Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-09-08


paign has been launched in Lisbon.
Midway-Dr. Fred Rumble, SO, has
committed suicide here by shooting.
WiIton-A Maccabee lodge has been
formed here with SO members.
stanley-The Great Northern round
house here has burned.
Minot-L w. w. are threatening to
use Amy means" to make their strike
at Bowbells effective.
MeviiIe-Elmer Wilbur, 1G, who was
injured when his arm was caught on
a separator belt, died here.
Grand Forks-A touring car belong
ing to Henry O'Keefe, mayor Of
Grand Forks, has been stolen.
MohaIl e. d. Williamson, from
Iowa, the new county agent for Rem
vile, has arrived to take up his duties.
Mandan-Bishop c. w. Burns Of
Miles City has been asked to dedicate
the cornerstone of the new Methodist
church.
Mandan-Aiorton county's first draft
ed man is receiving treatment in st.
Paul. He is Louis Kaneil and was
wounded in the Argonne.
Bismarck The $l,4OO,OOO bridge
across the Missouri will be open for
traffic November I. Dedication will
be held next May.
Tioea-Harold Flath, Tioga garage
man, was instantly killed when he ut
tempted to jump off a moving freight
train.
Fargo-Senator f. f. 14add has just
returned to Washington for the re-
converting Of congress after ten days
spent in Fargo.
Grand Forks-Philip r. Bangs, of
Forks, vice commander, is expected to
be candidate for commander of the
North Dakota department ut the
jamestown Legion convention.
sismarck-Total valuation of tele-
phone property in North Dakota for
1921 is $3.50, 657, 1t is announced by
the state board Of equalization. The
1920 valuation was $5,54O264.
Wahpeton-Benjamin Harris, EN-
ploye of the Otter Tail Power COM
pany, was rendered unconscious when
telephone wire he was repairing
touched the $500 volt wire.
Faroo-North Dakota Agricultural
college students will be registered
September 28-27 and classes will begin
September %. The attendance last
year was LAG and 127 graduated.
Faroo-The potato crop in the Red
river valley will prove a life saver for
many farmers. experts declare. In
Cass county, N. D., and Clay county,
Minn., the combined crop is expected
to yield 100000.
Jamestown-Abolition Of money is
the latest scheme Of the l. w. w.
Cards would be issued, it is explained,
to show the amount of work expended
on any article, but how the cards
would be used is not related.
Mtnot-O Organization of group press
associations and the holding of group
conventions similar to those of the
North Dakota bankers is advocated
by w. H. Francis, publisher. of the
Velva Journal.
Observation-Disclosures Of Jamestown
city property has been boosted from so
to nearly 400 per cent by the special
assessments. The valuations are
much higher than those made by the
regularly appointed city assessor.
Devils Lake-Declaring that, the
Ladies' Aid of st. Olaf's Lutheran
church "now has his permission to
stop serving suppers and holding food
sales for year." the late Andrew ].
iStade in his will bequeaths $1,000 to
the society. Il 3. ]
Minot-Differences Of opinion as to
The routing Of the Metigoshe- Black
Hills trail were ironed out at a. meet
ng here Sunday. Delegates from Glen
urn, Uphan, Bottineau, Gardena,
Kramer, Newburg, Russell, Dunning,
MaxEass and Eckman attended.
Zap-John Bloom, Beulah section
foreman, by jumping in the nick of
lime, escaped unhurt when q weed
burner train backing up emerged from
snvelOping smoke from prairie fire,
and struck and demolished the speed
er on which he had been riding toward
the train,
ainot damages in the sum of $780,
100 are asked by Mrs. Lee s. Fahler
for the death of her husband Afinot
policeman, who was killed in gun
tight with whisky runner whom he
attempted to arrest, in suit Instituted
against the City of A1inot in district
court. H
Bismarck The board Of equaliza-
tion has reduced valuation OF farm
lands approximately u per cent from
last years figures. The first reduction,
|equalizing between counties, ranges up
to IS per cent in Grant and Hettinger
counties Morton and Stark are re-
duceil e25 per cent. Secondly, 3 per
cent reduction in all counties. IL
Tolley-The Farmers State bank, re
Gently organized, has opened. d