The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-04-18

Rolla.-A branch of the National
Security league has beeen Organized
here.
New England.-The ABBY Light &
Power company has purchased the
Gardner electric plant. The plants
will be consolidated.
Grand Forks.-The state board or
nurse examiners will hold their SEM.
annual examination for registration of
nurses here May 2 and 8.
Grand Forks.-The Grand Forks
typographical union voted to pur-
chase another 500 Liberty bond. that
is the third purchased thus far.
Devils Lake.-Noonan consolidated
school is closed for a two weeks
vacation in order to allow the older
children to assist their parents during
seeding.
Dunn Center.-The Dunn Center
Red Cross chapter has for sale to be
put up at auction a quarter section
farm, a town lot, stallion and u big
load Of poles.
Dickinson.-Mrs. Grace Hoffman,
owner of the Dickinson Candy shop,
has been robbed of diamonds to the
value of $1,000. No clue to the thief
has been obtained.
Grand Forks.-Prof. E. A. Moses of
Albany, Ore, will arrive in Grand
Forks on May l to become municipal
bandmaster. and instructor of banu
music in the public schools.
Anamoose.-G. A. Gilbert has been
appointed general in charge of the
boys thrift brigade which was organ
lied here. Twenty-six boys from the
ages of 6 to IA years have enrolled.
Cooperstown.-Fire believed lncen-
diary, destroyed the Hammer-Halvor-
son-Beirer elevator here, one Of the
largest in the state, and 1900 BUSH
els of wheat, 1000 bushels of barley,
1900 bushels of flax and 5000 BUSH
els Of oats.
Mott.-A. B. Cooke has become the
county agent of Adams county to fill
the vacancy left by the resignation Of
Ray D. Latin. Mr.. Cooke will also
have chrage of Bowman county and
will make his headquarters at Het-
finger.
Grand Forks.-Green Freeman, COL
ored, admitted to the state asylum at
jamestown June 10, 1906, escaped on
March 26, last, and has not been 10.
Gated, according to word received by
l.. X. Hassell, county judge for Grand
Forks county.
Fargo.-Leo s. Horst, a Nonpartis.
an league speaker arrested here charg-
ed with violation of the espionage act,
was arraigned before United States
Commissioner w. c. Green and was
bound over to the federal grand jury.
Bail Of $1,000 was furnished. The
government alleges that Horst, in d
speech at Towner, N. D., made sedi.
tious statements.
Fargo.-Grand Forks was chosen
as the convention city of the North
Dakota Baptist conference to be held
September rs to 20 next. 1t was de.
cided at an annual spring meeting
of the board of managers of the North
Dakota Baptist conference, Rev. d. e.
Deake of Mirot was elected state
evangelist and pastor t large to sue
coed Rev. w. X. Hill, now IN federal
service.
Dickinson.-The federal reserve
board at Minneapolis has written to
President T. H. Pugh of the Dickin.
son school board it is the wish of the
federal board that the Dickinson
school board refrain from putting on
the market a $4,000 bond issue fol
the purpose of erecting a school buila-
ing at this time but wait until after
the wal so as not to hamper he gov,
ernment's financing.
Bismarck.-Nine $4,000 bonds, the
second largest consignment Of Liber.
ty loan paper received in Bismarck.
we're delivered to State Treasurer ].
Steen to be deposited to the credit OF
the North Dakota Teachers retire.
ment and pension fund. The trustees
Of this fund voted to invest 500, 0Oo
in the Second Liberty loan. Their
quota was cut down to 5000 The
board recently elected to invest $780,.
900 more of the teachers fund in the
third Liberty loan.
MISUNDERSTANDING has a new
band, which made its first appearance
to give the select service men a
sendoff. Fred Arason is the leader.
Bismarck.-April Is has been set
by the state land commissioner as the
date for the leasing Of school lands
in Grant county, which have not al
ready been taken. The leasing will
take place at the county court house
in Carson, and the minimum rental
per quarter will be SIS with a fee OF
So for the issuing of the lease.
Fargo.-An immediate survey is to
be made in North Dakota to determine
the available supplies of flour and
-four substitutes now on hand in the
state. This survey will include the
amounts in the hands of the millers,
the merchants and the people, it is
announced by E. F. Laid, federal
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