The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-06-27
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Dolnos OF Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

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All horses were removed.
transformation H. Reilly, es-
capped inmate from the state asylum
for the insane here was killed by a
Northern Pacific train at Valley City.
Granville.-Petitions have been cir
culated for the consolidation of the
Granville school district. 1t is ex-
pected an election will be held soon.
Williston.-Rev. G.. E. Stinson, pas.
tor of the Methodist church here was
killed in a collision between an auto
mobile in which he was riding and a
freight train.
Jamestown.-Lightning struck the
residence of DR.. Movius and caused
considerable damage. The quick work
of the fire department saved the pro-
perty from destruction.
Langdon.-The tenth annual county
fair Of Cavalier county will be held at
Langdon July IS, 10 and 20. The pre-
MUM list, which is the largest in. the
history of the association, has just
been issued.
Christine.-Christi1e is to have a
real farmers elevator. Farmers have
which is being set on a concrete
foundation. Flour and feed will be
handled at retail.
Fargo.-An audience that filled the
Fargo auditorium to capacity heard
Corporal Smith, one of Pershing's re-
turned soldiers, declare that the boys
in Frances" will stand by as long as
the folks back them up.
Grand Forks.-Lewis P. Crawford,
president of the board Of regents, pre-.
sided at the laying of the cornerstone
of the new chemistry building at the
University of North Dakota. Governor
Lynn j. Frazier laid the stone.
Grand Forks.-A vocational training
camp for the United States army will
be opened at the school of mines of
the University of North Dakota here
July 1. The call is for 154 men for
training in mechanical branches.
Bismarck.-School lands in Nelson
county sold recently at an average
price of $57 the acre. and in Kidder
county, where another sale was held,
the price averaged s45 per acre. Only
I've descriptions Of school lands are
left in Nelson county.
Bismarck.-Further restrictions on
the use of beef in North Dakota have
been announced by DR.. E. F. Ladd,
Federal food administrator. North Da'
INfon. e ~ rnuv ,encfriof01 tN h0i1o6
beef on Tuesday and steak Oh Satur
day, each to be served at the dinner
meal.
Notwithstanding the recent hal
storm at Great Bend a strip two miles
wide was completely devasted, headed
rye and growing wheat and gardens
being leveled to the ground while
practically every window in the city
was broken. The hail, m report said
lay six inches deep in places.
Langdon.-Ole and Olaf Sandahl o.
this city have been notified by the
United States government that eacf
Of them will be paid $28.75 per month
for 20 years as beneficiaries of theil
brother Carl Sandahl who died a
Camp Lewis a few weeks ago. Car
had taken out a $4,000 policy.
Grand Forks.-Dr. Thomas Franklin
Kane was indicted into office as Pres
ident Of the University of North Da
kota. The installation exercises bein,
attended by hundreds of people from
this and, other states. The installa
ton address was given by L.. F. Craw
ford, president of the board of regents
Fargo.-Sales of War Savings. ant
Thrift stamps in North Dakota t.
June 1 amounted to s744,143.83, o
$1.13 per capita. Griggs county is higl
with a per capita purchase Of 1924
It is estimated that the state per car
tia purchase will be $40 by the end o
1918 as a result of the sales an,
pledge carnaign now in nrogress.
Minot.-The North Dakota Retail
Merchants association which met her,
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, Fred p. Mann. Devils Lake: vic,
president, A. l.. Starr. Tower City
treasurer, c. J. stickney. New Rock
ford, and secretary. W. A. Donnelly
Fargo. The jobbers and merchants ar,
planning organizations for mutual ben
eft. Seven hundred members were I,
attendance. Mandan was chosen 70
the next convention.
Fargo.-Uniformity OF regulation.
governing the use and sale of foo,
products in Minnesota, Montana, Nortl
and South Dakota and the working GU
of details for the publication of a "fai
price list" to be published in ever!
county in these four states. will b,
the first purpose of a conference hell
here, by the federal food Administered
ors of the states named. I'VE hop
to put in force uniform regulations 70,
the sale and use of sugar, flour ant
substitutes in the four states" E. F
Laid, the North Dakota administrator
said.
Selfridge.-Jack Guyer AID Charlie
Arndt were arrested on a charge o
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