina-Eight transient harvesters
were robbed and kicked off. a freight
train here by three armed men. One
of the eight was badly injured.
misunderstanding cream separa-
tor to force her husband to buy n new
one ended in divorce between Mr..
and Mrs. Ignace Obrigewitsch.
Grand Forks-A. H. Runge, former
state fire marshal and for nine years
chief of the local fire department, died
in Califorliia at the age of 20 years.
ToWner-The county board is re-
strained by an order issued to several
complaining Taxpayers. from appoint.
ing IN agent to collect seed liens.
6tsnarck-E. A. Nelson, former as.
sistant to j. ]. Osterhous, has been
made acting dairy commissioner of the
state since the latter's resignation.
Mandan-Eight hundred tons Of steel
beams having been erected without an
accident, the first steel span of the new
Missouri river bridge at this point has
been connected.
Dickinson-The shipment of thou.
sands of head of light horses from this
region to st. Louis markets, where
they bring $25 to $50 per head, Is
bringing an influx of money.
Fargo retention Of the excess
profits tax is urged in resolutions
adopted by the North Dakota Farm
Bureau federation, who also seek the
prohibition of tax-free bonds.
0ranville-Paying an average price
Of 81 cents per pound for butterfat tc
161 patrons during the first Ave weeks
Of Its existence, the local creamery is.
Issued more than 900 checks in that
short time.
K Fargo The date for the recall cleo.
ton directed against the governor, the
attorney general, and the commissioned
LOT agriculture and labor will be fixed
for October %. The petitions calling
for the recall and Initiating certain
measures have been filed with approx.
imately 5000 signatures.
Fargo Jupiter, Belgian stallion
owned by J. b. Finch, was awarded
the Championship at the Minnesota
state fair over state champions from
seyeral eastern horst-raising states.
6ismarck-A highway information
bureau, which will have direction OF
1.-THE logging and mapping Of every au.
tOmObtle trail in the state, has been
IOpened by the State Good Roads as.
ISOLATION. II. L.. Whitcomb, recently,
named travelling secretary Of the 1850.
ciation, will have charge of this work
land Of general publicity for the good
sroads movement. His headquarters
twill be In Bismarck