Sioux County pioneer., 1922-12-14
Complete Fine Rural School.

completed In Mount Pleasant district
near Rolla, at cost Of $58, 500.
Dakotan Stars on Coast.
Well known throughout the state
because Of his athletic prowess when
on the Devils Lake high school teams,
Roy Burgess is acquiring fresh honors
on the Pacific coast, where he has made
exceptionally good as half back on the
University Of California football team.
5eekeepers Organize.
There are ut the present time some
l2,2OO hives of bees in North Dakota, a
gain of 600 to 800 over the number last
year. At a meeting addressed by an
expert apiarist from Ohio at the state
A. @. this week an organization Of
North Dakota bee culturists was
launched.
Corn Pushing Wheat Out. s.s5si
Several Bottineau county men are
taking membership In the American
Institute of Agriculture a national
organization with headquarters in
Chicago formed to train farmers. The
trend in that county is shown in recent
statistics, which disclose than In 1919
the total corn acreage was 5,4O0, while
this year 1t was $1,000 acres.
Winter Grain Prospect Fair.
The outlook over North and South
Dakota and Montana for winter grain
Is that the acreage will be less and the
general condition somewhat below that
of last year. Prospects improved some
what during the last month, according
to federal report. Precipitation has
increased and winter weather has
restricted farm work throughout the
northwest.
A. G. Maintenance Highest.
It cost the state just over three and
one-half millions to operate the peni-
tentiary, training school, various nor.
mails and industrial schools, university
and A. g. during the last fiscal year.
The "A. G. headed the list, with total
cost Of about .$S13,OOO, with the u.
next at $4,000, and the state hos
pital third. The school for the blind
cost the least, only $4,000.
N. p. Veterans Pensioned.
Forty-four years Of railroad expert
ence, terminating in his 92nd year,
ended for Charles Van Solen, cashier
for the Northern Pacific at Mandan,
when he was recently retired with a
generous pension. Chris +, Shine, 20,
for 80 years conductor on the Mp, and
previously an employe of the New York
Central at Toledo for 1S years, also
was put on the pension roll of honor
able retirement
Test Legality Of Grain Act.
Quarters for the state grain grading
commission, created by vote, on the
measure submitted at the November
election, must be selected by the board
Of administration. Plans have been
discussed but no action has been taken.
The appointment to the Office Of grain
inspector was delayed until the official
canvass Of the vote. Procedure has
been halted now by a court action to
test the constitutionality Of the law.
North Dakota Lands Chicago Prizes.
The finest alfalfa and sweet clover
seed raised,in North America last year
came from North Dakota, and the
prizes awarded at the international
grain and hay show in Chicago for
this triumph both went to Sebens
Bros. Of Minor. Another Milnor man,
Otto Mund, took first prize for the best
single ear Of corn in this region, while
E.. A. Karges of Hazen was third in
the 10-ear competition. Other corn
and grain prizes were landed by ex.
hibitors from all over the state while
high honors at the stock show were
gained by the Northwestern Breeders
association Of Fargo with Belgian
mare.
Badiands Romance Published. 8.
'Badlands and Broncho Trails Is
the title Of a striking new North Da-
kota contribution to literature and the
history of the frontier by Lewis f..
Crawford, former banker and business
man Of Sentinel Butte, more recently
Of Bismarck, and well known through
out the state as civic and political
worker. The book contains not only
many incidents in Mr.. Crawfords long
residence at Sentinel Butte and numer-
GUS gripping anecdotes Of the early
days, but also graphically pictures the
natural wonders Of the Badlands Sec
tion. Mr.. Crawford has. 9 son in
Oxford university, England. as a
Rhodes scholar.
Ignite Mininu Greatly Stimulated.
The remarkable success attending
1.-THE first large-scale strip mining pro-
ject in this state, at Columbus, Burke
county, paves the way for other similar
mining enterprises and will bring about
a greatly increased Ignite production.
This one mine, where the worlds larg-
est steam-shovels are peeling OF from
10 to 20 feet Of dirt from the rich
Ignite veins, may bring the states ont
ptu from $50, 900 tons up. to million e
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