Sioux County pioneer., 1922-08-31
Rortb Dakota
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P4O,VoV AldS OcCu lcL lOT LllS COuSlfuC-
tion Of 40x10O foot potato warehouse.
WiIdrose-C Contract has been let, in
the sum of $15, 700, for the second story
Of the city school building.
Noonan-Plans are under way to
establish lighting system here with
current from Crosby.
sanish-It is possible that the
Baker Packet company may re-estab-
lish steamboat service on the Missouri
for the service of northwestern points.
Wahpeton-It is said that move
ment is on foot to get Senator Porter
]. McCumber to become an Independent
candidate for reelection this fall.
MeviIIe-Young women here have
launched a campaign to collect funds
to help erect new community hall for
women at the state university.
Valley city-The second annual con-
vention of the Legion Auxiliary Of the
department of North Dakota will be
held here September 1914.
Agricultural coIIeoeA Stumbling in
winter rye means weeds and grasshop-
pers, is the warning being sent out by
farm experts.
cando-Injuries sustained when his
four-horse team ran away with a
binder, proved fatal to A. B. Funder-
hide, 65. @.a
New Leipzio-When lightning struck
and set fire to grain stack it took
hard fighting to save three adjacent
stacks.
Agricultural colIege-"Every morn
ing the world wakes up hungry, rubs
it's eyes, and asks for milk" says Max
Morgan, dairy extension specialist, in
boosting dairying in North Dakota.
Mandan-A good racing program,
style driving exhibitions. fireworks,
and the best exhibits ever brought west
of the Missouri will feature this falls
Missouri Slope fair here this week.
Grand Forks-Of 100000 which will
be expended by the Red River Valley
Power company in improvements,
possibly 100000 will be used for high
lines to Hillsboro and Grafton.
Wales-An old tomato can, pair of
scissors, and a few minutes one
evening last winter netted H. w. John
son $25,000, He sold his patent rights
to a hose clamp for that sum.
Wildrose-The city has taken two
months lease, with the privilege of
extension, on the light plant here. AS
soon as repairs are made long period
Of darkness will be relieved.
Hettinger-Drilling for oil and test
ing for gas will begin in Adams county
at an early date, according to an
nouncement of the Prairie States Oil
and Gas company.
Ayr-Three horses, steer, and a
quantity of grain and hay, besides
harness and other equipment, were
burned when lightning struck Phil
Schroeder's barn. &.
Fargo-The American Legion post,
through their fun society, 40 and 81
will have charge of Labor Day celebra-
tions here. A general feature program
is promised. u,
Mapleton-Starting in with 10 hives
Of bees only year ago, local farmer
now has 40 hives and expects to gather
more than two tons Of honey this
year.
Bisbee the post-harvest sea-
son, when transients are numerous,
this community will be policed by vol
unteers from. the American Legion
post.
Mandan-Cream may, under certain
circumstances, require the same care
full handling as dynamite or INT. A
local expressman dropped a can, it
exploded, the cover hit him in the face,
and he is minus three teeth.
WiIIiston-When local youth threw
an iron bar at court officer after
being sentenced to four years in the
reformatory for attempting to pass a
forged check, he was placed under more
serious charges.
Rugby-"Say it with flowers" is a
Worldwide slogan that originated sew
eral years ago with N. P. Lindberg Of
this city, proprietor of one of the
states biggest greenhouses. He pro-
posed it while attending national
convention Of florists,
Beulah- Schedule rates charged by
the workmen's compensation bureau
must be paid by employers, is the
decision of district judge hearing the
case Of the bureau against the Beulah
Coal Mining company to compel pay
ment of premiums.
erockett-A legionaire Of this COM
munity has put a problem up to the
committee in charge Of arrangements
for the national American Legion con-
vention in New Orlean in October. He
has written asking about arrangement
for marriage vows to be taken under
the auspices Of the Legion.
Washburn-A lightning bolt from a
clear sky ripped Off boards and plaster
in several rooms Of a farm house near
here. IS:
Fessenden-It was the direct result
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