The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-12-21
FLckertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con.
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densed Form.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hedge
sen has recommended Christians G.
Myhre for postmaster at Colfax, sue
ceeding LOe, resigned.
Washington. d. c. = President
Taft nominated Judson A. La Moure,
Jr., to be collector of customs for the
district of North and South Dakota.
Velva.-This city is proud of its
feed mill, which is doing much to
bring settlers here. Knute Qnammen
has taken charge of this. and is being
kept busy as a bee.
Grand Forks. After holding the
state medical law passed by the last
Legislature constitutional and after
the defense had made an offer of evil
dence, Judge Templeton submitted the
case of DR.. p. L.. Reynolds to a Jury
and a verdict of not guilty was
reached.
Grand Forks.-John Mcknight of
Langdon. left tackle of the University
of North Dakota football team, was
elected captain for 1912. Mcknight
lis a junior. The choice was unani-
NOUS. There was considerable feel
ing engendered this winter as a re-
suit OF action taken in granting Wal
ter Quigley a letter. Quigley quit
the squad before the season was over,
but he had played the requisite num-
her of quarters and was therefore, en-
titled to Il letter. q:
Mandan.-The annual meeting of
the North Dakota Dairymen's associ-
alton will be held in Mandan, Feb.
is and is. State Dairy Commissions
err Flint is arranging the program.
Three hundred delegates will be in
attendance and the west Missouri
slope district will be particularly we'll
represented. Morton county is one of
the biggest creamery and dairying
counties of the Northwest. and that
lis why the association decided upon
this city as the place for the meeting.
Grand Forks. Not guilty was
the verdict returned in district
court and McI1ain Cooper, tried for the
murder of ]. Frank Ross, was given his
freedom. Cooper shot and killed Ross
, ON the morning of March II, this year.
the shot being fired from behind at a
distance of about ten feet. The bullet
entered Ross spine and five months
later he died. That he was justified
in the shooting was Cooper's plea, he
~contending that Ross was about to get
a gun. The jury was out thirty-one
| hours.
New Rockford.--A a boosters ban
quet recently given by the commercial
club. a movement was set on foot to
boost the collegiate institute by rails
ing a fund of $50, 900 to pay off all in
~debtedness and closing the school year
on June s., with every liability paid.
The citizens proposed to raise $10,-
600 providing $4,000 could be raised
by the board of trustees and from
outside. Theodore Clifton of Chicago,
western secretary for the Congrega-
'tional Education Society Of Boston,
was present to help in the campaign
and brought Il sift from the educa-
ton society amounting to $4,000 to
help the board in raising their 10000,
and by pledges from individuals on
$4,000. a total of about $4,000 has
now been raised.
Minneapolis Firm in the belief that
North Dakota has a bright future,
Baron E. van TIerdt at Eversburg, d.
rector OF n OF the strongest and
most conservative financial institu-
tions OF continental Europe, the Neder-
landsche NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of AM
sterdam, and president OF a syndi-
cate of Holland capitalists that last
year bought and began the colonial
ton OF $4,000 acres of land near Bel
field, Stark county. N. D., said at the
Hotel Radisson that next year will
witness an addition to the number of
Hollandcrs on the land. The Holland
tinancier lives at ~Blumendaal. He sits
on a board of directors that represents
investments in Java. and the Dutch
East Indies. the Straits Settlements.
Batavia. China and Japan and that
entered North Dakota last year.
Valley City.-On January 5 and 6
there will occur in the city the second
nnual meeting of the Barnes COUNTY
500 an Acre club, the original or.
ganization of that name in the state.
This year in addition to the farm con-
servation of the convention there will
be a produce show. There will be
fine exhibits of corn, potatoes, wheat.
oats, etc., and less common products
OF this locality such as sugar beets
and alfalfa. There will be programs
both afternoon and evening during the
convention and there will be some of
the very. best speakers of the north
west on agriculture and kindred SUBJ
jects. President Pennington of the
500 is expected to be present but as
yet has not definitely promised to &C.
cept the invitation extended although
he has expressed the hope that he
will be able to be present. Thomas
Cooper, the new secretary and man.