The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-09-26
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dCCOFuluS 10 the coroner jury.
Ray.-Charley Corville. young son
of Silas Corville. m%iraculously escaped
death when his team ran away, plung-
Ing into a wire fence and tipping a
load Of lumber upon him.
Fargo.-Threshing was resumed in
this section of North Dakota after a
layoff of five days occasioned by wet
weather. Since last Friday it had
been impossible to work in the fields
because of the cold, drizzling rain and
frequent hard showers.
Fargo.-Mrs. Alfred Taylor, who
had been visiting relatives in the
western part of the state, collapsed
on arrival in Fargo. when informed
that her aged husband had died sud-
denly at Grand Forks. She recovered
sufficiently to proceed home.
Fargo.-J. j. Hanson, Moorhead,
owns a remarkable H~olstein COW
which produces twenty-one gallons of
milk a day. 1t is necessary to milk
the animal four times a day and her
owner is forced to get up in the mid.
die of the night for one milking.
Fargo.--In grasping for a rein to
hold his horses, which had started to
u away. John S. johnson of Colum-
bus, N. d.. dropped his gun. which
was accidentally discharged, the con.
tents grazing his hip and cutting away
an inch of flesh. Infection set in and
he died.
Egeland.--Isaac McGinnis, a o.
year-old Kentuckian. is under arrest
here charged with the murder of
Parker Sieeman, a negro of Fargo.
The killing happened during a poker
game In which both McGinnis and
Sieeman had a hand. and McGinnis
was captured after a chase of about
two miles.
Ralefgh.--This vicinity had five
days Of rain, which delayed threshing.
but was fine for fall pastures and for
fall blowing. Some threshing outfits
have attached plows to their engines
and worked them pending the drying
of grain. 1t was almost a week be-
fore grain in shocks was dry enough
to thresh, as heads of wheat had
soaked and swelled.
Wahpeton.-Matt Kobold, a single
managed IS years. met death in a fire
that destroyed a barn and contents on
the Fred Radke farm. north Of here.
The blaze was discovered about mid
night. and it was while endeavoring
to liberate some of the ten valuable
horses quartered in the burning build.
Ing that Kobold lost his life.
Lawton.-While at his elevator
Sunday P. ]. Whelan noticed a man
probing into the dirt on the driveway.
When questioned why he was doing
so. he replied that he had hidden a
tobacco sack containing silver there
a few days before but could not locate
It. Mr.. Whelan explained that the
driveway had been recently repaired
and that probably the treasure was
buried in the earth used to repair the
driveway. The man was %disappoint-
ed and went away.
Fargo.-The farm of Ed CouIey,
near Mckenzie. N. D.. produced crops
this year which sold for greater profit
than the amount paid for the land a
few years ago. Deputy Commission.
er Wolbert reports that on forty acres
Of land, Conley threshed and sold
1,348 bushels, so pounds Of wheat. for
which he received 70 cents. Wheat
grown this year on the l.. w. Thomp.
son farm. near Mckenzie, also brought
in evenne exceeding the amount paid
for the land in 1910.
Minot.--That apples can be grown
successfully in this section of tha
country has been demonstrated nv
Ole Knutson. superintendent of the
Minot water works. Mr.. Knutson
has a fine grove of fruit trees, and
the trees are all heavily weighted
with the finest kind Of apples and
crab apples. AS many as from ff-
teen to twenty fine large hardy crab
apples are on the branches of the
crab apple trees, while the larger
apples are from half dozen upwards.
Grafton.-Fred W. Robinson was
arrested here charged with embezzling
5000 from the police court of Saska.
toon. Canada, where he was clerk for
several months. High living and fast
company. Robinson says, are respon.
sihle Tor his embellishments. He was
accompanied here by Agnes Jean
Smith. of Saskatoon, who believed
they had been legally married, but
who found that a ceremony which
had been read in Canada, was not
binding. The marriage. however. vas
legalized here.
McClusky.-Last week w. ]. Burt.
until a short time ago editor of The
Goodrich Citizen, was sued for SIS. 900
damages. The plaintiff in the case ia
County Judge Dunning. of this city.
The complaint charges the defendant
with SANDER and defamation of char.
acter and is the outcome of an edf.
torial in The Goodrich Citizen during
he campaign prior to the primary
election. Both parties to the. action
are we'll known all over Sheridan
county. and the case will be watched
with interest.
Grand Forks.-Mayor w. D. Sweet.
of Fargo. Progressive candidate for
governor Of North Dakota, and Judge
Noah Allen. Of Brownsville, Texas.
are scheduled for a series Of ad.
dresses In the state. Mayor Sweet +.
o0nG6onf tho rou, - ~kx, ,..l,