The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-23
News of the State
Condensed for Busy Folks

aooSAAoA O1u8 SIOIo dI AASO6
was entered by robbers and robbed
of $12 in cash and a quantity of NOR.
phine and cocaine.
Fire from an unknown origin de-
stroyed the hay Of L. N. Cary located
near Harmon. It burned over several
sections of land. It is estimated that
the loss will be 5000.
Fire started in the Power and
Vought livery barn at Plaza and
burned the structure to the ground in
just II minutes. The building was a
wooden structure and the hay NOV
was filled with dry hay.
Five ase Of infantile paralysis
have been reported to DR.. c. ]. Nc
Gurren, secretary Of the state board
of health, this summer, one in Grand
Forks county, one in Williams, two in
Burleigh and one in Mclean.
A car load of new machinery for
the Langdon Light and Heat company
has arrived there and the work Of in.
stalling it has already commenced.
This will enable the company to give
better service during the winter.
Colonel ]. H. Frame directed Cap.
tain R. F. E. Colley Of Company B
Of Fargo to receive recruits for Com.
pany L Of Hillsboro. The Hillsboro
company has a strength of but 70
men and needs many more to fill it
to war strength.
Work has been completed on q
we'll 227 feet in depth on the P. Soul.
ly farm, about eight miles east of
Langdon. j. S. Gendron of Iona, who
had he job of putting down the we'll,
was working ten days before a sat-
is%factory flow Of good water was SO.
cured.
The adaptability Of North Dakota
was proved when Fred Zollner of Ken.
sal, who, the day following the COM
plete loss of his crop by hail, tnrned
into his field a. head Of feeders which
had just been brought in by Peter
Hanson and who estimates that he
will ecove in grazing almost the cost
of seeding.
Secretary E. B. McCutcheon of the
North Dakota S~portsmen's association
has received word from Senator Por-
ter j. McCumber that he has intro.
duced a bill in the United States SEN
ate to provide this state with an i'm
mense fish hatchery to be located on
Upper Des Laos Lakes, to assist in
solving the food proposition and stock
the lakes and streams with fish.
That the 1917 crop will be one of
the best, if not the best paying crop
the Red River valley has ever harvest.
ed is indicated in reports from the
various sections.
Increased use of the automobile,
with the good roads of the present
summer, have cut serious inroads into
the local passenger traffic of North
Dakota railroads, officials say.
S. ]. Smith has been elected pres
ident. G. A. White, secretary, and A
A. Koppang, captain, of the Portland
home guard. The call in case of any
emergency will be given by the fire
bell.
Kicked in the head by a horse while
playing in the pasture, Jake Mohr
young son of Jacob Mohr, who lives
near Englevale, suffered a fracture Of
the skull and was taken to the hos.
pital at Lisbon for treatment.
In furthering its plans to secure q
minimum price Of $3.06 for wheat, the
Commercial club Of Grand Forks prob.
ably will send a representative to
Washington when the hearings are
held. The club asked the Fargo and
Minot organizations to send represen.
tatives. Both clubs promised to take
action. The special appeal sent to
cities in North Dakota and Minnesota
has met with ready response, it was
announced.
The erection Of a new 5O.room no.
tel, modern in every way, will begin
at New Rockford in a short time, 1t
was announced.
The Fargo Trade & Labor assem-.
bly, has taken a stand in favor of the
establishment Of a municipal swim.
ming pool in Island park and unani.
mously adopted a resolution to back
the proposition.
A second call for mel was issued
in Billings county for $50 men because
of the fact that only 81 men were &C.
cepted from the first call to fill the
quota Of 1872 men. Examinations will
be held this week.
On account of trouble between two
lumber companies in Sanish, lumber
prices have been u to almost cost
by each company In an effort to GUST
the other and people are taking ad.
vantage of the fight. A real building
boom is now in progress.
Fred Johnson of Pierce passed the
physical examination for draft and
filed an exemption claim because he
Is an alien. When he learned that
aliens would be accepted he ordered
the board to tear up his blank and
is ready to go into the army.
Tho -Four Minute Mems League
has been organized at Killdeer as a
part of the National Patriotic organ
ization. The object of the organiza.
ton is to have one of the members
give a four minute talk once a week
on what the ia doing in