The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-04-28
Flickertal Facts
North Dakota State News In
Condensed Form.

Ashley.-A sweet pea contest VIII
be a feature in this city June IA.
Devils Lake.-Work mas commenced
on the new hotel. 1t will cost 100000
Deering.-A local telephone exchange
will be installed in this city in the neal
future.
Belfeld.-Fire at the Zenith Coal
Cos. mine did damage to the amount
of $4,000.
Williston.-The contract for the con.
struction of the public library has been
let for $4,000.
Fargo.-The Union Heat, Light AND
Power company has bee' sold to a
Chicago company.
Finley.-A commercial club has beel
organized here and will replace the
improvement league.
Devils Lake.-The recent storm pun
several hundred telephones out of com.
mission in this vicinity.
Pingree.-An unidentified man abou,
forty years of age dropped dead in the
street from heart failure.
Fit. Berthold.-A prairie fire on the
reservation burned for five days and
nights before it was checked.
Devils Lake.-The state G.. A. r. en-
campment will probably he held at this
place the second week in June.
Fargo.-Despite the cold weather Ar.
Dor Day was very generally observed
by the schools of this vicinity.
Hettinger.-The peddlers' dance a,
this place was largely attended, bring
ing in people for miles around.
Stanton.-The commercial club is
soliciting subscriptions for the erection
of a $1,000 hospital at this place.
Minot.-The socialists of Ward coun.
ty held a convention recently and put
in nomination a full county ticket.
Bismarck.-One millinery store il
this city has sold eight hundred hats
this season and not a chantecler among
|. them.
Bismarck.-The sheriff recently mad.
a raid on the blind pigs and now siz
parties are held to await the action oil
the spring term of district court.
Grand Forks.-A committee has beel
appointed by the commercial club to
look after the annexation of outside
property on the west side to the city.
Portal.-The Canadian government
will erect an immigration and detention
building at North Portal in addition tt
the large quarantine barns already
erected.
Barney.-This town was partly de
stroyed by fire which originated in
pool room. The total loss will reach
$1,000 and is partly covered by in
surance
Bismarck.-The civic league ladie.
will undertake to make a park out o1
the grounds around the Northern Pa
cific depot with the aid of the railroad
company.
Rugby.-Because Andy Jones had al
interest in the race track at this place
it will be necessary to sell it so thai
his interest ma. go to satisfy tn.
many creditors. +,
Bismarck.-Rev. Hid, a German
Baptist minister enroute to Washburn
had occasion to stop over here and has
lost two children by diptheria and hi,
wife is very low.
Minot.-This city will have it's frs
automobile show May S to s. There art
nearly two hundred owners Of auto
mobiles in the city and much enthusi,
asm is evenced over the show.
Surrey.-The line of the proposed
Ayr-Surrey cutoff on the Great North.
ern, uns through the house now occu.
pied by Mrs. E. Surrey, which she re,
Gently erected at a cost of $4,000.
Linton.-Gus Frederickson, a Kintyr.
man, came to grief because he though
he could evade the sheriff serving {
legal notice On him. The sheriff hat
him arrested and given a chance tt
change his mind.
Bismarck.-The Commercial club ant
citizens of Bismarck will join will
members Of the Catholic church in pre-.
pairing a reception for the new bishop
Father Wehrle when he is installed thu
latter part of the present month.
Lankin.-Henry Machart,. a promi
nent farmer of this vicinity, is dead a!
the result of a fall from a wagon il
which he was riding on a load of feed
His head struck one of the wheels ant
he died from the injuries after a couple
of hours.
Fargo.-James Holes, the pionee
farmer of Cass county made the frs
shipment of ginseng from this count!
recently. He says the crop is particu'
larly adapted to the soil and climate
of this state and that $4,000 Of it car
be raised or an acre.
Mandan.-The city commission il
working on a plan of water works fol
the city. Nature has provided grea'
natural advantages for such a system
with high hills for a reservoir site, Close
to the Missouri from which good water
car be taken in any quantities.
Bismarck.-The winners in the stat.
spelling match are as follows: First
Helen Swanson, Underwood; second
Laura Hutchinson, Eddy county; third
Cecilia Minue, Devils Lake. 1t was
impossible to select a winner at the enc
of the regular list Of words as twelve
of the contestants had perfect papers
An additional list Of fifty words wa.
given out with the above results.
Lisbon.-A. G. Bemmels, administra
tor Of the estate of Edward G.. Benz
mels, deceased, who came to his death
in the Spanish river accident in Canada
has received $4,000 from the Canadian
Pacific in full for his claim against the
company. The proceedings were be.
fore Judge Pollock Of this city, through
the courtesy of the railroad company
who waived the question Of jurisdic
ton.
Wahpeton.-Two. new business enter.
prises have been assured to this town
One is a steel, metal and iron company
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