The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
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oolnos Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

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fair held at Bottineau was one of the
best county fairs ever held in the state.
The attendance was estimated at
10000.
w. D. McClintock, president Of the
Merchants bank Of Rugby and one of
the most prominent business men in
this part Of the state, died in st. Paul,
where he was apparently recovering
after several weeks illness.
A feature of the entertainment of
the Interstate Fair to be held at Far.
go, July 1928, will be the exhibition
and competition races between three
women automobile drivers, according
to Secretary w. w. Roberts.
In order to do away with the great
rush for harvest machinery repairs,
which generally starts about the first
of August, the farmers of North. d.
kota r urged to overhaul their har-
vest machinery now, by w. R. Porter
of the North Dakota Experiment sta.
ton here.
If the city commission furnishes
shelter for the farmers horses when
he comes to town, they ought to pro.
vide a rest room for his wife as we'll,
according to a communication received
from the Fargo Trades and Labor AS
sembly, who have asked that a rest
room for farmers wives be estab-
lished in Fargo.
The summer session Of school at
the Agriculture college has closed.
The enrolment for the six weeks was
81.
State militiamen have received their
extra pay voted by the state Legisla-
ture for the guardsmen during their
service on the border yesterday. Each
MAI received $50, or $40 a month for
the term Of service.
The Rev. P. E. Wells of Edgeley
was elected synodical evangelist for
the state to work under the direction
of the Home Mission committee of the
church at the close of the Presbyte-
rian synod held at jamestown.
Letters from all parts Of the United
States and Canada have been re-
ceived at the Office Of the department
in Bismarck in charge of registration
cards from parents making use Of the
military system to locate their lost
sons.
Plans for the annual exposition to
be held here next winter by the Man.
u~facturers' association were consid-
cred at a special meeting in Fargo.
The show will be held in connection
with the Grain Growers convention,
probably some time in January.
North Dakota bankers, in their an
nual convention at Fargo, voted to
eliminate from resolutions against a
proposed section protesting against a
stamp tax on checks. After a spirited
contest between Grand Forks and Man
dan, the latter was voted the 1918
meeting place. The following officers
were elected: President, c. R. Green,
Cavalier; vice president, J. L. Bell, Bis.
marck; secretary, w. c. MacFadden,
Fargo, and treasurer, w. F. Hanks,
Powers Lake.
E. w. Haverland of Glendale was
almost overcome by gasoline fumes
when inspecting a tank. He was un.
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the presence of his assistant would
have died within a few minutes.
Lyle B. Rich of Willow City sailed
from New York for France with the
medical unit from the Johns Hopkins
university. He was on the flagship
which escorted General Pershing's
first contingent for the United States
army.
Nearly every window in the north,
south and west sides Of buildings in
Bowman were smashed and the For
estry greenhouse was practically de-
molished when a heavy hailstorm, &C.
companied by strong shifting winds,
hit this district.
Both machines we're badly damaged,
but the driver of each escaped without
injury, when Harry Till and Ben John
son drove their car into each other
near Arengard. The accident &C.
Cured when Johnson took the wrong
side of the road in passing a wagon.
The North Dakota experiment sta.
ton Is sending out warning to farm
ers that the old-fashioned potato
beetles or blister beetles have in
vaded the southwestern part of the
state and that quick steps must be
taken to successfully combat the pest.
Fire, which started in the apart
ment Of l.. L. Haskins over his
store at Deering caused a damage es-
timated at 100000 when it destroyed
a block of store buildings before it
was brought under control. Haskins
was burned slightly in escaping from
his room.
Three charges-threatening to kill,
grand larceny and failure to register
have been preferred against John
Fisher, 81, farmer, living south of
Havelock.
D. H. McElroy has leased the Brad.
dock News and will increase it to an
eight-page paper.
Minot.-D. c. Coates Of the Farmers
N~on-partisan league announced today
that 100 of 200 farmers, at a meeting
with representatives of the American
| Agricultural Workers at Minot voted