The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17
n. D. News
Important DoInss
~ Of Past Few Days ~
Throughout tho
State. Edited and
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nominated for postmaster at Minot, to
take the place of E. H. Stenvick, re-.
signed.
thousands of acres of grain are hailed
out by a storm which swept northern
North Dakota.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson has
appointed William Edward BSerly OF
Velva, N. d., to be register of the land
office at Williston. N. D.
Fargo.-Between 500 and 600 men
will be recruited for the First North
Dakota infantry now at the border, &C.
cording to a statement by Governor L..
B. Hanna here.
Minot.-Two new towns will be OPP.
ened soon on the Fairview- Snowden
extension of the Great Northern rail.
way, according to announcement by
rail officials. Pendroy and Richey are
the new towns.
Fargo.-United States Senator Por'
ter ]. McCumber is in favor of woman
suffrage and will not oppose the Susan
B. Anthony amendment in Congress,
AC III IAlOu with hdAOI0 WI NOAo "
equal suffrage here.
Williston.-The Missouri river will
be spanned by a pontoon bridge, unit.
ing for the first time the counties of
Williams and Mckenzie, before Sep.
TENDER /, according to R. M. Calder.
wood, president of the Missouri River
Bridge Company of Williston.
Grand Forks.-A determined cam.
paign to obtain one of the new LAND
banks provided for under the Federal
rural credits act is being waged by a
committee Of Grand Forks business
men. Grand Forks informal bid for
the bank has been filed at Washington.
Bismarck.-A careful examination
of the crop situation in Burleigh county
discloses that black rust, hail and heat
have damaged UNNECESSARILY farm
products. Farmers have constantly re.
ported so to Is per cent crops but few
of them have realized the real dam.
age.
Hankinson.-Floored by unruly colts,
Mrs. Herman Boldt of this city was
seriously injured when the animals
trampled OH her as she lay unconscious
in their stall. Mrs. Boldt was at.
tempting to feed the colts when they
attacked her. Internal injuries are
feared.
Wolford.-R. Petrick, a prominent
farmer, is in the Rugby hospital suf.
fering from a bullet wound that may
prove fatal, and Nelson Forester, an
Industrial Worker of the World, is be.
ing held here pending the outcome Of
Petrick's injuries. Forester is charged
with having shot Petrick in a quarrel
over wages.
Fargo.-The North Dakota wheat
crop has been hard hit, according to
reports received at the Equity Coop.
erative exchange, but, officers say, the
exchange will get more grain than it
received last year. The damage in
Minnesota has not been so heavy. The
Montana crop is good and the Equity
is strong there. Montana acreage is
much larger than last year.
Grand Fo~rks.-Thirty miles of high.
ways radiating out of Grand Forks are
being %graveled this week by. the coun.
ty commissioners through use of the
automobile license fund. Ten miles
of graveled highways are being built,
running north, east and south in three
main lines. The addition of these
highways is expected to give Grand
Forks new commercial advantages for
rural trade.
Bismarck.-The official canvass of
the 1916 primaries is not entirely CON.
pleted owing to some of the county
auditors failing to send in complete re-
turns. The surprising thing in the pri-
maries is the large vote for John Steen
for state treasurer. He was u%nopposed
for denomination but a bitter fight was
made on him by the Nonpartisans, who
endorsed Casey on the democratic tic.
ket. His vote is over 81 900.
Fargo.-That politics makes strange
bedfellows was never more strikingly
shown than in North Dakota. Much
comment was heard especially among
democrats, over the spectacle present.
ed at the reception for Mr.. Hughes and
on the speakers platform at the audi.
torium. There side by side were Sena.
tor Porter ]. McCumber, Governor L.
B. Hanna, the first victor and the sec.
ond loser in the recent senatorial cam
paign; with them was Lynn J. Frazier.
Fargo.-North Dakota Bankers asso.
citation has taken hold of the national
thrift campaign inaugurated by the
American Bankers association. This
was decided at a meeting recently
held at the office of Secretary w. G.
MacFadden. These plans include a six.
months advertising campaign in news.
papers, street cars and motion pictures.
1t is to be made a purely community
proposition in which public, private
and parochial schools will be enrolled.
Bismarck.-Two new car have
been added to the exodus from the
state ~penitentiary here bringing the
total for the past 10 weeks up to %.
Prison officials admitted that Franz,
Murray and Nicholas Chernos inmates.
escaped, following the delivery ofChari.
neau and Peltier. Charineau was re,
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