The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-07-01
NORTHDAk0TA
city will celebrate

town east of here, celebrated June rs.
Bismarck The Commercial club
has voted to establish q camp site for
auto tourists.
Grand Forks.-The annual six weeks
summer session ut the state univer-
sity opened June p.
Winiston.-A park is being con-
structed near this city by the Central
Labor union and will soon be ready
for picnics and parties.
Minot.-The 1%O-yelr-old son of II. c.
Oxford, a baggageman employed ut
the Great Northern, was run over and
killed by an automobile driven by
w. S. Shaw, mayor of this city.
Hebron.-The Synod Of the Evan
gelical Lutheran churches of North
and South Dakota are in session here.
N. A. Mason, secretary to Governor
Frazier, delivered the address Of well
come.
Fargo.-The st. Johns hospital will
maintain a hospital in the southwest
corner of the agricultural building
where emergency cases will be han
died during the state fair from July
II to II.
Jamestown.-J. w. Brown of this
city, committed suicide by severing
his jugular vein with a razor. Mr..
Brown was an early settler here, hav-
ing been interested in the restaurant
business for many years.
Ellendale.-At q meeting of the
Dickey County Wool Growers asso-
citation, it was decided to pool the
wool grown in the county this year.
The wool will be insured against loss
and held for sale.
Dickinson.-The case of North Da-
kota against G. A. Mccarthy, m Of
the Beltield grand larceny cases, is on
trial here. 1t is alleged that McCar-
thy is II of the outfit Of cattle
thieves who had been preying on the
herds of ranchers in this section for u
long time.
Jamestown.-The jamestown Boost
ers'. club with so automobiles, COM
pleted a very successful %three-day tour
to various towns of the county in the
interest of the Stutsman county fair
and the city of jamestown. About $50
members of the club made the trip.
Werner.-Grain conditions in Dunn
county are excellent and prospects are
bright for a bumper crop. The acre
age is only about three-fourths nor
NAL, but more corn has been planted
this year, and a recent general rain
left the crops in fine growing condi-
ton.
Observation-Disclosures General Angus
Fraser has announced that %$515,71S.79
has been paid in bonuses to returned
soldiers, md that $22,950 on hand is
sufficient to care for about IS addi-
tional claims for which vouchers will
be issued at once. When the IS
vouchers have been issued 1850 pay
ments will have been made.
Observation-Disclosures are COM
ing out so thick that they are threat
ening one of the best crops the slope
country has ever had, according to
G. w. Gustafson, county agent of Bur
leigh county. He urges farmers to
procure poison from the county audi
tor with which to battle with the
pests.
Fargo.-On Monday, July -, the
second annual homecoming day will
be celebrated at the state fair
grounds, and all soldiers and sailors
Of the World, Wal will be given free
admission. The program will embrace
thrilling aeroplane flights, eliminating
in a leap from a plane, using the para
chute, and many other remarkable
features.
New Leipzig.-Bertha He'll was
killed and several children injured as
the result Of an automobile accident
near here, IN the banks of the Cam
nonball river. The accident happened
when the children were at play at the
base of a hill on the picnic grounds.
A large touring car driven by Daniel
Geise, Jr., evidently out of control,
came rushing down the hill into the
group Of children, carrying several Of
them on the bumpers which smashed
into a Ford car. When the car was
finally stopped the He'll girls body
was found hanging on the lamp of the
car which had been driven entirely
through her stomach.
Fargo.-Harness racing at the state
fair this year will undoubtedly be one
Of the feature attractions, especially
in view of the fact that great interest
is being shcwn by horsemen. One man
has entered a string of 10 horses. 1t
is believed that there will be in the
n%eighborhood of 100 fast steppers
when the races start on Tuesday,
July 13. About 80 horses have been
in training on the track all spring and
are. in excellent condition. Many of
these horses will take part in. the
races at jamestown, Cooperstown and
Valley City previous to the races here.
Parties owning horses in many parts
of the United States and Canada are
making inquiries. The Fargo track
has become famous all over the coun.
try as n Of the fastest half-milN
tracks, and horsemen are anxious for
a chance to compete here.
bismarck - The SaoOnd annual