The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-11-24
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be recognized.
New Leipzig.-There is a large
amount OF building going on in this
town at the present time.
Devils Lake.-The new Western
hotel has been opened to the public,
1t was erected at a cost of $50, 900.
Grand Forks.-This county and
Golden Valley will be the only coun-
ties in the state having double names.
Delamere.-The fire at this town
which destroyed the elevator and de-
pot came nearly wiping out the entire
town.
Devils Lake.-A tie between the
candidates for county commissioner in
the third district was settled by flip
ping a coin.
Bismarck.-The next sale of school
lands In the state will be held in Me-
dora next January and is expected to
be a record breaker as to prices re-
ceived.
Fargo.-At a called meeting Of the
North Dakota and Western Minnesota
Bottlers' association, held In Fargo
Thursday, plans for the further pro-
motion of the bottlers' clearing house
were discussed and passed upon.
Twenty-Five different factories were
represented.
Dickinson.-The Cannon Ball branch
of the Milwaukee coast railroad reach
ed New England, the western terminal,
in Hettinger county, Thursday after
noon. New England is twenty-five
miles south Of Dickinson and was set
tied twenty-three years ago by COL
onists from Vermont.
Dtckinson.-The Dickinson lodge of
Elks has purchased one Of the choice
est in the city for a building
site. 1t is known as the Linsley prop
erty and is 50x141 feet. A three-story
building will be erected on the entire
lot the coming year. It is expected
the new home will cost not less thar
$50, 900.
Bismarck. K. Maxi of New Leip-
Zig, who was a guest at the 500 hotel,
suddenly became demented at a late
hour during the night, and caused
considerable excitement in the city for
a few minutes. He was captured by
Patrolmen Martinson and Downing,
after a hard struggle, and lodged SAFE
ly in the county jail.
Fargo.-As a result Of a favorable
report from the waterworks the past
week, it has been decided that the
level of the river would allow of the
flooding of the lower portion Of Island
park for a skating rink and the
streams Of water from the strings of
hose were started and within a short
time a fine rink was made.
Esmond.--The 500 railroad is still
buying right-of-way for it's Drake
Devils Lake-Fordville cutoff. Recent
ly several deeds for right-of-way have
been procured in Nelson county, near
Lakota. The Great Northern is also
still buying right-of-way for its Far
go-New Rockford-Minot cutoff and re-
Gently several r~ight-of-way deeds
have been filed in Wells county.
Mandan.-By an emphatic vote
against the proposition the voters of
Morton county have announced that
they are not in favor of county divis-
ion, and this will stand for two years
at least as the biggest county in North
Dakota. Among the surprises on the
vote on this question was the few
precincts even in the territory pro-
posed to be organized into the new
counties which showed a vote in favor
Of the proposition.
Omemee-The body Of A. Thompson
vas found in the Great. Northern stock
sheds, hanging by the neck from one
Of the roof timbers. Thompson, who
was a carpenter and had lived here
for seven years, was last seer alive
yesterday morning and it is apparent
from his actions then that he was in
a fit of dependency. It is supposed
that he took his life a short time
afterwards. The coroner has been
notified and will hold an inquest.
Carrington.-May College disappear
ed three weeks ago last evening and
her parents have been unable to obtain
any trace of the girl since. It is fully
believed that she ran away with a
young man by the name Of Don Cross
waite, who came to this section of the
country last summer and was m
ployed for a time on the College farm,
! miles northwest Of Darlington.
No one seems to know exactly whether
the couple left the country together or
not, but it is the opinion Of the girls
parents that they did.
Wilton.-This town with a popula-
ton Of less than 1000, is the seat Of
the largest Ignite coal industry In
North Dakota. and perhaps the United
States. It is less than a dozen years
ago that the Wilton mines were OPEN
ed by General W. D, Washburn of
Minneapolis, who purchased about
$4,000 acres in this vicinity and began
developing the vast fields Of Ignite
found within the bounds Of his pur-
chase. The output was naturally
small at first, but year by year the
inrustry has developed until at PRES
ent the company is mining 1900 toni q
day.
Glendale. - Because they bound,
handcuffed and gagged Wesley Sage,
a member Of the freshman class of the
North Dakota normal and industrial
school, in athletic park and then. al
rfed him to the third floor Of Dakota
hall. the girls dormitory and deposit
ed him there, seventeen Of his fellow
students, among whom are included
the presidents Of the Y. M. G. A. and
the Junior and senior classes, were
suspended for six weeks, or until after
the Christmas vacation, by Professor
Dunphy, acting head Of the institution
in the absence Of President Kern,
Observation-Disclosures Of Mckenzie
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