The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1890-02-21
DAKOTA GLEAHINas,
From Exollancea,
Mandan wants a reform school

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s. marshall.
Both the seed wheat bills have become laws
and are now In force.
The new North Dakota land district is IN bc
called the Minot district.
Northwood citizens are agitating the project
OF locating cheese factory in their town.
1t is learned from the Times Record that n
move is on foot to do away with the city style
OF government and substitute some less expeu-
ss plan Of managing the affairs OF Valley
City.
Bismarck Tribune: BY the recent CHANGES
IN the North Dakota land districts, about nine
teen and half sections are added to tho Fargo
district and about twelve sections to the Bis.
marck district.
Rain in-the- Face, the noted Sioux chief, Las
made application to be put on the police force
at Bismarck. He gained most Of bis no,oriety
from boasting that 1t was by his hand that
General Custer met his death.
Rainy Buttes Sentinel: Au acre OF wheat
producing twenty bushels will bring the farm-
er twelve or fourteen dollars An acre Of
sugar beet producing 400 bushels Gan average
yield) will bring him sixty dollars. Which is
the most profitable?
The commissioners of Faux county, South
Dakota. since tho supreme court has denied
the possibility Of bombing tha county for seed,
have issued All arpea' asking for 1000 bushels
OF sea wheat, 5000 bushels OF seed oats, and
2S 0{N) hushpla Of corn fnr final
Griggs COnrer: Several OF our citizrns have
been testing come of our Dakota coal this week.
It burns very readily, throws out a good heat,
aud does not stop up yonr pipes like other soft
coal 1t will b. used extensively round here
u further tests prove satisfactory.
Rep psent tive McCormccHs bill, No. ZIP,
authorizes boards Of county cornmissloners at
their quarterly meeting In July, to fix the eala-
rlns of each county officer. The act does not
apply to those counties where tho salaries OF
ttS officers have been especially provided and
fixed by law.
Mandan Pioneer: Last spring, Mr.. c. Hop1-
Ter, who lives south Of town, took 200 sheep on
the shares from the Lanterman Bros That
was almost year ago, and to. day every ono Of
the 200 is alive, and all are In five condition.
North Dakota is the place for sheep when they
are we'll cared for.
Towner Tribune: 1t is reported here that
Alex McClelland, OF Island Lake, was lost in
last weeks blizzard, on his way home from q
ueighbor's, half mile distant. No track has
yet been found, and 1t Is supposed that ho
fro,y IN 1ir,S,t ho1
wife and one child.
The liquor license ordinance Of Grand Forks
! has been amended and adopted by the city
| council providing that licenses shall be granted
| TO run ak months from date. The amount OF
license is fixed at $3.50. 1t is taciuy UNDER
stood that licenses will expire BY virtue Of tue
now prohibit on law June 3Oth.
Chicago 1n,er-Ocsan: North Dakota is set
tied mainly by prudent men, whose morals aud
policy have been shaped In progressive but
conservative states. It 10 state in which
churches, school-ho,isps and newspapers have
more than kept pace with the growth Of popu-
laton.
NOrtWood Cleaner: Senator Pierce LAS
introduced bill in the Cnited States Senate
for tn. immediate relief Of the Indians at thu
Davils Lake agency. The bill authorizes III,
secretary Of the interior TO purchase food
clothing and seed for their use. Harsbrougl
will Introduce bill Of like nature In th'
house.
Park River Witness: The Hatton crca,ner,
company has purchased the Park River cream
Try building and machinery, aud are moving
to it's new scene OF operations. by and by
when our farmers raise less wheat and NOR
stock, a creamery will he All indispensable
convenience iu this fertile country.
Turtle Mountain Star: Judge Rurks ha
''reliabla information that the Manitoba tract
will he extended from St. John to Brandon il
the spring. Brandon Is sixty miles in d,r~c
line oltl Of st. John, and has about 800
population and three railroads, tho Morris an
Brandon branch baviDg been completed lat
.ast fall.
Jamestown Alert: Judging from the amonn
OF attention tl.ey receive at the hands OF coun
~ exchanges, the seed wheat and tax ex,er
SOU bills are the NEST important to the lnajol
ity Of residents that have yet been Introduce
in the legislature. Most North Dakota paper
have published full texts Of tho measures an
all have commented on them at length.
Fargo Republican: The railroad commis
4"n"rs find that one ton OF Ignite coal equa
mo and oue-half cords Of hard wood; ono au
ore-half tons Ignite coal equals one ton
hltuminous coal; aud two tons OF Ignite co;
| "quals one ton OF anthracite coal, which del,
onstrotes to certainty that Dakota coal ia tn
most economical fuel by long odds. Dako,
.. coal for Dakotans, every time. Push that bill
t A fro at Valley City last week destroyed Il
r Sherman block. The loss consisted Of Il
n Sherman House hotel, one hardware store al
u stock and several vacant store rooms. Orig
}. "f the fire unknown. The flames was 30 h
I, that the railroad company was compelled
y move freight cars and other property facir
n the FIRE. The buildings wero located on Il
It south side OF the track.
II Bismarck Tribune: The charity ball Civ,
under the auspices Of the legislature, was mu
=. more Of SUCCESS than the members had anti
ipated. The attendance from the outside "
not large, but reports from the sale OF ticke
nave not yet been received. Iu st. Paul, it
=, aid, several firms bought froul ten to TWEEN
=, tickets each. Senators Pierce and Casey eat
sent $25. The ball was a success in eve
way.
,, Burlington Reporter: There is nothing th
, would tend to build up this part Of North D
II kota so much as policy on the part Of t
Manitoba railroad company to help develop Il
of coal interests Of this county. Let the compa
nt give even reasonable rate on Dakota coal