Sioux County pioneer., 1922-08-17

New saIem-Lightning struck and
burned $2,50C farm home.
Dodoe-A $4,000 school house will
be, built here this summer.
MontpeIier-A Royal Neighbor lodge
has been Installed here.
HiIIsboro-Rye near here yielded 40
bushels to the acre.
6ismarek-The state railroad COM
mission has been named as fuel ad-
board for North Dakota.
crosby-It is estimated that it will
take $1,000 men to handle the north
west North Dakota crop properly.
New EnoIand-A radio set with
1000 mile radius has been installed
by local mercantile house.
Agricultural coIleoe-The state scale
inspection department has been dis
continued for lack of funds.
Fargo-W. N. Elton of Grand Forks
won the state singles tennis champion
ship in the tournament here.
Mandan-Putting "cow itch" on a
woman's back for joke cost local
young man fine Of $40.
WiIIiston-Gasoline exploding in a
cleaning plant wrecked the building
and killed Joe Butler.
killdeer-The American Legion and
the Town Criers are organizing Boy
Scout troops here.
soIen-Plans have been drawn and
contract is being let for $4,000
school house here.
Bismarck-The North Dakota COun-
ty Auditors association meets here
August 1918.
Minot-Bids are being opened for
the big potato warehouse to be built
here.
University Seventeen were award
ed degrees at the summer school ses-
sion.
Bismarck-Butterfat receipts in this
state gained 20 per cent during the
year ending with July, over any pre-.
vious year in the history of the state.
St. Anthony-The 22-months-old son
of Matt Goertl died as result of
scalds received when he pulled ket-
tie of boiling water on himself.
oriska-The rear end of his car was
carried down the track on the pilot of
a freight engine while the driver was
left at the wheel unhurt.
Fort Yates-Selfridge and Solen
will run against this town for the
county seat of Sioux county at this
falls general election.
Wiiliston-A reddish lump found
partially embedded in mud puddle
which float on water, is believed. to
be Of meteoris origin.
Valley city-A binder sickle pro.
jecting from an auto slashed the throat
Of Henry Young, who was walking
along the street.
Stanley-Mrs. Anna McBain has
been appointed Mountrail county reg.
lister of deeds to succeed John Husa,
resigned.
Harvey-"Harvey-C of the Corn
Belt, Home of the Tubers'' is the slo-
gan adopted by the local Commercial
club.
Dickinson-C. G. Turner, Stark
county treasurer, has been named reg
lister of the Dickinson land office, and
will resign from his county post to
assume the new office September 1.
crosby-Albert Ecklnan, Norwegian
banker who died at his home in Stav.
anger, Norway, had extensive land
and business holdings throughout
Northwestern North Dakota.
Shields-With the hay crop the best
it ever has been, grain crops promis.
ing unusually well, and cattle fat and
slick, farmers on the west Missouri
slope are highly optimistic.
Grand .Forks-The Junior champion
Guernsey bull shown at the recent fair
here by Duluth stock man, was pur.
chased for the George w. Belcher
farm at Devils Lake.
Devils Lake-Sweeping changes in
laws affecting North Dakota publishers
were discussed at the convention here
last week Of the North Dakota Editor
ial association
Mandan- September 1920 are the
dates fixed for the pageant to cele.
brate the completion Of the Memorial
bridge over the Missouri. Traffic has
commenced.
Ellenda!e-The local fair may be
converted into real Dickey county
fair, with county support. October
A. are the dates set for this years
exposition.
Minot-G George A. Mcfarland, form
er head of the Valley City normal
school and more recently city superin-
tendent of Williston schools, has been
chosen to head the state normal here,
to begin service ut the opening of the
school year.
Lidgerwood-MissZ Zena Irma Trinka
Of this city, formerly Dickinson Ii
crarian, where she was employed when
her book North Dakota of Today"
appeared, has won recognition in Cal.
ifornia, where she is now engaged in
library work, with a new book, "Out
Where the West Begins"
Fargo Offices Of the employment