The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-05-06
LUvERNE LEADERS,
Clipped from the Ledger.

Ilppoo from the Led ger.
w. II. Northrup was up from Fargo
Saturday, on business
Mrs. Geo. Stockland and children
returned Wednesday from Hannaford
where they had been visiting for a
few days.
Mrs. j. D. Foley and daughter have
been spending the week at Hope vis..-
Ing With relatives and friends.
A nice lawn has been put in at the
rear of the Luverne State Bank and
it will improve the looks around there
a great deal.
H. c. Hendrickson believes in fix
Ing things up and this week painted
the front of the drug store. 1t sure
Is great Improvement.
= The lleW schedule went into effect
on the Great Northern last Sunday.
We now have as good train service as
we can wish for
Many have been taking advantage
OF the beautiful weather and have
been playing tennis. The ground has
been fixed up in good shape.
State Fire Marshal Runge was in
Luverne yesterday. looking over the
town. lie spoke highly of Luverne
and esp' eially our big school house.
The l-uverne Hardware & Imple-
ment Company are doing some extern
sive irnn "ovements around their store
this spring. This week they are hav-
Ing cement floor put in at their big
warehouse
/ The Commercial club met last Mon
day evening at the Hope Implement
company',s store. Much business was
transacted.
A nj gravel walk has been put in
/ from the Ledger olice to FOisberg' =
coal office. This improves the looks
on this side of the street great deal.
c. l.. Christianson left here We'd
nesday for Garfield, Minnesota, where
he will visit at the home of his son,
P. c., and family:
Benjamin Franklin said: "a good
newspaper and bible in every home,
a good school house in every district
and a church in every neighborhood,
all appreciated as they observe. are
the chief support of virtue, morality.
civil liberty and religion"
Tuesday afternoon the members of
the Commercial club got busy with
shovels, ETC., and cleaned up the lots
where the three buildings burned last
winter. These places were frightful
sight and was a dangerous place to
walk past after dark. It take the
Commercial lclub to get things started.
Much credit is due Ole Forsberg. He
cleaned off one lot alone.
Another Ford story is going the
rounds, and as told by an exchange
reads as follows: A man ordered q
new Ford from the factory. 1t came
promptly the next morning by parcel
post. He unwrapped it and inviting
few friends for spin, set out for
green fields in the country. He had
gone matter of some fifteen miles
when the car stopped and refused to
start. The owner climbed out and
lifting the hood looked In and found
that the manufacturer had forgotten
to put in an engine, and it had gone
the fifteen miles solely on its reputa-
tion.
BALDWIN TOWNSHIP.
Rev. Moultrie, Mrs. Small, Mrs.
Basset and Inez Irvine visited at
Burchill's last Wednesday afternoon.
Donald Davidson has entered school
again after being absent for some
time.
The Baldwin teachers went to Val
ley City Wednesday to attend the
teachers association meeting.
Mrs. VIII Sowden and sons Morris
and Vernon. visited at the Nelson
home Thursday.
Miss Katherine Mckay was operat-
ed on for appendicitis last Mronday
in Valley City. She is getting along
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Crowley named
their baby Willfred Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Peterson. Mr..
and Mrs. Dakin, Mrs. Algeo and Mrs.
Sharpe visited at the VIM. sowden
home Sunday.
Miss Alice Sowden spent Sunday
and Monday evenings at McKays.