The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-11-11
AortbD Dakota
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Hillsboro-Traill county will employ
a Red Cross county school nurse.
Bowman-Miss Alice Sinclair has
been employed for Bowman county
nurse.
Buffalo-Fifty days is the record
threshing run established by Dan
Pherrson.
Wahpeton-Fire destroyed the heat
ing plant and 200 tons of coal at the
Indian school.
Fargo-Sixty years of welded life
were recently celebrated by Mr.. and
Mrs. II. T. Paine.
West Fargo-Fire in the refrigera-
tor section of the Equity Packing
plant did $1,000 damage.
Bismarck-Armistice Day will be a
state holiday according to proclama-
ton by Governor Frazier.
Towner-A canary that does every
thing but talk is the proud possession
Of Mayor D. ]. O'Connell.
Blanchard-Fire destroyed the Blan-
chard Mercantile company's lumber
yard with a loss of $4,000.
Leeds-His neck was broken when
Austin White, II, was thrown from a
swerving car. He died instantly.
Fort Yates-Found in a haystack,
the auto of James Fulton, missing for
a week, was restored to it's owner.
Watford City-Following the sue
cessful example of the women, the
men will organize a Commercial club.
Grafton-A golden eagle shot here
weighed II pounds and measured
seven feet five inches from tip to tip.
Anamoose-Miss Olive Presler of
this city, is a member Of the cham
pionship women's debating team at the
University of California.
Observation-Disclosures Of more than
80 members and installation Of officers
will feature the first meeting of the
new Knights of Columbus lodge here.
Fargo-A phone conversation be-
tween this city and Mobile, Alabama,
over more than 1000 miles of wire, es-
tablishes the local long distance c
ord.
Starkweather Twenty-Five dollars
is what it cost John Wamble to shoot
two dogs that barked at his automo-
bile. Louis Gran, the owner, COM
planned.
Grand Forks-Men of national re-
pute in educational circles addressed
the convention of the North Dakota
Educational association here Novem-
Der 10, IL, II.
Fargo-That North Dakota is be-
coming a great sheep producing state
is the opinion of j. w. Haw, secretary
manager of the North Dakota Wool
Growers association.
Carrington-Peter P. link, ST., who
mysteriously disappeared while on a
trip to this city several weeks ago,
has been found and is on his way
home from Spokane, Washington.
MISUNDERSTANDING surveys of
the so acres of land on the James
river set aside for a memorial park
for LaMoure county, are being made
by a Minneapolis landscape artist.
Bismarck-At a meeting held in
Omaha, Neb., a new allotment of units
in the national guard was made for
North Dakota. This state was repre-
sented by Adjutant General Fraser and
Major Sorenson.
Grandin--Knute Hansum, formerly
a farm hand in this neighborhood,
later a Chicago street car conductor,
and recently a fishing boat sailor on
the east coast, has o the 1920 Noble
prize for current literary productions.
Bottineau-Sheriff Thomas Hennes-
sy of Bottineau county, has placed
machine guns along roads Travelled by
whisky runners from Canada and de-
clares that he will use the Brownings
when other means of stopping the law
breakers fail.
Jamestown-Two crops of potatoes
dere grown from the same plot in one
season by Charles Y%etterdahl. The first
crop was planted May 1 and harvested
July 3, the second was planted July
Is and harvested October Is. Both
yields were above the state average.
Medina-An investigation is being
held to determine the exact cause of
the wreck in which Northern Pacific
trains Nos. l and 2 came together head
on near here. No. 2 is said to have
run by the siding where it was to al
low No. / to pass. Both engines were
practically demolished and one of the
engineers IA hurt in leaping from his
cab, but no one was seriously injured,
the passengers being merely shaken
up.
Minnewaukan-Two North Dakota
soldiers e awarded the Congress
sional medal of honor and II gained
the distinguished service cross, ac-
cording to a report just published by
the state adjutant general, A. G. Fra
ser. Lieutenant Colonel Fred f. Smith
Of Portland, who enlisted in tie serv-
ice in this state, and Private Nels
Void of this city, member of Company
I, 13Sth Infantry, 35th Division, won