The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-12
NORTH DAKOTA


Jamestown.-Sept. "a to % hav,
been selected as dates for the Suits
man county fair-to be held here.
Fargo.-Local building permits have
now been issued in this city in the sum
of $782,O00 so far during the year 1918
Bottineau.-Otto Corbin, q ten-year.
old boy of this city, was. fatally in.
jured in a binder accident near here,
Ashley.-Farmers near this point
are agitating the subject of organic.
ing for a blooded stock sale to be held
here this fall.
Langdon.-A meeting has been held
In this city to plan means for the
unification of church congregations for
the period Of tho war.
Elgin.-Local farmers near Elgin
have purchased nearly two thousand
sheep. which will be put out on hailed
over land Fer grazing through the bal
ance of Tie year.
Hillsboro.-Two grain binders were
demolished and one horse killed, and
two drivers had narrow escapes from
death in a farm team runaway at the
j. G. Leum farm ear here.
Havana.-Henry Weber, aged 49, a
pool room proprietor in this city, has
the record of 6S pairs of socks knitted
for the Red Cross work, and is be-
lieved to be the champion male knitter
of the state.
Wahpeton.-This city has adopted a
resolution permitting the Ottertail
Power Company to increase its rates
In excess of the rate permitted by the
city charter under which the company
is operating.
Minot.-A Joy rider was fined $40
and costs and required to pay dam
ages to the owner OF a car which was
injured while he had it out with a
party of his friends without the own
er's consent.
Dawson.-Fred Lyle, while working
on the railroad coal dock here, was
carried down with a pile of coal into
n of the chutes which feed the
engines. He was rescued uninjured
after a half hours work.
Bismarck.-The state railroad COM
mission has taken steps to secure
shipment of hay from points where it
Is available to avert n shortage which
has been threatened in the slope graz
Ing sections west of here.
Jamestown.-Mrs. II. A. Weston, a
FORMER Stutsman county resident, has
offered for sale Il quarter section of
land near Ypsilanti, the proceeds of
which are to go to the Red Cross, Y.
M. G.. A. and other war work.
MISUNDERSTANDING Homer Ayler,
formerly of this city and now serving
In France, writes his mother here that
he killed one Boche and captured
fifteen, and though wounded he is very
happy at having been able to do some
real effective work in the war.
Grand Forks.-Consolidation of long
distance service on two competing
telephone lines has recently been eff
fected. here, with an eventual CONSOLE
dation of the two properties in pros
pect at some future date in the inter-
ests OF a more efficient service.
Fargo.-The colleges Of North Da-
kota are to have Students Army
Training Corps under a plan drawn by
the American Council on Education in
cooperation with the War Depart
ment. President Thomas f. Kane of
the State University of Grand Forks
has been appointed director for the
state.
Fargo.-The resignation of J. P.
Hardy as state director Of the United
States public service reserve has been
accepted at Washington, and Lindley
II. Iatten of this city, state director of
the United States employment service,
has been named to fill the place (which
he will carry forward together with
his employment bureau work.
Hazelton.-Attorney General LANCER,
1t is said, has ordered the calling of q
grand jury to investigate the killing
OF Mrs. Elise Perras, who was shot to
death by members Of a mob which
visited her home in June for the pur-
pose OF melting out summary vengeance
upon her son-in-law, who was alleged
to have refused to sell a quantity of
wheat in his possession.
DAShlLsoil.- CleIluS OIL refer LlSh OF
his city, who was reported killed in
action on the western front in France.
are at a loss to know if an error has
not beer made in the report, as his
death was stated to have occurred on
July 20, while letters have been re.
ceived from him bearing date of Aug
ust 4. Mr.. Lish is a son of Frank
Ifsh, postmaster and a pioneer citizen
here.
Balfour.--Two local women who
nave been specially commended by
Red Cross leaders for effective work
are Mrs. ]. ]. Thomas and Mrs. Ole
Helseth. Mrs. Thomas has a record
OF knitting a pair Of socks a day, and
Mrs. Helseth has completed twenty.
-FOUR bedsllirts and two sweaters in
ten days. Both have large families tc
care for besides doing their Red Cross
work.
Amidon.-Miss Inanda Dalhaug ot
this place is dead as u result of ar
accident in which the auto in which
she was riding was overturned.
Minot.-President A. G. Crane of tn,
state normal school In th;c o;t,, no,