The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-12
ooinus Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
hasty Perusal.

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Two instances of bean poisoning,
n at Glendale, and one at Medora,
have been called to the attention of
the North Dakota pure food depart
ment.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has returned from Fargo
to Bismarck after a four-day hearing
in Fargo on matters pertaining to
grain grading and standardization.
Emil Pomerinki of Jamestown was
badly cut about the face when his mo-
torcycle threw him on the race track
at the fair grounds. The injuries,
while painful, are not of a serious
nature.
In an attempt to keep a sickle from
falling on a bystander's head, Dan Shay
of Neche was badly cut on one of his
arms as the implement fell. Several
stitches were required to sew the
wound up.
Three fingers were torn from the
hand Of Mile Lang Of Neche when a
COW she vas leading ran away, tight.
ening the rope about her fingers and
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under control.
Robbers entered the Dow and Sons
store at Mandan and stole four revolv.
ers and several other articles. Police
Of this city and other nearby towns
have been on the lookout, but have not
arrested the men yet.
Emphasis upon the unusual dryness
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by Towner's first prairie fire to take
place during July. A number of men
fought the fire for some time before
it was put under control.
Captain A. B. Welch and a recruit.
ing squad were in Steele from Bis
marck enlisting men for Bismarck's
new company in the second North Da-
kota regiment. The squad went from
here to Dawson and Tappen.
Commissioner of Waterworks r. B.
Blakemore of Fargo has received word
from the Northern States Power Com
pany that representatives of the com
pany will arrive in the city to submit
plans to the city commission for the
proposition of electrifying the city wa.
terworks.
Local showers in the past few days
near Bowman have materially relieved
the drouth condition here. With more
rain predicted, it is expected that a
good yield will be recorded in all
crops.
Metal obtained from the two bells,
stolen from the Catholic church at
Fingal, Barnes county, Sunday night,
and from the church at Saunders,
four miles south of Fargo, the follow.
ing evening, will net the thieves about
$1,000, according to State Architect
Sam Crabbe.
George Baker and Clifford Lowell.
box car bandits, sawed their way out
Of the county Jail at Dickinson an hour
before the arrival of a train which
was to have taken them to the pen
itentiary. Baker was arrested two
days later at Glendive, Mont, and TAX
en- to Bismarck. Lowell is still at
large. f.
N. G. Macdonald, state superinten'
dent Of public instruction, and E. R.
Edwards of Jamestown, state high
school inspector, attended the annual
convention of the National Education
association at Portland. Mr.. MacDon'
aid spoke on consolidation and cen.
tralization of rural schools, and Mr..
Edwards on high school science.
Returning from a series of meetings
held over the state, Director Thomas
Cooper of the State Experimental sta.
ton reports that farmers tell him
pastures are poor and that the stand
OF hay is light, due to the light rain.
fall, and that on account of the high
price of grain more dependence will
need to be placed on forage than us.
ual.
c. A. Nelson of Dickinson was shot
by his young son when the lad Sc.
cured a pistol which had been placed
in a trunk for s~afekeeping. The boy
was examining the pistol, while his
father wa seated in a chair a few
feet away. The bullet entered the
left leg and physicians say the wound
is not Of a serious nature.
-Four hundred hungry soldier boys
at Fort Lincoln who have been in fed
eral service for several months were
given probably the last big home feed
they will enjoy before they return
from the French battlefront. The Ia
dies Of Bismarck prepared and served
the eatables. which included every.
thing that a boy likes and wound up
with oceans Of ice cream, cake, pie
and Strawberries.
The first case under the new bone
dry law for the Minot district was be-
gun when William Smith was arrested
on a charge Of bringing liquor into
the state. States Attorney Hergistas
who o%ccasioned Smiths arrest will
turn him over to the federal officials
for prosecution.
E. c. Schroeder of Fargo has an.
nounced the purchase of the entire
herd consisting Of 10 head Of Hol-
stems from Edward H. Witte, indie.
p%endence, Mo. These will be added
to Schroeder's herd, which already
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