The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-31


sic.. has issued a warning to farmers
regarding unlicensed and %unbonded
grain buyers.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of two casks Of
beer for use at a christening may be
all right in some states, but not in
North Dakota, is the decision Sam
Fling got in a local court.
Fargo.-North Dakota banks never
were in better condition, according to
W. c. Macfadden, secretary of North
Dakota Bankers association. There is
more money in the state at the present
time than ever before, he says.
Mandan:-Michael Knoll, chief Of po-
lice, who was arrested on complaint
Of States Attorney William LANCER on
charge, Of operating a blind pig. has
quit his position. The city commission
appointed Charles Reynolds to succeed
him.
MISUNDERSTANDING county's an
nual fair, scheduled for October 3 to 6.
villa have the biggest display of corn it
has ever had, according to present
prospects. With the corr crop in the
district in good shape, the farmers are
preparing exhibits.
Grand Forks.-There are no cases OF
~infantile paralysis in North Dakota,
despite many rumors to the contrary
DR.. c. J.. McGurren, of Devils Lake,
secretary of the state board of health,
to whom every case must be reported,
is authority for the statement.
Bismarck.-Three men have each
given a pint and a half Of blood to
Thomas Kelly, in a local hospital, and
physicians believe the ~infusions will
prove successful. w. P. Thurston, E.
Hayes and ]. Hayes are the men who
made the sacrifice.
Observation-Disclosures from the Red
River valley counties indicate that
sportsmen will be deprived Of the
pleasure Of chicken shooting this year
as they were last season. Floods dur
ing the Matching season destroyed the
young birds both seasons
New Notwithstanding an active
campaign for the removal of the state
capital from Bismarck to New Rock
ford, boosters representing this city
are now engaged in forming a series
of local associations in the various
towns around here. Minnewaukan and
Fassenden, it is anticipated, will be the
first cities to have auxiliary associa-
tions.
Bismarck.-Advertising of the five
proposed amendments to the state con-
stitution to be acted Upon by the forth
coming legislature has been commenc-
ed by Secretary of State Thomas Hall.
One amendment would make it i'm
possible for the state supreme court
to declare any enactment or law of
the state of North Dakota legislature
unless at least four of the Judges so
decide.
Grand Forks.-More harvest hands
are riding the "cusl:ons" this year to
and from the harvest fields oi the
Northwest than ever before, according
to local railroad officials, who credit
the change to the elimination of sa-
looms along the Minnesota border OF
this state. The number of men riding
freights and the blinds is small in pro-
portion to the total number of men in
the district and in comparison with
previous years.
Eisnarck.-None of the delegates to
the republican ana democratic national
conventions spent the full amount al
loted them by law, or 5000. Accounts
filed with State Auditor %Jorgenson for
payment show that r. D. Casey spent
the most or $177.2O. T.. o. Hellstrom
is next with s13S.77. Others are j. r..
Cashel, sliG.1Q; c. G. Turner, $132. 23;
Scott Cameron, $119.60; J. E. P%aulson,
SIG; j. c. Brady, S11O.74; J. F. Q'Con-
nor, $114.4S; ". E. Purcell, SOL. so;
and R. NJ. Pollock, $115.32.
Fargo~'North Dakota is no longer
a n crop state, and there is no such
thing as a complete crop failure any
more" said Thomas P. Cooper, director
of the state agricultural experiment
station at Fargo. Failure of the
wheat crop is a serious matter, but it
does not mean to the state what it
did even In 1910. Other farm products
this year will largely make up for the
shortage In wheat and flax, and the
shortage will stimulate the diversified
farming movement still more"
! oioo' a.. L ldZl6T, HGDuDlCln
candidate for governor of North Dako-
ia. will stand by the Farmers Nonpar-
tlsan league platform irrespective Of
action taken by the Republican state
central committee at it's meeting ut
Bismarck, September 6. In an inter-
view published in the current esXtion
of the ~Nonpartisan Leader, Mr.. Frazier
declares he will stand by the league
program from start to finish. He also
maintains 1t is up to the Republican
committee to formulate a program in
accord with the Nonpartisan platform.
kenmare, N. D.-When Horace e.
Peck, banker and sportsman, died Of
heart disease while driving his auto
mobile at a speed of thirty-five miles
all hour from Rolla to Kenmare, only
the quick action of a companion, who
seized the steering wheel, prevented
the machine from going into the ditch.