The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-07-16
Every Voter in Steele County is
Drawn on the Jury.

minded, level headed class of men,
and we believe they will give us just
such a hearing.
Hope is as nearly centrally located
as any railroad town in the county.
POPULATION
Greater than all other towns in the
county combined, as given by the last
official census. For that reason alone
more people would be directly interes-
ed were the County Seat at Hope.
INCORPORATION
Hope is the only City in the county,
being incorporated as a city, divided
into three wards and governed by a
mayor and a board of aldermen.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Hope has greater hotel accommoda-
lions than all other towns in the
county combined. It has three hotels
alone with IS sleeping rooms, also
numerous restaurants and . eating
houses and private boarding houses
and sleeping appointments.
IMPROVEMENTS
Hope has o dozen streets graded
those entering the business section be-
ing paved with gravel and here mud, is
an unknown quantity. Four miles of
cement walks have been constructed
along these streets at a cost of $l5,0 600
and q crew of men are extending these
walks further out daily.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Hope has far the best equipped fire
department in the county. The APP
paratus supported here has cost the
City more than s 5000, The equipment
consists of a "a horse power Waterous
Gas Engine, one Hand Chemical Dn-
CINE, Hook and Ladder Trucks, fully
equipped, two hose carts with more
than two thousand feet of q in. hose,
with which forty-four blocks can be
reached without moving the engine.
Seven cisterns are located in different
portions of the city for use of the de-
partment with a capacity Of one hun
dred thousand gallons of water. Three
fire companies are maintained with
complete organization having fifty
four members.
SCHOOLS
The city of Hope has the only first
class State High School in the county,
the handsome brick building costing
500, O00. The schools are in charge OF
a city superintendent and a faculty OF
nine instructors. The High School
course covers four years work, all fin.
al examinations being state examina-
tions, and graduates enter the State
University or Normal schools without
further examinations. One year be-
ing sufficient to complete the Normal
School course. The school building
is equipped with steam heat, electric
lights, water works, chemical, physical
and botanical laboratory, and Gym
nasium.
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Hope has the only electric lighting
plant in the county, the total cost Of
installation being $50, 900. All the bus
mess houses, public buildings and
residences are electric lighted and the
streets are lighted with thirty Ave arc
lights in operation all night.
CHURCHES
Three fine churches, with a seating
capacity of 800.
Masonic, L. o. 0. F., Knights o:
Pythias, M. w. A., A. 0. U. W..
American Yoemen, Daughters Of Re
becca, Eastern Star, and the only
G. A. R.. Post in the county.
TELEPHONE
Main district Office of the N. D. In
dependent Telephone Co. is located a.
Hope. ITO city phones are maintained
with rural lines connecting $50 farm
houses, also the long distance line o:
the Northwestern Tel. Exchange Co.
RURAL DELIVERY MAIL ROUTES
Five rural routes extend Throughout
the country tributary to Hope.
FLOUR MILL
Capacity 200 barrels daily.
ELEVATORS
Five grain elevators, capacity 300,
600 bushels.
RANKS