The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-05-18
Flickertal Facts
North Dakota State New. in
Condensed Form.
Condensed Form.

Condensed Form.
New Salem.-This city has a strong
baseball club.
Fargo.-The Methodist church Of
this city has been repaired and decor
ated.
Grand Forks.-Recent rains have
made the crop prospects in nearly all
parts of the state the very best.
Fargo.-Advices from Washington
state that the North Dakota farmers
made q strong showing at Washing
ton.
Fargo.-The warrant for the arrest
of a postoffice inspector on the charge
of opening a registered letter in trans
mission containing the application Of
the mail clerks for a charter has been
withdrawn.
Devils Lake.-It is said that the
Chautauqua grounds will be thrown
open free to the public this year if
plans proposed by the business men Of
this city to raise a guaranty fund Of
$4,000 are carried out
Bismarck.-The recent rains in the
state have brought the rainfall up to
the normal mark. The farmers and
AAC 4AdVo OCCu 6lCdtlV pleas.
ed by the timely fall and anticipate
a highly successful year.
Carrington.-Lee Miller, who is &C
cused Of the murder of his father, has
been declared a n by a jury impan-
elled for the purpose of passing on his
sanity to determine if he should be
placed on trial for the crime.
Newburg.-This city will have an
elaborate celebration on May II.
There will be band music, baseball
games, street sports, market. day ex-
hibits and a home talent play. Gov
Burke will be one of the ora
tors.
Williston.-Extensive prairie fires
in Williams county have badly dam
aged the grazing lands. The flames
were hard to combat and did much
damage to the telephone lines. Sew
eral farmers had great trouble in saw
ing their stock.
Williston.-Miss Victoria Freeman
was sitting On a fence watching her
brother trying to lasso a horse. The
rope was thrown too far and caught
her around the shoulders, jerking he1
from the fence under the feet of the
horse where she was badly injured.
Bismarck.-Warden Hellstrom has
issued a warrant to retire $94,O 0C
bonds that were issued in 1901 for the
Irvine plant. 1t will be one of the
last acts Of the present ~penitentiary
management as the recent legislature
put the management of that institu-
ton under the control Of a board.
Grand Forks.-The date for the state
encampment Of the G. A. r. has been
fixed for June IA and Is in this city.
General orders and the program will be
issued in the near future. One of the
prominent features of the meeting will
be a collection of civil war relics, many
Of which have already been promised
Carrington.-Lee Miller, found by a
specially impaneled jury of the district
court to be sane, will not be placed or
trial for the murder of his father al
the term Of the district cour now ir
progress. By an agreement reached
between counsel for prosecution anG
defense, the trial was continued, till the
next term.
webster.-The second gun accident
to happen from the handling of q
weapon supposed to be unloaded re-
Gently occurred in this town wher
John Daisch shot Alexander Anderson
in the ankle. Daisch was swapping
the hammer of a revolver which he
thought to be unloaded when the acct
dent occurred.
Grand Forks.-At the silver ami.
versary conference of the Methodist
church at this city this fall there will
be in attendance n assigned to pc.
sitions Of honor Jour ministers thai
the state. These men have been con
that time.
Beach.-This city was in the hand:
Of the Methodists the first Of the week
the occasion being the dedication O.
the new Methodist church. The ser.
vices were impressive and were at
tended by large crowds of people
Prominent ministers of the state wer.
present and made addresses. Thu
church is a credit to many towns sew.
eral times the size of this one.
Grand Forks.-The board of gam
and fish control recently met in thi!
city and discussed plans for the better
enforcement of the laws of the state by
interesting the commercial clubs ant
gun clubs of the state. Plans for the
display to be made at the state fail
this fall were also discussed with the
result that the exhibit will be thu
largest and best ever made in the state
Deering.-The citizens If this tow
took radical action against the North.
ern Telephone company at a mass
meeting held here. A committee was
appointed to notify the company t.
remedy certain grievances by May 1;
and if not done by that time to taxi
out their phones.A committe was alse
appointed to confer with the Lone
Star Telephone company with a view
Of putting in a central at this place.
Bismarck.-Of the forty-nine mem.
bers of the North Dakota upper house
the twelfth legislative assembly, thir.
three were born in this country, five
in Norway, four in Scotland, two il
Germany, two in Canada, and on,
each in Sweden, Denmark and Ire.
land. OF the members of the lowe.
house, fifty were born in this country
and the rest as follows: Eighteen il
Norway, eleven in Canada, foul IL
Sweden, three in Ireland. three in En-