The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-02
Flickertail Facts
North Dakota State News In Con.
densed Form.

commercial ana the Boost
ers clubs. The latter includes the
younger business men.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY for Miss Clara
Olin, a blind musician of this place,
resulted in 1882, a town lot and a silk
quilt being given her at an entertain
ment. The money will be used for
her musical instruction and there is a
plan to create a sufficient fund that
will insure the completion of her must.
cal education. .,r
Grand Forks.-James Twamley,
playing Santa Claus, nearly met death
by fire. when the cotton used in his
disguise took fire from candles at.
tached to the tree given for children
of the Congregational church. Only
the prompt action of a member of
the audience in throwing a coat about
Twamley saved him from death.
Bottineau.-School officers of Bot.
tineau county held their annual meet
ing in this city Friday and Saturday.
President-elect A. G.. Crane of the
Minot normal school was the princi.
pal speaker. To show conditions in
rural schools of this state, Superin.
tendent F. R. Barnes of the Wahpe.
ton schools used a stereopticon to il.
lustrate good results obtained by new
school methods. ..=
Goodrich.-Horsethieves are oper.
ating again in the central and western
section of the state. Andrew Almar,
living one mile from this city, had
three horses stolen from his barn,
while in southern Morton county four
teen horses were stolen from a farm
er. These are the first horse thefts
in about three years, or since the
Allen gang in northwestern North
Dakota was broken up.
Alexander. - The mild weather
proved a hardship for the freight men
and grain haulers between here and
Williston. The thaw melted the ice
and made a long drive through deep
water before, solid ice in the middle
of the Missouri furnished better foot
ing. The Commercial club of Willis
ton took the matter up and construct
ed a pontoon bridge to answer the
purpose till colder weather arrives.
Kenmare.-The officials have placed
Robert and William Manke under ar
rest on suspicion of having shot John
Bird about a month ago.. Having
missed grain from a building some
distance from his home, Bird planned
to watch the place. One night on ar
rival there he found he had been pre-
coded by two men with teams. He
was fired upon and knocked down by
a bullet in the shoulder. The men
escaped without his being able to
identify them.
Grand Forks.-On the eve of Christ
mas a new tragedy has been thrust
upon the home of MI. and Mrs. w. H.
Bird of this city, the sixth member of
the family being stricken by scarlet
fever. The first of the children died
after a two-day illness. and in rapid
! succession four other children and the
mother were stricken by the disease,
Vincent Bird, 10 years old, being the
! latest victim, and he is in a critical
condition. The mother and three
other children are recovering.
Jamestown. - Death from natural
causes was the verdict of the %coroner's
jury that investigated circumstances
surrounding the case of Fred Wolf,
who was found dead in his home in
this city. For five days the man had
not been noticed in his usual haunts,
and when a visit was made to his
home, doors and windows were found
barred. Officials broke in and found
his body, entirely nude, upon the bed.
There was a slight abrasion owe one
eye, evidently caused by a fall.
Mandan.-should physical disability
and financial misfortune be in extern
nation Of the violations of the prohi-
hibtion law is the question Michael
Rafferty, has put up to the officials.
Rafferty, sent a communication to a
local paper in which he recited his
thirty years residence in Mandan, his
hard work till he lost his arm and
physical illness which fncapacitated
him for strenuous work. He related
his horror of becoming a public charge
and how finally in EXTREMIST despera,
ton to support his wife and two chill
dren threatened with cold and hun,
ger, he violated the state prohibition
law, was arrested, admitted his guilt
and was sentenced.
Minot.-The entire business and
manufacturing district of Minot was
threatened with destruction Christ
mas night by fire, which destroyed
the plant of the Minot Foundry com
pany, while the city was temporarily
without protection, owing to a broker
water main. The building of tn,
Minot Sash & Door company, which
adjoins the burned structure, was
saved by firemen, who only could us'
a chemical engine. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000; insurance, $4,000
The principal water main of Mino
broke early Wednesday and the cit.
has been without water since. TIL
blaze had a good start when the fir
apparatus arrived. The fire is be
lieved to have been started by al
overheated stove in the office.
Tioga. - Peder Giske was sho
through the body by a rifle bullet
which is thought to have pierced hi
lung. He had a steer to STAY an
dress and invited a neighbor to az
ciot Cioko waa ho1dinp tho steer q