The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-31
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North Dakota State News In Con
denscd Form.

Bismarck.-George ventgear, son Of
a farmer, was injured in a runaway
and is not expected to live.
Grand Forks.-Fargo gets the 1913
convention Of the North Dakota Edu-
cational association. The gate city
was selected after a spirited contest
between Fargo and Devils Lake.
Minot.-J. F Gable, a farmer living
a Wilhston, was sentenced by Judge
c. F. Amidon, of the federal court, to
pay a fne Of $50 for unlawfully taking
water from the government irrigation
ditch lear Williston.
Bismarck, N. D.-Judge Walter
M. Manchester Of the Sixth judicial
district. has just published an open
letter to the voters Of the district,
stating his withdrawal from the race
for reelection. He was n of W
candidates at the primaries in June
Medora.-Miss Jessie Sprinsley of
Spokane, Wash, and Miss Elsie Jahns
of Portland, Ore, while driving q
r%unabout, were nearly killed in the
Bad Lands, south of here, their car
overturning and being destroyed by
fire, while they were compelled to re-.
sort to horses to reach this place.
They spent the night in the hills, too,
before reaching a farm home.
Devils Lake.-Fire originating from
an unknown cause worked the destruc.
ton OF a large barn and burned to
death twelve head of horses and six
COWS on the farm of Ole Larson eight
miles east of here. Several tons of
hay and a number Of farm Implements
were also consumed by the flames.
The total damage will amount to about
$4,000. Insurance of $1,000 was car
ried.
Devils Lake.-Under the name of the
Danvang Creamery company, a butter
making institution will be opened in
Devils Lake. Christen Johnson, of the
Grand Forks Creamery, closed a deal
for the structure which was to have
been opened by other parties this sum-
mer, but which venture was aban-
doned. For a short time cream will be
purchased and shipped to Grand
Forks.
Dickinson.-Rev. F. H. Fofrand is
under quarantine for small pox and
will not be able to go to his new pas
torate at Darlington for some time.
He was not aware he was suffering
with anything more thar a cold until
the health officer called upon him and
placed the house under quarantine.
Three other houses were quarantined
the same day, but the cases are all of
a mild form.
Rugby.-Another ENHANCEMENT has
arisen in connection with the Mouse
river drainage project. The dredging
outfit used is SO large that it will be
impossible to get 1t by the 500 bridge
without removing the structure. The
500 railroad refuses to move the
bridge or bear the expense, and the
drainage board seeks to compel the
company to do so. The matter ia be-
ing fought out In the courts.
Williston. = To guard against the
caving in of the banks of the Missouri
river along the water front Of Will
liston and between here and the fed.
eral irrigation station, the government
will cooperate with the Great North.
ern Railroad and the city of Williston
in doing about $500 feet Of riprap
work the coming winter. Already
some riprapping has been done and
the results have been satisfactory.
Grand Forks.-College political or.
CARNATIONS are all right in the Univer.
sity Of North Dakota and nothing will
be done by the faculty to prevent the
organization of clubs having for their
purpose the promotion of the interest
Of any candidate. The question was
raised here as a result of the opposi.
ton on the part of the North Dakota
agricultural college faculty to such
clubs, and their adjustment from that
institution. A Roosevelt club has been
organized here.
Grand Forks.-More money for rural
schools is urged by the county super.
%intendents of schools of the state, their
recommendation being adopted at the
state association meeting here. They
contend that the states appropriation
for rural schools should be doubled
or trebled that benefits might be ex.
tended to all the schools of that class
Changes in several other laws also are
asked by the superintendent, they be
ing particularly in favor of better laws
for the rural districts, that their aid
might be accorded the children of the
country.
Larimore.-The six men arrested i1
Larimore on the charge Of stealing
from Great Northern freight cars are
not Greeks, as at first given out, but
are Italians who have been employed
by the railroad company. An Amer
lean is also being held on the charge
Of dealing in stolen property. It /.
estimated that the goods stolen from
the. Great Northern will amount t
$1,000. Much of the stolen propert,
has been recovered and nearly all of i
bears the trademark of Sears-Roebucl
& Co., of Chicago, the big catalogu,
house. The packages stolen by tn
italians were consigned to farmers O
this district.
Fargo.-Fire which originated in tn,
First National bank building at Car
selton, twenty miles west of here de