The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-08-28
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is to be erected ut the state School Of
Forestry this fall.
acknowledgements amounting
to about $1.500 have been made in the
Mckenzie county court house.
Misunderstanding has been re-
sumed or an oil and gas well which
has been put down here to q depth of
$500 feet.
Minot.-A good attendance was
present at the annual meeting of the
North Dakota Bar association, which
was opened here August 20.
LaMoure.-A Farmers and Thresh-
ermen's association has been formed
in this county to consider wage mat
tiers and threshing prices.
Devils Lake.--Three hundred strik-
ing railway shopmen at this point re-
turned to work after being out about
a week.
Dodge.-Proprietors of a large auto
mobile garage 4. process of erection
here are planning to install an electric
lighting system to furnish current for
local illumination.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. noises re-
suited in the capture of a burglar
'red handed" with loot which he was
just taking out of the Livdahl store
here a few nights ago.
WatfOrd City. - Forty thousand
pounds of butter fat is being shipped
from here monthly, and local business
men n farmers are %canvassing the
feasibility of organizing a creamery
at an early date.
Grand Forks.-Frank w. Wilder, n
well-known pioneer citizen of this
place, died suddenly last week at
Rochester, N. Y. He was connected
with Il number of prominent business
enterprises here.
Williston.-The successful CONNER
cial production of honey of an excel
lent quality has been developed here
following the opening Of the irrigation
project and consequent heavy increase
in the number of local alfalfa fields.
Devils Lake.-Local police have
decided to follow the example of a
growing number Of other cities in en-
forcing the ordinance requiring the
display of both head and tail lights on
automobiles.
FargO.-H. A. Peden, a cattle man
en- route through here with stock from
Fallon, Mont, was found denuded in a
freight car, where he reported having
been held up by bandits and relieved
OF clothing, money and %valuables.
Grafton.-A 19-acre tract of land
northeast of this city has just been
sold at $142 an acre, an increase from
500 per acre having been realized by
the seller since he purchased the
tract about four years ago.
ADMINISTRATOR county shows hut
little increase in population, according
to the indication given by returns
from the recent school census. The
population of school age this year is
given as 6,399, as compared with 6,376
last year.
Williston.-A movement has been
launched here to secure the enlarge
ment of the governments local irriga-
ton project so as to comprise about
l2,OOO acres. The success of the pro-
Ject this year, which is it's first year
In operation, has aroused enthusiasm
for the plan.
Fargo.-A price of $1,000 was paid
recently by B w. Aylor of Grandin for
the %yearling Shorthorn bull calf Sultan
Eclipse, purchased from w. G. Beau
mont Of Buchanan. The price is the
highest ever paid for an animal of
that age in the state.
Jamestown.-Local real estate men
assert that North Dakota's corn crop
this year is proving a most effective
drawing card for immigration from
Kansas, Iowa and other corn growing
states. An unusual number of inquir-
les are being reported from these Sec
tons for North Dakota farm lands.
Glen Ullin.-The o~ne-year-old baby
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Fahn was Gre
mated in the burning Of their home -
miles from here. The parents were
absent from the house when the fire
started. and two other young children
escaped with difficulty from the
flames.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 16 opens the
game bird season for this year-the
first in which North Dakota hunters
1911 OOAISCu " IdhG Tie neI0
without dogs. The bag limit on chick
ems and grouse is five birds per day.
and no person is allowed to enter INV
closed field without the owners CON
sent.
Wahpeton.-The murder of one man
and the serious injury of another oc-
CURED here in a fight which took
place over the division of the proceeds
OF a holdup of laboring men, said to
have beer pulled off in the "iungles"
near Hankinson. Six men are be-
lieved to have been implicated in the
crime and four are being held for ex-
animation.
Fargo.-A large amount of army
foodstuffs has been assigned for sale
here under auspices Of the local post
Office. Goods purchased are to be
shipped to the consignees from Omaha
under a special arrangement which
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