The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-01
North Dakota
News Notes

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ldQlcS VI ILLS CAIy
have raised $500 for the library fund.
Dickinson.-A thousand dollars
worth of hay vas burned at this place.
Manning.-This town will have q
new city hall if the present plans are
carried out.
Cooperstown.-The high school boys
want a gymnasium and general
amusement place.
Hamilton.-The digging Of the Ham
ilton drainage ditch necessitated the
removal Of $4,000 yards Of dirt.
Mandan.-Sunday theatres are now
under the ban in this city, the same
action being taken as was taken by
the commission in Bismarck.
Starkweather.-The cashier of the
State bank has invented and placed
on the market a check assorter.
Bismarck-The counties in the west
ern part of the state are asking for the
creation Of a new judicial district.
Observation-Disclosures was one Of
the counties that refused to divide it
self. The majority was 1853 against
the proposition.
Drayton.-At the general election
the people of this place voted to bond
the town for $4,000 to build a bridge
across the Red river at this place.
Hamilton.-Percy Atkins, a former
resident Of this town, was burned to
death in a fire at TAFT, Sask., which
consumed the depot in which he was
sleeping.
Portal.-Portal suffered another dis
astrous fire Sunday night when four
business houses went up in smoke.
The fire originated from a lighting
plant in one Of the houses.
Fargo.-John Holz, known also as
Kolz, who was arrested on the charge
of looting the Jacobson pawn shop in
lower Front street, was sentenced to
n year in the state penitentiary.
The charge against him was petit lar
ceny, which was the second offense,
making it a felony.
Belfield.-A real estate dealer in the
past month has sold over 10000 acres
Of farm land and most of it in small
tracts for farming purposes. It is sur
prising to see the steady stream of
settlers coming here to make this their
home and those who are here are buy
ing more land all the time.
Fargo.-The new law regarding the
sale of all kinds of produce will go
into effect on the first day Of Deem
Der. This will make a vast change in
the name of selling many articles
which will have to be sold by the
pound instead of the bushel, as here
tofore.
transformation the purpose OF
raising a fund Of 5000 for James
town college, Presbyterian ministers
of the state are engaged in conducting
a series of meetings, exchanging pul=
pits for the purpose. This fund is
being raised in accordance with reso-
lutions adopted at the recent state
synod in Minot when a $40 per capita
tax raj levied.
Devils Lake.-The Great Northern
railroad is held to be negligent by the
c%oroner's jury which Investigated the
accidental death at Churchs Ferry OF
Royal Erickson, aged IL years, who
was killed by being run down by a
freight car. It was shown in the evil
dence. secured that there was no
brakeman stationed at the crossing
when a flying switch was made, thai
because Of that fact the company is
responsible for the lads death.
Jamestown.-From the number Of
insane patients that are found wan
dering around in the county it begins
to appear hat this county is beins
made a dumping ground for the in.
sane from all parts Of the state. A
each county committing a patient tt
the insane asylum at this place has
to pay for his care there is consider.
able financial returns to be made BY
such a course and the authorities are
Investigating the matter.
Bowman.-Bowman's county cour'
will hereafter operate under the in.
creased jurisdiction plan, the same be.
coming effective January 1. The fac
hal several of the judicial districts O.
he state are of such great area as tt
'ender justice rather slow, is r%esponsi.
Die in no small degree for the adop.
ion by so many counties in the state
IF the increased jurisdiction plan, as i
allows for a much more rapid ad,
ninistration Of affairs in less impor.
a actions.
Observation-Disclosures North Da.
Sota orphans or children who hav,
aeen without proper homes have BEEF
placed in new homes through tn,
agency of the state law creating tn,
state humane officer, filed at tn,
present time by w. E. Blake Of thi
city. Since the time of his appoint
ment a little " a year ago he ha
had charge Of nearly a half hundre,
children who have been placed in goo
families and thus provided with per
manent homes. The business of find
ing homes for children is but a side
line of the work that is done.
J Bismarck.-The corridors of tn
capitol are thronged daily with PEG
l 'le interested in county seat and coun
t ty commissioner matters in the ney
, counties that were established at tn
!. recent general election. The governo
has the appointment of the count
commissioners Of the new countie
and they in turn appoint the tempo
rary county officers, thus making tn
county commissionership a very i'm
3 portant place in the new counties. Th
commissioners also appoint a tempo
a rary county seat, and this is an hone
that Is generally sought after by ever
town in h new county.
Dickinson.-The Dickinson stea1
Laundry company have effected a
amicable settlement with Miss Ami
. Sr~