Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-21
Only Ono Tax Sale Buyer.

Only one person made Investment In
delinquent tax certificates Mt the an.
nual Morton county sale.
Another New Ignite Mine.
One hundred tons of Ignite are
being dug daily from Perlichek mine,
recently opened near Burlington. Ten
miners are employed.
Sign OF Of Tobacco.
Thirty-eight Darlington high school
boys have pledged themselves to alb
stain from the use of tobacco while
participating in high school activities.
Wanted to Go Back to Pen.
| Ragged, cold, and hungry! James
Berry, 30, surrendered himself to the
Wahpeton police and asked to be taken
back to Maine to finish serving peni
tentiary sentence for theft, of which
two years are left.
To Help Indian Stock Raisers.
The issuance Of patents in fee to a
number Of Standing Rock Indians will
be recommended by Superintendent
Z. d. Mossman of Fort Yates with the
idea that they will be able to launch
into stock raising.
May Forego Inaugural Ball.
That the people of North Dakota
would get more real happiness out Of
contributing what they can afford to
some Christmas relief fund than in at
tending an inaugural ball, is the senti-
ment which Governor Nestos has
voiced.
Agricultural High School Grows.
Total enrolment in the Velva
schools this year is 416, more than 100
greater than last year, while of these
163 are students in the state agricul-
tural high school located there, u
growth of 81. Thirty-eight boys are
enrolled in the vocational agricultural
course.
Takes Months to Settle Case.
1t will be six to eight months before
the first tentative opinion is voiced by
the Interstate commerce commission
on the Fargo rate case, In which lower
through tariffs from points east into
North Dakota are sought. This was
the opinion Of the representatives of
the national body who heard the evi-
dence.
State Mill FederalIy Recognized.
A federal grain warehouseman's IL
cense has been granted the state mill
and elevator at Grand Forks, effective
at once. This permits the issuance of
negotiable warehouse receipts, forms
for which are now being printed. The
establishment Of federal terminal In.
spection facilities at the mill is now
E being sought.
Train Wrecker Gets 10 Years.
:. A 1O-year sentence in the state
! penitentiary was meted out to Harry
Kerns, 18, convicted at Williston OF
causing the wreck near Todd of q
: Great Northern freight train. The
}, engineer and brakeman were killed
and IA cars were smashed up. Memory
of former wreck when fruit was
scattered about the country is believed
: to have prompted the act.
Punishment for Home Deserters.
Imprisonment for term up to five
!. years is the penalty provided in bill
] prepared by the North Dakota Chill
drens Code commission for the coming
legislature to act upon, for the deser
tiOn or abandonment Of family
q Three months failure to support viii
be regarded as evidence of desertion
while non-support for any length Of
time will be made sufficient cause fol
, bonding the person guilty of such
conduct.
To Argue Grain Case In Fargo.
Circuit Judge Walter H. Sanborn
will designate the three judges, one OF
whom must be United States circuit
Judge, who will hear the arguments on
!. the North Dakota grain grading act in
Fargo beginning January 5. Counsel
for the state and for the complaining
elevator companies, headed by the
Embden Farmers Elevator Co., stipu.
/. lated that Judge Andrew Miller's tenn
porary order restraining the railroad
, commission from putting into effect
J the measure adopted by the people on
E November Z be made returnable in
. Fargo. The elevators ask for a per-
manent injunction on the ground that
, the measure has the same constitu-
tional defect as that set aside by the
, United States courts couple Of years
ago.
. State Taxpayers Incorporate.
ITO investigate questions relating to
: the tax burdens imposed upon North
Dakota taxpayers with a view to Sc
curing an equitable reduction thereof ;
, to secure and disseminate accurate in
formation among its members and
others on that subject; to make
recommendations relative thereto to
public officers and other interested
bodies, and generally to aid in pro.
noting and securing economy and effi-
Il cheney in the administration Of nuh1ic