The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
1Rortb Dakota
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Wildrose-A $4,000 school will be
built at an early date.
Dralle-A bucket brigade saved the
state mill from burning.
Killdeer-rhe local post of the Am
erican Legion has enlarged it's quar-
tiers.
Fessenden-About 100000 bushels of
wheat are being stored in local eleva-
! tors.
Fargo-Retiring Congressman. John
NJ. Baer has Joined the staff of the
Fargo COurier-News.
Sanish-The Oldest settler cannot
recall the Missouri having been open
so late as it is this year.
Washburn-Seven hundred bushels
of KubanSa wheat will be shipped in
here for seeding next spring.
Fort Yates-Catte rustling still is
rife in this neighborhood and occa-
sional arrests are being made.
Grafton-Writing on "How to Make
Money on the Farm" Irven X. Hagen,
Is, recently won a poetry prize
Hope-Municipal ownership of the
light and power plant has been under
taken, $4,000 in bonds being floated.
Mott-W. J. Glenny of the Mott
Supply company has been acquitted of
the charge of making false income tax
returns.
Fargo-Between $50 and $50 boys
and girls, representing the various
clubs of the state, attended the annual
encampment here.
neutrality-suspicious. discharge Of:
q .25-3O rifle in the hands of her six
year-od brother resulted fatally for
Kathryn Hauck, three years old.
Ellendale-Dickey county boys ana
girls clubs will pay particular atten-
tion during 1921 to purebred stock
raising. They will hold a livestock
show.
Valley City-A check from the
Barnes county treasurer for one cent,
sent to Frank Williams for refund
on taxes paid, is being carried for a
souvenir.
Mandan-A state loan to the local
school board has assured the erection
in 1921 of two new school buildings, a
100000 high school and $4,000
grade school.
Manlan--John NJ. Turner, for many
years representative of American
millers in Europe, is dead in Porto
Rca. He started as laborer in the
local milling plant.
Bergen-Besides supplying his fam
lily with milk and cream, George Law
renee received S1,1O5 from the product
of his cows during the past year. He
milked from seven to Is.
Dickey-Archie Waldie of this city,
a student at the Agricultural college,
wrote the play with which the senior
class at that institution won second
place in a recent dramatic contest
Jamestown-Oldest practising den
fist in the state and commander of the
North Dakota department of the G. A.
Il. were the distinctions held by 3.
McLains, 76. who died of old here.
Velva-TurninS into il ditch saved
Joseph Setterstrom from driving his
car into IL freight train during dense
fog. None of the occupants of the car
was badly injured.
Amidon-Under direction of the
Slope county agent the corn acreage
has more than trebled in three years
and millet and similar forage crops
have increased from four to six times
in acreage.
Wahpeton-After two years of ex-
perimenting the International Harves-
ter company will abandon it's hemp
growing project in Richand county.
The work will be taken up in Marshall
county, Minnesota.
Hillsboro-From Fargo along the
Red river to Winnipeg is the proposed
route of new railroad to be launched
by farmers. 1t will be called the Red
River Valley railroad. Some papers
already have been filed.
Noonan-A Ford driven by George
kimball was more damaged than
Richard Howe when it struck the
latter on road near here and turned
completely over. Howe sustained 1hree
broken ribs but the Ford was almost a
wreck. i
Leeds-Citizens used high powered
rifles In an attempt to stop suspicious
car eastbomd through here, but failed.
One of the occupants of the car was
left at Devils Lake hospital suffering
from three bullet wounds bu' the car
went on itsjourney.
Van Hook-Signed by James X.
Polk, president of the United States
1S44-4S, the original land patent issued
to his grandfather, Cyrus Hodges, in
1845, is in the possession of William
Hodges, merchant of this place. The
deed is to 40 acres of Illinois land.
Grand Forks-When the ice on
which Wendell Marsden, eight years
old, was skating, gave way and he
went into the icy waters of the river
his faithful dog plunged in after him
and held him up on the edge of the
ice until help came and pulled both the
boy and the dog from the water.
Watford City-A touring car laden