Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-09-01
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Mandan - Thousands of seagulis.
suddenly bearing In the. district east
OF Washburn where they are EXTERN.
mating swarms of grasshoppers, are
looked upon by farmers rs repetition
of the miracle Of Brigham Young's
days in Utah. The gulls, hundreds of
miles from tldewater,, do not touch the
grain but ,devour millions of hoppers
and cutwOrms which threatened to do
more damage than the drought and
hot winds.
etsmarek-J. J. Osterhaus, state
dairy commissioner, has resigned.
Amidon-A survey Of coal beds in
the Slope counties is under way.
Devils Laks-Organized auto thieves
are working here.
Wilton-Rev. e. v. Headen is the
new pastor of the Presbyterian church.
Johnsto,sn- for the erection Of
school were opened here August 81.
Bismarck Mrs. Patrick Kelly, who
came to Bismarck in 1884, is dead.
eismarck Volumes 1 and 2 Of the
senate journal are ready for distrlbu-
ton.
Grand Rapids A thousand persons
attended "Kulm Day" at Soldiers
Memorial park near here.
Farso-The North Dakota Fedora
ton of Labor will employ a state or
ganizer.
Fargo-ThOmas Marshall of Cakes,
former congressman from North Da-
kota, is dead at Detroit, MINI.
1ismarck-A reorganization of the
state board of health is proposed in
the monthly health bulletin just issued.
6ismarek-New regulations for the
quarantine Of smallpox have been is.
sued by the state board of health.
Van Hook Plans are being made for
the opening of community hospital
here this fall.
Van Hook@A human skull has been
found in the buttes near here. There
are no clues as to how it got there.
5ottineau-The, postoffice depart,
ment is, investigating the shooting ur
Of mail boxes in this section.
Lisbon - Ransom county's income
during July totaled $1,000 while ex.
|penses We're $4,000.
Hankinson-A wonan's auxiliary tc,
the Hankinson American Legion pos,
has been organized.
Fargo Nearly $1,75O,OOO of new con.
struction was undertaken by the high
way commission during the first sis
months of 1921.
Underwood Underwood's fourth ser.
ious fire this year destroyed the Evan.
der drug store, causing nearly $4,000
loss. ~ ,@3-i
sherbrooke - Erie Anderson was
fatally burned when plug blew out
of thresler engine boiler, while he
was under the latter making repairs.
oriska-Albert Holllngshead, 60, was
instantly killed when he grasped live
wire which storm had blown down
near his barn. Sad
Minot-Lafe Flaten, Minot merch.
ant, has returned from visit to Nor
way. He found Europe hard hit by
REIMBURSEMENT problems! '
Minot- The. North Star trail, which
follows the 500 railroad from Fair
mount to Portal, has been blazed from
Portal to Minot.
calvin-NNllen his house caught fire,
Louis Towers hooked his fiivver to a
tank Of water, dragged 1t home and put
out the flames.
eisbee Because it cried, Mrs. Peter
Killer took her infant child with her
when she went to the barn. When she
returned she found the dwelling in
flames. It was destroyed.
sMinot-A million pounds Of butter
was shipped from here during the
three months ending August 81, ac-
cording to ]. w. 1Iorrell, manager Of
the Northern Produce Co.
Fargo-A committee of the North Da-
kota Farm Bureau federation has work
ed out 1.-THE essential principles for a
cooperative livestock marketing plan,"
based on months Of Investigations.
Fargo The N. d. American Legion
Women's Auxiliary is to meet to de-
eide on the number Of delegates to at
tend the national convention in Kan
sas City, November and 2.
Zap-The Zap Enterprise is urging
citizens to volunteer to erect an cleo
trio power line from Lucky Strike mine
as the result of failure to sell bonds to-
finance the project. 81 j
Mandan-Afrs. L. N. Gary, president
of the North Dakota Federation Of Wo-