The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-11-23
Flckertan Facts
North Dakota State News In Con-
densed Form.

The socialists will put up a COM
plete county ticket in Sheridan coun-
ty. The men have already been Sc
lected.
Cavalier. - Proclamation has been
made by the county commissioners
that, commencing Dec. IS, Cavalier
will be the county seat of Pembina
county.
Lidgerwood.-The Standard Oil Co.
has presented an application to erect
and maintain a tank and storage
station at this place. The petition
va granted.
Minneapolis, MINI. Thomas P.
Cooper, of the Minnesota Farm School
has been selected director of the One
Hundred-D ollar-An-Acre Club of North
Dakota and has gone to Fargo to take
charge.
Valley City.-Charlie Davis shot a
fine bald eagle while hunting in the
vicinity of Ashtabula in the valley,
about twenty miles north of Valley
City, where he and Clint Ford had
been for several days. He will have
the specimen mounted.
Medora.-Clinton H. Kelley who has
been a county charge for some time,
was adjudged insane and ordered
committed to the asylum. He tried
to escape from the county hospital
but was overtaken some two miles
from town and brought back.
Williston.-A thoroughly modern
laboratory and seed house is under
construction OF the state experiment
farm here. The building will be two
stories in height and will provide
room for laboratory work and the
scientific storage of grains and roots.
Grand Forks.-Grand Forks dedi-
Gated it's new city hall with an i'm
mems attendance. The building cost
$4,000, and is one of the finest pub
lie structures in the Northwest. At
torney George A. Bangs, of Grand
Forks, delivered the dedicatory ad-
dress.
Minto.-The investiture of Father
j. A. Considine of Mimic in the robes
of a monsignor took place at this
place with a very large attendance
of parishioners, and with twenty-five
priests of the Fargo diocese in at
tendance. The sermon was delivered
by Bishop James J.. O'Reilly, respond
ed to by the newly created prelate
who gave thanks on behalf of the
parishioners and himself for the hon
or which had been conferred upon
him by the holy see through the good
offices of the bishop.
\. Buchanan.-After discovering that
a wanderer whom he had sheltered
from the storm had disappeared with
a sum of money stolen from the
house, Lewis Palmer gave chase after
the man and followed the trail until it
took him to jamestown and finally be-
came too indistinct to follow. The
stranger received the hospitality of
the Palmer home for two days and
while Mr.. Palmer was taking Helen to
school as usual. the b%efriended man
showed his gratitude by stealing Mr..
Palmer's money and disappearing.
acknowledgements Bruke has ap.
pointed the members of the state en-
ployee's compensation commission as
follows: David B. Holt of Fargo,
learned in the law" M. N. Hatcher
of Fargo, representative of employ
ers of labor" Fred G. Cleveland of
jamestown, Representative of labor"
The commission was created at the
last session of the legislature and will
be in Office until the close of the 1918
session. There is no compensation for
the members, but $1,000 was appro.
priated as expenses.
Fessenden.-At a meeting which was
held in this city the organization of
the Wells County Development league
was perfected. 1t is an organization
similar to those which have been
launched in other counties of the state
within the past few months and will
be made up of the several commercial
clubs of the county, as we'll as of farm
ers' organizations. The plan of the
Wells county league is to exert it's in.
fluence in two directions, publicity out
side and development of more scien-
tiic methods of farming at home.
Prof. L. B. Waldron of the state agri.
cultural college and State Engineer T.
r. Atkinson will be the speakers.
Dickinson.-Perry l.. Wing, who
came to this city only three weeks
ago as head miller for the Russell Mill
er Milling company, was nearly killed
by becoming entangled in the drive
cables of the mill. The cables are
used in lieu of belts and Wing became
entangled in them on one floor and
was thrown to the next floor within
a few feet of the drive wheels before
getting clear. He received horrible
bruises about the head and body but
will recover in about three weeks.
Only a year ago J.. w. Colwell was kill
ed in a similar accident, being thrown
clear into the drive wheel. The fact
that the company had constructed ad-