The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-03
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News in Con-
densed Form.

day. Mr.. Dinnie completed the exca-
walton ahead of the schedule, and in
a short time will have the concrete
walls in, ready for the. superstructire.
+, Cambridge, Mass.-Frank P. Moore.
formerly a wool buyer at Dickinson,
N. D., testified that Dakota Dan," the
claimant to the name and estate Of
the missing Daniel Blake Russell of
Melrose, told him years ago that he,
the claimant, was Dan Russell, of Mel
rose. Moore placed the time between
the years of 1901 and 1904 before the
death of the elder Russell.
Fargo. - Arrangements are being
made by the Commercial club to visit
the territory opened to this city by the
new Fargo-Minot cutoff of the Great
Northern railroad. Local men will
make a two days tour of the new line
in a special train. Visits will be paid
to all the important cities along the
line and the excursion will end with
a reception at Minot, where the Com
mercial club is making preparations to
entertain the Fargoans.
Grand Forks. - Prohibitionists OF
North Dakota will oppose the adop.
tion of the initiative and referendum
amendment to the constitution under
which constitutional amendments
could be submitted by the initiative
plan. declaring that the enactment Of
such a measure would open the way
to the brewing interests of the United
States to wage a fight in the state that
would be parallel to that under way
in Maine for several years.
Valley City.-C. J. Lee is making a
big experiment in diversified farming.
He recently fenced in an entire section
Of land with wire woven fence and
turned in 100 hogs. The hogs have
been doing well on the pasture and
have gained from eighteen to twenty
pounds each. The outlook for hog
raising is SO encouraging Mr.. Lee will
probably stock the big field with sew
eral hundred hogs and make that an
important branch OF his extensive
farming interests.
Grand Forks. - Thursday was the
first really good day for the crops
in this section of the state during the
last week. High winds and low en-
p%eratures being the rule over almost
the entire water-soaked district.
Threshing reports were received from
points west of Devils Lake and along
the Canadian boundary line in Cava-
lier county, but no operations of that
nature will be possible in the eastern
end of the state till the latter part of
the week.
New Rockford.-Farmers of Eddy
county expect to go into the potato
growing business next year, and have
organized the New Rockford Potato
company. The object of the organize
ton is to provide a market for their
product. and also to stimulate a great
err amount of interest in the culture of
spuds by farmers who have not, up to
this time, shown an inclination to
join in the movement for changed
farming conditions. This fall an ele-
vator of 100000 bushels capacity will
be erected in this city, and that will
provide a marketing place for this
years output.
Harvey.-At a meeting of the Com
mercial Club the question of erecting
a hospital was taken up and given
serious discussion. After the feasible
ity of the move had been gone into
thoroughly it was decided to place the
stamp of approval upon the project.
and a committee of six was appointed
to circulate a subscription list to SO.
cure the names of such citizens wish
ing to back the movement. The plan
is to form a stock company and to
run the hospital for the benefit of all
desiring it's accommodations, any ply.
sician being at liberty to take his pa
tents there and attend the same.
Wahpeton.-An extremely sensa-
tional glide from an elevation of 1000
feet to earth with a crippled biplane
furnished a thrill not looked for when
Aviator Glenn l. Martin of Los An.
geles met with a mishap while in the
air. Martin was giving an exhibition
before a crowd of 5000 people at the
Richmland county fair. He had been
in the air Is minutes when he lost
control of his biplane. Not two min
utes before he had completed a verti.
cal spiral drop from an altitude of
5000 feet and was preparing to land
when a pulley fastened, controlling the
management of the steering planes,
broke.
Grand Forks.-Oficers of the North
Dakota Progressive Republican league.
sued by the Courtenay Gazette for
about $500, which debt, it is alleged,
was incurred by the league in conduct
ing the campaign in this state for La
Toilette, have submitted their argu-
ments to Judge Hemmi of Stutsman
county, and a decision will be made
Monday. The officials were sued by
the printers on the ground that as
directors Of the league they are re-
sponsible, individually, for such bills.
P. o. Thorson of this city is one Of
the officials, R. M. Pollock Of Fargo
being president and H. N. Tucker Of
Courtenay secretary.
Fargo, N. D.-The three inch
es of snow which fell in North Dako.
ia Tuesday night seems to have done
far less crop damage than was ex-
pected
Crosby.-The trial of County Com.
missionor Mokaa IN a CHANGE ne ool-