The Hope pioneer., 1918-05-09

velva.-A Home Guard company
has been organized with DR.. R. S. Nor. i.
ton as captain.
North Lemmon.-The district com.
prising North Lennon, Spring Butte
and Cedar Butte townships have sub
scribed their a1lotments on $50
per cent basis.
Carrington.-With the departure Of
DR.. E. L. Goss for base hospital a.
short distance from Des Moines, Car
ritgton has given its third medical
man to the ,colors.
Fargo.-Claude E. venaas, postmas-.
ter at Maxbass, has been arrested,
charged with embezzlement Of $35.
He has furnished $500 bail for his.
appearance in federal court.
Dickinson-Mayor J. v. Jessen has.
appointed Jerry Hayes as chief Of po-.
lice. The new chief was Stark coun-.
ty's first sheriff and is one Of the
real pioneers of the county.
Fargo.-After three days of gen-
eral hospitality, fifty-six Cass county
soldiers and eight transfers from other
counties entrained at the Northern.
Pacific station here for Camp Dodge.
Turtle Lake.-Lawrence Stephen
son of Mrs. Hattie Stephenson, Turtle
Lake, died Of heart failure in a mill
tary camp at Caswell, N. c., and
the remains were brought back here
for burial.
Bismarck. Andrew A. Bruce, chief
justice of the North Dakota supreme.
court, will resign about Oct. and
go to Minnesota for the purpose Of
taking up his new. work as instructor
of law at the state university.
MELVILLE. is planning a.
Red Cross celebration May 1S and
has secured Governor Frazier as a,
speaker. There will be sale with F..
H. Hyland of Devils Lake and Mr..
Robson of Cando acting as auction.
eers.
Minot-Mrs. Phoebe Buck, wife of
A. Buck, who confessed to the muir,
der of policeman here pleaded
guilty to charge of maintaining a.
common nuisance. She was sentenc-,
ed to four months in Jail and fined
5000.
Minot.-The Minot division of the,
Great Northern has made remark
able good showing in the Third Lib.
erty Loan drive, being second only
to the Terminal division, which in.
.cludes st. Paul. The Minot division
has subscribed for $121,000
Bismarck.-There were $500 births.
and 1902 deaths in North Dakota dur.
ing the months Of January, February
March, this year, according to the,
reports just issued from the office Of
DR.. G. J. McGurren, secretary of the
state health board. The deaths dur
ing this period in 1918 showed an in
crease of 116 over the same period
last year.
Fargo.-Ransom county, on the day
the apportionment for the Red Cross.
drive was given out, had oversub-
scribed it's allotment of $4,000 by
$1,145, according to word received at.
state headquarters here. The drive,
is scheduled to start next week. It.
is believed that Ransom county is.
the first in the country to "go over,
the top" in this campaign.
Minot.-Clark N. Ticknor was ar.
raigned in police court charged with
murder in the first degree. He waived
examination and was unable to fur.
nsh $4,000 bail. Ticknor is charged
with killing Pat Devaney and Kersey
Gown, who tried to arrest him on a.
charge of violating the prohibition
law. A. L. Buck, arraigned for the,
same Offense, admitted his guilt, and.
was bound over.
Fargo.-North Dakota retail coal
dealers to the number of about 1OO,.
called into conference by H. L. Laird.
secretary Of the Northwest Traffic:
bureau of Minneapolis. which in re-
ality is the coal dealers association
OF the northwest, went on record as,
favoring the adoption of the card
plan of the United States fuel ad-,
m1nistration in ascertaining the house.
hold needs, and to work out a plan
by which it shall be carried into ef-.
feet.
Fargo.-Two boys, 10 and 10 years.
old, respectively, have confessed to,
wrecking the North Coast Limited
near Casselton. The boys were SEN.
fenced in juvenile court to the state,
reform school when they pleaded gull
ty on the request of their parents.
The train was derailed at 6:29 o. m...
and hour and half after a local
branch train had pulled into Casselton
station, which gave the authorities.
the idea that the wrecking of the train.
was deliberately planned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. calling upon.
boards Of education to give careful
attention to the question of salaries.
to the end that teachers may be ac--
sured wages in proportion to the cost
of living, were. adopted at the annual
meeting in Minot of the Northwest.
ern Educational society. The asso.-