The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-08-14

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manent organization here.
Sanger.-Mrs. Ross Strawbridge was
instantly killed here when a car she
was driving wen over a. six-foot EN-
bankment.
Hazelton.-Dr. George A. Monteith
has been made head of the HaZelton
post of the American Legion, just or
ganized here.
Williston.-Old settlers of Williams
and Mckenzie counties will picnic at
Burdick's grove on Saturday, August
%. An elaborate program is promised.
Grand Forks.-A printing course
may be added to the curriculum Of the
local high school. A similar action has
been arranged for by the Fargo city
schools.
Fargo.-A local construction COM
pany has secured a contract for a
~5OX1O0-foot three-story addition to a
Fargo buiscuit factory, to be com
pleted this year.
Grand Forks.-An attendance Of
about 100 delegates is expected at the
annual convention of the North Da-
kota w. c. 7. u, to be held here
september 2O-2S.
Williston.-Usher L. Burdick, for
mer lieutenant governor Of the state,
and G. A. NJ. Spencer, prominent at
torney, formerly Of Grafton, have
formed a law partnership.
Buxton.-The most severe hail storm
ever known in these parts devastated a
strip twenty miles in length and rum
ninp &c hirb &c n;rlS ,,;1oo x1,;1o -,
this section a few days ago.
Drake.-The flour mill in this city,
which is the first to be contracted for
for under recently enacted state own
ership laws, has a daily capacity of
$50 barrels. The purchasing price is
) $4,000.
Dickinson.-A formidable "gun" and
threatening language used in an at
tempted night holdup here proved so
, ineffective that the stick-up artist
wound up the comedy by diligent use
: of his heels.
Zap.-A robbery Of 4 local pool
room, which was perpetrated a few
| nights ago brings out the fact that
! night burglaries of this institution
l have become approximately a semi
annual affair.
MISUNDERSTANDING North Da-
, kota historical volumes entitled "North
Dakota Today" and "Where the West
: Begins" by Miss Zena Irma Trinka,
city librarian at Dickinson, have re-
Gently been announced.
Grand Forks.-William Greenleaf,
< executive secretary of the War Camp
Community Service, has issued letters
advising returned soldiers as to best
means Of securing the benefits the
organization offers for their use.
Fargo.-The first nonstop air flight
< from the Twin Cities to Fargo was
made by Lieutenant James Carling of
! on the evening Of August l. The trip
was made in two hours and twenty
v minutes time.
observation-disclosures General Will
liam LANCER has been summoned to
t Washington, upon the request of
United States Attorney General Pal
mer, for a conference in reference to
r the working u of the North Dakota
t grain grading act.
Grand Forks.-Fhvorable early re-
turns are reported on the 100000
financial drive recently started in be-
S half of Wesley college, the state edu-
S cational institution Of the Methodist
e church, conducted in connection with
t the state university.
h Grand Forks.-An enthusiastic local
d welcome and the honors which accom-
pany. the bestowal Of the Distinguished
Service Cross and the French Croix de
Guerre were the lot of Mandell Olson
e on his return from the front to his
r home in this city. The young man
n was at n time reported killed in
action on the western front.
e Bismarc&.-The state equalization
t board, consisting Of the governor, state
h treasurer, state auditor, attorney gen.
eral and the tax commissioner, is now
in session. The last named official,
S Mr.. George E. Wallace, is secretary of
r the board under the new plan Of or
S ganization arranged under present
e laws. An exceptionally busy session
t is anticipated. .
" Fargo.-One man was shot in the
head and a score Of others robbed
when a band Of five bandits, masked
and armed, entered a bunkcar occu-
n pied by members Of. a section crew
near SanbOrn. and broke up card
s games in progress, confiscating all the
e money in sight and then forcing the
d men to turn Deer their reserve sup
plies and other valuables.
Fargo.-That farmers of North Da-
kOta must continue to use every posi-
n BILE means to check the spread of the
. grasshopper pest or suffer serious crop
shortage in 1920 and following years,
o is the belief of Stewart Lockwood, ex
tension division entomologist at the
e Agricultural college. Sixty per cent
Of the hoppers thxt damaged grain
fields this year, according to Mr.. Lock