Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-21


with three trustees and other stated
officers.
New High School In Use.
Fingals new school building has Just
been opened. 1t houses the seventh
and eighth grades and the high school.
Commercial Club Active.
A membership drive, a community
Christmas tree, and a skating rink are
the foremost plans of the Hankinson
Commercial club at the present time.
New White Way Planned.
Increased commercial patronage is
being sought by the light company at
Velva, who promise that 1t will be
rewarded with 24-hour service and
help in putting in and maintaining a
white way. -
N. p. Puts On Christmas Mail Train.
A train to precede No. 1 west from
st. Paul to Mandan and No. 8 east
from Mandan to St. Paul has been
inaugurated by the Northern Pacific to
take care Of Holiday mail. 1t will not
carry passengers.
Hogue Quits Game Commission.
To accept position with the United
States internal revenue service, George
NJ. Houge of Steele, for seven years
secretary Of the state fish and game
commission. has resigned his post and
will move to MINNEAPOLIS.
Marmarth In Darkness.
After the light plant at Marmarth
was sold to a Minneapolis concern it
was closed down and the city has since
been in darkness except for current
supplied from the pumping station for
the white way and from a number of
private plants.
Two New Towns Possible.
A new. townsite is being plated on
the Northern Pacific branch north and
west out Of Mandan, to be located be-
tween Stanton and Hazen. 1t Is also
likely that Republic Junction, located
between Beulah and Zap and now
serving as the shipping point of new
coal mine, will become a North Dakota
town.
University Enrolment Grows.
Two hundred twenty-five more are
enrolled in the state university this
year than last, according to reglstra.
tion figures just made public; the total
lis 1,443, the men outnumbering the
women by about 200. Forty-nine Of
the So counties in the state are repre-
sented in the student body, Billings
Golden Valley, Hettinger, and Oliver
being unrepresented.
Mandan Has Two Fire Chiefs.
1t had been the custom for the Man.
dan city fire department to choose
their own chief, who would be formally
appointed by the city commission
This year the city commission decided
to name q man themselves and the
same night, in the same building, the
fireman chose leader. The city now
has two fire chiefs. The commission
has forecasted some sort of q com.
promise. Z
Platoon Plan in Fargo Schools.
The first platoon plan school in
North Dakota will be inaugurated In
the new Jefferson grade school In
Fargo in February. This plan makes
possible the maximum use of equip.
ment and teaching force, the same
accommodations being made to care
for about 25 or 30 per cent more pupils
Each of two sets Of classes spend one.
fourth of school day with regular
teachers, then go to special classes for
the next quarter, duplicating this
procedure the second half of the day
To Make Test Case.
That no further actions than those
now pending be started by the various
counties of the state in the matter of
making seed loan collections, is the
request Of the attorney general. Two
typical cases are pending in Divide
county, where all of the points in
volved in the county's rights to make
collection are involved, and the settle
ment Of which should point quicker
and more economical way than liti-
cation to the settlement of the num-
erous other similar cases in the state.
Postmaster Hunts santa's Address.
While he himself isn't real sure of
the correct address of Santa Claus,
Postmaster ]. P. Hardy of Fargo be-
lieves that with the aid Of several
lodges, clubs, and other fraternal .and
charitable organizations in that city
he may be able to locate the jolly old
fellow. SO as to turn over to him the
scores of letters received ut Fargo at
this time Of year addressed to Santa
Claus. Postal regulations do not allow
the postmaster to open letters which
are not deliverable and have no return
address on the envelope, but they do
allow the turning over Of such missives
to any interested organization. SO it's
up to the clubs and lodges to help find
Santa for these hundreds Of interested
persons who write him each year.
Plan County Products Show.
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