The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-03-13
North Dakota
News in Brief

0dIlSll.-LOcal volunteer Hremen
gave q ball which netted them S142.65
to help out on needed equipment for
their work.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ]. Gillespie, q
local. newspaper man, will prepare a
history of Stutsman county's part In
the world war.
Jamestown.-Prof. Roy ]. Holmes
of this city is preparing to issue a
book containing some of the best
stories Of the world war, it is an
nounced.
Fargo.-North Dakota's Four Min
Armenian relief fund campaign de-
signed to raise $125,0 600 for this pur-
pose in the state.
Grand Forks.-United States sailors
on inactive duty at this point will
start a club for the comfort and &C
%commodatiOn of those who have serv-
ed the country on the seas.
Mandan.-Twenty Boys and Girls
clubs are being organized among the
young people of Morton county, Coun-
ty Superintendent II. +. Jensen and
Deputy Superintendent j. f. Heller
being leaders Of the plan.
Nome.-The municipal lighting
plantof this city has been leased to
the Sheyenne Light and Power Com
pany with exclusive franchise privi-
leges lasting for u number of years.
Fargo.-County Auditor W.. r.
Tucker is notifying discharged SOL
diers of the methods necessary to be
used in securing their allotments of
$50 bonus money per capita from the
United States war department.
Fargo.-Thirty-four war orphans
have been adopted by various benevo-
lent local organizations within the
past few days, in response to the
earnest appeals being sent out for
help for the fatherless children of
France.
Bismarck.-The United States su-
preme court has affirmed the decision
OF the lower court under which Mrs.
Kate Richards O'Hare was convicted
OF seditiouS u~tterances alleged to have
been made during an address deliv-
SASu az DON lllllll u uullDcI IL UOuIuS
ago.
Devils Lake.-Government employ
ment officials here report q prospect
OF plenty of farm workers for the
opening of seeding operations in the
state this spring. as we'll as to meet
the more extensive demands for farm
labor occurring later in the season. :.
Minot.-Lieut. Chester Jacobsen of
this city. who won the title of Dare
Devil. Jacobsen by his exploits on
Mather Field, California, is negotiat-
ing with a Minneapolis company for
the purchase of an airplane with
which to make exhibition flights in
the Northwest.
Rismarck.-Secretary Of State
Thomas Hall announces that the
North Dakota state income tax will
not have to be turned in until March
1, 1920, but this must not be con-
founded with the new federal income
tax, which is required to be report.
ed or by March Is this year.
Minot.-FarElers. editors, agricul-
tural school specialists and cereal ex-
perts gave addresses which helped to
make the meeting of the Farmers
Grain Dealers association held here
n of the most memorable occasions
of it's kind. The convention was
opened on March 4th and continued
for three days.
Dickinson.-A reduced woll clip is
predicted this season in the western
part of the state, Notwithstanding the
effort to revive interest in sheep hus-
bandry during the past few months.
1t is estimated that it will require
several years to bring the sheep and
wool industry back to it's normal pro-
portions in the Northwest.
Minot.-Otto Tandberg, a former
Minot man, fatally wounded his wife
and then committed suicide at their
home in Minneapolis a few days ago.
The double tragedy was the cu!mina-
ton of a ten days legal fight for the
custody of their two children follow
ing a separation which occurred be-
tween the two about three months
ago.
Fargo.-Thirteen families, about GJ
people, We're driven from their homes
in scanty attire at an early hour one
morning last week when fire DESTROY
ed the Wellington apartments in this
city. The building was a brick struc-
lure once owned by the North Dakota
Improvement company of this city
and later purchased by a local build
ing contractor. Losses are estimated
at about $4,000. The cause Of the
fire is not known.
Observation-Disclosures of it's historical
significance the gavel with which
Lieutenant Governor Howard r.
Wood presided over the session of
the senate recently closed will not be
carried home by him but has been
placed on exhibition by the State His.
tOrical Society, to whom it was given
by the lieutenant governor. The
gavel was presented to Mr.. Wood b,
the senate during the final days SEES
sion as a token Of its good will a
the conclusion Of the work.
Fargo.-North Dakota is expected