The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-22
BRIEF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS

eIOrIS are DeluS
made to establish water works.
Dickinson-The o. S. land Office
business at this place is booming.
Linton-Linton won first honors in
the baseball tournament at Pollock.
Harvey-The police stopped bicyc.
lists and kid wagons from operating on
the sidewalks.
Towner-A team vas left at the liy.
cry barn three weeks ago. The owner
seems to have disappeared.
Grand Forks-Charles Fritz had his
leg broken four times in three months
and thinks he has the state champion.
ship.
Minot-A committee has been ap.
pointed to open negotiations looking
to the securing of a public library for
the city.
Wahpeton-Mrs. Dahl, Of Barnes
county, had a foot amputated as a re.
suit of blood poisoning from stepping
on a rusty nail.
Observation-Disclosures loads Of ma
chinery was sent south from here to
the new Ignite mine near the Mil
waukee extension. IA
Fargo-Grand Forks held the state
race track record almost a week and
at the Fargo Interstate fair it was
broken three times.
Milnor-The ~fve-year-old niece of
Erick Olson got her fingers caught in
the cogwheels Of a hay loader and all
had to be amputated.
Barlow-One of the children of. an
itinerant Lutheran minister died at
this place soon after the parents had
reached that place by team.
Fargo-The w. c. T. U. will hold
it's big state meeting this year here
on Sept. 1923. A number of prominent
| speakers will be in attendance.
Richardton-An automobile driver
frightened a team belonging to Rochus
Fleck, of this place, and the latter
was thrown from his rig and injured.
Ashley-A nursery agent umpired a
ball game in which Ashley participant
ed and when he went to Ashley to
take orders he did not receive the well
come he had anticipated.
Grafton-While J. E. Johnson, a
farmer living south of Hoople, was
going home his horses ran away and
he was fatally injured. He was
brought in to the hospital here and
died in the morning.
Jamestown-The wild plum crop
promises to be the best in several
years. Since the prairie fires have
been kept out Of the coulees, plum
trees have been making rapid strides
and we'll laden bushes are now seen
| where formerly they were not Known
to exist.
Devils Lake-Automobile people are
planning the construction of an auto
road from the city through the
Chautauqua grounds to Pelican Point,
The road would be a great conven'
fence, and would run through some
of the most beautiful country in the
state.
Wahpeton-R. N. Ink is making a
success of raising strawberries. He
has half an acre, and he has arranged
an irrigation scheme with which he
can water the entire plat by turning
a faucet. He has arranged to put in
two acres of plants for next year, as
he finds that there is profit in it.
Grand Forks-Great damage to
crops was done by a terrific hail and
windstorm that swept over a stretch
of territory ter miles long and three
miles wide in Cavalier and Pembina
counties. 1t is estimated that crops
on forty square miles were practically
destroyed. Many small buildings wers
toppled over by the high wind.
Kenmare-The Electric mine, which
has been closed for four years owing
to litigation, will be reopened this fall
This mine is operated almost entirely
by electricity and is the most valuable
property in this section of the Ignite
coal fields. Eastern capitalists have
control, and it is rumored that a large
briquetting plant will be installed.
Grafton-Henry Gerhart, William
Mccullough and Joseph Burke were
instantly killed in the wreck of a work
train on the Hannah line. A water
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engine became derailed and the en-
CINE was wedged under it. The three
men, who were on the pilot, were fatal
ly injured and died soon after the &C.
cident.
Grand Forks-In a wild dash down
DeMers avenue a runaway horse be.
longing to A. I. Hunter ran over a
boy, Arthur Gannaw, 407 North Sew.
enth street, inflicting a few scratches
on the lads face and head, and col
lided with a horse belonging to Frank
Golshue. The Golshue horse was
struck in the side by a shaft and
fatal injuries were inflicted.
Mandan-A petition has been pre-.
sented to the city council, signed by
Is per cent of the voters, asking the
mayor to call a special election for the
purpose of submitting the question