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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24
BIDS OPENED TUESDAY

A half dozen or more contractors
were in the city Tuesday meeting
with the school board as that was
the day set for opening bids for the
erection of the new addition to the
High School building The general
contract was secured by w. ]. Curren
of Valley City, and it is expected that
work will be started Immediately so
as to have the building ready for the
opening of school in the fall.
The addition will include a gym
nasium 40 by 60 feet and will have
a seating capacity of ESQ people. The
first floor will have three grade rooms
teachers room and superintendent
office. The second floor will contain
the assembly room with seating ca
pacity of 800 and four recitation
rooms.
The connecting link between the
two buildings will contain stairways
and will provide central entrance.
The contract made at this time is
for the building, ventilating system
and septic tank. Later on bids for
the heating system and furnishing
and fixtures will be called for. w. D.
Gillespie of Fargo drew the plans and
specifications.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24

time; therefore it is with a feeling
of elation-neutralize to limited
extent with a feeling of languor, that
they enter upon this season, when
the call boy will not rise as a spectre
to transform pleasant dreams to
grave realities. We wish both these
pleasant gentlemen most enjoyable
and restful holiday that they may re-
turn to their duties refreshed and
heartened and feeling fully able to
contend with and condone the vaga-
ries Of the travelling public.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24
WILLOW LAKE BREEzES

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Johnson and
children visited at Jens Krogsgard's
Sunday
Mr.. Bertram and daughter, Orva,
were in Finley Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Knox and lit
tie baby and Miss Gladys Wood were
evening guests at John Knox.
Mrs. Jasper Wilson and children
visited with Mrs. Bowers last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras. Jacobsen and
sons, Leland and Eugene, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Nelson and children visit
ed at M. Hanson's Sunday.
Sunday school is held at 1890
A. M. at School No. 4. All are well
come to come.
Miss Grace Dodd. who attends
school at Fargo, is home for her Eas-
ter vacation.
The Jens Krogsgard family spent
Friday evening at M. Hanson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McNeally were
at the Reedy home for Easter Sun
day.
Mr.. Wood made business trip to
Walden this week.
The Keagle family and Mr.. Sands
trum were Easter dinner guests at
S. Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Visby were at the
Ras. Jacobsen home one afternoon
! the past week.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24

Conductor Mike Rohan and Brake
man, Mr.. Chas. Bennett, captain and
mate of the local boat that plies daily
Sunday-between Fargo an
Sunday between Fargo
and Devils Lake, stopping enroute at
Hope both coming and going; are
taking much needed vacation. Ow-
ing to war conditions the exigencies
Of the situation compelled these
worthy and tried veterans of the
transportation system which provides
a ready means of access to that I'M
portant social and business center
of our state, the Gateway City, have
been compelled to relinquish to GER
tain extent their merited hours of
rest and refreshment after complet-
ing months work in three weeks
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24

Owing to the fine weather last
week many of the farmers were able
to get into the field and start drag
ging and seeding. Altho the season
is rather late the work will progress
rapidly and will not be far behind
last season. Help is not plentiful
but no real shortage of labor exists.
The winter rye crops have come thru
in fine shape and big yield is an
ticipated with favorable season.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-24

The District Convention of the Re-
becca Lodge is being held in our city
today.
The Lamar register., 1919-08-20

GUS foes waited for us on the shore.
Yet there was seemingly nothing
there but pile of sponges. and few
black men. The Susan p. had changed
her color, il was true. but she was Il
wel-known sponger. and / noticed no
one that / recognized.
There was one foolish fellow that
reminded me OF my shackly deckhand,
whom | had always thought out of his
mind. standing there ON his head on
The rocks. and waving his legs to ut
tract attention.
why! There's silly Theodore"
called out the captain.
I'm going ashore said.
I'm going with you too" said the
captain. But look after your guns.
There's going to be something doing
quiet ns II looks
So we rowed ashore, and there was
Theodore capering In front of a pile
Of sponges. but no other face that
knew. But there were seven or eight
negroes whose looks / took no great
liking TO.
Like some fancy sponges to send
homer said one of these. coming up
To me. Cost you five times as much
In NASSAU"
Certainly I'd like few sponges."
said
And then Theodore came up to me,
looking ns though he had lost his mind
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over IN quest or my rrrasure. rvv won
der he had spoken OF dynamite.
why. Tom." I said, there isn't q
wheelbarrow load of real soil In .
square mile. We couldn't dig q grave
for a dog In stun like this" and, a. I
spoke. the pewterIike rock under my
feet changed and echoed with q metal
lie sound.
Come along. Tom. can't stand any
more of this. Well have to leave our
funerals till tomorrow. and get aboard
for the night"-for the Maggie Darling
was still floating there serenely. as
though men and their violence had no
existence on the planet.
WED better cover them up. against
the turkey buzzards. said Tom. two
of those unsavory birds rising In the
air as we returned to the shore. We
did this as well as We were able with
rocks and the wreckage Of an old
boat strewn on the beach.
don't think two men were ever SO
glad of the morning. driving before 1t
the haunted night. After breakfast
our first thought was naturally to the
sad and disagreeable business before
US.
II tell you what I've been thinking
sar." said Tom, as We rowed ashore.
and managed to pull down a turkey
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the only one Of the three that really
matters is the captain, and we can
fnd sufficient soil for him In one OF
those big holes"
"IIow about the others1'
swell, to tell the truth, I was think
Ing that sharks are good enough for
them"
They deserve no better. Tom. and
think we may as well get rid Of them
first"
So II was done as we said. and car
rying them by the feet and shoulders
TO the edge OF the blufr-George. and
silly Theodore and the nameless giant
who had knocked me down so oppor-
tunely-we skillfully flung them In.
and they glided on with scarce
splash.
Then we turned to the poor captain
and carried him as gently as we could
over the rough ground to the biggest
OF the banana holes, as the natives
call them. and there we were able to
dig him a fairly respectable grave.
Tom and Sailor and were now. to
island. and Il lOnesomer spot II would
be hard to Imagine. or one touched at
certain hours with falrer beauty
beauty wralthllke and. like sea
shell. haunted with the marvel OF the
sea.
First we went over our stores. and.
thanks to those poor dead mouths that
did not need to be reckoned with any
more. we had plenty Of everything to
last us for at least a month. not to
speak OF fishing. ut which Tom was an
expert.
When. however. we turned to our
plans for the treasure hunting we
soon came to II dead stop. The indi-
cations given by Tobias seemed, In the
face of such a terrain naive to a de-
gree. Possibly the land had changed
since his day. Some little, OF course.
II must have done. Tom and I went
over Tobias directions again and
there was the compass carved on the
rock. and the cross. There was some
thing definite something which. II IL
was ever there at all. was there still
for In that climate the weather leaves
things unperished almost as In Egypt.
Sitting on the highest bluff we could
tnd. Tom and / looked around.
That compass Is somewhere among
these Internal rocks-if 1t ever was
carved there at all-that's one thing
certain. Tom; but look at the rocksi"
Over twenty miles of rocks north
and south, and from two to six from
east to west. A more hopeless job the
mind Of man could not conceive. Tom
shook his head. and scratched his
graying wool. -
Il go most by the ghost. sar.- he
said. "AIl these men had never been
killed If the ghost hadn't been some
where near. Mark me. II we md ths
Continued on Page >
The Lamar register., 1919-08-20
CHAPTER VI.
In Which the Sucking Fish Has a
Chance to Show Its Virtue

finance TO onoW It's Vtrtuc.
The breeze was so strong that we
didn't use our engine that day. Be
sites. I wanted to take little time
thinking over my plans. ! spent most
OF the time studying the charts and
pondering John Z. Tobias narrative.
which threw very little light on the
situation. There was little definite TO
90 by but his mark of the compass en-
craven on a certain rock In a wilder
ness of rocks and such rocks Us they
we're at that.
looked well to my guns. The com
nandant had made me accept the loan
OF a particularly expert revolver that
was. could see. as the apple of his
eye. He must have cared for me a
great deal 10 have lent II me. and It
was right as the things We love.
Then / called Tom to me: "How
about that sucking fish, Tom?" asked.
"It's just cured. sar," he said. II
was going to offer IL 10 you this lunch
1me. It's dried out fine; couldn't be
better. I'll bring II TO you this min
ute" And he went and was back again
In a moment. "You must wear II right
over your heart" he said. 'and you'll
see there's not bullet can get near 1t.
It's never been known for a bullet to
20 through u sucking fish. It's Gods
truth
But, Tom" / said. show about
your"
"I've worn one here, sar. for twenty
years. and you can see for YOURSELF
and he barred the brown chest beneath
which beat the heart that like nothing
else In the world has made me believe
In God"
We awoke to dawn that was "A
rose planted in the sky by the mys-
terious hand that seems 10 love to give
the fairest thing the loneliest setting.
But there was no wind. so that day
we ran on gasoline. We had some
nifty miles TO go to where the narra-
tive pointed. smaller cay. the cay
known in old days Ms Dead Mems
shoes'-but since known by another
name which. for various reasons. do
not deem II polite to dlyulge-near the
end of the long cay down which we
were running.
About twilight We dropped anchor
In smother quiet bay. so much like that
OF the night before. as all the bays
and Gays are along that coast. that you
need to have sailed them from boy
hood to know one from another.
The cove we were looking for,
known by the CHEEKY name of Dead
Mems Shoes, proved farther off than
we expected. so that we didn't come
to 1t till toward the middle Of the next
afternoon, an afternoon Of the most
Innocent gold that has ever thrown Its
soft radiance over an earth Inhabited
for the most part by ruffians and
scoundrels. We soon found that we
were not alone In the cave.
"She's changed her paint" said Tom,
at my elbow. And. looking round.
saw that our rakish schooner with the
black hull was now white as a dove
and, in that soft golden water. hardly
foot and half deep. five shadowy
young sharks fioated, with outstretched
fms like huge bats. Our engineer. who
was already wading fearlessly In the
water, beautifully naked, "shooed'
them of like chickens. But 1t was
soon to be evident that more danger
The Lamar register., 1919-08-20
CHAPTER VII.
In Which Tom and Attend Several
Funerals.

When Tom and | came to look over
the ground with view to finding a
burial place for the dead I realized
with grim emphasis the truth OF
Charlie Webster's remarks-in those
snuggery nights that seemed SO re-
mote and far away-on the nature of
the soil which would have to be gone
The Lamar register., 1919-08-20

over the rather fancy silk tie hap
pened to be wearing.
Give me DAT :" he said. touching It.
like a crazy man.
81 can't afford to give you that.
Theodore"
I'D die for dat" he declared.
Take this handkerchief instead"
but, meanwhile. my eyes were open
ing. Take this instead. Theodore" /
suggested.
I'D die for dat" he repeated. touch
ing the tie.
His voice and touch made me sick
and afraid. Just rs people in a lunatic
asylum make one afraid.
Look out |" murrnured Tom at my
elbow.
And just then ! noticed hiding In
some bushes of seven-year apple trees.
two faces / had good reason to know.
had barely time to pull out the
commandments revolver from my
pocket. / knew 1t was to be either
the pockmarked genius or the engi-
neer. But for the moment 1 was not
to be sure which one ! had hit. For.
as my gun went OF. something heavy
came down on my head, and for the
time was shut OF from whatever else
was going on.
(which did hit. Tom7" were my
first words as | came back to the
glory of the world: but | didn't say
them for long time. and. from what
| Tom told me. II was wonder l ever
said them at all.
There he is. sar," said Tom. point
ing TO a long. dark figure stretched
out near by. "Iin afraid he's not the
man you were looking for"
Poor fellow r. | said; 1t was George,
.h4 s-aainAAr: "I,m sorry-but ! saw
The Lamar register., 1919-08-20
SYNOPSIS.
BOOK ..

story Is on visit to his friend John
Saunders. British official In the town OF
Nassau Bahama Islands. Conversation
turns On buried treasure.
CHAPTER u.-Saunders produces a
document supposedly written by Henry Z.
Tobias. once u pirate. telling OF two
places where gold had been secreted In
the Islands. Their conversation apparently
is overheard. and the document disap-
GEARS
CHAPTER III.-The writer charters a
schooner the Maggie Darling. and sets
out On a search for the treasure. As they
sail they take aboard a passenger. whom
he author instinctively distrusts.
CHAPTER Iv.-The hero strikes up a
particular friendship with old Tom" a
negro member of the crew. The boat is
passed by the Susan b.. faster sailer,
also from Nassau.
CHAPTER Won the second morning
put they md that the supply OF gasoline
has been allowed to run out. Our writer
olames the engineer and in a fit OF temper
knocks him down. The passenger. calling
himself Henry T.. Tobias. Jr. protests,
and IL comes out that he is active In a
conspiracy to have the blacks rise against
the British government In the Bahamas.
tie attempts the life OF the hero and
with two others is put ashore.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
TERRORIST PLOT WIDESPREAD
Arrests Thus Far Made Do Not Begin
to Clarity Situation" Say
the Police.

Cleveland O.. Nov. 1.-The terror
list menace disclosed by the police
raids has gained such foothold and
has become so widespread in Cleve-
land. according to Police Captain Mar
tin Lavelle, that the arrests thus far
made do not begin TO clarity the stu
alton.
"Our investigation tends to show
th1t there are between 26 and 80 COM
munst party chapters being organized
in Cleveland, their purpose being sim
ply to precipitate reign of terror and
take over the government" he said
Sixteen men and one woman already
have been arrested.
Cleveland o.. Oct. 31.-Seven per
sons, six men and one woman. charged
by the police with being identified
with radicals in another plot to ter
rorize the nation by a series of bomb
explosions next spring are being
held by police and others were being
sought in what is expected to be a
national cleanup of revolutionists.
One of the men under arrest is be-
lieved to be the bomb maker who con
structed and placed the bomb which
on June partly wrecked the home
of Mayor Harry l.. Davis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
IS DIE ON LAKE SHIP
STEAMER CITY OF MUSHROOM
WRECKED AT MUSHROOM.
Craft Hurled Against Pier During
Storm-Nine Members of Crew
and Six Passengers Lost.

Muskegon, Mich, Oct. 30.-Nlne
members of the crew and six pas
sengers lost their lives Tuesday morn
ing when the Crosby steamer City Of
Muskegon, formerly the Holland.
struck the south pier in Muskegon
channel The boat was smashed TO
pieces. In less than four minutes after
the crash no portion of the vessel re-
manned above the water line.
The second engineer was among
those lost. The other members of the
crew who were drowned were mem
bers of the stewards department.
There were about thirty-fve passen-
gers aboard. but the vessel lay against
the pier, so that most Of them were
able to make their way TO safety.
Many of the passengers were clad
only in their nightclothes when the
order came to make the leap for
safety.
The known dead:
Lynch. John. Milwaukee. deckhand.
De Witt, Arthur, Milwaukee, deck
hand.
Hough. Alfred, Billings, Mont, Sec
ond porter
Hopkins. Mrs. Jessie, Muskegon,
waitress.
Johnson, Mrs. Agnes, mother or
Grant Johnson of MuskegoD. chief en-
gineer of the boat.
Armstetter, John. Manistee. second
cook.
Reese, Harry, Milwaukee, second en-
gineer; his body has been recovered.
Karowltz, Samuel. Muskegon, deck
hand.
Koski, Joseph. Muskegon, deck hand.
Reckeltz, Mrs. John, Milwaukee.
Lecus, Mrs. Herman, Montague,
Mich.
Locus, Herman, her husband.
Zimmerman, Oliver, Muskegon.
Two members of crew known as
"Slim" and John.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
DRY VETO is KILLED
SENATE VOTES SIS TO 20 TO OVER.
RIDE PRESIDENT.
Wilson Will Issue Proclamation Lift
ing Wartime Prohibition When
Treaty Is Ratified.

Washington, Oct. 30.-ln accord with
predictions made when the presidents
veto of the prohibition enforcement
measure was received in congress. the
senate followed the example of the
house and passed the bill over the
presidents veto by more than the req
uisite two-thirds majority.
The vote in the senate was 65 10 20,
the majority having seven more votes
than were needed to override the veto.
War time prohibition will be brought
to an end by presidential proclamation
Immediately after the senate ratities
the German peace treaty, ii was said
in the statement issued at the white
house.
Officials explained that the wartime
act provided that it should be annulled
by the president when peace had been
declared and when the army and navy
had been demOblizod. Congress was
Informed by the president in his mes
ment bill that rehabilitation of The
army and the navy had been completed.
The white house announcement
clears up any doubt as To whether the
war would be ended legally with the
ratification of the German treaty.
Some officials had expressed the oGn-
ion thar the war emergency would
not pass until the treaty with Austria
had been acted upon by the senate.
Washington, Oct 30.-Armed with
the drastic provisions Of the prohibit
ton enforcement act which became Of
fective as tn wartime prohibition with
passage ny the senate of the measure
over The presidents veto late Tuesday,
agents of the bureau of internal rev.
enue today took up the task of max
ing absolute the han on the manufac-
ture and sale of liquor.
Open violation of the law, Commits
Sioner Roper asserted. would bring GER
tain dlsrepnte to tho American form
OF government
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
MILK PRODUCERS ARE FREED
officials of the Illinois Association
Acquitted Of Conspiracy Charge
by Jury in Chicago.

Chicago. Nov. AFTER deliberations
extending over five hours the eight
officials of the Illinois Milk Producers
association. who have been on trial
before Judge Joseph Fl. Fitch in the
Criminal court since Sept. 16 on a
charge Of conspiracy, were acquitted
Thursday night. Eight separate YER
diets were returned, each defendant
being exonerated individually. They
were ms follows: 1--WE, the jury. find
the defendant Arnold Huber not
guilty." and so on, the verdicts in turn
naming Frank III. Reese. Clinton ].
Cooper. Roy Lewis. Charles II. Potter.
w. ]. Kittle, Robert M. Omann, and
William A. Goodwin. Potter and Kittie
are president and secretary, respective
~, Of the association.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
ARMY OF 100000
ALL U. S. NEEDS
Pershing Makes Recommendation
at the Joint Meeting of Senate
and House Committees.
FORCE OF 100000 TOO Big
Favors Regular Army Large Enough
TO RepuIse Sudden Attacks and
Trained Citizen Force to Deal
With Any Emergency.

Washington. Nov. IA regular
army, large enough to provide against
sudden attacks and to meet interna-
tiona obligations on the American con
tinent, and trained citizen reserve
to deal with any emergency was recon-
mended by General Pershing at joint
meeting of the senate and house mill
tary committees
The general made plea that the ma
tion keep abreast of other countries III
development of the air service and said
1t also was essential that the transport
corps, nurse corps and tank corps be
made adequate. He thought the num-
her of officers of high rank provided
for in pending legislation was rather
excessive"
General Pershing said he disagreed
with the war department recommends
ton for an army of 100000 men and
said that at the outside 275.000 to 3OO.-
600, or possibly less, would be suiii-
cient
The large caucus room of the house
Office building in which the money trust
and lobby Investigations were conduct
ed was set aside for the hearing-the
most important held in connection with
the military bills being considered by
the committees.
Chairmen Wadsworth and Kahn of
the senate and house military commit
tees, respectively, have announced thar
the testimony of the eXpeditlonary
commander would close the hearings
which had ELECTED the views of Secre-
tary Baker General March, chief Of
staff; divisional commanders of the
overseas army ana officers Of the gen
cral staff.
The two committees will begin draft
ing permanent military legislation i'm
mcdiately after hearing General Perish
ing. Il is not considered probable.
however that either house will be able
To act on the legislation before the
converting Of the regular session in De
cember.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-11-06
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX DIES
Noted Author and Poet Suceumbs
In Connecticut After Long
illness.

New Haven. Conn, Oct. 31.-Mrs
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and
poet. died at her home, "The Bunga-
low" In Branford today. Mrs. Wilcox
had been i'll for some months having
had a nervous collapse while engaged
in war-relief work in England. Mrs.
Wilcox was born in tombstone Center,
Wis, in 1855. She was educated at
the University of Wisconsin. She was
married to Robert NJ. Wilcox in New
York in 1884.