The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-03-25
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The South Dakota fire marshal's
March bulletin just issued. places the
January fire loss throughout the state
at $47,132.
The Black Diamond Ignite mine,
near Williston, N. d., closed recently
by the state mine inspector for al
legged failure to comply with depart
ment regulation, has been reopened.
Governor Peter Norbeck has named
M. l.. Canable of Hot Springs. S. D.,
as county Judge of Falls River county
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Judge w. II. Wilson of that county.
Bids for the construction Of a state
owned terminal grain elevator and
flour mill at Grand Forks. will be open
ed on April 5. it was announced today
by the state Industrial commission at
Bismarck.
Edward Ralph, proprietor Of a Sioux
Falls cafe, is looking for a thief who,
after stealing $57 from a tomato can
in which it was concealed in his place
of business, stole Ralph's automobile
and escaped.
Commencement exercises were held
at the North Dakota agricultural COL
lege. A class of 81 were graduated
from the industrial section. The prin-
cipal speaker was j. A. Worst. former
president, who delivered the bacca-
laureate sermon.
Because wolves and coyotes in
crease their ravages, the Ruby Val
ley Stock association in Montana, has
decided to put up its bounty scales.
Fifty dollars is offered for a wolf and
$25 for a coyote. of all ages, being an
increase of IS each.
A. G. Lowery of Huron, S. D., sold
10 acres of land adjoining the city,
south of Huron college campus. for
$1,500 an acre, according to reports of
the Huron Commercial club. This is
the highest price paid for land in
the state.
Wondering at her long absence
from home neighbors. led by a police
officer broke into the house of Miss
Mary l.. Hitchcock. IS years old, a
nurse at Fon du Lac, Wis, to find her
dead body in bed, clad in a night robe.
Death is believed to have occurred
five weeks ago.
The South Dakota state land depart
ment will offer approximately ITO, 900
acres of state lands at auction the last
week of this month and the first part
of April. The prices will range from
$40 to SIPS per acre, with a cash pay
ment of 10 per cent. The lsnd is in
more than a dozen counties.
The first case under North Dakota's
law, enacted to establish the legiti-
macy of children born out of wedlock
has been completed in Case county
courts and a child so born has receiv-
ed its fathers name and been declar-
ed his legitimate heir. The law was
passed by the legislature in March,
1917.
Two unmasked men held up H. E.
Stafford, cashier in the Internal Rev.
enue Collectors office in the federal
building at Seattle, and robbed the
strong box Of $4,000 in currency and
fed. The money represented nearly
all the cash returns from the last days
income tax collections for the Seattle
district.
A return of $3.50 from wild hay
cut a single quarter section of Jones
county, S. D., lands last year is re-
ported. This means that the crop was
grown without any preparation of
seeding and the only expense was
that of harvesting and marketing,
which would mean that a large part of
this return was not profit to the
owner.
At a recent meeting of the New
Rockford, N. D., Community club. com.
mittees were appointed to begin at
once a campaign for the removal of
the state capital to that city. An ap.
preparation was made some time ago
to cover expenses of this work. The
committees will work to secure sigma.
lures enough to put the matter before
the voters of the state this year.
Scores of patients at the Manhat.
tan state hospital, many of them fee.
bic minded, were carried to safety
when fire broke out while they were
attending a motion picture show. The
building was destroyed. They seemed
to think the fire was part of the per.
Torrance. They stared at the flames
and smoke and refused to move. Fin.
ally they were carried from the build.
ing shortly before the roof caved in.
Recent figures from the federal gov
eminent showing that the percentage
of unmarried men is higher in Mon.
tana than in any other state, bring out
the explanation that it is the bachelor
alien who causes this condition, es.
pecially those working in the mines.
Forty-six immigrant cars were
handled i'll n night through the twin
city terminals bound for North Da.
kota points, according to advices re.
ceived by J. H. Worst, states commits.
sioner Of immigration. Mr.. Worst ex
poets a large number of immigrants to
come to North Dakota this year from