The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-03-21

Hannah.-The State Bank of Wales
has been recognized with William
Dew, president; j. w. David, vice.
president; c. P. Getchell, cashier, and
H. R. Pressnall. assistant cashier.
Grand Forks.-Forty young men
and women of Grand Forks county
and surrounding districts wrote civil
service examinations for department.
al c%lerkships at the Federal building.
Devils Lake.-The Hope consolidat,
ed school in Ramsey county, recent.
ly destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt
soon and a teacherage will be added
as a home for the staff Of instruc.
tors.
Langdon.-M. R. Hussey Of Crooks
ton was awarded the contract for the
construction of the new city hall and
power plant by the city council in
session. Work will be started on the
hall about April l..
Fargo.-Students In Fargo high
school who have strated first-year
German will be permitted to take
their second year of the course, but
no new classes will be started in the
high school next fall.
Bowman.-Bowman county is issu.
ing seed grain bonds and the county
commissioners have gone into South
Dakota and Iowa for seed oats and
feed oats, this being the only grain
that will be needed here.
EdKeley.-A pure bred Plymouth
Rock rooster which is said to be able
to crow to the tune of the national
anthem and America" was presented
to Mrs. w. Miracle, chairman of the
local branch of the American Red
Cross, by Mrs. Charles Sturgeon.
Fargo.-Bishop John Poyntz Tyler
and DR.. r. A. Beard, both of this
city, have been elected as a commit
tee of two which has before them
the selection of a president for
Fargo college to succeed John w.
Hansel, who resigned in February and
left for Chicago.
Mott.-Fifty Hettinger county farm.
ers have agreed to set aside one acre
of grain for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Should each of these acres
produce the North Dakota average Of
13 bushels of wheat, the Red Cross
will be enriched at harvest time to
the extent of $1,000.
Minto.-With the passing of the
days of the big flax fields in this sec.
ton of the state, comes the
ment that the old tow mill, which
has been III for years by Frank
Lizakowski, will be dismantled. At
one time the mill shipped as high as
As carloads each season.
>, Fargfo.-The office of the chief
clerk of the railway mail service re.
ports in answer to inquiries that regu.
lations prescribe that only the nu,n-
Der of the postoffice and the regis
trant's number shall be written on
war savings certificate stamps and
there is no room for additional writ
ing.
Bismarck.-Bismarck Council No.
1904, Knights of Columbus, is plan
, ming for one of the biggest limitations
in the history of this jurisdiction for
, June 9. Whether the ceremonies will
be held in Bismarck or in Mandan
is yet to be decided. Mandan which
is a member of the Bismarck council,
, is a candidate for the big initiation.
Bismarck.-The state superintend-
ent of public instruction has appor-
toned POI ,OS4 North Dakota children
. $4668 ,525.72 as the February appor-
ton Of the state tuition fund, derived
principally frpm the interest aid in
+, come on moneys derived from the
sale of state university and school
lands and partly from fines and taxes,
. From the former $464, 504.O4 is appor-
toned, and. from the latter $4,o21 .6s.
New England.-Olaf Norby, who
sold his farm two years ago and re-
! turned to Norway, is back, with three
! more children. He has bought back
! his old homestead, paying a premium
of $40 per acre owe the price for
which he sold it, and he is perpar.
ing to stay. "The experience is worth
: all it cost me-" says Olaf. II visa
other disconnected North Dakota
, farmers might go back where they
came from and learn to return and
be satisfied with the best country
or EARTH"
: Fort Yales.-A three days council,
beginning April 4, will be held at
Fort Thompson, Crow Creek reser.
walton, on the Black Hills claims, in
which the Dakotas formerly holding
this territory, allege that the United
, States government Is in their debt
to the extent Of several million dol
lars. By order Of Commissioner Cato
i. Sells, this will be the final council
on this question, and the findings OF
the conference will be a basis for
the filing of claims at Washington.
Fargo. Getting the Kaiser's
Goat" a novel campaign in%augurated
by the Cass County War Savings
stamp committee to help stimulate
the sale of thrift stamps here, has
resulted in $1,6O5.50 being pledged for
the purchase Of thrift stamps by Far.