The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-15

that destroyed the Dtgn1n Sisters NIL.
linery store here with q heavy loss.
Esmond.-Mike Krebsbach's pool
hall was broken into and about 500 in
money of small denominations taken.
Entrance was gained thru the real
window.
Van Hook.-The Van Hook Home
Guard company has been accepted for
admission in the North Dakota state
militia and has been designated Com.
pany No. 81.
Fargo.-W. g. Crocker has been ap-
pointed sugar administrator for North
Dakota by DR.. e. F. Ladd, Federal
food administrator. Mr.. Croker is .
pioneer North Dakota schoolman and
publisher.
Wilton.-Members Of the Wilton To-
cal Of the United Mine Workers Of
America are doing their bit in the
fields. Each evening the miners have
been spending several hours working
On nearby farms.
Devils Lake.-Peter Timboe, chief
Of police, was knocked unconscious
for two hours by a bolt of lightning
that hit the city hall. He is suffer-
ing no i'll effects. The building was
only slightly damaged.
Fort Yates.-Edmund Manydeeds,
George Molash, Paul White Lightning,
Henry One Feather. and Ben Bald
Head are among the genuine Ameri.
cans whom Sioux county has contrib
uted to Camp Custer, Mich.
Fargo.-The North Dakota agricul.
tural college has been designated by
the department of war as a perma-
nent training camp for the duration
Of war. Barracks, to accommodate 300
men, will be constructed Immediately.
Fargo.-W. E. McEwen Of Duluth,
former secretary of the Minnesota
Federation of Labor and present post
master Of Duluth, is announced as one
of the principal speakers at the dedi-
cation of the Labor temple in Fargo
on Labor day, Sept. q.
Milnor.-The second lightning IA
tally of the year in North Dakota
was recorded here when Cyril, the
1~3.year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
Ryan. five miles south of town, was
struck and instantly killed during a
heavy electrical storm.
Grand Forks.-Just 100 days from
the day he was indicted into service
in Grand Forks, Martin Sanders of
Mekinock, this county, was killed in
action in France, according to official
advices received by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sanders.
Fargo.-The federal campaign for
greater use Of cottage cheese has re.
suited in the manufacture and use in
North Dakota of about $4,000 pounds
of that food product in three months.
according to Mrs. A. P. Hollis Of Far.
go. who is in charge of the campaign.
Dickey.-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahl
have returned from jamestown with
their infant son, who had a peanut re.
moved from his lung in the James
town hospital. The obstruction lodged
in the baby's windpipe while he was
eating and it was then drawn into
the lung.
Wahpeton.-Mrs. William Mitten
dorf, wife of a farmer residing neal
here, raj frightfully cut and bruised
when a team of horses, attached to 9
hay rake, which she was driving, be
came unmanageable and pitched hel
from her seat and under the stee
teeth of the rake.
Mayville.-Fire destroyed the May
vile opera house and an adjoining
building In which were located a poo
hall, restaurant and bowling alley
The opera house was a total loss while
the contents of the other building
were also completely destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $40, 900, fairly well
covered by insurance.
Observation-Disclosures liquor traffic
between the Twin Cities and Bismarck
was severely arraigned by Fedora
Judge Amidon here, when he fined
Frank Kunz of Bismarck $1,000 and
sentenced him to six months in the
county Jail. Kunz was convicted Of
bringing fifty-eight quarts Of whisky
from the Twin Cities, as plumbers
supplies"
Jamestown Gasoline prices IL
Jamestown are quoted from 6 to {
cents higher than they are in Fargo
Jamestown %autoists, who for some
years have been forced to pay more
than the small surrounding towns
charge, have started an investigation
and it is stated in certain quarters
that, the exorbitant price is due te
lack Of competition.
Minot.-A complete still was un
earthed by local officers on a farm
two miles from Minot. A well in the
basement led to q subterranean tun
mel and that to a large underground
room, where, operations were carried
on. Two barrels and several kegs u
raw liquor were found, in addition tc
other material which was in process
of ripening. Kelly Huley was arrest
ed.
Bismarck.-State Treasurer Joh1
Steen has just published his quarterly
report to the governor, showing the
balance to the credit Of various funds
the average daily balance carried IL