Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-07-20

Co1SWoll-dQll caused total lOSS
to crops on many farms near here.
carrington-Three residences here
were broken into and robbed in one
week.
DickInson-Bids for construction of
the main building Of the Dickinson
Normal School will be opened July %
by the state board Of administration.
Hatton-Elner Asking and Royce
Dean have purchased the Great Wes-
tern elevator here and are remodeling
1t into a potato warehouse.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
made on the fair grounds here in pre-
paration for the first annual Stark
county fair set for Sept. 3-5.
Pinoree- through a win
dow, thieves obtained several dollars
in small change from the Percy hard
ware store.
oaekIe-Alice, IA year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Conrad of Alfred,
N. D., is in the care of a physician here
and in precarious condition following
an attempt at suicide by taking poison.
Valley city-The largest summer
school ever held in North Dakota is
now in session at the Valley City State
Teachers college. The enrolment for
the first term totals 1922:
Minot-Archer D. Poole, an attache
of carnival company that is showing
here was shot and killed by J. Sharar,
policeman. Sharar is in a hospital,
shot through both legs.
Sharon-Clifford Paulson was badly
cut up when his car was overturned in
ditch. Returning with help to right
the car it was found that thieves had
stolen all four tires.
StanIey-The loss of three fingers
! was the result when Geo. Peterson
placed his hand on top of post, which
his hired man was driving with a
sledge hammer.
Minot-Eight hours after they were
married, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Davis
were in cells in the Minot Jail. They
face charges Of giving liquor to a
minor girl.
Fareo-Forty-six North Dakota
towns within radius of f2O miles will
be visited July q. and % by business
men of Fargo on "get acquainted'
tour.
| Bismarck-Work has been completed
or is being done this season on 800
miles Of FEDERAL aid road work In
North Dakota, at cost of $1,4OO,-
194.5S, according to II. o. Wray of the
state highway commission.
Bismarck-Gov. r. A. Nestos has
started an appeal on it's way to the
Interstate Commerce commission ask.
ing that body to grant rates on Ignite
coal low enough to make it's use profit
able in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
South Dakota and Montana points.
Considerable damage was
done to barns and crops in this section
by a 6O-mile wind. Within half an
hour 80 inches of water fell. Several
barns and granaries were wrecked.
Two horses were crushed to death and
two killed by lightning.
New EngIand-State engineer Geo.
Mcmahon made survey of the new
bridge. dam which is planned to be
built across the Cannon Ball river at
New England. 1t is hoped to have the
bridge built with federal and county
aid during the coming year. 1t will be
the first bridge of its type in the state.
Dawson-Reorganization of the Kid.
der County Old Settlers association,
originally former in the. sos, and which
quit functioning in 1911, was perfected
at picnic recently held at Lake Isabel
near here, which was attended by a
large number Of pioneers Of this sec.
I ton.
stanley-Presenting the defense that
a boiler with small hole in the top of
the cover, which was found in their
home, was being used to cook feed for
the hogs, instead of being used as a
still, as the state charged, Arne John.
son and John johnson, charged with
manufacturing Intoxicating liquor were
acquitted by q jury in district court.
Bismarck Of the splendid
crops that are now about to be harvest
, ed throughout western North Dakota
, has spread throughout South Dakota,
and many farmers will visit western
, North Dakota in few weeks for the
purpose Of locating homes, according
, to L. ]. Foss of Rosyln, S. D., who is
; visiting here.
Devils Late-Ramsey county farm
ers will stabilize the harvest and
threshing wages, as well as the price
to be paid by the farmer for threshing
, grain this fall, If the movement now
on foot develops At a meeting here of
} farmers and threshermen the harvest
labor and threshing situation was dis
cussed. The following scale Of wages
was thought reasonable and accepted
as the standard for Ramsey county
Harvest (shOckers and binder men). So