The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
FIickertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con-
densed Form.

series of revival meetings.
Rugby.-Rugby high school won
the debate with Westhope.
Mandan.-Mandan is organizing a
retail merchants association.
Grafton.-A Walsh county farmer
received s518.10 for his turkeys.
Almont.-Quite a number of set
tiers around Almont are proving vi.
Portal. - Portal expects to get its
creamery running early next spring.
Darlington. The schools at Car
rington are now equipped with fire.
escapes.
Darlington. - Darlington has four
teen lodges with a total membership
of 1887.
Edgeley.-The First National bank
here has been appointed a depository
for postal funds. :
Havana.-Hon. j. P. Williamson has
for park purposes. ~.
Fargo.-The commissioners of Mel
son county appropriated $100 for the
Children's home here.
Raleigh. Some of the recently
threshed flax here has run as high as
eighteen bushels per acre.
Hampden.-Hampden has organized
a debating society in order to obtain
a library for central school.
Washington, D. C.-The census re-
ports the value Of farm property in
Burke county as over $4,000 900.
Haley.-The farmers around Haley
are cooperating together in the eff.
fort to obtain plenty of seed grain.
Helendale.-The telephone line has
been completed and there are twenty
three patrons connected Herewith.
Wing.-The Farmers bank has been
started by Col. C. B. Little, R. D. Hos
kins and other residents of Bismarck.
Bowbells.-There are sixty cases on
the calendar of the Burke county term
Of the district court, which will open
Jan. IS.
Buffalo.-The Norwegian congrega-
ton expects to begin operations on
the construction of their new edifice
in the spring.
Grand Forks.-The third annual
show of the Grand Forks Poultry
association will be staged in this
city Feb. 6 to 8.
Rugby.-The new Pierce county
courthouse will be dedicated on the
10th. Chief Justice ,Spalding will
make the address.
Sherwood.-T. r. Mcfarland expects
to raise 400 bushels of potatoes per
ooNo rnvf oooc0n m o;rh% o1,o, ~
land he has specially prepared.
Dickinson.-The Dickinson cream
cry has paid it's patrons $36,546 in
three years, and the one at Richard
son, organized only a year ago, has
already paid out owe $4,000.
Portal.-Ed. Roam, about 40 years
of age, committed suicide at the Grand
View hotel in North Portal. Roan's
dead body was found by the janitor in
the boiler room of the hotel.
Valley City.-Alfred Znger, for the
past five ear assistant attorney gen.
eral of the state at Bismarck, has an.
nounced his intention of entering the
field for judge Of the Fifth judicial
district.
Washington, D. C.-The North
Dakota drainage law of 1905 yesterday
was held to be constitutional by the
supreme court of the United States.
Property owners of Traille county had
attacked it.
Riga. The Baptist church was
moved from Riga to Sawyer. twenty
nine miles, in a week, being hauled by
seven teams. Telephone lines were
lnterfered with and there is a possible.
ity of a law suit.
Flaxton.-Seth Taylor was almost
successful in escaping the vigilance
OF border line authorities when he
was captured at North Portal while
making his way into Canada. He
had broken Jail in Flaxton.
Mohall.-James Milne of Sherwood,
charged with blindpigging, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to ninety
days in the county Jail with a fine of
$500 and costs $125. In lieu of fine
and costs he will serve 1875 DAYS extra
in Jail.
jamestown. A verdict of .s55S.50.
the full amount specified in the claim.
was brought in by the jury in the case
of John Knauf VS.. the Northern Pa
cific. The a s. involves loss from a
car loaded with flax at Crystal Springs
three years ago.
New Rockford.-A general colon
ization movement is being urged by
the New Rockford Commercial club.
and a proposition that has been
framed by the immigration committee
of the club will be submitted to the
North Dakota Federation of CONNER.
cial clubs in a short time. The plan
contemplates the enlistment of land
owners and commercial organizations.
the principal purpose being to put
tenants on every quarter or half sec.
ton of land.
Valley City.-To fence approximate
ly 5000 acres of Brown county land
with woven wire fencing is the task
set for himself by G. j. Lee, one of the
largest land holders in the state. Mr.
Lee already has n car Of wire on the,
ground and will begin work as soon