The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-29
N0rthDakOta
News Notes

10 sixteen years In the state peniten-
by Judge Cowan.
Bismarck All trains on the North
ern Pacific west Of Bismarck were.
held up Monday. A terrific cloud
burst at Medora is the cause of the
McHenry.-The new Congregational
church at Jaunita was dedicated last
Sunday with very interesting and i'm
press1ve services. The church cost
$2,755.9S. Eight hundred dollars was
to cover.
Fingal. There was considerable
excitement here when it was dis
covered that Hans Anderson, who ar
rived from Bemidji, Mimi, about a
week ago. had attempted suicide by
cutting a deep cash In his throat with
a sharp instrument of some kind.
Napoleon.-With the passage of the
three year homestead law questions
have arisen in the minds of the home
steaders in this district as to their
rights under this law and as to the
~advisability of electing to perfect their
entry under the 'old' law or under
the new law.
Fargo.-The local Eagles last night
expelled A. w. knight on the ground
that he had deserted his family and
was a fugitive from justice and guilty
Of conduct unbecoming an Eagle.
knight was secretary of the local
lodge and also secretary of the state
association. He disappeared last
spring.
Williston.-The Farmers and Mer-
chants bank and the Williams
County bank both of this city,
have been merged and the consolida-
ted institution will be known as the
Williams County State bank with a
capital stock and surplus of $4,000.
The majority of the stock is owned by
bankers of Chicago, Minneapolis and
other Minnesota points.
Grand Forks.-Harold D. Johnson,
accused of embezzling about $500 from
the Northern Pacific, has been placed
in the state asylum for the insane at
jamestown. Johnson was captured
in Detroit, Mich, after a search Of
fifteen months. His arrest resulted In
a complete breakdown and before he
reached Grand Forks he was almost a
raving maniac. AS a result the crimi-
nal prosecution was dropped.
Fargo.--Replies to letters of inquiry
sent to 100 North Dakota bankers rela-
tive to the probable crop yield in their
respective sections of the state, ring
with optimism. In tabulating the re-
ports Of the approximate yield the
lowest estimate was taken in each in.
stance, and the results show al aver
age yield of II bushels of wheat, 1914
bushels of oats, IL bushels of fax, 80
bushels Of barley and 81 bushels Of
speltZ.
Fargo. - Fargo has a new factory.
The infant industry is 1.-THE Adjust
able Bed Spring Manufacturing Com
pany," and is maker of a patent adj
Unstable bed-springs. The new fac
tory, which is now located at Front
street and Eleventh street south, in
the building formerly occupied by
the Fargo Construction Co., at pres
ent employs about a dozen men, and
will later furnish employment for sew
eral times this number.
Fairdale. - Alexander Campbell is
completely paraly' ed at the result of
an accident which happened when
driving a load Of machinery and Irvine,
he gave too much road to a passing
automobile. The horses slipped on
the side of the grade throwing the
wagon and pinning Mr.. Campbell be-
meath the awful weight. He managed
to extricate himself and then crawled
Ryan farm half a mile away. One
vertebrae OF the backbone was crush
ed and may result In permanent in
jury.
Minot. - Only a very small per.
centage of those qualified for filing on
lands on the Fort Berthold reserva.
ton are taking advantage of that
fact. Judge Written is continuing the
calling Of the names in numerical cr-
der here, and out of a total of $50
out of 3,400 called had stepped up to
present their papers for filing on
reservation lands. During the last
few days, the filings have been more
brisk than they were the fore part
of last week, when the work of calling
the numbers, from $500 up, was COM
menced.
Mott. A large tract of hay land
twelve miles south of here was laid
waste by the first prairie fire of tho
season. Only the quick and persistent
work Of the fire fighters saved the
thousands Of acres of ripened grain
surrounding the hay tract and it was
a six hour task to check the flames.
The fire fighters were the people
who had gathered at the Wayt school
house for Sunday services, the threat
ening flames making their appearance
just as the services were begun. A
discarded match is supposed to have
been the cause.
Fargo.-Help in the harvest fields
Of the northwest was considerably
reinforced when Peter Verbeek, a
farmer from Holland. a man of almost