The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-15
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con.
densed Form.

Drake.--A farmers club has been
organized at Drake.
Oakes.-Oakes is now sure OF an
electric light plant.
Granville.-An effort is being made
to reopen the creamery.
Beltield.-Stock cannot now run at
large in the streets here.
Wimbledon.-The revival meetings
are being largely attended.
Jamestown.-Editor w. R. Kellogg
has started on a trip around the world.
Marmarth.-The question of adopt
ing city government is agitating this
town.
Forman.-Forman nnounce many
attractions for its big market day,
February II.
Braddock.-The stockholders of the
Braddock telephone lines have de-
cided to incorporate.
Starkweather.-E. A. Crommett, of
Starkweather, threshed out 1000 BUSH
els of flax last week.
Pipestone.-The Northern Pacific
well is completed and has some 10000
gallons of water in it.
Glen Ullin.-The commercial club is
taking steps to see that all farmers
secure necessary seed.
Fort Clark.-W. N. Odds reports that
his wheat averaged twenty-six bushels
to the acre and graded No. 1.
Charlson.-The school board is call
Ing an election for Feb. 81, to vote on
bonds for a new schoolhouse.
Voltaire. The McHenry county
union of the American Society of
Equity had it's annual meeting in Vol
taire.
Ambrose. The Ambrose schools
headed the list of contributors for the
childens' home at Fargo with 1921 in
cash.
Tagus.-More threshing rigs are be-
ing shipped into the Tagus territory
to tackle the fax which is still un-
threshed.
Harvey.-The Harvey district is to
have $50 experimental plots, under
the control of the better farming or
g%anization.
nFargo.-Sheridan county has paid
Mclean county for transcribing the
records of the former-the amount
was $1,000.
Jamestown.-Peter Olson, a local ski
jumper of considerable reputation,
died at the jamestown hospital as the
result of a fall while skiing.
Hettinger.-The new we'll of the
Milwaukee road seems to be a great
success; water vas struck at a depth
OF $40 feet and the flow is excellent.
White Earth. - The coal mines at
White Earth are still being worked
and the men in charge are paying the
government a royalty on each ton
mined.
Lidgerwood.-John r. Zimmerman,
a farmer near Lidgerwood, was
crushed to death when his load of
wood and coal tipped over in his own
door yard.
Ashley.-Jacob Berreth and Michael
Feisst of iceland were tried before
Justice of the Peace Bodman at Ash.
ley and declared guilty of having dis.
turbed a public school. and were fined
each $25.
Deering.-Twenty-tive of the bust.
ness men of Deering met and started
a booster club; they have not yet de.
clded upon a name but are determined
to make he advantages OF the town
known.
Antelope I.ake.-The construction
crew on the new line heal here has
completed the. first cut in the Arm.
strong hill and a large force is at work.
as they have $4,000 yards more of dirt
to remove.
r. Charlson. G. S. Thorlackson Sc.
cnred a Judgment of 1859 against the
owners of the east ferry at Charlson,
because of the loss of his team and
wagon while attempting to- cross the
river two years ago..
Hettinger.--The creamery station at
Regent. Hettinger county, paid out S2..
290.22 for cream in eight months,
line largest amount in any one month
was December when forty-two farm
ers received $534.S8.
+: Ashley.-Charles Phillips, who lives
Z miles southwest of Ashley, dis.
covered that eight skunk hides had
been stolen from one of the build
lngs on his place and is out with a
$40 reward for information.
Zeeland.--Two patrons of the local
schools were fined s25 each for dis.
'turbing the school. The children were
kept after school and when their par.
,ents came they insisted on taking
them home and there was trouble.
La Moure.-La Moure county farm.
ers are anxious to have the herd law