The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-17
North Dakota
Event. Of the Week

Adolph G. Jacobson, vice president
and former manager OF the M!not
Grocery company, died in that city.
He formerly lived in Crookston, MINI.
T. G. Thompson, . resident of Far
60 asks for a divorce in the Cass
county district court on charges of,
cruelty of his wife to his four-year-
old son, offspring of a former mar
riage.
In a letter to his mother, Mrs. X.
w. Cooley of Grand Forks, John B.
Cooley, formerly city editor of the
Herald, declares that conditions at
Camp Dodge, where the North Dakota
drafted men are training, are unus-
ually good.
A. G. Wells, for many years q far.
mer in charge of the Cannonball dis
trict has left for Lower Bruele. s. d.:
to assume a similar position with the
government there. Mr.. Wells has been
in the Indian service on Standing
Rock reservation since 1883. j
Rev. Father John Halloran, after
passing the physical examination at
Smelling, has returned to Hettinger to
close up matters in connection with
his p~astorate preliminary to enter.
ing the national army as Chaplain in
the Gath division, which includes No.
Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa select
service men.
The w. G.. Richards feed barn at
vyy{1<0n 1nH "a hood ~ lluaotNaly rry1~A
completely destroyed by a fire dis.
covered early in the morning. The
loss will aggregate $500, II horses,
including q stallion valued at $500,
six cows and harness and other
equipment to the value of more than
$1,000 having been consumed.
Darald Meyer, who on November
9 attempted to kill himself and wife
at the home of is wife's parents, IL
miles south of Flasher, and who has
since been held in the equity Jail at
Mandan, pleaded guilty to assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill. Judge Nuessle gave aim an in.
determinate sentence Of from one to
ten years.
W.. X. Hauhouse writes home from
~Carpenteria, CAL, that he and his
wife and children and pet pup made
the journey from Gakcle by automo.
bile in good time, with only two
punctures and two broken springs.
and without encountering any bad
weather. The Bauhauses started lato
in the seasons andsesome fears were
expressed that they might not get
through.
John W. Hensel, president of Fargo
college, has resigned to- take up wal
work. He has received three calls to
enter Y: NJ. CA. work.
The Russell-Miller company's plant
at Dickinson Is still closed and no
definite time has been given when
1t will be reopened. A change is be.
ing made in the machinery fer the
production of DIFF a ent grades Of horr
IN accordance with the government
regulations.
J.. P. Hardy, Fargo, federal state di.
rector Of the U. S. public service re.
serve, is in receipt of a telegram, ad.
Using him that the U. 8. wants 1000
motor mechanics for immediate serv.
.ce in France. Men outside, of the
lraft age, but who are of military age,
wishing to join the service, should ap-
ply at the nearest army recruiting
station.
Albin Hedstrom of Wilton, the old.
est member of the Burleigh county
commission, with the exception Of e.
J. Patterson of Bismarck, was elected
chairman to succeed c. F. Pesonsen Of
Wing, when the board reorganized for
1918. It was announced following the
boards reorganization that no change
would be made in the list of appointive
county officers for the ensuing year.
Addressing five new American citiz-
sns at Fargo former Governor L. b.
Hanna declared CONSUMPTION was prop.
Or. Some people think that the idea
If CONSUMPTION is not right" he said.
Men, tell you it is. In this present
var CONSUMPTION mean that high and
.ow, rich and poor, shall be treated
alike. That is the right platform on
which to stand. We are doing away
with class differences and class re.
igion in this war. In the trenches
we find rich and poor and Catholic
and Protestants fighting side by sidc.'
M. P. Morris, postmaster at James.
town for the past several years, has
been taken to Parkview hospital for
treatment. He is suffering from q
severe attack of heart trouble.
S. P. Grams, cooperative observer
for the Little Missouri district at
Marmath, reports that December, 1917,
was the dryest in the history of his
station. The rainfall for the month
was 40 inch.