The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-11
North
News Notes.

have a postal savings bank Jan. ID. Fl
Fargo. - The valuation of Billings
county has reached over $4,000, 900.
Glencoe.-Ed Easton has sold nine
loads of hogs this fall for over $500.
Hurdsfield.-Rev. M. A. Robbins is
holding a series of p%rotracted meetings
here.
Cavalier.-Cavalier is having quite
a boom with the coming of the county
seat of Pembina county.
Hamilton.-Hamilton will have a
dairy school Jan. Is and 26. Some ex-
cellent speakers will be present.
Fargo.-McHenry is to have a local
humane society; the organization will
be completed right after the first Of
the year.
Grand Forks.-The Commercial club
approves the plan of Congressman
Helgesen for the improvement of the
Red river.
Observation-Disclosures public can now
make arrangements 10 that applica-
tions for marriage licenses may be-
made before them.
Fargo.-The socialists of Mckenzie
county have had a convention and
nominated a full county ticket with
the exception of states attorney.
Sarles.-By the hasty organization
of a bucket brigade, the National ele-
!, vator in this city was saved from de-
struction. The fire was started by
friction.
Fargo.-The North Dakota Baptist
convention hos rooAo orr1ioo+ior P0,, n,
charter and will carry on an agrees
sive campaign for more Sunday
schools.
New Rockford.-Most of the bust
ness places at New Rockford have
agreed to close at $3.50 p. M, from
December 26 to Aug. 1, except Satur-
day evenings after April 1.
Devils Lake.-Death by suffocation
was the fate of the 6-weeks-old infant
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Schobe of
Churchs Ferry, this county, the little
n being found dead in bed.
Minot.-B. F. Warren, aged about
81, a we'll known insurance man with
headquarters in this city and a pion-
eer resident of the Red river valley
and North Dakota died suddenly at
Faith.
San Diego, Cal.-Fred Kneebone, for
thirty years a resident of Jamestown,
N. d., was shot and instantly killed by
an unidentified man while sitting in
a barber chair in this city. His assail-
ant escaped.
Mandan.-The new pumping station
is about finished. The cost to the city
for this improvement is about 5000
and it is believed that when COM
pleted, for a city of it's size, Mandan
will have the finest system in the
state.
Ray. The Waldorf hotel in this
city was nearly destroyed by fire, the
blaze gaining it's origin from an over
heated furnace. The loss is quite
heavy but the building was saved
from complete destruction by the work
of citizens.
Williston.-The Commercial club is
making an effort to have the size of
the farms under the irrigation scheme
cut down, so as to make each more
profitable and also to get in shape for
the proposed beet sugar factory.
in a couple of years.
Fessenden.-Had not officials of
Wells county been successful in locat.
ing and returning to Miss Emma Gran.
dali, a Hurdsfield school teacher, $50
which had been stolen from her, it is
more than probable that her wedding,
set for this week in South Dakota,
would have been delayed. The sum
represented the last months earnings
OF the girl who was just about>to leave
for her old home to become a bride
when the theft occurred.
Powers Lake.-We understand that
the merchants of the different towns
in Burke and Mountrail counties are
considering the advisability of organ.
1zlng a produce exchange with one
buyer in each village, prices to be the
same at each place and to be based
on the city markets. Under such an
arrangement butter and even ~
would be graded according to quality,
n the merchant would be relieved
from very material losses incurred
under the present system.
Bowman.-Among the criminal cases
which came up for hearing in the dis.
trlct court was that of the State vs..
Laben Woods. The defendant was
dismissed at Hettinger on the charge
OF murder and arraigned here on the
charge of robbery. He was admitted
to bail in the sum of $4,000. The de.
1endants counsel made application for
change of place of trial on the ground
that it was impossible for the defend
ant to secure a fair trial in Bowman
county, and in support filed 40 afi-
dav1ts OF residents. The state resist
ed the application. of the defense and
hled counter atfidavits. The court de-
MED the application. The state was
then ready to bring the case on for
trial, but Judge Crawford was unable
TO continue the term because of q
term set for Dickinson.
Bismarck.-A lamp exploded in the
residence of Adam Carter and serious.
~ burned Tena johnson, the house.