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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
ONE BALLOON STILL MISSING
Of the 10 Balloons IL Have Landed;
One Still in the Air.

Chicago.-Indications were that an
army, navy and independent balloon
will represent the United States in the
international balloon race to be held
in Switzerland.
The navy balloon, piloted by Lieut..
w. +. Reed, was the only one Of the
IL contestants that started in the ma
tional race from Milwaukee Wednes.
day still unaccounted for and was be-
lieved to be up in the clouds some
where over the great lakes region. OF
the 10 balloons, II were competing for
the right to be selected among the
three to represent the Unitd States in
tn international races and two Of the
winners are thought to have landed.
Fl. E. Honeywell of st. Louis, an in
dependent pilot, reported that he had
landed about 20 miles south Of Joplin,
Mo-, after covering about $50 miles,
while Major Oscar Westover Of Wash
ington, plotting an army balloon, came
down near Lake st. John, Quebec.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
.0BRECON CHIEF
CHECKS MOVE
Nuevo Laredo Is PIacarded With
Diaz Manifestos- PopuIa-
ton Alarmed.

Ell Paso, Texas-Colonel Luis Nal.
tos, who in news dispatches from San
Antonio, Texas, is reported to be un-
der arms in revolt against the Mex
lean government, is aided by General
Lucio Blanco and General Alfredo RI
eau, according to federal agents in
Ell Paso, who are keeping in close
touch with affairs in Mexico.
The two generals, according to reli-
able information, recently organized
on the Texas side near Brownsville q
small filibustering force. The force
was to have crossed the line to meet
force of federals the commander of
which was to have joined the rebels,
1t is said. Mexican officials, however,
discovered the plot and blocked 1t.
The new revolutionary movement
appears to be confined almost entire.
ly to the country around the Big Bend
district of the Rio Grande on the
Texas and Mexican sides, the reports
indicate. Nuevo Laredo's population
is alarmed, the place being almost
plastered with Felix Diaz manifestcs
declaring that Obregon and his consti.
tuition are to go, one report reads.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
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RACING PROGRAM AT
STATE FAIR a DANDY

Announcement of plans for the har.
ness racing program to be staged at
the North Dakota state, fair at Fargo
July 1922, has been made by the fair
board.
1t has always been the policy of the
fair to assume generous attitude to.
wards horse racing. since it is SO pop.
ular with fair visitors, The speed
committee, after consulting with
horsemen and adjoining fairs usually
visited by the same horses which race
at the local fair, has decided to put
up $500 in purses for racing. The
detailed program will be ready for
announcement and distribution soon.
Although it is early, many inquiries
are being received. Judging by this
preseason interest, an entry list OF
125 horses is expected. This will as
sure weh-rounded fields in all events
The closing date for entries will be on
July 1.
Care is being taken in the planning
of the program to arrange for at least
one feature on each days racing card
Fair officials believe one feature each
day will stimulate interest in the en-.
tire card. Among the features on the
program will be the three events for
each Of which a $1,000 purse is of.
fered.
There will be great many strange
horses on the track this year. Horses
from stables in Minnesota, Iowa, Wis
consin, and other states will make
their appearance here, and later in the
season will race at other fairs in the
state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
ANCIENT CALIFORNlANS WISE
Bones of Prehistoric Men Found ir
Oil Fields Show Development.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Original resi-
dents of Southern California We're
giants, seven feet in height, according
to an anthropologicMl discovery of the
University of California near McFar.
land, in the heart of the oil fields.
They were also "highbrows" with
large, well-rOunded heads. They lived
in mounds and used implements of
stone.
The excavations are being made
under the direction of Airing Stein
berger, in now dry lake where the
soil is heavily impregnated with aka
line salts and a seepage of petrolenm,
This chemical combination acted as
an ideal preservative, so that the skel-
etons were found in fine state of
preservation. The first mound uncov-
cred evidently was burying ground,
as the skeletons were found lying or
sitting facing the east, as was custom
airy in the last rites of primitives peo-
pies.
The skeletons are believed to be
those Of the first jewellers in Southern
California, although the skull of a
prehistoric woman was unearthed sew.
eral years ago in the La Brea fossil
pits, which produced finely preserved
skeletons of animal life extending back
100000 years.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
BAD STATE FOR RATS TO VISIT
Counties Join in Successful Drives to
Exterminate Pest From State.

Dallas, Texas-Six hundred seventy
thousand rats were killed in the ex.
termination drives in Texas last year.
County agents employed cooperative.
ly by the United States Department Of
Agriculture, State agricultural colleges
and the counties promoted many of
the campaigns with the help of mem.
bers of local farm bureau and Cham.
bers of Commerce and under the gen.
eral supervision of Biological Survey
rodent control specialists.
The most rats were killed in Den.
ton county. The boy having the great
est number to his credit killed $4,000
in six weeks. In Williamson county
another boy killed 900 in two weeks.
1t is estimated that the rats aver
aged about a half pound each, max
ing about 1877 tons of rats killed during
the campaign. It is also estimated
that each rat had it lived year would
on an average have eaten or damaged
property worth 81, making the results
Of the campaign worth approximately
100000. H
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08

Dallas, Tex.-Conflicting reports rs
to a siege, which officers and white
citizens are said to have established
about house full of negroes near
Kirvin, following the killing of Leroy
Gibson, 10, negro, after the officers had
arrested him in connection with the
assault and killing of Miss Eula Avs
ley, school girl, near Kirvin, May l.
were received here.
Surrounded by a mob of heavily arm.
ed white men, between 20 and 1OC
negroes likewise armed and barricaded
In house on the Powell farm, three
and one-half miles south Of Kirvin, are
resisting efforts to dislodge them, nc.
ccording to Il report from Kirvin.
Trouble Exaggerated.
A Fort Worth dispatch was reviewed
that reports of the trouble were exag.
gerated and the band of negroes said
to be hiding at the Powell farm could
not be located.
Calls for men, arms and ammuni.
ton, said the report from Kirvin,
brought hundreds from Corsicana,
McXia, Streetman, Workman, league
and nearby towns who are gathering
in kirvin to go to the assistance of
the officers in the event that they are
needed. a dispatch from Fort Worth,
however, said the crowd was not or.
gaNiZed
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
TWELFTH TRAIL ACROSS
NO. OAK. is PROPOSED

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The current humber Of the North
Dakota Good Roads Magazine carries
the following list Of trails and high
ways which cross the state, making
the prediction that traffic this year
will be much heavier than In seasons
past:
National Parks Highway - Enters
the state at Fargo. running east and
west, goes out ut Beach. The trail to
Yellowstone National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt Highway-Run
ming east and west. Enters the state
at Grand Forks, goes out at Williston.
North Star Trail-Running north
and south. Enters the state at Fair
mount, goes out at Portal.
Sunshine Trail-Running north and
south. Through Glendale, Edgeley,
jamestown, Darlington, north to Can
ada.
Yukon-Canada Trail-Thro' Divide
south to Williston, down to Mckenzie
and south to South Dakota line.
Metigoshe- Black Hills Trail From
Lake Metigoshe, north of Bottineau, 70
the Black Hills in South Dakota.
international Highway ~ A state
road from Minot, south across the Mis-
souri, into Glen Ullin.
Mandan-Killdeer Mountains High
way-Running south from Killdeer to
Mandan.
Parks Highway-From Drake west
along 500 railway to Sanish, across
Mckenzie county.
Meridian Trail - Runs north and
south along Red river. A Gulf-to-Win-
nipeg highway.
Glacier Park Highway Comes into
Fargo by way of st. Cloud, goes north
out Of Fargo and west, connecting
with other east-west highways.
The Black Hills Highway From
Aberdeen, through Cakes, Lisbon,
Fargo, and on to the head of the lakes,
is new trail under contemplation and,
if built, makes a twelfth important
highway running through the state.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
STUDY EFFECTS ON MINERS
U. S. Orders Survey Of Health condi-
tions in Minnesota Iron Mines.

Washington-The United States Blu
reau of Mines has ordered an investi-
cation in the Minnesota iron range
districts to study the physiological ef-
fects on miners of underground condi-
tons. The effects of high temperature,
humidity, gas, dust, etc., will be noted
and physical examinations will be
made to obtain evidence of miners
phthisis (scilicosos) among the work
ers in such underground mines. F. V.
Meriweather, surgeon, has been as.
signed to this inquiry, which is ex-
pected to take six months.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
UNITE WITH PRODUCTS FIRM
capitalization to Be Increased to Care
for Consolidation.

New York-A new tobacco merger,
representing combined capitalization
of 157 million dollars, involving the
United Retail Stores corporation and
and the Tobacco Products corporation,
was announced by James M. Dixon,
president of the Tobacco Products
company. '-
The United Retail Stores corpora
ton, by stock ownership controls the
United Cigar Stores corporation.
James B. Duke, founder of the Amer.
lean Tobacco company and the British
American Tobacco corporation, will be
the guiding head of the merged COM
pany.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08

Turtle Lake-A fire department is
being organized.
Zap-The N. P. is building new
depot here.
Agricultural College The institution
band is being reorganized and equip
ped as full regimental band.
Bismarck - Auto registrations for
the current year now total 71,5OO, the
Fords numbering 40.50O.
Devils Lake-A> flying circus, motor
cycle and Ford races, and auto polo
will be entertaining features at the
state Legion convention here June 20.
Wilton-Po Poisoned oats which had
been buried on local farm were dug
up by pig, and several pigs, ducks,
and chickens were found dead. .a5
Il Bismarck George E. Wallace, for
mer state tax commissioner, has taken
position with the Western Union
Telegraph company in their tax de-
partment in New York city.
Wahpeton- Residents Of Richland
county, North Dakota, and Wilkin
county, Minnesota, are presenting the
history Of the Red River valley IN
pageant form. "
Beach Golden Valley county will
vote at the coming primaries on the
question of issuing bonds for $25,OO0
to purchase site and erect court
house. a
Ray-That North Dakota,s climate is
good for the fairer sex as well as for
crops has been further demonstrated
by Miss Zaidi Bottle, who only recently
moved from here to San Diego, Calf,
and has just been voted the most beau
tiful girl in that city. is5 * ..s
carrington-Yeggs cracked the safe
in the N. P. depot here and took $40.
Grafton ~ Prevented by strong
wind from hearing train which lie
| did not see, local autoist drove his
car against the. mail coach of passing
lSpassenger train He and several oc-
cupants Of the car escaped uninjured
Ibut the auto was badly damaged.
Devils Lake First Division men
from all over the United States are
expected to be here for the annual re
Iunion Of the North Dakota branch Of
this organization in connection with
the state Legion convention beginning
une 90. e a 7. 3s
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
No Longer "vvlreless..
cutseur. soep .haves vithoutmue. Eveywhssae.

The committee on nomenclature at
the government radio conference de-
clares that the use of the word ''wire-
Less and names derived from 1t are
obsolete. Instead they urge the use
Of radio" For the general title Of
a system Of conductors for radiating
or absorbing radio waves use aerial" :.
for an open circuit aerial use Tan:
tenna"; for a closed circuit aerial use
"coil. Youths Companion.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
II Brotherhoods to Meet Soon.

Chicago.-Heads Of II railway un-
ions will gather in Cincinnati this week
when the conference on wage reduc-
tons called by B. NJ. Jewell, president
of the railway employees department
of the American Federation of Labor,
goes into session.
Union representatives Of all classes
Of railroad labor which come under
decisions now being issued by the
United States railroad labor board or
dering reduction Of wages, will discuss
concerted action in submitting the mat
ter to their membership for action
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
France Denies Report.

Washington Official dispatches
from the French foreign office made
public by the French embassy declar.
ed "false and untrue" reports that
Charles r. Crane, of Chicago, has been
tried by French court martial in
Damascus and sentenced to 20 years
Imprisonment for having attempted to
incite anti-French disturbances in
Syria. Investigations of the reports
conducted by the foreign office, EN-.
bassy officials said, proved them to
be wholly without foundation. Is
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
NAME "BAYER" IS ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
Take Tablets without Fear, II You
See the Safety "Bayer
F CrosaN

II you want the true, world-famous
Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for
over twenty-one years, you must ask
for 'Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin"
The "Bayer Cross is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack
age for your protection against imita-
observation-disclosures
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
ONLY Three Left.

Albert Lea, Minn.-Charles Kittel.
son, former state treasurer of Mime.
sofa and for many years resident of
Freedom county, now living in Cali
fornia, has written to John Peterson
of Clark's Grove, this county, that Pc.
terson, himself and ErcR G. Johnson
of this city are now the sole survivors
of company E of the Tenth Minnesota
infantry, which fought through the
Civil war.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
MANY MOBILIZE
FOR TEXAS RIOT
More Than 1000 White Men
Leave For kirvin To Aven-
&c White Girls Death.
THREE REPORTED DEAD
An Armed Party Of Over 1000 Left
for kirvin to Burn the Negro
Residents and Shoot the
Occupants.

Fort Worth, Tex.-A mob Of white
persons, estimated at between $50 and
1000, left Kirvin for SimsborO, four
miles south Of the latter town, determ.
ined to bury the residences of the
negroes and shoot the occupants as
they came out of their homes, long
distance message to the Fort Worth
Record from Kirvin stated.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Wants Name Changed.

Madison, Wis.-The Wisconsin Non.
partisan league is considering q
change Of name. Chester G. Plat,
state manager, announced. Members
will be asked to decide whether their
organization should hereafter be
known as the wisconsin Farmers
Political Union" or the wisconsin
Farmer Bloc" or whether it should re.
tain its present name.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Collapse Causes Panic.

Burlington. N. Hundreds Of ex
cursionists we're thrown into panic
when Is men, women and children
were dumped into the river at Parl
Island here as a float upon which they
were standing collapsed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Scientist Collects Canadian Plants.

Brookings, S. DIR. N. E. Hansen,
professor of horticulture and forestry
at the state college, has returned from
his eighth plant collecting trip into
Northern Canada. He went north to
a Hudson Bay post on the Saskatche.
wan river and then proceeded to Hud.
son Bay Junction. At these places
wild plants, especially cherries, were
collected for shipment to the state
college.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Flrst Wheat' shln STONED.

Portland, Ore. Charter of the Brit
fish steamer Baron Podworth to loai
new crop wheat at Portland early II
September marks the definite engage
ment Of the first carrier for moving
the 1929 crop s85S.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Chicago Labor chIefs Free.

Chicago-Fred Nader, president Of
the Building Trades council, and
Timothy ("Big Tim") Murphy, known
as the power above" in the councils
affairs, walked out of Jail under $780,.
900 bonds on their promise to get out
Of the Building Trades council. III
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
SIX pestroyers scrapped.

San Diego-Six United States de.
stroyers, representing a total con.
struction cost of nine million dollars
and comprising the eighteenth divi.
sion of the Pacific destroyer force,
were erased from the active list Of the
navy. 81. 3$s
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
velva-Boy Scouts have organize

here.
White Earth-A fine Masonic temple
is being erected here.
Gwinner-Local boosters are organ
izing a summer resort.
Milnor-A chapter of Eastern Star
has been instituted here.
PortaI-Funds are being raised to
equip a playground here.
Edinburg-A potato warehouse will
be built here this summer.
WiIdrose-Work is now under way
on a $4,000 school building.
Binford-The Red Willow Lake sum-
mer resort is being opened here.
Devils Lake-''Lakewood" is the
name chosen for the new park here,
it's originator winning $40 prize.
Abercrombie-R ichland county pio-
neers will meet here June %. The
1921 meeting was skipped.
University-One hundred fifty stu
dents get degrees at the annual COM
mencement June -.
Towner-Five army trucks will be
obtained from the state for McHenry
county road work. @
Enderlin-A pavilion has been built
in Patrick Pierce park by the local
Legion post.
Grand Forks-A traffic manager will
be employed by the local Commercial
club.
acknowledging followed a light
wire into the house of T. T. Hoff and
set fire to mattress. Firemen with
gas masks put out the smoldering fire.
Wahpeton-Ever box and package
in the Milwaukee freight depot here
was broken open by thieves, but only
two cans Of pineapple were missing.
New STRENGTHENING pierced the
heavy insulation on a telephone cable
here and fused the several smaller
wires within.
VeIva-The site chosen for the fu-
ture erection of modern city hall al
ready is being beautified with trees
and shrubs.
Bismarck Crushed under heavy
wooden dirt-roller, Ralph, 2-year-old
son of Joseph Gabel, met instantan-
eous death.
Fargo Reserve officers Of this city
and Moorhead, MIMI, have organized
q. "mess'' to stimulate interest In army
affairs.
Marmarth-Loren Anderson, II, was
drowned when he tried to swim the
Milwaukee reservoir with his clothes
on. .5ss
Minot- Two policemen have been
dismissed from the local force for
driving car into a lamp post, which
was snapped off, and then, on another
tack, breaking store window. I.
HiIIsboro- Bonds have been. approx
ed in the sum Of $4,000 for the equip
lment Of an electrical distribution sys-.
TEN to connect with high line from
Grand Forks.
Bottlneau-O Only the fighting blood
OF his Collie dog saved Charles Whit
|teron from serious or fatal injury
Ewhen he was attacked by his herd
boar. III
Grand Forks-A 2e-inch vertebra
from prehistoric animal which scien-
fists at the state university estimate
must have stood 10 or IL feet high,
was recently pulled from the Red
river by FISHERMAN john" q local
character. q: 4. n.
Grand Forks One million dollars to
handle the wheat pool will be placed in
this state by the Northwest Wheat
Growers association.
Van HookThe first high school
i cny,,,oo az, oonoont horo, yvaa sfoafurad nv
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
on. NAMING Babies.

A law was passed recently In Nor
way prohibiting the bestowal of ridicu-
lous names on babies. Also no French
child may be given name that does
not occur in the official list drawn up
for the purpose. comprising 1900
items.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
GRADING HEADQUARTERS NOW
IN BISMARCK UNDER LuND

Consolidation of the work Of the
grain inspection, elevator accounting,
and weights and measures depart
ments will be effected by the state
railroad commission under plans
drawn for the resumption of the SUI
pervision and inspection Of grain and
elevators, which was terminated at
the passage Of the state grain grading
act. .
The commission decided to estab-
fish what will be known as the grain
department Of the state railroad COM
mission. Ole Lund, formerly employ
ed as an auditor by the board of ad-
ministration, was chosen to head the
new department. His duties, it was
stated, will be to supervise the entire
grain inspection and accounting work.
The grain inspection and weights
and measures departments will be
moved from Fargo to Bismarck as
soon as possible.
Mr.. Lund succeeds w. G. Palmer, of
the state agricultural college, who was
chief grain inspector under the grain
grading act which was recently de-
clared unconstitutional by the supreme
court Of the United States. Since that
decision Mr.. Palmer has continued to
head the department temporarily es-
tablished by the railroad commission
under the statute revived as result
Of the decision multiplying the grain
grading act. ]. !. Brady will continue
as head of the elevator accounting de-
partment, recently moved to Bismarck,
and an inspector Of weights and meas
ures will be appointed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08
Snow In Montana.

Snow In Montana.
Missoula. Mont.-Several inches of
snow covered Western Montana re.
Gently. A general rain which began
falling turned to snow.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-06-08

Crowns are never won by bearing
crosses.