The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-09-05

Osnabrock.-George Holley of East
Alma township; near Osnabrock, was
killed, his horses running away while
he was raking hay.
Observation-Disclosures Harry Jack
o Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will be in
charge of the musical department of
the Jamestown college.
Grand Forks. - Thomas ryder of
Ferry, Grand Forks county, resident Of
the county since 1870, is dead. He
came from Eastern Canada.
Fargo,-Walter J. Keefe Of Fargo
was killed on his eighteenth birthday,
in action in France, and he fell just
one year from the day that he enlisted.
Bismarck. = The Mckenzie County
Fair association has decided not to
hold a fair during the war. Poor crops
in that vicinity is said to be the real
reason,
Bismarck. Howard Caldwell, Gus.
todian of the Indian school here, was
arrested on the charge of misappro-
priating goods of the government to
the value Of $1,000.
Jamestown.-Thousands Of acres Of
grain in the region north of James
town have not yet been harvested and
1t will be several days before binders
a be put into the fields.
Fargo.-C. ]. Lund, a Cass county
farmer near Fargo. is reported to have
threshed wheat that yielded f1fty-six
bushels per acre and weighed sixty
two pounds to the bushel.
Fargo.-L. B. Hanna, formerly gov
ernor of North Dakota, is now sta
toned at Vichy, in south central
France, in a big American hospital,
somewhat removed from the war zone
Fargo. Threshing operations are
under way in earnest throughout the
southern part Of North Dakota, after
being delayed by terrific rains that
caused heavy damage in several Sec
lions.
Devils LakeCJudge C. N. Butts of
Devils Lake has taken under advise
ment the petition Of creditors for the
appointment of a receiver for the Sc
curity State bank, which was recently
closed.
Fargo.-American soldiers are en-.
camped in camps where Napoleon
trained his armies, and a prison of
Napoleon's time is now being used as
IN American hospital;s according to
George E. Mckee, of Fargo.
Valley City. - Geo. Stout, recently
elected president of the Valley City
Normal school, to succeed Geo. A. Nc
Farland, whose resignation was forced
by the board of regents, has not yet
accepted the proffered post.
Bismarck. - Sixteen civilians re-
tween the ages of 16 and IS are to be
selected by the governor and adjutant
general to attend the annual small
arms firing school at Camp Perry.
Ohio, from Sept. l to Sept. 81.
Bismarck..North Dakota now reg
listers 604 medicos. OF these 1875 are
in active medical service; seventy-six
have applied for commissions under
the last call, and ninety-six have de-
clared their intention of applying later.
La Moure.-A state hospital for the
care of trachoma cases, with the gov
eminent backing the project, will be
established in La Moure, the govern
ment medical authorities already hav-
ing leased quarters for the institution.
Fargo.-North Dakota must supply
sixteen nurses each week for eight
weeks, Harry. Curran, Wilbur, execu-
tive secretary Of the North Dakota
Red Cross, announced. Already 10
of North Dakota are in the Red
Cross work.
Grand Forks.-Rev. Charles McVey,
who last year was head of the military
training at the university, has received
an appointment for overseas service in
the Y. M. c. A. war division. While
at the university he received a COL
onel's commission.
.Fargo.-Several women are making
collections of money for Soldier, to-
bacco" funds in North Dakota. One
of the fraudulent operatives was ar
rested here. The woman admitted
using the money for her own benefit
and was sentenced to SO days in jail.
Fargo.-Farmers have been placed
on the two-pound sugar ration basis
for the threshing season. An order
recently issued, providing that they
could have an increased allow.
ance during the threshing season, was
rescinded because OF the sugar short
age.
Bismarck.-Forty thousand bushels
of wheat and $4,000 bushels of fax
will be among the contributions to the
cause from H. A. Nutscheler, who is
farming the Patterson Land Co. ranch
of 5000 acres at Wing. Mr.. Nutscheler
also has given to the cause his 49,
year-old son Alden, who enlisted in the
Navy last May.
Bismarck.-1n round numbers North
Dakota now has in the national guard,
the national army, the regular army,
the marine corps and the United
States navy $4,000 men, the adjutant
generals office announces. The ad-
jutant general has prepared and for
warded to Provost Marshal General