The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-12-07
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News in Con.
densed Form.

Falls, Mont, We're supplied by the farm
ers of the Towner district, a shipment
of $4,000 pounds of turkey by express,
having just been made from this point.
The turkey shipment is one of the larg-
est ever made in this state, and the
bulk of it was secured close to ToWner.
Fargo. - Word was received by
President B. P. Kroesee of jamestown
college that the school had received
100000 today to be used toward a
large permanent endowment fund.
Announcement was also made tonight
that the sum of $41,5OO has been sub
;scribed by people of North Dakota
for the same purpose. The identity of
kept secret.
Bismarck.-A husband, sued for d.
ivorce, is entitled to alimony and sup
port, under certain conditions, accord
ing to a decision of the supreme court,
handed down in the Hagart case from
Grand Forks county. The husband
defendant declared he was entitled to
money for his support during the time
the case was in progress and the dis
,trict court ruled with him and from
which decision there was an appeal
to the supreme court.
Park River.-Dice boxes will no long
er grace counters of the Park River
cigar stores as a result of orders which
have been given to the city chief of
police, and by which dice will be ban
,ished. The council also has issued
orders against all stores keeping open
Sundays, or any part of the day, it be.
ing decided that the laws governing
such a condition, as we'll as the main
tenance of gambling devices Of any
kind, should be enforced in every par
:ticular.
Ryder.-The Royal elevator at Ba-
den, this county, containing about 5000
bushels of wheat and flax, was burned
to the ground in a fire which had it's
origin supposedly at the hands of in
icendiaries. There had been no one in
the elevator during the day, nor had the
machinery been in operation and the
further fact that the blaze started at
"a point where there was nothing from
which a fire could readily commence
AS~No W IA SOASAuoIOA C11dL IL was d
case of arson. Fully insured.
Mandan.-Morton county, which al.
ready laid claim to fame because of
the sensational Odense wedding fight
i'm which several participants received
serious injuries, has further right to
glory on that score as a result of a
big fight at a wedding six miles from
this city. Two men are under arrest
charged with making assaults. John
Emil is charged with %assaulting one of
the women guests at the wedding, us.
ing his fists, while Adam Stein, the
other prisoner, is accused of having
mixed with one of the male guests.
Jamestown.-Achie Heron of Har.
:vey was a jamestown visitor and may
make this city his permanent home.
He has just bought the Clark farm,
half a mile south of Eldridge, and is
$50 pleased with jamestown that he
will undoubtedly remove here as soon
as arrangements can be- perfected.
The Clark farm was owned by AL.
win G. Vessey and is declared to be
one of the best in the county. 1t
consists of $40 acres of excellent soil,
contains a twenty acre field of alfalfa
that vas cut three times last season,
and also possesses many other advan.
,tages and features. The consideration
of the transfer was said to have been
$50 an acre. Some property in Har-
'vey was included in the transfer.
Bottineau.-Unusual success attend
ed the county children's corn contests
in Bottineau and McHenry counties,
very deep interest being displayed by
the young ag~riculturists. AS the
county corn contests are held each
year, there is a wider circle of inf1u-
.ence, more entrants for prizes being
the result. In Bottineau county VIM.
;Brander of Peabody was the winner
,of the prize in the corr contest, with
Edwin Brander, his brother, the hold
,er of second place. Helma Setter of
Eidswold won third place. with Anna
Wall of the same place taking fourth.
Fifth place went to VIM. Barton of
Sergius. The McHenry county con-
test was held at Towner and Carl
Miller OF Bantry was first; Orrin Was
san of Velva vas second, and Frasher
Fairbrother of Bantry took third.
Dickinson.-Ten sections of land in
Billings county, comprising a total of
$500 acres, purchased by New Ulm,
Mimi, residents will be developed and
maintained to it's fullest capacity by
the new owners, according to an
announcements which have just been
made. The purchase price for the big
block Of land was $SS, 900, Richard
Bieraugal of New Ulum, Mimi, being
the head of the combination which
takes over the property. Diversified
farming operations will be carried out
ION a large scale, plans having already
been laid for the purchase of high
grade mich cows and the establish
ment of the dairying branch at an
early date. The tract OF land which
has been sold to the Minnesota par
ties is located about six miles north
OF Medora, and in contour differs
materially in different parts.
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