The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-09-28
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News Notes

ton.
Mandan.-With only two or three
more weeks required to complete the
north line of the Northern Pacific as
fas as Sanger, local residents are ex-
tremely optimistic.
Fairmount.-According to the 1911
school census, Richland county ranks
fourth in the state with a school popu.
lation of $500, an increase Of 1854 over
last year. Cass county leads with a
total Of 9,319.
Grafton.-Governor John Burke and
many prominent officials of the North
Dakota national guard will be in Graf
ton when the dedication of the Com
pany G armory takes place. The *
act date for the event has not been
fixed as yet.
Hankinson.-The Lutheran congre.
cation celebrated its first mission fes.
tival with an elaborate program. Rev.
,Messrs. Kretzschmar of Wilmot, S. D.,
H. Feiertag of Fergus Falls, and p.
L. Kluender of Glendale, N. D., were
the principal speakers.
Bismarck. James McCarty was
found guilty of escaping from the pen
itentiary and was given a sentence of
eighteen months. The evidence
showed that he was working outside
the prison walls and deliberately
walked away. and as prisoners are not
supposed to follow the lines of least
residence when they lead to liberty,
MsCarty vas adjudged guilty of the
offense for which he stood charged.
Stanaay.-The store at Manitou was
robbed, the cash drawer being taken
out, which was found later with the
money and several notes and checks
missing. The checks and notes were
found later neal the premises but the
money was missing. The same even
ing James Borner who has been work.
ing in that vicinity was suspected and
was placed under arrest by Deputy
Sheriff Evind Tweeten and brought to
Stanley. The evidence against Borner
is pretty strong and besides he has
made some damaging admissions that
tends to connect him with the crime,
The amount of money taken is not
large.
Minot.-Amos Hermanson, who was
arrested two years ago for pigging,
was turned over to Sheriff Ed Kelly to
start serving his sentence. The pri'
soner was sentenced Nov. %, 1909, to
serve six months in the county Jail and
pay q fine and costs aggregating $500
by Judge Davis of the county court
The Ease was appealed to the supreme
court but the appeal was dismissed
and the judgment of the county court
affirmed June 1. Hermanson was de
livered to the sheriff and Immediately
started to serve his sentence. In de
fault of paying the $500 fine and costs
he will be compelled to serve an ad
ditional six months, which will make
his sentence exactly one year.
Bismarck.-The library commission
is receiving SO many inquiries con
corning laws passed at the last session
that Mrs. Budlong has found it neces
sary to have digests prepared for circu
lation. liver Acker, legislative refer
ence librarian, has just finished sum
maries Of the juvenile court law. ant
of the board of control bill. Svein
bjorn Johnson is at work compilin,
the North Dakota laws pertaining t.
women and children. These digest
will be of very great assistance to tn,
sixty federated clubs which are study
ing state laws this year. Typewriter
copies Of the summaries will be sen
them until such time as the materia
can be printed for general distribu
ton.
Mercer.-Is Brush lake a govern
ment body of water and if so, how ia
back from the water edge does tn
government own the land? This ques
ton has been the cause of no littl
trouble and has never been settled t
the satisfaction Of different parties
A party of hunters appeared on tn
lake and were shooting ducks whe:
they were ordered off by H. R. [
Bentley, who owns most of the Ian
surrounding the lake, but the boy
commended that as long as they wer
at the waters edge of the lake the
). were not on Bentley's land, and re
l. fused to vacate. The next mornin
Bentley appeared before Judge Sperr
. and demanded warrants for their al
rest, charging them with t%respassint
d The gentlemen appeared in court an
! entered a plea Of o guilty. H. Va
. Fredenberg appeared for the defens
and moved that the case be dismisse
. for the reason that the complaint di
q not specify where the offense was con
mitted, the motion was granted an
thus ended the case. 1t is possibl
that Bentley will carry the case t
: a higher court in order to ascertai
whether or not he owns the land alon
b the shore.
New Salem.-The new machinery i
the plant Of the Dakota Coal Product
Co. at this place has been Unstable