The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-03-21

News Notes

Hatton.-At q special election held
in this city the question of bonding
for a municipal electric lighting plant
was passed upon f%avorably, the vote
being 80 to Z.
Dickinson.-Miss Elsie Pellissier is
the new principal of the schools at
New England, succeeding Professor
Landblom, who will be deputy county
superintendent in Cass.
Bismarck. Thousands of acres of
school and university lands will be
leased in the month of April under the
direction of the state land department
in this city. Only in one county Of
the state is there no land to be leased,
that being in Steele, where there is
no state land to lease, every acre be-
ing under prior lease already paid up.
Leeds.-The Benson county fair will
be held in Leeds again this year, July
80, 81 and August 1. being the dates
selected. Already the board of direct
ors of the association has appropriated
$4,000 to be used in premiums, while
there will be $4,000 hAhes. up in purses
for the racing eydtol- One of the
features of the fan Will be a baseball
tournament,
Devils NYe.-At a meeting of Min.
newaukan lodge of Masons, action was
taken looking toward the erection OF
a handsome business block and lodge
home at the corner of Kelly avenue
and Fifth street. The trustees were
authorized to purchase from A. J.
Stade the adjoining property to the
present Masonic block giving the
lodge 75x150 feet.
Esmond.-The location of the new
townsite north of here, on the new
line of the 500, is now definitely de-
termined. 1t will be in section 9 and
4. Impark township, Benson county,
about half a mile north. This will be
about ten miles north and two miles
west of Esmond, or about two miles
northwest of the north end of Gran.
berry lake. 1t is twelve miles straight
south of Pleasant lake. With this
twelve-mile territory on each Side of
the new town, it is bound to grow.
Carrington.-Theodore Tebias, who
has been confined in the Foster coun.
ty Jail several months on a charge
of violating the prohibition law, was
up before the commission on insanity
and was adjudged insane. His case in
the district court was to have been
called at this term. Tobias was TAX
en- to the asylum at jamestown. Since
his incarceration in the county Jail,
he has made much sport for the other
occupants of the bastile. Tobias was
up ono before on the insanity charge.
Fargo.-A transient, who gave his
name as Cole, was shot and instantly
killed in Fullerton by Frank DUNCAN.
Cole was watching a poker game in a
card room when DUNCAN entered the
door and without a word drew a re-
volver and fired twice at Cole. Both
bullets entered Coles body, the first
above the left breast, passing down
ward toward the heart. The second
entered the right breast. Coles as
sailant was quickly disarmed and TAX.
N to Glendale. the county seat, where
he was placed in Jail.
Grand Forks.-With the scales drop
ping off of him, the man, a Greek with
an unpronounceable name, arrived in
Grand Forks from Devils Lake. He
spent considerable time about the city
and the Great Northern station before
anyone paid any particular attention
to him. Patrolmsn Blue took charge
of the nan and hurried him to the
health officer, who ordered him to
the pest house. The nurse at the de-
tention hospital informed the police.
man that the Greek was just getting
over the disease.
Bismarck.-The board of university
and school lands met in the offices of
the land department to consider the
applications for farm loans. Several
weeks ago the board set aside $500, 900
for farm loan purposes and notified
the county auditors over the state to
that effect. When the board met there
was found that the amount of applica-
lions for farm loans reached $489, $50,
and it was necessary for the board to
reject over half the applications in
order to keep within the amount avail
able. There were applications on file
from every county in the state except
Logan, Ransom and Richland. Six of
the counties applied for over $40, 600
each, and two of them applied for
over $4,000.
New Rockford.-A petition was cir.
culated asking the board Of county
commissioners to permit another vote
on the question of the Incorporation of
New Rockford al a city. The petition
was quite generally signed and the
commissioners passed favorably upon
the question before they adjourned
and they have called a special cleo.
ton for Wednesday, April 10, to decide
the question. Two previous votes on
the same question have resulted dis.
a%strously to the proposition. Two
years ago the vote was IS for and II
against incorporation. Many argu.
ments are being advanced, some in be.
half Of a CITY form of government ond