The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-01

n little fellow was kicked In the
head by a mule and his skull was bad
ly crushed.
Minot-The Graves-Kemper street
railway ordinance which was present.
ed to the city council, will be referred
to the people Of Minot at the city cleo
ton April 5. While none Of the mem
bers of the council expressed any OBJ
lection to a street railway in Minot,
most of them thought that a matter
of such Importance should be referred
to the people.
Bismarck-The pure food. law
passed by the last session Of the leg
islature is perhaps the most stringent
law aver passed in the country regu-
siating the manufacture and sale Of
food products, and restauranteurs,
keepers Of confectioneries, butcher
shops, creameries and other places
where food is prepared are wondering
whether they will be able to comply.
Jamestown-The board of education
rejected all the bids for the new
school buiIdingssand will ask for new
zones. The bids ranged around $751;
900. The figures were rather high and
.forHthis sand&another reason, 1t was de-
fcfdede to call for new bids. There
were five bids on the building and
seven on the plumbing. The seven
bids on" plumbing 'weresreturned un-
opened. II
Dickinson-sofa Pavilcek was ar.
rested at her home IA miles north Of
town on the charge ofsperjury. A war
rant for her arrest was Sworn out at
States Attorney McBride's office and
served on the woman by Deputy Sher-
III George Brown. She was arraigned
before Judge Folsom and upon plead
ing not guilty her bail was fixed at
5000. The date for the hearing has
not yet been set.
Minot, N. d. March 1s.-Arthur o.
son and Howard Nichols, two young
boys, were taken before Judge Murray
on a charge of stealing a diamond ring
from Isador Miller, the 6.year-old son
of B. Miller. The boys were given a
talking to by States Attorney Nash.
They will probably be placed under
probation, and if any more complaints
are made against them, they will be
treated more seriously.
Grand Forks-Judge G. F. Temple
ton directed a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff in the case of George Schlos-
ser VS.. the Great Northern railway.
The verdict is for $588.5O 'Schlosser
billed some horses from the Minnesota
woods to his home near Hatton. The
animals were killed in a wreck and
he demanded $3.50 for the three of
them. The railway company offered
SIS each for. the horses. tf
Rugby-A special election was held
here to elect q mayor to fill the va
cancy9 CAUSED bysthesabsence ii; Andy
Jones, sthe sabscondingss bsnker,E who
fed the country about the time his
questionable banking methods made
things too hot for him! and who is
supposed to be in Central America. H.
c. Lander was elected mayor by a ma
jority Of 80 over l.. M. Grant, the vote
being Lander 1872, Grant 1929.
St. John-The body. of Thomas
Rude, who vas killed accidentally on
a road neal St. John, N. D., was taken
to Marvel. Mr.. Rude was killed while
engaged IN hauling planks to Banner.
man, a Canadian town a few miles
from his farm. When going along a.
steep place the sleigh was tipped wei
and Rude was crushed to death under
the logs. It is believed that he died
instantly. About an hour after the
accident he was found and the body
was taken to st. John. :,
Mandan-A man was killed by
a passenger train in the yards at Man
dan. He was hit by the front of the
engine, and rolled beneath the train
and was taken out at the depot plat
form a mangled corpse. After much
search as to evidence to identify him
a ftimebook,; such as laborers carry
was found by the coroner. It gave the
victims name as James e. Elliott of
White Earth, N. D. A coroner's jury
was called, which consisted of DR.. R.
Taylor, H. H. Hathaway and Michael
Connolly. After hearing the evidence
the verdict was -carelessness or acct
dent
Fargo-The railway commission
met here today and heard protests of
shippers from all over the state
against the rates charged by railroad
companies on hundred pound freight
shipments. 1t was commended that
charges were %exorbitant and tended to
boost the express business in this
state. 1t was shown that North Da-
kota pays from GO to 80 cents, accord
ing to class, on small freight ship
ments, as compared to a fiat rate of
Is cents in Minnesota for all classes.
Shippers also sought relief from de-
lay in transit, shipped in error and
returned for repairs goods:
Tolna-The Forum: The village
election held here yesterday resulted
as follows: Trustees, Geo. O.. Mago-
ris, T. S. Dium, John Mcdonald;
clerk, M. D. Brundage; treasurer, A.
e. Anderson; assessor, Mat Kohler;