The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-22
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North Dakota State News In
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tio1 were taken at a meeting helQ laST
week.
Minot.-The city commission will
cancel all licenses Of draymen that
o~vercharge or otherwise violate the
city ordinances.
Bismarck.-Gov. Burke got within
less than 100 Of his majority of two
years ago, and a slightly greater per-
centage Of the vote cast.
Fargo.-On the proper statement be-
Ing made to the railroad companies in
two cases the officials have contributed
to the associated charities fund.
Warwick.-The citizens of this town
are discussing the raising of alfalfa. It
Is thought that the sandy soil north of
this city is especially adapted to the
crop.
Darlington. - Arrangements have
been made by the city council for light
ing the city and pumping water. The
contract has been let to a company for
that purpose.
Devils Lake.-The census bureau
gives the population of this city as
5,157, an increase Of 1913 per cent in the
past ten years. Twenty years ago the
population was S46.
Rugby.-The commercial club of this
city at a recent meeting decided to
secure a lecture by Prof. Campbell, the
noted dry farming expert, and expect
to secure his services some time in
January.
Grand Forks.-H. Watson, one of the
two men recently turned over to the
Canadian authorities on a horse steal
ing charge, by the local officers, plead
ed guilty and received a three years
prison sentence.
Mandan.-Sunday closing in this
town has resulted in making Saturday
lines of trade are affected for the rea-
be closed the next day.
Jamestown.-J. U. Hemmil, county
Judge elect, will be entitled to a deputy
at a salary of s125 a month. The judge
says he can transact the business and
will not put the taxpayers Of the coun-
ty to this additional expense.
Minot.-A miner from Burlington.
claimed to nave been feeced in a card
game in a pool hall and started a fight.
He was arrested and fined. He got
even with the place afterward by lodg-
ing a complaint which resulted in the
Incense being revoked.
Mandan.-There was considerable
excitement in this town recently when
the chief of police was arrested on a
bribery charge, the police commission
er and the sheriff Of Morton county
both on a charge of allowing a blind
pig to run on their premises.
Jamestown. - Jones Sjoberg was
awarded damages to the extent Of $500
for alleged assault by Anton and Gill
bert Langseth, in the district court re-
Gently. He sued for $4,000. The as
sault was brought on in an endeavor to
settle some financial matters. ,
Fargo.-The North Dakota Kennel
association will hold its second annual
exhibit in this city January 1918. The
business men of the city have put up
a number of special prizes for the diff
ferent breeds in addition to the cash
prizes offered by the association.
Dickinson.-George Mcclellan, who
was charged with grand larceny in re-
ceiving a carload of cement into his
warehouse, which was the property Of
the N. P. railway, was declared not
guilty by a jury which returned the
verdict in a very few minutes after
being out.
Steele.-The farm residence of Christ
George, near here was burned recently.
1t is supposed hat the fire was due to
sparks from the chimney catching in
the banking of the house. The practice
of banking with material containing a
great deal of straw appears to be a
dangerous one.
Carrington.-The meteor that fell in
this city about a year ago and which
was left on the sidewalk in front of one
of the stores, has disappeared. AS the
contractors were filling the sewer
bitches about the time Of it's. disap-
pearance it is thought that it went to
help fill up the trench.
Bowbells.-Charged with robbing
their companion, J.. Misner, two labor
ers employed on a local contract are
under arrest. One Of these, John Car
om, waived a preliminary examination
and was bound over to the district
court, while Hans Kohrn will make a
fight for an acquittal in the prelim-
mary hearing.
Berthold.-Berthold will have an
electric lighting system, the ordinance
granting a franchise to John I. Moore
for such a plant being passed yb the
city council in spite Of the fact that nc
little opposition had developed to the
plan. The franchise owner proposes tc
commence operations at once Inc will
have the plant in readiness for oper-
alton at as early a date as possible.
Bismarck.-The report Of the state
bank examiner, which was issued re-
Gently, for the term ending Novembe,
10, shows ten banks organized since
Sept. 1. The 55S state banks in NORTH
Dakota have resources and liabilities
Of $50, 84,147.49 now as against $780,.
6 2,699.74 in September. The cash or
hand shows an increase of $157, 534.4t
since the last report and the deposits
subject to check have increased $685..
1868 in the same time, while Their.
has been a falling off of $144 ,7s3.3:
during the period in time certificate!
of deposit. Considering the condition!
existing, the showing is a good one ant
considerable better than was expected
Observation-Disclosures Myhra, tn
first postmaster in the state whose Of
flee has been made a postal saving
bank, has been summoned to Wash