The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-09-25
NORTH dakota

usual crowds at the annual Missouri
Slope fair held here last week.
Leonard.-Four-year old Raymond
Scilley was drowned in Il water tank
on his fathers farm near here.
Devils Lake.-The state school for
the deaf is crowded to capacity since
Its opening last week.
Fullerton.-Illc Baldwin farmers
near here have purchased 1000 sheep
to help clean up scatterings left in
the stubble this year.
Devils I.uke.-The local A. o. U. w.
lodge will add Il gymnasium to it's
facilities for the comfort Of members
this winter.
Jamestown.-Plans were developed
for entertaining $4,000 people at the
Stutslnan county Homecoming celebra-
ton held here on Wednesday.
Furgo.-Nine hundred and forty-six
hunting licenses had been issued for
Cass county on the night before the
opening of the season.
Observation-Disclosures county farm
ers report excellent success with rust
proof wheat strains developed at the
state agricultural college.
ManGan.-LeSs than one quarter of
last years number of hunting licenses
have SO tur been issued in Morton
county fol The present season.
Wahpcton.-The state science school
has established q new department to
he known as the department OF state
and community service.
Grand Forks.-Many cities and
towns of the state celebrated COnst;-
tuition day with appropriate patriotic
addresses.
Devils Lake.-Band music has been
established as Il part Of the regular in
StructiOn in the Devils Lake public
schools.
Oakes.-Tllc dead body of an I'M
identified man w:s found on top of Il
haystnaI west Of this city. Shoes and
coat had been removed, and the body
bore no marks indicating foul play.
Fort IateS.-InuianS of Standing
Rock reservation are holding their an
nual state fair here this week, Sep
TENDER IS to 81, with special atten-
ton to the exhibition of bloohed cattle.
Mandan.-Thc boxing bout staged by
Mike and Tommy Gibbons at this point
drew visitors from the capital city in
numbers which required the use Of two
special trains for their accommodation.
F~argO.-James Dunn, aged IG. re-
ceived an eight-ycar sentence from
Judge Cole. after prompt conviction of
participation in Il holdup OF roOmers in
a local hotel.
Lisbon.-A landscape artist has
been employed to lazy out drives and
walks in S%andager park, recently
purchased by the city and named after
a pioneer resident.
OlurcEs i'erry.-Thn fall term of
the public school here had to be
opened without teachers for the fifth
and sixth grades, owing to n%onreceipt
Of applications.
Iiillsboro.-Former Trail county
SHIP Seaver may return here TO
make his residence. it is reported. Mr..
Seaver has recently sold his farm i in
Cass county ut S1+3 an acre.
Sarles.-Eigllt carloads Of Montana
cattle and between LOO and 1000
sheep have been received here for dis
tribut;on among farmers in the vicin-
ity.
Fargo.-Ed. Hartwick, night clerk in
the Prescott hotel, disappeared With
over $1,000 worth of money, checks
and ya!uables which had been an
trusted TO his care.
Gwinner.-A modern Community
club, designed to mutually benefit
farmers and townspeoplc in industrial
and social ways, has been organized
here.
FOrman.-Sargent county farmers
are treating cattle with nnti-blackle.
serum, following the announcement
that $4,000 worth Of registered stock
fell victims to the plague on one farm
a short time ago.
BisEHarck.-Local "war mothers"
foresee Il chance to give il lot of Nortl:
DakOta's service men an unusual
"holnccolning' celebration upon their
arrival here to attend the state meet
ing Of the American Legion on Octo-
Der 7G.
Amidon.-Six more men alleged to
be members of q cattle rlstlin. al
operating out of Belfield have been ar
rested upon information given by an
admitted member of the gany who
was previously taken into custody.
Bis'narck.-ApproXimatcly $1,000 900
will have to be raised by local tax
payers to meet the Increased demands
of the local budget for the coming
year. Ten thousand dollars is planned
to be appropriated for Il swimmin.
pool, and increased prices of all COM
modities account for considerable Dor
lions of the raise.
Fargo.-The installation of munich
pally owned airplane landing fields by
all large cities was recommended by
Colonel HartZ, government a]eronaut
who visited here last week. While
speaking unollicially, Colonel lIartz
suggested the belief that such action
might tend materially to expedite the