Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-16


ports show conditions generally favor
able on small grains in all parts of the
state. &
F Rusby-The Pierce equity fair to be
held here June 80 and July is prom
Used to be the best ever held in the
county. '7' -,
cooperstown-The .State Bank of
Walrum in this county has been closed
upon order of State Examiner o. E.
iLofthus.
eismarck-Mrs. NJ. L. Forkner of
Langdon was elected president of the
state Rebekahs ut the annual meeting
held here.
& Bismarck The May apportionment
10 counties from the stpte school fund
lis $1.SO per capita. The amount is
$368, 1860.
Bismarck The death of Mrs. Chas.
Kupftz in this city removed one of
Burleigh cOunty's earliest and best
beloved residents
Grand Forks Local knights Of Co
lumbus have Incorporated in the sum
of 100000 for the erection of home
f0fNthe organization.
Carson Grant county has organ
lied an active Good Roads association
which will be operated. in connection
with the state organization.
Nahpeton-Joseph Formaneck, for,
mer pioneer resident Of this county
since 1873, is reported dead from an
auto accident at Anheim, Calf.
Mandan-Inmates of the state train
ling school have unanimously accepted
a self-government plan offered them
by Superintendent w. F. Mcclellan.
etsmarek-New rules governing the
classification of farm lands for taxa
ton will be promulgated by State Tax
Commissioner George e. Wallace about
July 1.
Minot-Lynn Arnold Christensen, a
17-year-old youth, died here from
burns sustained while helping to put
out a gasoline blaze at a neighbours
residence.
cooperstown- Sons Of Norway from
North Dakota and parts Of Montana
gathered in district convention in this
city June 10 to r.. and were addressed
by number Of prominent speakers.
1 Mandan-A city-wide referendum re-
suited in a heavy vote favoring return
to mountain time, which gives Afandan
an hour Of daylight saving. The
change became effective Immediately.
Faroo-A vaudeville program as
good as that furnished by any circus
in the country is promised by Secre-
tary f. w. McROberts as feature Of
the Interstate fair to be held here
July IL to 49,
Fargo-Police officers in various
parts of the state ere finding addi-
tional evidence against liquor law vio-
lators under a new statute which
requires testimony from persons ar.
rested for drunkenness. J
6tsmarck-The state railway COM
mission has denied the applications Of
the American Express company for
permission to raise rates in North
! Dakota, but has granted permission to
Irearrange the classiflcations.
/ Grand Eorks-Frank O. Lowden,
A former farmer governor Illinois and a
prominent candidate last year for the
Republican nomination to the presi-
dency, has been engaged to address a
county farm picnic at Bachelors grove
ION the 18th of this month.
4 Fargo Tentative arrangements ap-
pear to be in progress for series OF
debates In this state between A. @.
4 ToWn1ey and former Attorney General
William LANCER, who have recently
4 been discussing the value Of North Da.
kota league achievements before audi.
ences in Nebraska, South Dakota, and
Minnesota. ,5y
Bismarck Great interest surrounds
1.-THE probable appointments to be made
Iby the state board Of administration
to fill vacancies caused by the retire.
ment Of President r. f.. Laid Of the
agricultural college, and President
Garland, a. Bricker, who recently re.
Isigned as head of the state science
school at Wahpeton.
q Jamestown-George Bellezea, James
Maher and Joseph Golden were the
names given by three men captured BY
state enforcement league officers after
8 a thrilling chase seven miles east Of
this city. Several shots were fred
four Of which took effect in the real
4 Of one OF the captured cars. Forty.siz
cases Of liquor were confiscated, ac
4 cording to the officers. # y
A Hope "A Bemidji, Mimi, dispatch
1 brings word that George Quinn, q
mixed-blood Indian, has confessed to
4 having shot and killed Walter West.
4 fall Of this place last fall, while hunt.
ing on; the White Earth reservation
I Quinn claims that the killing was &C
cidental, but fearing arrest and con
: viction, he secretly buried the body
which was recently found By another
Indian.
! Tower City The John B. Raymond
post No. u Of the G. A. r., Depart
ment Of North Dakota, once the strong
est in the state, has passed into history
Las an official post. Organized in 1885,
with a membership OF 81, the number
4 has steadily thtnned. until now only