The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-02-09
Fnckertal Facts
North Dakota State News in
Condensed Form.

Bismarck.-Grip is epidemic through:
cut the state.
Beach.-Work will be started in the
spring on a new frame depot for this
city.
Cogswell.-The Standard Oil Co. has
decided to open up a supply station in
this city.
Rutland.-A movement in on foot in
This city to organize a farmers elevator
company.
Mott.-This city is to have a high
school, and new building a been de-
cided on.
L~idgerwood. - George Lidgerwood
Los Angeles.
Cogswell.-This town may have a
public library through the generosity
Of it's citizens.
Bismarck.-The past month was one
Of the coolest %Januaries ever known in
North Dakota.
Casselton.-The gymnasium is ready
for occupancy, and the people are just
~ proud of it.
Ellendale.-The boy scout movement
has invaded this city and been given a
warm welcome.
Valley City.-The commercial club
expects a membership of one hundred
in the lear future.
Dickinson.-The United States land
office at this city did a big business
during the yea 1910.
Minot.-This city is getting mate
under the new management.
Minot.-Farmers are petitioning the
county commissioners of Renville
county for SEED grain and feed.
Stirium.-A tow mill is to be erect
ed in this city to take care of the large
amount of flax straw now going to
waste.
Denbigh.-A man Of this town took a
snow bath to prove it better than a
mud bath and now the doctor calls at
his house.
Minto.-Dr. Thor Moeller was re-
Gently found guilty for the second time
by a jury and sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary.
Lisbon.-H. H. Grover, one of the
earliest settlers in Ransom county and
one of the Oldest Masons in the state,
died recently in this city.
"A peIltlOA Is DeIlS
circulated in this city to permit the
use of the city hall as a library. City
halls are often put to worse uses.
Rock Springs.-Ex-Co Count Commits
sloner L.. L.. Lewis of Dunn county died
suddenly at this place after a short
illness following a stroke of paralysis,
Ludden.-A young lady set a good
{ Xample in this city when she packed
a box of magazines and other litera-
ture and sent it I'd the state peniten-
tiary.
Dickinson.-The mayor. president of
The commercial club, and prominent
citizens of this town are united in
their efforts to organize a Y. M. C. A.
for this city.
Rugby.-A party of visitors to the
federal p~enitentiary recently found
Andy Jones, the convicted banker. at
work on the cement construction of a
new building.
grapher recently got rid of the atten-
tons of a too ardent salesman in the
absence of the proprietor by giving
him a loaded cigar.
Grand Forks.-Wilbur Williams, q
we'll known young man of this city, has
lockjaw IS a result of cutting his knee
with a piece of glass when he sustain
ed a fall while skiing recently.
Grand Forks.-Reports from the
winter colonies in southern Califor-
MIA seem to confirm the fact that Nortl,
Dakota has the largest representation
there of any state in the Union.
Fargo.-The College library. of
which Colonel Roosevelt laid the cor
ner stone in September last. has been
informally opened, although some of
the furnishings are still lacking.
Devils Lake.-There is a possibility
of the lake of the same name as the
town, near here, going dry and a
movement is on foot by our citizens to
have the overflow Of the Mouse river
turned into it.
CooperstoWn.-A young man resid-
ing south of this town got out of bed
one night at II o'clock and walked {,
mile and a half to a neighbours resi-.
dence clad only in his night clothes,
without waking. o
.FargO.-When a teacher in a school
in southwestern Cass arrived one
morning she found a strange mar
comfortably sleeping on two desks
along side the stove. He was too old
and too large to go to school and was
chased out.
Fargo.-The society Of the sons al
the American revolution perfected a
state organization in this city Satur
day with fifty nine charter members
Officers for the state We're also elected
Judge B. F. Spaulding being elected
president. The objects of the society
are patriotic, educational and historical.
Fargo.-Herbert Toole, a switchmar
in the employ of the Northern Pa
cific railroad for the past several years
had his life crushed out Thursday af-
ternoon in the yards in this city. Toole
vas riding on the ladder of a freight
car which jumped the track, crashing
into another car on the siding and in.
stantly crushing him to death.
Minot.-This city is in the throes O.
a bitter fight owe the location of it,
proposed federal building. Some time
ago a site was selected at the corner
of Reishus and Second street, known
as the Kulaas property. Later devel.
opments indicate that the title i!
somewhat clouded and United State.
District Attorney Barnett refused t.
act favorably in the transfer of tn,
property to the government and re,
turned the papers to Minot.