The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
Fl4ckertail Facts
North Dakota State News in Con-
densed Form.

' rag oAAA A>A AA SAS 0SNAAVJ SS& NOeS
on the charge of numbering a new
born babe, to which she has con-
fessed, went nearly insane as she
contemplated spending Christmas be.
hind the bars.
Devils Lake.-D. F. Bangs, superin--
tendent of the North Dakota school
for the deaf in this city, will retire
from that position at the closesof the
present school year. His desire to de-
vote his attention to private business
interests is responsible for the resig-
nation.
Wahpeton. The Commercial club
is arranging for an extension school
from Jan. % to Feb. 1 for the benefit
Of Richland county farmers. Profess
or Rundlett of the state agricultural
college and Superintendent w. R..
Lanyon of the Hettinger experiment
station will have charge.
Fargo. = Through donations Of
money given by the Commons club,
w. j. Howe and w. L. Stockwell the.
Associated Charities of Fargo will
establish a provident. loan association.
The plan provides for the making Of
loans only in extreme cases, many of
which will be sickness.
Wahpeton. A fund, a%ggregating
over a thousand dollars has been
started by Richland county citizens
as the Moody family fund.-" for the
purpose of showing appreciation of
the services of Sheriff George E.
Moody, who was recently shot and
killed by Bert. Hudson, a bandit.
Grafton. = A new element in the
fight against tuberculosis in North
Dakota is the Walsh county board of
health. That board is engaged in the
publication of a pamphlet on The
White Plague" giving to the people of
the county all the information avail
able on the question of preventive
measures.
Wahpeton. The Young Mems
Booster club has perfected it's organ
ization with %forty-tive members and
promises to be one of the most active
clubs of it's kind in the state. Rooms
have been fitted up and thrown open
to farmers and visitors. The club
e%ntertains frequently and is entering
activity into the affairs of the city.
Dickinson.-John Van Der Las, for
mer police magistrate of Dickinson,
has been ex%onerated by a jury that
heard the evidence in the action
brought against him by the city. The
city sought to recover owe $4,000 fees
which it alleged had been illegally re-
tanned but the jury declared the mag
icfroto Woc uyhr11x, u,;%h:o ~. ~i-Lk.
Grand Forks.-Posta1 figures just
compiled covering the business for the
week next preceding Christmas indi.
cate the prosperous condition of the
people of Grand Forks and of the Red
River valley. The receipts on the
lightest day of the Christmas week this
year, the figures show, were heavier
by Is per cent than the, heaviest re.
ceipts on any day of the 1910 Christ.
mas rush.
Hillsboro.-Denial of the report that
A. A. Bruton. the missing Blanchard
bank cashier. has been located, was
made by the officials of the bank.
They declared that since he dropped
out of sight a month ago they have
had absolutely no information con-
corning his whereabouts. Members of
his family also declare they have not
heard from him. The officials in
checking up the affairs of the bank
found everything in perfect condition.
Rugby.-Pierce county's new court
house will he dedicated January 16.
that date having been fixed by the
board of county commissioners. Chief
Justice Burleigh F. Spalding of the
North Dakota supreme court will de-
liver the principal address on that oc-
casion, having already accepted the
invitation. The Pierce county court
house is one of the finest county build
lngs in North Dakota, and has been
in course of construction during the
past year.
Mandan.-Mandan will have a park
board next spring as many other North
Dakota cities have as provided by a
law made in 1903. The city commits
sion has the power to create this fea-
ture and have been giving the matter
considerable attention of late which
has resulted in the decision, though
nv OuANAoA W duInOIlZc lu6 creation
OF such a board, probably at the first
meeting in March, SO that the election
OF park board members can be made
at ther regular city election which will
occur in connection with the presiden-
tiall primaries on March II.
Bismarck.-Thomas Poole's action
against former Adjutant General A.
M. Peake. in which he seeks reinstate-
ment in the North Dakota national
guard. has been submitted to the SUI.
preme court. Poole seeks to set aside
the verdict of a court martial in 1909,
Formerly adjutant general, he sought
to retain the position against the orders
of Governor Burke for the installation
OF General Peake. The court martial
and several of the side lights incident
thereto were decidedly interesting, and
at one time resulted in the calling out
OF a part of the Bismarck company of
the national guard.