The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-02-15
North Dakota
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fsg oilsef county lands are o N a steady
Increase.
Al Denhof a money lender has cut
the rate of interest to 8 per cent.
It is estimated Fargo's new paving
will cost the city $400, 900 when paid
for.
The people of Russell will vote on
n question of Incorporating as a vii
lage.
The new Fessenden city hall is COM
pleted with the exception of the heat
ing plant.
An effort will be made to divide Mi
not into six wards instead Of three, as
at present.
Cass county built a court house
without bonds. La Moure might try
the proposition.
Kenmare is to have a bigger depot
in order to accommodate the constant
ly growing traffic.
Denhof has ITS immigrants in sight
for this spring and the people are
reaching out after more.
The Lehigh coal case has been be-
fore Judge Winchester some more.
The blind piggers of the valley coun-
ties have taken to chicken stealing.
Probably wanted the mfor cocktails.
Congressman Gronna is making an
effort to get a good roads train. through
the state along the Great Northern.
A boarding car was burned at Good
rich and made so much smoke the
people thought the whole tow was
burning.
With automobiles trying to make
two miles a minute, the horse that
goes a mile in two minutes doesn't
seem SC much.
The people who attended the grain
growers convention in Fargo are still
saying kindly things about the meet
ing and Fargo.
The Northern Pacific has started
condemnation proceedings against
some land at Sterling, wanted for. res
ervcir purposes.
A Bismarck man contracted tuber-
culosis from mending milk cans. 1t is
not said what the people contracted
who drank the milk.
lakota fremen sent a contribution
to the fund for the family of the fire.
mar who lost his life in the West ho-
tel fire in Minneapolis.
There is considerable mystery at
tached to the destruction of the farm
ers' elevator at Hannaford. The orr
gin of the fire is unknown,
The shooting at Ashley seems about
the only one that has occurred in the
state for months in which neither
women nor booze was the cause.
The school children of Grand Forks
county did not enthuse much aver the
corn contest. Another effort will be
made this spring to create interest.
At Osnabrock, Mrs. Gunder Nelson
stepped out Of the door Sunday after
noon and was struck in the hip by a
bullet, probably fred by some one af-
ter rabbits.
A long missed and much wanted
MAJ at Lawton was reported in that
neighborhood recently, and there was
a great deal of excitement, but the
officers failed to locate him.
Charles L. Chapman OF Berlin has
patented a device for stretching wire
U-hinh ic cr:I ~ ha on ;r ~ 80
other appliances for this purpose A
company has started manufacturing
the tools.
TIE people of Bathgate are pleased
10 know that the trustees of the blind
asylum have decided to go ahead with
the construction Of q $25 900 building.
Operations have been SO long delayed
that doubt of a building ever being
constructed was beginning to be enter
-ained.
The Great Northern now has 500
men at work making reservoirs at
Granville, Ray. Leeds, Churchs Ferry
and Michigan City. The idea is to pipe
The water in the spring from the sur
rounding country to reservoirs near
the track. from which water in the
summer can be pumped into tanks.
Physicians have been engaged to look
after the health OF the workmen.
Postmaster Nelson Of Courtenay has
been appointed to his present position
three times in n year. Soon after
he was selected to fill the vacancy the
name of the Office was changed from
Courtney" to "Courtenay," and Mr..
Nelson had to be re%appointed. The
Office was then raised to the third class
and. he has just got a commits
sion, from the president this time.
The Fnrman school board consid-
cred the petition to cali an election to
vote on bonding the district for $1,000
10 build a new school house. The
amount asked exceeds the debt limit
Of the district, so it was denied. 1t is
probable the matter would have been
voted down if it had been submitted,
as the general desire is to wait until
a better building can be erected than
could be with $1,000.
The state legislative manual has
been issued. The volume is consid-
erably larger than its predecessors, as
1t includes a good deal Of matter that
vas not included in the others. One
Of the features of note is the publica-
rion Of the great charter granted by
King John at Rsnnlmede, which docu-
ment possesses~great historical inter-
est for the people OF .the United
States as its signature was one of the
mcst important steps in the recogni-
lion OF popular liberty which later