Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-30
1Rortb Dakota
@ems Digest

temple recently was dedicated.
Lisbon-The charter has been given
to the recently organized Kiwanis club
here. ate
Rogers-A laborer, who has not been
identified, hanged himself in a granary
near here.
Bissnarck-The oil tax instituted in
this state in 1919 has netted the state
treasury $67s,64O.
Jamestown-An ornamental arch
and other Improvements have been
finished in Klaus park
Grafton-Attopney r. G. DePuy of
Grafton has resigned from the state
board of bar examiners.
6uffaIo-Work already is under way
toward replacing the Farmers elevator
recently destroyed by fire.
Mandan-Two transients were found
in refrigerator car, unconscious from
the fumes of a charcoal burner.
ReynoIds-This year, up to the pres
ent time, 2,3O0 head of cattle have been
tested for tuberculosis in Grand Forks
county.
HiIlsboro-December Is is the date
fixed for turning on electric current
over the Grand Forks-Hillsboro high
line.
HamiIton-Carbon exploded while
he was cleaning the engine in the cleo
trio light plant, and George L. Paxon
was badly burned.
Ashley-After conducting court here
for day, District Judge George Nc
Kenna returned to Minneapolis to take
treatment for an infected arm.
tnkster-Five drainage bitches Of
from 21s to II miles in length, serving
1880 acres, are included in the 1923
drainage program of Grand Forks
county.
Van Kook--A slide of dirt and clay
about IL feet thick buried and killed
Arthur Grigan, 35, and Earl Chounard,
both Minnesota men working in q
Ignite mine here. III
Larimore-Fire thought to have
originated in a basement swept this
city, causing loss of more than
100000. All of the mail in the post
office was burned.
Minot-Another stock barn, speed
barn at the race track, and boat
landing on the Mouse river arc pro-
jected improvements in the Ward
county fair grounds.
HiIIsboro-Six weeks after he had
started for France on a postwar tour,
word was received here of the wedding
Of Albert Anderson to French girl
whom he met while in the service.
lidgerwood-The school board is
considering the granting of one hour
q week for religious instruction in the
public schools. The churches are ar
ranging to appoint competent teachers.
kenmare-A bill providing for the
purchase and sale by the federal gov
ernment Of the basic farm products,
has been introduced in the house of
representatives by Congressman James
H. Sinclair of the third North Dakota
district.
Minnewaukan-The voters having
approved the county agent plan for
Benson county, the commissioners
have employed Irving J. Courtice for
that position. Curtis H. Pollock be-
comes county agent for LaMoure
county, where the voters also favored
the extension work.
Bismarck assertion is made by
Edwin L. Sabin, noted writer, in
recent piece Of fiction that Rain-in-the-
Face cut out the heart of General
George Custer after the Little Big
Horn tragedy. This is emphatically
denied by P. E. Byrne, formerly .secre-
tary to Governor John Burke and
close student Of Irfdian history. who
has written the Sabin publishers at
length.
Pembina-A 15O-horsepower engine
pulls the load at peak when the local
Light and Power company supplies the
current over high lines to Emerson,
Gretna and the Great Northern depot
at Noyes, in Manitoba, St. Vincent,
Minn., Neche and Bathgate in this
state, besides the city Of Pembina.
5ismarck-Requests now on file with
the state highway commission for
federal aid to various counties in the
state in the construction of highways
are 200 per cent greater than at this
time last year, totaling 395 miles Of
dirt road and 14O miles of gravel road.
or about $2,OOO,OOO worth Of work. A
survey recently taken Of the activities
Of the department show that during
the year just ended 434.14 miles Of
earth road were completed, 1928 miles
Of gravel surfacing, and one mile Of
concrete construction, at total esti-
mated cost Of $2,203, LOO, toward
which the federal government will pay
$1,O54, ,29082. There are under CON
struction now III miles Of dirt road,
27s miles Of surfacing, and one mile
Of concrete highway, at an estimated
cost Of about five and one-half million
dollars. The total cost Of road work IN
North Dakota this year is estimated at
$s663, ,460.25.
Fessenden-From report Of school
0hSenfops snrpnqrnd IN tho nf73rn Snf Tho