Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-01-05

Marmarth-The high school tennis
courts have been flooded and converted
into skating rink. ID.
streeter Defective flues caused an
$18,OOO fire In two adjoining store
buildings here.
Mandan-The city commission will
purchase fire truck to cost not more
than $1,000.
Mandan-It Is strongly rumored
that railroads Of the northwest may
revoke all passes except those for COM
pany employees on company business.
Bismarck. A. Kitchen, commits
sioner Of agriculture, is taking steps
to reduce the expenses of operating
the state employment bureaus.
Washburn-The residence OF king
John" Satterlund of Mclean county
and an adjoining store were burned
with $4,000 loss. tssts
seIfridoe Fire caused by the ex-
plosion of an oil lamp destroyed q
Milwaukee passenger coach on the
branch line here.
| Agricultural coIlese-Professor j.
H. Shepperd will speak at grain
growers convention at Saskatoon the
middle of January.
Valley city-A prosperous future
for the horse raising business in this
state is predicted by Ed s. Delaney,
prominent breeder.
notwithstanding through the ice
while crossing Des Laos lake, a valua-
BILE team owned by Enger FERN was
drowned,
Fargo-Of applications for ST., OOO,-
600 in loans from the War Finance
corporation during the past few weeks
from North Dakota banks, more than
$1O,OOO,OOO has been allowed.
Faroo-Many problems, chief among
them the prevailing price level for
the current year, will come before the
state convention of implement dealers
here January 25-27.
Dickinson-The office Of police mat
ron, at salary Of IS day, has been
created blythe city commission. One
of her main duties will be the super
vision of dancing.
veIva-Summer projects in the city
schools netted the students last sea-
son $500 in cash and products. Po-
tatoes and corn headed the list of
profit makers. }.s
Fargo-The driver Of truck which
struck a small automobile and killed
the young driver on Christmas eve,
was exonerated from blame by cor
oner's jury.
HiIIsboro-Wnen Walter Drengson
attempted to start fire in his cream
station with gasoline, the can was
blown through the roof and his cloth
ing was set afire. He rolled in the
snow and escaped with few burns.
Bismarck-Taxes levied for state
hail insurance were delinquent in the
sum of $1,957, 936.O5 on November 80.
More than 100000 of these unpaid
taxes are due from 1919 and the re-
mainder from the 1920 levy.
"a Fargo-After search of 25 years, a
now wealthy st. Paul woman found,
living in humble circumstances on the
west coast, her only daughter who had
been left with the North Dakota chill
dren's home when wee tot.
Observation-Disclosures reductions on
freight rates for grains and forage to
conform North Dakota charges with
the interstate level just established
have been ordered by the state rail-
road commission.
West Fargo-The Equity Co-opera-
tive packing plant may apply for fin
ancial assistance to the War Finance
corporation, endeavoring to obtain the
necessary capital to continue opera
lions.
MiInor-Herbert L. Warner, newly
elected president Of the boys and
girls clubs of the state, is the North
Dakota corn champion, having raised
1,268 bushels this year on aathree-acre
plot. Il
| Bismarck-Cro acreage covered by
state hail insurance and on which
losses were reported totaled 1900 In
1919, $4,000 in 1920, and 21,O69 In
1921. Twenty thousand nine hundred
eighty-three Of the last years losses
have been paid at $4,S74,36O.
Powers Lake-A % rifle was acct.
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dentally discharged while Clifford OF.
son was playing with it and the bullet
struck him in the abdomen, ranging
| downward and lodging in the hip
from where it was removed without
serious consequences. AZ
6erthold Hagen, 8, injured
IN an automobile accident at the rail.
road crossing near here Christmas
lseve, died later. Her two brothers were
killed at the same crossing sixsyears
sago when a school bus was struck by
lsa passenger train. y s..s5,5
TokIo-As his would-be slayer en-
tered the penitentiary to serve a life
Sterm, John Meyers left the hospita
where he had been confined since thu
sattack. Earl Mosher drew a life sen
IStence for beating hesold man into in
sensibility for the riding Of $21.5 so from
his pockets. az
Fargo Senator e. r. Laid Of thii