The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-02-27
North Dakota
News in Brief

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churches.
Fargo.-A class Of Is new members
was initiated into the local council of
the Knights Of Columbus last week.
Williston.-A high school alumni as
ISOLATION is being organized here and
gives promise Of being a large and
active organization.
acknowledgements tt o n budgets
for state institutions total a half
million dollars above the budgets for
the last biennial period.
Grand Forks.-The University of
North Dakota may establish a fitting
memorial to it's student soldiers who
lost their lives in the world war.
Fargo.-Two hundred fathers and
sons were present at the annual
"Father and Son. banquet and pro-
gram Of the boys department of the
Y. M. c. A.
Minot.-L. T. Larson of brady,
south of here, brought two dressed
hogs to the local market wich netted
him $100.51. One of the porkers
weighed 275 pounds.
oCdClI."NAlS. II. w. hlCllitIuS mas
sold her famous IL. W." ranch, north
of this city, for a consideration of a
little upward of $4,000. Peter Col
liet of Fargo is the purchaser.
Grand Forks.-St. Valentines day
brought n application for a marriage
license at the office of the county
court here, after seven days in which
not n license had been called for or
issued.
Amidon.-Local merchants report
their sales for the past two months
much larger than for the correspond
ing period Of a year ago., and n gen.
eral quickening Of activity in all lines
of business.
Halliday.-Paul, Nick and Tom
Baer, three well known farm boys liv-
ing south of here, all died within a
week from influenza and it's comp;i-
cations. The mother is also reported
in a critical condition.
Williston.-This city and a number
of other towns are congratulating
themselves on the improvement of the
ice situation, which for many weeks
threatened to be serious, owing to the
protracted period of warm weather.
Fargo.-W. P. Chestnut, succeeding
j.. =. Hardy as secretary of the Fargo
Commercial club. was the guest of
honor at a local get-together banquet.
at which numerous other local and
state organizations We're officially rep
resented.
Standardization Anthony Wal
ton of Minot was reelected president.
p. M. Casey of Lisbon vice president,
and NJ. V. Boldly of Fargo secretary
treasurer of the State Union of the
American Society of Equity, at it's
annual meeting held here a few DAYS
ago.
Sheldon.-Because he had changed
his physical hearing. it took residents
of the town of Sheldon several minutes
to place a sailor boy who arrived in
the city. The boy was Ray Fender.
a son of Alex Fender, and had been
IL the service of the navy for two
years.
Grand Forks.-North Dakota funeral
directors completed their annual SEES
sion here last week. after electins as
president, C.. V. Ferguson. who has
acted as secretary of their organizu-
ton for many years. Next years
meeting. it was voted, will again be
held here.
Manlan.-An appropriation of S119.-
100 is being provided for the
of the state training school here for
the coming biennial period. This is
more than has heretofore been appro-
priated for the institution but is not
enough to permit the removal of the
buildings to higher ground, which Sup
erintendent Devine feels is greatly
needed.
Grand Forks.-Promoters of the
"Wonderland Trail.' running through
Minnesota and North Dakota, have
been called into conference to deter.
mine whether to merge this under
taking with the "RoOsevelt Transcon-
tinental Highway" movement. which
is designed to cross through this Sec
ton Of the northwest on a Portland-to.
Portland route.
Devils Lake.-Observers on the Fort
Totten reservation notice a marked
decrease in the number of badgers and
field mice since the gopher poisoning
campaigns which have been conduct
ed there. The badgers prey upon the
gOphers. and upon the diminution of
the supply, they have apparently gone
elsewhere. 1t is probable that the
mice have been poisoned from the
grain put out for the gophers.
Draytqh.-Eight citations for con-
spicuous bravery is the record of Ser
gsant Peter A. Olson, son of Ole Olson,
a farmer living near here. Olson was
selected as guide for General Pershing
during a certain action in the Toul
sector, and noticing a German rifle
grenade which landed within a few
feet of the General and his party, the
doughty sergeant threw himself upon
the shell with a view of saving the
Officers hut entirely ipnorinp hic ou,n