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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-16

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~ THE LADY WANTS TO HEAR
from the party she sat by at the Pan
tagas Sunday night, can do 40 ~
writing a card 20 r. 6. Ages. general
AelInnrv. city.
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WIDOW wIRHEs TO MEET YOUNG
ruechnnir. about feet 10 inches
weight $50. DARK complexion. object
rnatrimouy state phOne. P-5p. Star
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Will. THE YOUNG LADY WHO IN
tercrptad n young man az the Mission
theatre last Saturday afternoon please
alLr.aa A Al. Atnr.
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.FtLELE. GUITAR. MANDOLIN. SIX
Lessons. a. iady expert Addres8
u-l0. THE Star
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a FEMALE HELP WANTED


~. as YEARS. NIcE HOME, WANTS
~ keeper. lady between ~ and 90.
no objection ~ one child. Good propo-
sitlon Tor right party. &. Holm, X.
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LOTT - MADRONA PARK. DARK
green sust coat Pieano phone East
$50 evenings.
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~ dances. juvenile and
adult classes taught daily, TO 8. Hip
pad-oros
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sCAEDISAVIAN MECHANIC. AGE 30,
wishes 70 meet Scandinavian Rirl. 20
20 &c. object matrimony. Address
HI Tho Eiar
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Plies CUHED-DH PIERcEs PILE
RAIvE has never been known TO fall
Every box guaranteed. Main VI. trial
SOC Address Mrs Peircs. Crown
AKsucy gfO Pine st
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DIAMONDS. WATCHES hNp JEWEL.
~. slIver.ars. cut EfHs- snd clocks. not
only reasonable. but absolutely fs9A'
he. cash Or credit
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CLIEETON NM GREAT

Late % Woria's Naudsviiis Tour.
SPECIAL NEAptNG 30 CENTS
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located a. iste Httth ave. near Talon
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.esti
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position desires tho arquairianre Of a
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Ard IS Of good character and honest
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With 20 passengers and n full
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Alaskan ports.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19

No winter has ever gone by but
what some old timer calls the
newspaper office to tell them 1T
is the most severe he has ever ex-
perienced.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Auction sale Aug 4th. Watch
for big bills.-Adv.
B. T. Kraabel returned from
Montana Wednesday.
Geo. E. Luce returned Tuesday
evening from short outing at
Lake Mitegoshe and other points
in the Turtle Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Curry and
children are visiting at the home
of Mr.. Curry's sister, Mrs. A. A.
Maine, at Port Arthur, Ont.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sussex and
son, John, are making an extend,
ed trip to points in the East and
visiting trends and relatives.
Messers and Mesdames I. w.
Standley and N. N. Lunding are
at Cass Lake, MINI, this week
catching fish and enjoying the
cool lake breezes.
Mgr. Wood of the Bijou theatre
announces for July 25th the pro.
duction, in five reels of Judith
of the Cumberlands" featuring
the popular actress, Miss Helen
Holmes. Remember the date.
DR.. F. j. Langenhorst and wife
of Chicago, arrived recently via
the auto route, and pleasantly
surprised the F. w. Kicker fam,
lily north of town. The Dr. is a
brother of Mrs. Kicker.
E A. Palfrey returned yester-
day from Wisconsin where he
had been visiting relatives and
friends. He accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. John Palfrey in their
automobile on the trip there.
The Fuller Land Co. has been
more than busy this week deliver
ing Fords and report the follow
ing as new owners: Mrs. T. F.
Pope, E. W. Hanson, H. H. Full.
mer, Carl Olson, W. E. Taplin
and Andrew Parks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
ORDINATION SERVICE

Special services were held in
the Congregational Church on
Wednesday afternoon and large
congregation witnessed the SOL
emn rites of the ordaining of
Rev. F. H: Bergman, pastor elect
of the church. The following
ministers conducted the service:
DIR. R. A. Beard and DR.. E. Fl.
Stickney, of Fargo, Rev. S. Hitch
cock, of New Rockford, Rev. l..
A. Lippitt, of. Mayville, Rev. E.
b Keedy, of Cooperstown and
Rev. Y. S. Savaides, of Getchell
Prairie. y
Rev. S. Hitchcock, who was
ordained in this church twelve
years ago, preached the sermon.
Rev. Bergman comes to Hope
from Chicago where he has been
studying for the ministry and
has been very successful in local
missionary work He was high
ly recommended for his success
in organizing the young people.
During the short time he has
been in Hope he has made very
favorable impression on the con.
gregation and under his leader.
ship it is expected the church
will soon be an influential factor
in the religious and social life oil
the community.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Bids for Coal

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Education of Hope
Special School Dist. for furnish
ing 200 tons of Lignite coal deliv.
cred at the School House and IS
tons of Nut coal delivered at the
M. w. A. Hall. Bids must be
filed with the clerk before noon
of Tuesday, July 31st, 1917. The
Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated, July 18th, 1917.
G. W. MOORES, Clerk
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
CALLED TO THE COLORS

The drawing for the new army
has started and the numbers in
Steele Co. drawn up to the time
of going press are:
25S F. G.. Gylten, Sharon
275 Ole A. Salomonson, Finley
458 Pete Larson, Bladon
500 Ingvald P. Jondahl, Page
596 P. Demetropulas, Chicago
676 Geo. r. Armstrong, Sharon
564 S. J. Wyborny, Hope
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Colgate Farmers Ele.
vator Go. will be held in Colgate
on July 31st at the hour of 200
O'Clock P. M. for the purpose of
electing three directors and the
transaction of such other bust.
ness as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
Dated July 18th, 1917.
S. F. POPE, President
W. H. FURLONG, Secy. 17-2
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H. Kepler, of the Hope Light &
Power Co., was a business visitor
in Hope Tuesday and Wednesday.

~~' ~ASkASA3 Va oAAS A4OkJ AAAS3 hp W
Power Co., was a business visitor
in Hope Tuesday and Wednesday.
Messers. and Mesdames Ira
and Matt Baker returned Tues
day evening from a weeks fish
ing trip in Minnesota. They re-
port having had great sport.
Rev. and Mrs. s. Hitchcock
and children arrived from New
Rockford Tuesday evening. They
came via Hannaford where Mr..
Cassel met them with his auto.
Anderson & Sons dray team
ran away Monday afternoon and
created little excitment for few
minutes. Fortunately no damage
was done and neither of the hors-
es injured.
The w. c. r. U. women to sew
for the Red Cross Friday at the
Hall are requested to bring scis-
sors and thimbles. The meeting
will be strictly a work meeting.
ANNIE JEFFERSON, Secy.
Crops in the vicinity of Hope are
looking fair. The straw is little
short and in some places the grain
is thin but taken on the average
a fair crop will result. A good
rain this week will help matters
along.
The picture machine at the
Bijou broke down during the sec.
ond show Saturday evening and
Mgr. Wood announces that part
of the program will be repeated
in addition to the regular show
this Saturday for the benefit of
those who missed a part of the
show, namely Act 2 of Chap. 12,
The Girl and the Game" and
Chap. II ''The Secret of the Sub
marine. The regular instalment
of these stories will also appear,
The barn dance which will be
|
given at the Will Picken Farm
, on Friday evening for the benefit
of the Red Cross promises to be
the big event Of the season. The
barn is one of the largest in. the
county and has fine floor for
dancing with room to accommo-
date 250 couples. The ladies will
all bring basket suppers and the
, baskets will be auctioned off by
( Auctioneer Standley. Coffee will
be served free. 1t is expected that
several hundred dollars will be
, raised which will go to the Red
Cross. Remember the date, July
l Goth and be sure and get tick
! ct.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
REGISTRATION NUMBERS

Hugo
42l Butz, Albert.
422 Carlson, Carl J.
423 Danielson, Dahart o.
424 Gingrey, Ray M.
425 Gunkel, George E.
426 Hanson, Clarence H.
427 Johnson, Simon J.
428 Jones, John w.
426 Jones, William E.
430 Kahlgraf, Joseph
43l Lindgren, Oscar F.
432 Langager, Tolles
433 Lockwood, Edward
434 Lindgren, valfrid.
435 Miller, Dudley G.
436 Orn, Gust V.
437 Patten Arthur R.
438 Rickard Rickard, Sam
439 Salander, Lars E.
44O Simonson, Lars Q
AL Smalley, Frank
442 Steinke, julius L.
443 Tweten, Peter
444 White, James M.
MelrOse
445 Anderson, Albin
446 Cookie, Harvey r.
AT Duernberger, Frank r.
448 Evertz, Nels
449 EvertZ, Pete
(Concluced on last page)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Net Altogether Bad

There's one thing about owning
but one suit Of clothes. One needs
spend but very little money for
moth balls.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Often the Case

He told her she was as pretty as
a picture. That's why he went
broke; she expected him to change
her frame once a week.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
You May Go Sir!

A girl may tell a man she hates
him but she won't begin to really
hate him unless he believes her.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19

Is the Man lost in the Jungle? Sh-h |!
That is no Jungle; that is the Mans
Garden and he is looking for the Rad
ishes. Will he find Them? No chance I!
The neighbors' chickens Dug Up the
seeds Fifteen Minutes after he planted
them. Well, anyway, the Weed Crop
Is q Grand Success.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Don't Frown So!

Did you ever stop to think that
every time the tombstone man sees
you worrying, he begins to sharpen
up his chisel for another order9
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-01
Steam-Driven SeapIanes.

Navy department experiments indi-
cate that steam-driven seaplanes may
solve the motor problem of air naviga-
ton. Many officers believe that only
the question of getting the weight Of
the steam plant down to the lowest
possible figure remains to be answered
before a steamer Of the air is con.
structed and tried out.
Steam equipment would guarantee
constancy of power upon which aero
planes depend for stability. Most ac-
cidents to aviators, it is pointed out,
NAV be Dire to failure of motors. Steam
turbines also would provide power far
in excess of anything now obtainable
with gasoline engines, it is said, fac
tor vital to the navy, since seaplanes
are much heavier than aeroplanes for
service over land.
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estate" ONLY A MEMORY
But for Four Years Franklin Took
Rank With Its Sisters Under the
Stars and Stripes.
(TO BE CONTINUED

Historically curious, but almost for
gotten, is the fact that the state of
Franklin existed in this country be-
tween 1884 and 1888. Many emigrants
from North Carolina had crossed the
mountains and settled in what is now
known as East Tennessee. The terri
tory belonged to North Carolina, but
the state government had not been
able to give it much attention. Owing
to financial and other troubles North
Carolina coded the territory to the
general government. The inhabitants
did not relish the idea of thus being
cast adrift so unceremOniously, so
they organized state and set up
government Of their own. TO their
new commonwealth they gave the
name Franklin" after the Philadel-
phia philosopher. But congress de-
clined to recognize the new state, and
North Carolina raised strong Objec-
tons. The latter withdrew the ces-
sion to the government, and undertook
to resume control of the territory. A
long quarrel ensued between the North
Carolina state government and the
citizens of Franklin" The leader of
the latter was Governor" Sewer,
while Colonel Upton represented the
former. There was an immense
amount of pickering and much confu-
sion, but very little bloodshed. It
finally ended in North Carolina re-
Stunning control of the territory. and
1.-THE state of Franklin" was known
no more.
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lions and the incOhereii: wanderings
of their tortured minds:
"A tubful of honey in the lean-to
and the bear got it''-''That ball went
through the hoOp"-"Make the stock
ade higher kaskasky with
George Clark. l tell ye"-''The An
gel Gabriel set his feet on those
stones"-"That calf's got the milk
sick'-'NO, dearic. there amt no more
meal"-"Teacher may / get fresh
quill ?"-'I'm a old man an l want
some whisky'-"All the Federalists'
cheming"-"Water amt there even
some rainwater ?"-"Oh, Molly. Molly.
Molly !'-"Watch the right flank The
right flank .''-'Water! Wateri"
Three miles below Tippecanoe the
tieeing Prophet made a nights camp
on Wildcat creek, the Panse Pichou
of the French. Dubois scouts found
the warm ashes of his campfire there
and close by one of the guides picked
up bit of lace. The man put it in
the pocket of his shirt and brought it
back to the marching column. David
was among the men who crowded
about him to gaze at the tiny shred
OF cloth; and having seen it he put
out his hand and took it, and no man
said him no; for they saw that he
had recognized it as Il part of Il gar
ment of AntOinette O'BannOG, whom
he had loved and who was slain. Will
lingly the man who had found the
cloth led David, at his request, back
to the ashes of the fire and there left
him in silence; and for long time
David stood looking at the ground
where TOinette's feet last had been.
The frozen wilderness was very still.
The bare branches Of the forest
creaked and groaned in the November
gusts, but there was no sound of hui
man life. On a deati limb a mettled
Woodpecker with scarlet cap
searched industriOusly and vainly for
its food. A sleek, brown-furred bea-
bank, looked inquiringly at the mo-
tiOnleSS figure brOOding over the ashes
OF the fire, and slid back into the wa
ter with splash. Deep in the woods
a flock of wild turkeys clucked among
the underbrush. And so standing, Da-
vid tasted to the dregs the bitterness
of his failure, the numbing conscious
ness of irremediable loss; tasted the
bitterness of helpless defeat and spent
his hour of agony and vain self
reprOach, while the grim forest shut
him in with silence.
A rifle cracked.
The ball knocked the cap from Da-
vid'S head. An inch to the right and
he would have fallen, his skull shat
tered; but he had bent his head at
the very moment when the hidden
marksman's finger pressed the trigger.
He was all alone; only his own
speed and Quickness of resource saved
him.
<U0 rr,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-01
CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle.

SoundleSSly, in the dark hour after
midnight, the great war-bow of the In
dian was strung But the camp of the
Americans slept. A light rain fell. 1t
was nearly dawn.
Suddenly through the black mist
Spat the red flame of rifle; with the
flame and the crack came the sound
of a man running. 1t was the Ken
tuckian, Stephen Mars, of Geiger'S
company, an outpost. A dozen rifles
In the hands of crawling Indians rang
out he fell in the wet and tangled
brush, his face in the Sodden ground.
The night, which had been sound
less save for the soft rush of the rain
and the dripping of the water from
the trees, suddenly became filled with
the stir and uproar of the awakening
camp. with the whooping of the hid
den foe, striking in the dark.
David awoke from sleep and bound
ed tc his feet. A hand clutched his
wrist and dragged him down again,
while voice commanded, keep low y
He saw that all the others in the
company were quickly, silently look
ing to their rides. but that all re-
manned crouching on the ground. The
yellS of the Indians seemed lOudest
at the extreme left, where Geiger's
horsemen stood, and at the extreme
right. where Spencer's riflemen lay be-
hind their kneeling horses. Before his
own company, which, with the other
militia companies of Wilson, Norris
and wilkins, was stationed in the CEN
ter of the rear line, the woods lay
quiet, seemingly empty of any Indians.
David turned about and glanced
toward the center of the camp. Fifty
yards away were the tents of the OIL
GERS, lighted up by the campfires. He
could distinguish the figures of them
all. They were all fully dressed and
were buckling GU their sword-belts as
they talked. Harrison was standing
impatiently waiting while an orderly
struggled with his horse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-01
Nanny Wasn't Educated in Law.

NANNY" Washington seemed very
ill at ease in court. She admitted to
the judge that it was her first time on
policeman ground" Considerable
difficulty was experienced in making
her answer questions. She would go
just so far and then stop, all afiuster.
The judge hit upon a scheme.
"There is no need for you to be ex-
cited, Mrs. Washington" he said. with
a smile I'm just judge anG you are
just YOU
At last the old negress found her
tongue.
"Dats jes' hit, suh," she cried ex-
plosively. Il is me, but yo' isn't you, in
dem specs, and wild dat crokay mallet
in yo' han. Eff yo' could fix hit fer to
talk dis over in a kitchen, I'd be all
right, ledge Case and Comment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-01

pattern for plain skirt and jacket.
furnished by any of the standard pat
tern companies. 1t has Il wide cape
collar and q belt with sash ends made
of the same material as the dress.
The skirt is embroidered near the bot
tom with occasional sprays of flowers,
and this embroidery reappears on the
cuffs, collars, and sash ends. The jack
ct is laid in plaits at each side of the
front and across the back. The sleeves
are plain. Plain white buttons, eth
er bone or pearl, and buttOnholes,
are used for fastening the jacket,
whether the material of the dress is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-02-01
CHAPTER XIV.
On Wildcat Creek.

Toinette was dead. The news came
to David and left him without hope
or aim or wish for life. One Of the
Indian prisoners told the horrible
story of her death to his captors, with
CLEAN of fiendish malevolence in his
eyes.
David shuddered as he had not
among all the carnage of battle, and
his limbs tottered beneath him. Some
one of the soldiers raised UP his rifle
and struck down the boaster as if he
were crushing snake. No one held
back his hand.
One, with awkward sympathy, put
his hand on the shoulder of the
shaken David and led him back to the
American camp. Behind them the
ruined village lay smoldering in the
November sun; but David himself
walked as in a dream. Men who met
him stepped aside in silence, to let
him pass, daring to ask no question.
Behind him rose the wailing Of the
Indian women, mourning for their
dead, wailing among the trampled
maize; and the unutterable sorrow in
his heart grew heavier beneath their
unending lamentation as the stalks of
corn are beaten to the sodden ground
in the cold rains Of the dying year.
Mechanically he took up his work of
watching over the wounded in the
heavy wagons. The camp was struck,
the homeward journey begun.
The suffering of the men in the
wagons was torture indescribable.
Over the uneven ground the oxen
dragged the numbering carts, the
wooden disks that served as wheels
Slipping and jolting over rocks and
into bitches with a cruelty which was
no less heartrending because it was
unavoidable. The carts were spring
less. Hot with fever under the icy
wind and racked with the terrific Jolt
ing. the wounded men raved, cursed,
sang in delirium. OF the Isl wounded,
% died on the merciless journey from
the battlefield to the blockhouse on
the Vermilion river, where the boats
had been left. Day and night David
heard their pitiful moaning, the
snatches of pleadings. the impreca-