The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-02-24
North Dakota
Happenings
o ,%ps v::;s.. Event: s.s: r.
tions Of the state
reported during
last few days.

barrow, fen |
Of Haywood, Meyer, Pettibone and the
McNamaras, will open the campaign
OF the Non-Partisan league in Fargo.
March 81.
Grand Forks.-The exhibit held here
here in connection with the conven.
ton of the North Dakota Retail Hard.
ware Dealers association was attend.
ed by $500 people in one night.
Rugby.-The preliminary for organ.
izing q Community club" was held at
Odin hall and at that time % members
were secured. 1t is proposed to
launch the club as soon as 40 charter
members can be secured.
Fargo.-There are indications that
Henry Bowers, prominent Fargo con.
tractor, who was found dead in his
barn with his head and shoulders
sticking in a barrel containing water,
died otherwise than by drowning.
Fargo.-Arthur NJ. Knight is being
held in the Cass county Jail awaiting
the arrival of private papers from
Providence, r. 1. and Louisville, KY,
before he will be taken before Judge
Charles A. Pollock and given q chance
to plead.
Bismarck.-W. 1rysh, state deputy
commissioner of agriculture and labor.
has returned from his trip to Kansas
City, Mo-, where he represented his
department at the second annual con.
vention Of tho National Farm Labor
exchange.
Devils Lake.-Steps have been TAX.
en- by local sportsmen to make the an
nual Indian shoot. July 10, which is
the only Indian shoot In the northwest,
h. registered trap tournament, to be
staged under the auspices OF the inter.
state association.
Dickinson.-Mayor Alfred White OF
Dickinson called a meeting of the citi.
zens, which was held on Friday eve.
ming Of last week, when plans were
laid for conducting the campaign for
the establishment of a state normal
school in this city.
Wahpeton.-Robert G. Sinclair OF
Stirum. N. D., and Miss Edith John.
son of Minor are held in the county
jail here, having pleaded guilty, the
police say, to a charge of murder in
the first degree. the alleged victim be,
Ing u t%en-day-old baby.
La Moure, N. D:-Approximately
$500, 900 worth of stock was shipped
. from La Moure county during 1915,
according to figures furnished to S.'H
Splitter, president of the western La
Moure. Better Farming association, by
D. S. O'Neil, agent at Edgeley.
Observation-Disclosures by a pack OF
EN- coyotes while putting out torpe,
does ahead of a 500 freight train, James
Shaw of this city spent more than an
hour fighting the hungry animals, and
when finally rescued most OF his cloth
ing had been torn from his body.
misunderstanding railroad attorneys
! have declared their intention Of appeal
ing to the supreme court OF the Uni.
, ted States from the decision of the
North Dakota supreme court In the
case involving the assessment Of
leased sites, a report current here is
to the effect that the railroads have
l decided to abandon further efforts to
. avoid such taxation.
Devils Lake.-The publication OF a
long range" weather forecast by
Foster, predicting a big blizzard fol
t this section, brought a flood of tele
phone calls to Martin Hovde, observer
4 at the local weather bureau, who ir
turn issued a signed statement brand
ing the long range prophets as pure
fakirs, in the hope to Quell apprehen
sion.
S Minot.-A report proposing a coop
r erative packing plant built on as small
v a basis as possible, with the idea tina
: It be duplicated at two or three place!
in the state, was offered at the tina
session of the North Dakota Union o
. the American Society of Equity by tn,
special committee which has beel
Investigating sites. The report wa
approved.
y Grand Forks.-Reports Of officer
were the chief feature of the session
of the North Dakota Retail Hardwar
Dealers association here. A. f
% Towne, Argus, Ind, spoke on Min
and Hands of a Store" The member
: voted to limit future conventions t
y three days duration instead of cor
tinuing them for four days, as has bee
the custom up to the present time.
Bismarck.-State Bank Examiner 6
J. Johnson has compiled a compare
~ tive statement of the state banks an
- trust companies doing business 1
p" North Dakota, for calls at the close {
T. business December 81, 1914, and ID,
cember 81, 1915. The statement il b
~ far the most interesting which has q
t, er been given out in the state, an
spells prosperity for North Dakot,
in The total %sourc for 1915 show a
20 increase OF $19,145,619.83 over the pr
n vious year.
80 Grand Forks.-An excellent program
wa announced for the annual CONVEX
ton Of the North Dakota Society
Engineers, in Grand Forks. The Sc
~, oro ~ ho hold of tho Pod Rivt