The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-11-14
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News in Con-
densed Form.

Minot.-William Ellis Harvey, engi-
on the 500 line, sustained severe
injuries to his back and head when
500 Train No. Isl, the 500 Spokane
Portland Limited, ran into a freight
train near Drake.
Fargo.-The fall term Of United
States court opened here with both
grand and petit juries. There is a
long list of cases to be heard and many
matters are to come before the jury.
1t is expected the term will continue
several weeks. Among the cases for
consideration is that of M. N. Hatch
err, former publisher of the Fargo
Courier-News, charged with fraud
over prizes in a newspaper contest.
Fessenden. - Farmers of Wells
county will engage in the cattle-rais-
ing business as a result of the work
of the North Dakota Better Farming
association. A carload of pure bred
Holsteins will be shipped to the farm
ers of this district. Supervisor Bopp
of this district will purchase the cat
tie, which will be resold to the farm
ers for the price at which they are
purchased, plus handling expenses, so
that the farmers will have the ad-
vantage of expert buying without cost
to them. The plan of buying and in
PRODUCING cattle in this manner is one
of the schemes worked out by the
Better Farming association.
Valley City.-Presidents of North
Dakota's educational institutions will
hold a conference in Valley City the
latter part of November for the pur-
pose of meeting the legislative educa-
tional commission appointed by the
last legislature, and which must make
a report to the assembly this winter.
The most important information Sc
cured for the commission, the duties
of which were to make a study of
educational systems of other states
and of foreign counties, was obtained
by President F.. l.. McVey of the state
university during his trip abroad last
summer. He obtained much that has
Interested the commission, his report
being submitted to the board at a re-
cen meeting in Grand Forks.
Misunderstanding beans in North
Dakota is very profitable farming, ac-
cording to John Eitman OF Mapleton,
who has had eighteen years expert
ence and during that time has lost
but two crops from frost. Mr.. Eitman
says beans can be made q very prof
liable crop. He suggests, however,
that they should be raised in connec-
ton with sheep, which consume the
~by-products. "The worst enemy to the
bean CROP" said Mr.. Eitman, lis the
pigeon grass, the growth of which
makes it necessary to hand pull the
CROP" In the eighteen years he has
been raising from ten acres to seventy
acres of beans, preparing the soil
carefully and selling his product for,
seed. The largest yield prior to this;
season was eighteen bushels to the
acre. The prices have ranged the
past eighteen years from $1.25 to So,
a bushel. !
Grand Forks.-That there will be!
no let up in railroad construction IN
North Dakota next season is indicat-
ed by the attitude of the railroad
companies. The Great Northern has
filed resolutions for a new line from
New Rockford into Montana, while
the 500 is contemplating an extern
sion from Plaza west into new terri
tory in western North Dakota. The
latest move is that of the Northern
Pacific in fling resolutions for an ex-
tension of the proposed cut off from
Edgeley to C%annonball. The compile
ton of this cut off, connecting Wa
dena, Mimi, and Miles City, Mont,
has been contemplated for some time.
The new line will relieve the traffic
on the main line, as many of the fast
trains will be routed over the shorter
road. 1t will also give the cities in
the southern tier of counties better
service.
Grafton.-The investigation of the
government into the possibilities of
using North Dakota flax pulp in MAX
ing paper are being steadily contin-
ued. Recently Professor Charles J..
Brand Of the department of agricul-
ture visited Dickinson. and made ar
engagements for the purchase of a car
load of flax straw to be used in a
government test at Cumberland Mills,
Me-, for the manufacture of paper
pulp. Professor Brand said the test
would probably not be made until
nearly spring. In addition to the test
feature, it was Professor Brands pur-
pose to find out the cost at which
this raw product can be laid down at
a central market. Wood pulp is be
coming scarce, and the price has ad-
vanced SO rapidly in the past few
years that the manufacturers of pa
per are looking about for other re-
sources of raw material. If fax
straw a be chemically treated so
as to make it yield IS per cent of
pulp suitable for high-grade paper, it
will become at once a staple product
for manufacture. Naturally, if the
cost of transporting the raw product
is too heavy, the result will be the
building up of paper mills in North.
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