Sioux County pioneer., 1922-02-23
Jaortb Dakota
/ SEEMS Digest


CANDIDA subscription list will pro-
vide Il monthly fund for the mainten-
apce Of the new community band.
sanish-Railroad officials recently
inspected the proposed site for a
bridge across the Missouri here.
Aneta-Strict regulation Of dances is
provided in an 3 ordinance recently
passed by the city council.
seIfrdge-T 1ep hone connections
with Shields are being arranged by the
local Community club.
Mandan-The Chautauqua has been
taken over from the Town Criers by
the Commercial club.
Burnstad-Death followed 30 min
utes after two-year-old Ovedia Rau
drank cresolene.
sange-An overheated stove caused
the burning Of the Sanger hotel with
loss of $4,000.
Standardization and improvements
to the Mercer county court house will
cost $4,000.
WiIton-An active campaign for pre-
cautions against fires is under way
here.
carrington-T newly organized
Winchester club Of North Dakota is.
headed by H. J. Smith of this city,
with A. ]. Cole Of Lisbon as secretary.
Jamestown-A Teachers Council has
been organized to promote closer CO.
operation in the public school faculty
and between teachers and patrons.
carrington-Her small brother, play
ing with matches, set fire to the clothes
of seven-year-old Ora Fritz and the
burns sustained resulted fatally.
Minot- Superintendent L. A., White
will represent the local schools at the
Chicago convention Of the National
Educational association. d
Agricultural coIIege-Six thousand
dollars worth Of guns and light field
pieces have been received for training
of the cadet corps.
Wahpeton-An amplifier on the Of
fee roof of local wireless fan will
furnish this city with wireless concerts
and speeches.
WiIIiston-To accept the secretary
ship of the Chamber Of Commerce of
Faribault, Minn., Henry F. Dooley, sec
retary of the local Commercial club for
nearly three years, resigned last week.
Dickinson-President Of the city
commission since the Inauguration of
this form of government in 1919, w. l..
Richards has rendered his resignation
because of press Of private business.
Grand Forks-T The grand lodge of
Odd Fellows Of the state meets here
June Z and s. At that time decision
on the location Of the North Dakota
Odd Fellows home is expected.
Grand Forls-The North Dakota
Wheat Growers association now has
about 5000 members. The 3O,OO0,OOO
bushel quota assigned to this state has
not yet been attained.
Williston-With maintenance forever
provided for the 175 miles of surfaced
highways in the county, Williams
county holds an eminent position in
good roads circles.
Agricultural College mem
tion has been attained by Holstein
cow here which produced in seven days
453.9 pounds of milk, yielding 25.6
pounds Of butter.
Martin Rothe has been
named Bottineau county judge, succeed
ing John e. Martin, who. accepted
position with the st. Paul Federal
Land bank.
Grand Forks-The federal seed loan
Office opened here last fall for collec-
tion Of sums due on seed advances by
the government was closed last week.
All unfinished business will be handled
directly from Washington.
Grand Forks-A. J. Surratt, for sew
eral years director Of the federal bu-
reau Of crop estimates for this state,
has been transferred to federal Office
in Springfield, o. No successor has
been named.
Carson-Thinking the fuse In a
heavy charge Of dynamite had gone out
Robert Beck, 60, went into his coal
mine to relight It. The fuse was burn
ing, and Beck was buried beneath 10
tons of coal,
Understanding the track when 1t
struck a sn0wdrift, boxcar shunted
down a switch here, crushed Richard
Schneider, Mandan brakeman, "a,
against the depot platform and he lost
both legs.
Mandan-A fine new Methodist
church was first used for services
when an Oriental missionary told Of
the effects of the new Washington con-
ference treaties on the spread Of the
Gospel. s. I'M. d. a Y Y
Valuable data covering
the early history Of the Presbyterian
church in this state. largely in the
form Of personal letters and reports, is
included in a fine COLLECTING Of books
and papers given Jamestown college
by Dr.. w. 81. Hunter, pioneer Presby-
ter4an pastor now In charge Of the field
at Stirum. ss3sa@
BoNbells deciding an election
contest case over the offices Of county
commissioner and sheriff In Burke
county, the state supreme court held
that the North Dak kOta constitutional