The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-10-05
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con.
densed Form.

densed FORM.
Bowman, Marmarth and Belfeld are
to establish postal savings banks after
October Is. /:
Grand Forks.-The third reunion of
Scottish Rite bodies will take place
Nov. z to 10.
La Moure. - The Farmers Elevator.
company's elevator at Berlin was de-
etroyed by fire at a loss of, $4,000.
Grand Decentralization of the new
city hall will take place Nov. /, de-
cision to that effect having been made
by the council.
,Minot.-C. E. Hamilton was brought
to the Ward county Jail by Sheriff
Steinhofer and now awaits trial in
the district court on a charge of
forgery committed at Bowbells.
Hillsboro.-Traill county closed the
fair season in North Dakota when
the annual county fair took place in
this city this week; Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday being set apart for
the event.
A0 Ouox4xO00 IL -tA4o
enterprising town have again come to
the front, and this time it is going to
be electric lights for the residents
Of Hunter. They will be in operation
in about six weeks.
Devils Lake.-Another school has
been added to the list in Devils Lake
and will be known as the Fourth ward
coh0N1 thu h,i1Iivr ou,~11 hy R6uc
Duffy having been secured for tempo
rary school purposes until a new
school can be erected.
Portland.-Henry S. Heskin brought
a load of timothy seed to town this
week and sold it to Hangom & Grin
ley for $1,089. The load weighed ap-
proximately 5000 pounds. 1t was I'M
d~oubtedly the most costly load of grain
ever marketed in this city.
Hillsboro. - Judge Poller has fixed
November 18th as the date for the
trial of McClain Cooper, the Trail
county youth, who shot a farm FORE
man, Frank Ross. They quarrelled
over who should direct affairs in the
absence of the boys father.
Powers Lake.-Thomas B. Thomp-
son, living three miles northeast of
town, met with a fearful accident
while cutting flax. In some way he
was thrown in front of the sickle, the
horses became unmanageable and be-
fore he could get away the knives had
nearly severed the right leg below the
knee, and also cut the other leg.
New England.-The sheep industry,
once SO important to the district south
of this city, will be practically closed
with this seasons shipments. In the
place of the sheep grazing there will
come agriculture, as land owners be-
lieve they can obtain greater returns
by breaking the land and c%ultivating
it. Within the last few days more than
1000 head of sheep have been shipped
out.
Bathgate.-A big grey wolf made it's
appearance at the Foster farm and be-
fore the dogs took the scent and drove
it away it had killed five ewes. The
Foster boys and the dogs followed the
wolf to his den and Dave Beggs has
promised the boys the loan of his stag
hound to make a finish hunt for the
wolf. Quite a number of sheep have
been killed by wolves in this vicinity
during the summer.
Devils INSTRUMENTATION exercises
at the high school is the new depar-
ture which was instituted this week
and proved such a decided success that
it will be continued every Monday
morning during the school year. Rev.
Bailey of the Presbyterian church a
an instructive educational talk for the
first number and it is planned to have
a member of the faculty or an out
slider address the pupils each Mon
day.
Minot.-Orvil Dean, a railroad man.
was bound over to the county court by
Judge William Murray for alleged
completely in the theft of whiskey
from a Great Northern bonded car.
Dean, along with several other men.
is said to have entered the car which
was bonded through to British Col
umbia. He has been working in Can.
ada since the alleged theft but on re-
turning was taken into custody by
Sheriff Kelly.
Leeds.-As showing the changes in
lakes in this part of the state, it is
noted that Lake Ibsen, near Leeds.
Is nov dry and that a farmer has a
field of fifty acres of barley where
a few years ago was a sheet of wa.
ter. The railroad company is also
obliged to haul water to the tank
which was formerly supplied abund-
antly by the lake. 1t is very probable
that in the course of the next few
years the lake bed will again be filled.
Mandan.-Ed. johnson, we'll known
IN this city, was sentenced to one wear
IN the state p%enitentiary by Judge
Nichols. Johnson is a professional
horse trainer and a well-known dealer
IN horses in this county. He former.
~ resided in Mandan, but has made
MS home in New Salem the past sew.
eral months. For some time he has
been lavishly purchasing various arti.
cles from stores in this city and New
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