The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15
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- NORTH D0KOC0 ranks
fourth in hemp production.
Minto.-William Henry Fee, one
Of the old timers here. dropped dead
the other day while, walking from one
business house to another.
Fort Yates.-Ed. Sager, q home.
steader residing eight miles west Of
Fort Yates, died twenty-four hours
after being kicked by %asvicious horse.
Jamestown.-Death has removed an.
other North Dakota pioneer at James
town in the passing of G. ]. Warren,
who came to the state in territorial
days. In 1882 he filed on a homestead,
which is still in the family.
Fargo.-Mrs. Julia D. Nelson, for
the twentieth, time, has been elected
president of the Fargo Scandinavian
w. c. Z. U. local, and is now the old.
est officer in point Of service. in the
local unions in the state.
Jamestown.-A German prisoner re.
Gently captured by the American SOL
diers asked his captors, do the Ger
mans still hold Chicago?" according
to q letter written from France by
Walter Plunkett of this city.
Fargo. - Business conditions in
North Dakota, as reflected by Fargo
bank clearings for July, show a big
Improvement over 1917. The 1918
July clearings. announced today, are
$685. 51 .23, while the 1917 July clear.
ings were $6,S64,415.71.
Knox.-D. H. Upland, cashier Of the
Security State bank. recently closed
by the state bank examiner, furnished
$500 bond for his release pending q
hearing on the charge of classifying the
bank records. He was arrested on his
return to Knox from st. Paul.
Fargo.-Fffty North Dakota men
are already in the Y. M. G. A. service
and rs others have made applications.
Many of the North Dakotans who al
ready have been accepted have gone
overseas. It is expected that the state
will have supplied about $50 men by
January 1.
Fort Yates.-The rye harvest on the
Indian reservation at Fort Yates is
practically completed, and indications
are that the yield will greatly exceed
May and June estimates. Crops in
general in that district promise to
yield far better than the average.
which is reported to be always high.
Minot.-The 500 passenger depot
here will be closed and all the rail
way passenger business Of the com
pany will be conducted at the Great
Northern depot. 500 trains will stop
at the 500 depot, but tickets must be
secured at the Great Northern. II
is not known when the change will
take place, but 1t is expected to be
soon.
Minot.-"Because some gutter goes
to Wall street land sells his Liberty
bonds at IS OF below par, does that
make your investment worth less? No
my friends, Uncle Sans bond is still
at par" declared William G. McAdoo
secretary of the treasury. in a tifteer
minute talk here. The secretary. &C
companied by Mrs. McAdoo, was er
route to Washington from Glacier
Park, where he had spent a brief vaca
ton.
Fargo.-More women are operating
grain binders in the harvest fields Of
North Dakota this year than ever be
fore. and they are making good, &C
cordtng to reports from various sec
lions of the state. The shortage o.
male labor is quite keen, and womer
are rapidly filling their places in many
respects. The United States employ
ment bureau in Fargo now is sending
out about 200 men a day, with 81
day as the average wage for haryes
ters.,
Bismarck.-The department of the
interior has ordered the reopening O
the Bismarck Indian school, closed
last year for lack of help for the frs
of September. Resident Superintend
ent R. l. Thompson has arrived tt
take charge Of the institution. ]
Howard Caldwell, who had been il
charge. will continue his connection
with the school as clerk. Mr.. Thomp
son comes from Keshena, Wis, where
he vas principal of a government In
dian school. h
Sheldon.-Cattle rustlers are oper
at1ng In the hill district southeast o.
Sheldon. with the result that severa
farmers have sustained heavy losses
officials here have been advised. It /.
believed that the rustlers use auto
mobiles in their work and their dep
relations have so far been quite ex
tensive. Cattle rustling has also beer
reported from western North Dakoti
recently, and local vigilance commit
tees have been organized to trace the
operators.
Bismarck.-Although rain fell OF
seven days during July in amount
ranging from .06 to sc of an inch
the month closed with a moisture def
cit for July of .O5 of an inch, and will
an accumulated deficiency for the, veal
of 1854 inches. The July rainfall wal
we'll ahead of that in 1917. when the
total for the month was 1855. The
mean Temperature for the month wal
68, two degrees below normal. The
highest temperature was 81, on July
81, and the lowest "A, on July 20.