The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-11-04

North Dakota
News Notes

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Towner.-A new street lighting plant
will probably be installed here at an
early date.
Stanton.-Village Incorporation has
been decided upon here by an almost
unanimous vote.
Bismarck-Ground has been broken
tor the new wholesale grocery house
to. be erected here.
Carrington.-Attorney R.. A. Hill, an
old settler, formerly of Jamestown.
died a few days ago at his home IN
this city.
Observation-Disclosures Kroeze OF
Jamestown college has already secured
over $4,000 Of the needed endowment
for the school.
Devils Lake.-Supt. Godward is max.
ing a campaign against the sale OF
cigarettes to and their use by boys in
The public schools.
Grand Forks-Mayor J. D. Taylor
has announced that he will not be a
candidate for reelection, owing to the
demands of his health.
Fargo.-Cass county contributions
to the silver service fun for the North
Dakota battleship nave now reached
aeveral hundred dollars.
Newburg.-The installation Of a new
telephone exchange has brought this
village into closer relation with it's own
PEOPLE and those of surrounding COM
munities.
Devils Lake.-This city will have to
recall its election for a. bond issue to
Gay outstanding Indebtedness, the
previous election having been found
TO be illegal.
Grand Forks. = Both the Great
j Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
ways changed time cards on transcon-
sinental and other trains operating
through this state on Oct. 81.
Valley City.-Ex-Governor Frank
White, chairman Of the North Dakota
Sattleship silver service committee, re-
ports excellent progress being made
In the collection of funds for this pur-
pose.
Hillsboro.-A. D. Reed, a prominent
farmer of this place, died in a Min
nesota hospital a few days ago. Mr..
Reed was one of the Oldest residents
in Trail county and was widely known
through this section Of the state.
Bismarck.-A committee represent
ing the county superintendent of the
state has decided upon numerous
changes to be recommended in the
blanks and records used in connection
with North Dakota school work.
Fargo.-At the dry farming congress
recently held at Billings, Mont, Presi-
dent J. H. Worst of the North Dakota
Agricultural college made one of the
members of the executive committee
for the organization.
Forman.-Sargent county has lost
another pioneer in the death of JUS
tlce Clark Brooks of this place. Mr.
Brooks died from a stroke of paraly-
sis. He had resided in this country
for over twenty-six years.
Fargo.-Former Register Of Deeds
E. H. Holte is made defendant in 6
divorce case recently brought by hi:
wife, Mrs. Alma E.. Holte. No infor'
nation has been given out by thu
attorneys regarding the details Of thu
case.
Fargo.-Hans Klimmick, a Fargo
printer -engraver, won the $50 prize Of
fered by the silver service committed
for the most appropriate design TO-
use upon the principal piece to b.
presented to the North Dakota battle
ship at its christening.
Valley City.-The North Dakota an
ION Of the American Society Of Equit.
closed it's annual session after electinl
+. U. Pierson, formerly secretary, a.
president for the ensuing year.. J. M
Anderson of Grand Forks will succeed
Mr. Pierson as secretary.
Minot.-A farmer named Blakeslee
residing near Velva, was placed unde
arrest upon the charge of assaultin,
, a woman with a bed-slat. hTe defend
ant is said to have intimated that I'm
less he is acquitted the case will prob
ably go to the supreme court.
Hannaford.-E. A. Logan, a farm
hand, was held to the district cour
here on a charge Of assault with inten
to kill. The trouble grew out Of
drunken spree in which Logan, wit
, others tried to gain possession of tn
: hotel in which they were stopping.
, Park Rivera single farmer in thi
} vicinity holds a record for a crop O
5000 bushels Of potatoes raised on
single farm this season. In addition
4 to holding the record, the farmer ]
also holding the potatoes, for which, h
believes he can secure a more favor
able price next spring.
Washburn.-A trio OF bad cliarec
tiers was arrested near HUT in Olive
county a few days 60. They are sup
posed to have been responsible for
series Of thefts which have occurse
throughout his section. One of tn
three was a woman who has masquac
AIDED in mems clothes and was sup
posed to be a man until since her ar
rest.
Bismarck.-The first North Dakota.
to draw a number in the AberdeeI
land lottery was Calvin Bowdry, a ne
gro Of this city. The first North Da
J kota woman on the list was also
Bismarck resident, Miss Clara N
Z Kuckuk. The latter is a young Ger
man girl who was at one time assist
ant postmistress at New Salem, wher
4 her parents reside.
d .Tamestown.-It has Just been ascer