The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-09-05
Flickertail Facts
North Dakots state News In Con.
densed Form.

city, 1t Is expected.
will be the site of q new Methodist
college.
Litchville.-The ~2-year-old daughter
OF Jacob Wright was instantly killed
when trampled by a colt.
Mott.-A destructive prairie fire
swept over a big stretch of country
south of Mott, burning grain and hay.
Elgin.-Gottlieb Iszler received the
contents of a shotgun in his shoulder.
He was cleaning the gun. He will
recover.
Ross.-Three women and a child
were nearly killed in a near
Brookbank, being thrown from a bug
gy into a ditch.
Stanley.-A warrant charging Mrs.
Ella Cotton with the theft of a promis-
sorry note for $1,000 has been sworn
out by J.. P. Smerud of White Earth.
M1not.-A suitcase which was said
to contain valuable documents of the
bull moose campaign of North Dakota
wal stolen from Dorr H. Carroll of
this city, chairman of the state central
committee.
Fargo. Captain John Egan, of
Beach, North Dakota, an ex-ofacer
on the frigate Mississippi when Com
modore Perry's feet first visited ia
pan, died in q local hospital. He was
70 years old.
Neche.-Heavy rains in Pembina
county have caused much delay in
harvesting. Much Of the early grain
has been damaged. Barley cut two
weeks ago and in the shock is begin.
ming to sprout.
Observation-Disclosures county leads
the state this veal in increase in acre.
age OF lands under cultivation, as re-
vealed by the reports of the state
auditors department. The increase
totals 124, 900 acres.
Dickinson.-Drinking carbolic acid,
Jessie, the year-and-a-half-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maui of
Snow, was killed. She gained posses,
sion Of the acid while her parents
were out Of the house. -
Medora.-With warrants charging
them with Jail breaking, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Riley are serving a sentence in
the county Jail after having been re-
turned from Sulphur Springs. Mont.
for breaking the prohibition law.
Gwinner.-While attempting to re.
kindle a fire in the kitchen stove, lit
tie Violet Hill, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hill, poured kerosene on
the Goals and the flames reached to
her dress. She vas badly burned
about the face and arms. ,
Carson.-The %6-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vetter was killed
when thrown from an auto which
turned turtle. The little girl was rid
ing with a friend Of the family when
q tire exploded and the auto left tho
road. The child's head was crushed
under an axle of the car.
Fargo.-North Dakota was not dam
aged by the storms which prevailed.
There was only q slight rainfall in
Fargo, q little hail in Hillsboro and q
rather heavy rain at northern Red
river valley points. The rest Of the
state had only a light fall. with no
wind. T%hreshing is delayed.
Minot. - Owing to the fact that
the farmers of Ward county are going
to have all they possibly can do be-
tween now and the time SNOW flies to
harvest their bumper crop of wheat,
flax, oats and barley, the members
Of the Commercial club voted almost
unanimously against the plan to hold
a county fair this year.
Minot. - A field of rye that went
forty-one bushels to the acre was
threshed on the farm of Bernt Larson
on the south prairie yesterday. The
tract consisted Of sixteen acres. The
rye was sewn on corn ground. 1t
is n Of the largest rye yields thus
far reported in this district.
Clinton. - Threshing was resumed
here after a delay of two weeks. caus-
ed by rains. Grain is in fairly good
condition. but some oats has been dam.
aged by rain. Corn is doing we'll, con-
sidering the long period of cool wet
weather. Stalks of corn twelve feet
high and YER are quite common.
Minot. - Minot business men will
be given first opportunity to finance
the proposed briquetting plant, which
outside capital has shown itself inter-
ested in establishing in the magic city,
AuIo Wd6 uSCluSu az lie mSeClQS or
the members OF the Commercial club
when a committee, consisting of A.
A. Robinson, w. R. Bond and e. s.
Person was appointed to Investigate
he prospects OF getting local people
to handle the enterprise.
Bismarck. - President Termination
of the 500 railway has written Gen.
eral Manager w. G. Gilbreath of the
second annual North Dakota Industrial
exposition that will be held at Bis
marck October 1 to 16 that he and
a large number of the prominent
officials Of the 500 line will visit the
big land show on 500 line day, Thurs-
day. October 3. In honor Of the &C.
casion special trains will be run to
Bismarck from over the entire system.
and thousands of people will be in
attendance.
Bisbee. Sheriff shively Of Cando,
was at Bisbee and took into custody
Carl Brobery suspected of being impli-
Gated in a murder committed in Chi
cago. The man was at work for
Joseph Duffy west Of here and made
NO particular objections to accompany
ing the sheriff.