Sioux County pioneer., 1921-12-15
| anrtb ~ akata|
| Aefns' s Digest|
~

II
Hazen-SiXty-two families will be
served by a new delivery route of %
miles is to be opened February 1.
Mandan-The annual meeting of the
Morton county farm bureaus was held
here recently.
eismarck-R. ii. Thistlewaite; sta.
tistician in the Office of agriculture
and labor, resigned his position De
cember 1. He has been an employe OF
the department for many years.
Minot--Mrs. Caroline Leet has been
appointed travellers aid by the Minot
city commission. She will meet all in
coming trains for the purpose of as
sisting young girls and women.
etsmarck-Eight thousand dollars
insurance, the full amount carried, has
been paid to SaunderschoOl district
No. 25, Grant county, for the school
building which burned at Leith, No
vember %.
Devils lake-Farm owners and farm
operators Of Devils Lake have organ
ized a local unit of the Ramsey county
farm bureau to put farming on a busi-
ness basis and to establish better re-
lations between landlord and tenant.
Mtnot-C. L. RunyOn, jeweler at the
Swalstead jewelry store, may lose the
sight of his left eye as the result of
an accident. He was soldering an old
fashioned cuff button when the bean
shaped portion of it exploded, particles
hitting Runyon in the eye.
eismarck-An extradition warrant,
the first issued by Governor Nestos, is
for the return of Otto A. Burgeson of
Rollette county to South Dakota to
face grand larceny charge. The gov
ernor honored the requisition of the
governor of South Dakota.
Lakota-Mfss Taude, Nelson county
public nurse, died at Grand Forks
hospital as the result from injuries
received several days ago, when the
auto in which she was riding with
others, overturned, pinning her under
meath . She received crushed skull
and other injuries.
Bismarek-Former Governor Lynn
j. Frazier has written friends here
that he Is hard at work on his farm
near Hoople, the man who occupied
his farm while he was governor having
left. Mr.. Frazier said he thought he
would have "a lot of muscle worked
up by spring"
Bismarck-Ice on the Missouri river
here is Of such thickness that several
parties attending the Inauguration Ger
emOnies crossed it in automobiles
These were the first recorded passings
for the year. The ice Is also helping
the construction men of the bridge ir
removing the false work under the
third span.
eismarck-Automobile license plates
for 1922 in North Dakota Will have ar
orange background With black numer
ais, q. p. Grain, registrar of the motor
vehicle department announces. The
plates were purchased on track with
st. Louis firm for 121a cents pair
a reduction of 5 cents. a pair from last
year.
Wiiliston-Ear Christianson, of the
j. 9. Penny company store here, has
been awarded a bronze medal for the
excellence of the window trimming dis
play he designed and entered in a con
test participated in by thousands Of
window trimmers of show windows In
the United States and Canada. The
display was eighth on the list.
Napoleon The Washburn-M Merrick
company of Napoleon have sold their
lumber and coal yards at Kintyre and
Braddock to the F. H. Carpenter Lunl.
ber company of Minneapolis. r. l.
kWashburn, president of the Washburn.
Merrick company states his company
will retain its holdings at Napoleon,
Hazelton and Streeter.
eowbelis To comply with the new
minimum tax law, the levy Of the Bow
bells school district has been cut
5000 for this school year. With nee
essary improvements which have been
made, and with it still necessary to
discount warrants, the district will be
forced to increase its Indebtedness
considerably by the end Of the year.
kensaI- w. w. Kupsky, for the
last eight years resident here, and
pastor of the Lutheran congregations
of Kensal. Bordulac, Pingree and
Lyon townships, aud family left last
week for Lace. ILL.,, where Mr.. Kupsky
has accepted pastorate. A farewell
reception was given for the family
here, and they were presented with q
Wilton rug, the gift of their parish
toner's, as well as gift from the
Young Peoples society.
Devils Lake Samuel Elliott, 81,
Civil war veteran, who was on guard
duty in Washington, d. G., when Pres
ident Lincoln was assassinated, and
who is Ramsey county pioneer, died
here. Mr.. Elliott enlisted in 1851 in
Co. D., Second Wisconsin volunteers,
and remained in service until the end
of the war. He fought three days at
the battle Of Gettysburg and was
wounded nine times. He also fought