The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-10

tons in favor Of a municipality owned
electric lighting plant.
Beach.---The Chamber of Commerce
here Is considering opening a live
stock sales pavilion for the use Of
Golden Valley county stockmen.
Towner.-A verdict. of not guilty vas
rendered in favor of Mrs. Addie Obe-
dear Of this county, charged with the
murder of her husband last fall.
neutrality-suspicious. has been
made to the state railway commission
for a union station for EgelanQ and
Olmstead, a nearby point on the 500
"wheat line"
Dickinson.-Death from burns sus-
tanned from an explosion following an
attempt to refill a lighted lamp was
the fate Of Mrs. Anton Pribl, living
near Davis Butte.
TRANSFORMATIONS building per-
mits We're issued in Fargo in March.
The total value of proposed construc-
ton fell considerably below that for
which permits We're issued during the
corresponding month of 1918.
Fargo.-By n verdict directed by
Federal Judge Charles F. Amidon, DR..
Walter Thomas Mills was declared not
guilty of seditious utterances alleged
to have been made in IN address given
at Island Park in this city last fall.
Fargo.-Probably the first woman
member Of a city administration to
have been elected in North Dakota
since the granting of limited woman
suffrage in the state is Mrs. F. II.
Wilder, just elected a member of the
city commission here.
Devils Lake.-A municipality owned
community building 10Ox150 feet, with
facilities for handling livestock sales,
automobile shows and the like, is being
canvassed as a possibility by the Dew
ills Lake Commercial club. A Ramsey
county fair association is also n Of
the city's recent plans.
Mandan.-Earl H. Tostevin, North
Dakota soldier-journalist who was
until recently connected with the
"Stars and, Stripes" has returned to
his home in this city. Mr.. Tostevin
reached this country on February 25th
but has but recently been discharged
from the service at Camp Dodge.
Velva.-Federal road Improvement
aid was turned down by voters at the
township elections in this county, who
were unwilling that the county COM
missioners should spend $4,000 of
county money to offset a similar
amount from the government to apply
on the building of permanent roads.
Devils neutrality-suspicious. are be-
ing made by county farming agents of
this section to hold a second farm
boys encampment here in connection
with the Chautauqua next July. A
splendid encampment was held last
year, but the plans now under consid-
GRAFTON are intended to provide some
thing on a much larger scale.
Fargo.-Charles Fischer, a local res
taurant porter, is. dead from a self
inflicted gunshot wound sustained
when he found himself no longer able
to escape pursuit after he had shot
Miss Theda declare, a theatrical wo-
man of whom he was enamored and
who refused to accept his attentions.
The woman is expected to recover.
Velva.-Petitions are being c%irculat-
ed in McHenry county both for and
against a movement to have the coun-
ty commissioners again engage a coun-
ty farming agent. The county agent
idea was tried out in this vicinity a
few years ago, but vas discontinued as
some of the farmers were dissatisfied
with the results that We're being OBJ
tanned.
LaMoure. After surviving the
heavy fighting Mt Chateau Thierry and
the Argonne forest, through which he
passed unscathed, Private Christ Olson
Of the Twelfth field artillery brigade
of the Second division, enlisted from
this county, is dead from bronchial
pneumonia, according to advices just
received by his mother near the vii
lage of Berlin.
Minot-A rousing reception was given
to the North Dakota First Regiment
band on it's appearance here in con
cert tour. The organization is com
posed entirely Of musicians recruited
in this state, but after being indicted
into service it was designated as the
164th infantry band, following the re-
organization under which the states
First regiment itself was given that
number.
Fargo.-With one automobile for
each eleven persons in the state, North
Dakota rates fifth in the union as to
the number of cars owned per capita
Of the population. According to late
statistics, Iowa and Nebraska lead
all other states, there being an aver
age of n car for W people in each
state. South Dakota has an auto for
every nine people, and Kansas one
for every ten.
Towner.-A verdict of acquittal was
the result in the first case tried in
this state under the provisions of the
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