The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-18
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polnss Of Last Few Days Throughout,
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

Lanson.-Mr. and Mrs. John Norby
OF this place have lost two children
by death within a month.
Bismarck.-The state will start
condemnation proceedings to obtain
ground for the new Dickinson normal
school.
Gachle.-Solomn Miller was thrown
from his wagon while unloading coal
In the railway yards, his horses be.
coming unmanageable, and received a
broken leg.
Bismarck.-H. c. Kuhl of Missoula,
Mont. a civil engineer. has Joined
the staff of State Engineer Jay w.
Bliss. secretary of the North Dakota
highway commission.
Kenmare.-Diphtheria has been
raging here. Andrew Holan lost two
of his daughters from the disease.
Mrs. Holam and another girl have
been i'll but are reported to be i'm
proving.
Observation-Disclosures young ladies
have raised a third Of the mile of
pennies they set out to gather, or
$247.63. The work is still going on
and they will have their mile some
day, they say.
Fargo.-John H. Hagen, commission.
er Of agriculture and labor. says that
between one-third and onehalf of the
grain crop has been planted in the
Red River valley and a little less
than one-third west of the valley.
Langdon.-As a means of aiding the
sale of War Savings stamps IN Cav
alier county, the Langdon Commercial
club has offered a 500 Liberty bond
to the rural school that buys the most
savings stamps between now and Jan.
1, 1913.
Fargo.-Elof Nelson, a former res.
dent of Fargo, who was married here
on Feb. Is and left that evening for
Washington to enlist in the navy ship
yards, was killed in a fire at Van
couver, Wash, according to word re-
ceived in Fargo.
Fargo.-Fargo college and the
North Dakota Agricultural college
will be out of baseball this spring and
there is a possibility that no team
will be put in the field at Concordia
college, Moorhead. or at the Univer.
sity of North Dakota.
Minot.-E. Edmunds, 62 years of
age, was sentenced to fifteen years IN
the penitentiary on a charge of statu.
tory rape by Judge Leighton. after
pleading guilty to the charge of en-.
ticing a number of young girls, 8 and
8 years old, to his shack.
Devils Lake.-Gustav Wanrock
charged with failure to fill out and
return his draft QUESTIONABLE, was
arrested here by Deputy United States
Marshal c. D. Scott of Fargo, arraign.
ed before a United States commits.
sioner and bound over to the federal
grand jury, with bail at $500.
Schafer.-The Continental Oil
company's gasoline tank at Fairview
was drained Of some $4,000 gallons
by unknown persons. A hole was
drilled in the bottom of the large tank
and in order that the contents would
flow freely, the lock was knocked of
the intake pipe and the cover re
moved.
Fargo.-L. B. Hanna, former govern
or Of North Dakota. will leave the
first of May for France to take up
work for the Red Cross and he will
leave here in a few days for New
York City. Mr.. Hannah volunteered
to take up Red Cross work without
compensation. and pays his own ex'
penses to France.
Observation-Disclosures inspectors are
reporting a genuine spirit of coopera'
tion among elevator men in the Red
River valley where in every town thai
has more than one elevator it is now
the practice to close all except one
elevator each week, while managers
of the other plants put in their time
helping the farmers in the surround'
ing country with their seeding.
BismarcK.-The state highway com
mission had adjourned a brief and I'M
eventful monthly meeting after ap'
proving an application from Ward
county for state aid in the construc.
ton of a gravel road between Minot
and Burlington. This stretch OF high
way is subjected to unusually heavy
traffic, much of Minot's fuel supply
being brought in by wagon or truck
from the Burlington Ignite mines.
Minot.-lt was an error of judgment
and not Of heart" said President A.
G. Steele of the Minot Normal school,
following the announcement that he
had sent his resignation to the board
of regents asking that he be relieved
at once. Steele's resignation was de-
manded at a meeting of business men
called to discuss his attitude on Lin.
erty bonds and other war issues. He
declared he has been q strong sup
porter of the government and is not
disloyal. but merely entertained views
regarding war finances that differ
from the government. He says he
regrets he expressed such views. He