The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-05-21
Bonds Held Up,

Bonds Held Up.
The action of State Treasurer Nc
MILAN in refusing to purchase any of
the state institution bonds authoriz-
ed by the last session of the legisla-
ture has created a great deal of un-
e%asiness in university circles. The
university bonds authorized amount
ed to $150,000 and this sum was need
ed for work that is contemplated this
summer, a portion of which has al
ready been contracted for.
AS the institutions affected are
scattered all over the state, there is
no locality that would have made any
protest regarding the purchase. of the
bonds had the treasurer not taken
the initiative himself, and his course
cannot be understood by the friends
of the university or other institutions.
The question will probably be ruled
on by the supreme court in a very
short time. After the action has been
started it will be moved up on the
calendar at once. Should the decision
be adverse some of the institutions
will be badly crippled for the com-
ing two years.
- SN~SioSttI0b SSdltIs
Edith Robertson, aged twelve years,
daughter of William Robertson of
Bathgate, was accidentally poisoned
by carbolic acid, dying soon after.
She was suffering from scarlet fever,
and the acid was kept for disinfect-
ing purposes.
The great anxiety, loss of sleep and
alarmed affection of the mother seem
to account for the fatal oversight.
She administered a dose of the acid
instead of a fever mixture, and
though the error was at once detect
ed and medical aid promptly secured
the fatal result could not be prevent
ed. The parents are broken-hearted.
A Little Hero.
Richie, Stoughton, twelve years old,
OF Cavalier, has made himself a hero
by 1cscuing his little brother Ross,
aged two, from death in an old well
into which the little one had fallen.
The well was fifteen feet deep and
held five feet of water. Richie slid
down the pump pipe and held his
brothers head above water until the
mother found a rope with which to
pull both to safety.
News votes.
North Dakota postmasters have
been appointed as follows: Edison A.
Roach, at Bordulac, Foster county,
vice j. L. Wilson, resigned; Emma
Olson, at Lee, Nelson county, vice
O. c. Olson, resigned; John I. HENS
rud at Mekinock, Grand Forks coun-
ty, vice Rasmus j.. Folven, resigned;
and Thomas E. Smith at Niles, Ben
son county, vice H. E. Stevens, re-
signed.
Indians ave been able to obtain
liquor at Pollock, near the Standing
Rock reservation, and the threat is
made that unless there is a change in
conditions the red men will be for
hidden to visit the place. This has
caused the business men of the place
to get very busy in the interest of
law enforcement, as they cannot af-
ford to lose the Indian trade.
Miss Nettie Bacon, a domestic in
the employ of A. D. Fish at Minot,
undertook to fill the gasoline tank
without turning off the supply from
the burner. There was an explosion
and the young woman was quite bad
ly burned, and the building and con-
tents were destroyed. The loss is
about $4,000, with small insurance.
The rumor that the 500 has bought
the Farmers railroad is denied.
AT a meeting of the city council
of Grand Forks after a most exciting
session, c. G. Gowran was granted a
telephone franchise.
Wheatland has two automobiles,
owned by Banker Mares and August
Buttke, manager of the improvement
company. These are the only two
autos west of Fargo in the state.
Judge Cowan sentenced a bunch of
blind piggers at Minot the other day.
Lodges of Rathbone Sisters
throughout the state are being reor-
ganized, the intent being to organize
a grand lodge in North Dakota.
A company to manufacture brick
has been incorporated and a large
force of men is at work building the
plant. 1t is intended to have it COM
pleted in time to manufacture a mill
lion and a half brick this year.
j. S. Ide of Verndale, Mimi, has
been engaged by the Lisbon board of
education as first assistant principal
in the Lisbon schools for next year,
to fill a vacancy made by the resigna-