The Hope pioneer., 1893-05-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

i ASASSoSA
have just retted some flax. which is to be sent
to the worlds fair Immediately and which was
raised on the college farm. Some is being
broken and scutched which is as fine, soft, and
has as long fibre as can be found in the west,
if net as good as flax from old ireland herself.
It was raised from Rigo seed. J. P. Birchall
is working on a flax thresher which will thresh
flax without hurting the straw. I believe he
has an idea that is worth working and the
work he shows indicates great possibilities. A
Minneapolis firm hayo spent about $4,000 in
the last year but this idea looks as if it would
beat them all. There is great demand for
machine which would enable the farmers to
save the seed and to save the straw to be made
up into binding twine aud coarse cordase, etc.
-Washburn Leader: The next legislature
ought to pass q law forbiddihg the publication
Ct any legal advertisement such as foreclosure
notices, financial statements Of banks, insur-
ance companies, ETC. through any advertising
agency or upon the patent inside of any news
paper within the state Of North Dakota, and
making all such publications null and void.
This would put check upon all speculation
in the publication Of legal advertisements and
compel the advertiser to deal directly with the
publisher. Publishers who will accept legal
advertising through tho medium Of agencies
like Lord & Thomas Of Chicago, and take
printing material in payment at 25 per cent
above the prico fof which they can bpy it
themselves at the type foundries, do not de-
serve public recognition. They are disgrace
to the profession, and mere postules on the
cheek Of this newspaper fraternity.
"A very high Wlad prevailed several days
last week, reaching its greatest velocity on
| Friday afternoon. Tho band pagoda was
caught by the wind. taken completely of the
ground and turned upside down. breaking it
completely to pieces when it struck the ground.
-Four or FIVE sections Of the sidewalk on Steele
Avenue near and directly in front of the Nc
Mahon building, were torn up and thrown 10
The middle Of the street. Barns and outbuihl-
ings We're blown down, and In fact solro of
cur people were fearful that their houses
would suffer the same fate. Not so much
damage g9s suffered sHHfff in these parts by the
Wheat being blown out of the gro4nd as 1t R9s
supposed would be the case, only those farm
ers suffering in this wise who had worked
their land too much, thereby pulverizing the
| soil and thus fixing it 80 that it dried out the
more thoroughly. The wind was terror,
though. and our people do not care to see an
other such day as last Friday.
"A petition is in circulation in town this
| week, directed to the officials Of the Great
Northern Railway. praying for better train
service on the Hope branch. The petition is
being unanimously signed by citizens and far
mers tributary to Hope. What it is hoped the
officials may see fit to do in the matter is to
give US similar train service TO that which
CooDerstown now has from tho N. p. manage
meat. This would please our people immense
y. In thai wa9 we would have train each
way every day. VIA mixed train would
| come up in the evening. remain over night and
return the next morning. We believe that by
| adopting this method the railroad company
would be the gamer to even a greater extent
than would the country and the towns along
the branch, in that the volume of business
woEld be increased, the trade tributary TO this
ni;'Acn' put Hile4 nGW trayels further to
points on the n. P. because of batter shipping
facilities, but would rather do their business
at the nearest points, would come to the towns
along this line were the accommodations any
where near equal. 1t would be OF great
benefit to both. however. We understand that
similar petitions ale being CIRCULATED at other
points along tho line. and that the request will
be made simultaneously from all these points.
We hope they may be successful in securing
the much desired end.