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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
H. H. s. ALUMNI HOLD BANQUET

The annual meeting of the Hope
High School Alumni was held in the
basement of the Methodist church
Friday evening and about thirty-f1ve
graduates of the school were present
A delicious dinner was served by a
number of the ladies of the Congre-
gational Aid Society which was great
ly yNenjoyed by those present. {,
During the banquet, Mrs. Fred
Fredrickson, who presided as toast
mistress, called on representatives of
a number of the classes for toasts,
introducing the speakers with few
we'll chosen and suitable remarks.
AT the close of this part of the even-
ing's program she was presented with
a cute and stylishly dressed 'Cupie"
by the association.
Following the banquet short bus
mess session was held and the foil
owing were elected officers for the en-
suing year: President, Miss Marjorie
B. Cassell; Vice President, Rolfe
KraabeI; Secy.-Treas., Miss Hattie
Elliott.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
ADVERTISING RATES

Widespread movements to raise
advertising rates are reported from
among newspapers all over the coun-
try. The newspapers felt the rise in
prices as quickly as anyone, but they
have been rather slow to demand
corresponding advances in income.
Some publishers have taken too
modest view of their own impor-
tance. If they are printing good
country newspapers, their product is
just as essential to the community as.
anything else. The people will never
be satisfied to dispense with newspa-
pers. The business men can't with
out seeing their home towns go down
and their business decline.
If all business men realized the
use they might make of advertising
to draw in new trade, many news
papers could be successfully financed
without much increase in rates. Still
there are many that have always sold
their space at far below it's real
worth. They could serve their COM
munities better If they placed them
selves on more Independent basis.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS

Clara Knudson Of Edendale school
district had every pupil present dur
ing the month Of December.
Stella Carlson Of Enger has raised
$4,000 to be used for school i'm
provements.
Wava Plaine and Florence Bugbee
OF Broadlawn gave a program and
raised $86.75 to be used toward play
ground equipment. Miss Bugbee had
her pupils make booklets for the
children's home.
Miss Linn of Newburgh took a day
off and cleaned windows, seats, stove
and floor in her school room. She
has also raised money for playground
equipment.
Miss Callahan of Greenview. Mr.
Werke of Enger, and the Colgate and
Sharon teachers report their schools
organized as Junior Red Cross Gen.
ters.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01

When the frost is on the windows
and the kitchen pail is froze; when
the little icy needles come with every
breath that blows; when the chill
blains make us sick and cold feet give
us pain; it's safe to bet that we all
wish for summer days again. For
while We swear and fume around in
sumer clothes; it is an easy thing to
cool off, as everybody knows. But
it's different in the winter when the
world is full of ice, and the weather
is as hard to beat as pair of loaded
dice. We may talk about our climate
and about our spring and fall, but the
balmy days of summer are the days
that suit us all.-Ex.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
SOME NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

The Bolshevists-To talk more,
and work less (if possible).
The Motor Speeders-To run down
the impudent people who venture to
cross the streets intsead of staying
on the sidewalks where they belong.
The Congressman-To stand for
rigid economy, but make sure that
their districts get their full share of
the pork and little more.
The Home Town Knockers - To
prove that their home town is a
dead one, and then to throw cold
water on anyone who attempts to
liven it up.
The Mail Order Buyers-To pro-
mote the prosperity Of any old place
in the United States except the one
where they live.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENTS

Should the country town school
spend time rehearsing for entertain
ments? Some parents believe that
rehearsing for such affairs diverts at
tention from the regular work. Rath-
er tritling recitations, dialogues, and
songs are presented at such functions
in some places, which are not worth
the time the young folks give them.
Also lot Of children may have to
stay out late nights, so that their
regular and orderly habits are dis
turbed.
The best judgment seems to be
that we'll arranged entertainments
are particularly valuable in country
schools. But such entertainments
should have character and value.
Many schools that used to give pro-
grams of little value, now take pains
to present something worth while.
There are many plays by clever
writer's that any high upper grade
school can present admirably. Some
schools go so far as to attempt to
give the works of the great authors
like Shakespeare, and the young
folks are learning at an early age to
make contribution to their home
town advantages.
While country children fortunately
lack the saucy readiness of the city
kids, they frequently have certain
bashfulness from which they need
to recover. Taking part in enter
tainments and plays gives them conf
|dence. Where only few bright chill
dren are permitted to take part in the
entertainments and the rest must
just look on, the result is not so sat
isfactory The most useful enter
tainment gives every one something
to do.
Early hours are better as a rule
for young folks. But an OCCASIONAL
jamboree adds to the pleasant rec
objections of childhood, and attaches
home folks to their home town life.
The schools of Hope have given fine
entertainments in past years, and its
young people are capable of doing
anything that other schools are at
tempting.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01

They call this Questioning age,"
but it is proving difficult to get enuf
census enumerators.
Among the people VINO are getting
the grip are the Reds, and the symp-
toms are felt in the back of the coat
collar and the slack of the trousers.
Many costly Christmas presents
have been given in Hope, but very
few people have been generous enuf
to give anyone pound of sugar.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL "a
4. 4. s. ALUMNI y

The above score was the result OF
the game staged between the Hope
High School team against the all-sta1
alumnae team on last Friday night
The game was without question one
of the closest and hardest fought
seen on the local floor for some time,
Shortly after the opening whistle
blew the High School team fouled
The alumnae failed to make the free
throw but came back few moments
after with clean basket, shot by
center Trammel. The High School
team seemed dazed at first, lacking
i'll their usual snappy team work, and
seemingly unable to connect with the
basket. However, Gumb, star for
ward, piled in winning shot, which
soon after was duplicated by Joslyn.
However, the alumnae team playing
in fast and splendid form, especially
so considering the fact that they
had little or no time in which to de-
velop team work, came back with a
rush and at the end of the first quar-
ter they were in the lead with the
score 8 to 4 in their favor. After a
short rest period play was resumed.
The high school team came back with
"a rush and soon looped in two bas-
kets which tied the score -- both
teams did some clever passing, both
teams making two more tallies, the
score being a tie of IL to 12 at the
end of the first half.
In the second half the high school
team seemed to find it's old stride.
and using their defense so we'll that
the alumnae were compelled to take
chances on long shots they ran up
the score points, the alumnae max
ing but one basket in this period
The last quarter was really the best,
the alumnae played some truly
great ball, breaking through the de-
fense of the high school team with
irresistible aggressiveness. Trammel
especially being a whirlwind at the
forward position to which he changed
during the last period. Fullmer also
did some hard, clever passing and
shooting, and Mcclellan was a won.
der on the defense. With the score
20 to % excitement waxed high, but
the high school team was able tc
maintain it's lead. Both teams made
one more basket ere the final whis.
tie blew, the final score being % to
"a in favor of the undefeated high
school team.
The alumnae team was a we'll bal
anced unit, and played hard, clean
aggressive game. Trammel at center
and later at forward, Fullmer and
Pepper, scintillated especially on
their scoring end, while Mcclellan
did splendid work at guard. Hanley
did did not seem to be able to con-
meet with the basket but did some
clever work at passing and carrying
the ball.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
would be paid, which meant salaries
as we'll, and the department employ
ees worked without nav.

would be paid, which meant salaries
as we'll, and the department employ
ees worked without pay.
The governor declared the depart
ment imperative December 21st, the
date ten days after the special ses-
sion when H. B. so was claimed to
have become effective. He had not,
proir to saying no more bills of the
licensing department would be paid,
named state sheriff to whom the
department is scheduled for trans
fer, nor had any request been made
on the department for it's surrender.
1t is not reasonable to suppose the
officials would quit, lock up the desks,
let mail, complaints, applications,
money and work accumulate, nor vi
olate the oaths of Office by failing to
of1iciate until the department had
! properly ben turned over to proper
succeeding official.
The announcement of the governor
therefore is practically a repeal of
the department. However, Earle H.
Tostevin, Mandan, State Inspector;
H. j. Baird, Robinson, and Peter
Scott, Bottineau, deputies. and Miss
Emma Lundquist, Williston, clerk ,are
continuing to do their work and care
for the department until it is at least
demanded surrendered to the Boil
shevfk administration.
Ignoring Petitions
The action or the governor is the
first concrete evidence that his auto
cratic control of North Dakota is to
be so complete that he intends to
override the wishes Of the people,
ignore the constitution and even u
surp the duties of a legislative as
sembly.
The "ten day bill' as H. B. 60 is
called, is, under constitutional pro-
vision and by the petition of some
$4,000 voters automatically suspend
ed as result of the endorsement of
the referendum petitions. However
the referendum is practically a dead
letter in the eyes of the governor.
Frazier has also advised Hall and
Kositzky that they need not report
for the next meeting of the state au-
diting board, except that Kositzky
shall be present to serve as secretary
but without a voting power. The
secretary of states membership on
the auditing board is replaced by the
state examiner, and the auditors
voice by that of the commissioner of
insurance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
At THE STATE CAPITAL

Bismarck, N. Dak., Jan. 1.-The
unique action of governor doing
what the state legislature did not
have the strength to do-repeal a
law-was the latest bit of admini-
strative jugglery by Frazier (who
signs where he is told to sign'D
when on Monday he advised Attorney
General William LANCER that no bills
of the state licensing department dat
ed after December 81 would be al
lowed in the future. 1t was the first
move under House Bill 60.
The State License Department,
which has jurisdiction over pool
halls, soft drink stands, taxi-cab
stands, bowling alleys, dance halls
and theatres, was established by ac-
tion of the regular 1919 session of
the legislature.
When LANCER jumped the traces
and at the time of the special session
was called, the Lemke League men,
beis of the session received their
ins:," ctiOns to repeal the law, thus
. taking Langer's law enforcing de-
partment away from him. However,
the church orgasizations, the w. c
II. U., the North Dakota Enforcement
League and other influences brought
such strong pressure to bear that the
bill to repeal the law was lost in the
house. 1t was reported out with
amendments which practically killed
the law, but this too was again un-
satisfactory. Then bill came out of
the League caucus retaining the de-
partment but transferring it bodily
to the state sheriff, thus Furnishing
LANCER.
Monday morning at meeting of
the state auditing board, the old
board with LANCER, Hall, Kositzky
and the Governor present, Treasurer
Olson being in the hospital--the gov
ernOr advised LANCER that no bills
of the state licensing department
would be paid later than December
21st.
The inspector and deputies and
stenographer, under the governors S
statement, have been working since
December 21st without pay. Up to
Monday the state sheriff had not been
named t.nd no.stiii mad ~been made
upon either the inspector or the at
torney general to turn over the de-
partment.
On Monday, when the governors s
edict was issued, the department be-
gan the investigation and action for
the revocation of the license of a
dance hall at Minot which \city Off
cials there declared disreputable and
disorderly; received and attended to
26 applications for licenses of var
ious kinds; attended to three COM
plants of law violations for allowing 8
minors in pool halls; answered 81
letters requesting information con-
cerning laws of various kinds; all in
accordance with the duties of the Of
fee.
Yet the governor said no bills
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
CENSUS ENuMERATORS
START WORK FRIDAY

The men and women appointed to
teenth Decennial Census are charged
by law with the collection of all facts
necessary to fill out properly the
printed census schedule which each
enumerator will carry when making
the house-to-house canvas of the ter
ritory assigned to him. Each emu
merator must visit personally each
house in his district and make his
inquiries Of the head or some other
member of the family who is COM
petent to answer the census ques-
tions.
The Act of Congress providing for
the census gives each enumerator the
right to enter every dwelling in his
district for the purpose of obtaining
the information required. Emu
merators will carry with them at all
times their Identification cards and
also their written commissions from
show whenever requested to do so.
They are instructed to be always
courteous and considerate, but in
those rare instances where informa-
tion necessary to fill OUT the ques-
tions is denied them, them are EN-
powered by law to insist on correct
answers. There are legal penalties
for refusing to answer the census
questions or wilfully giving answers
that are false
Each enumerator is prohibited by
law from publishing or communicat-
ing any information obtained thru
the census regarding any individual
or his affairs. This obligation to
secrecy likewise applies to all persons
connected with the census. After the
schedules are all filled out they are
seaed up and sent to Washington
where the information is tabulat-
ed by means of machinery, names
being discarded entirely. No per-
son, therefore, need fear that his
personal affairs will be disclosed
or that the information given will
be used to harm him in any way.
is expected that the work of emu
merating the urban districts will be
completed in two weeks and of rural
districts in one month, except where
extreme weather makes it necessary
to postpone activities.
The following is list of Enumer-
ators in Steele County:
No. 159-Tobias O. Midbo, Hatton.
No. 16O-Floyd Reynolds, Hope.
No. 161-Albert NJ. Hendrlckson,
| No. 162-Anton Jentrude, Port
land.
No. 164-Arthur B. Mclaughlin,
Hope.
No. 165-Louis Mcdonald, Hope.
No. 1866.
No. 167-Albin Nygaard, Sharon.
No. 211-Olaf Ringerud, Portland
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
Automobile manufacturers clai

Automobile manufacturers claim
they can assemble the parts of an
automobile in seven minutes, but
you can scatter them all around
again in II seconds by crossing a
railroad track without looking.
The big population figures which
many cities are now claiming they
will show under the 1920 census,
were not suggested by these cities as
the basis on which they should take
their quotas in the war drives.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
MRS. ANN MEADER

Mrs. Ann Meader passed away
early Wednesday morning at the
home of her son, George, following
several weeks illness. The funeral
services will probably be held Fri
day afternoon and interment made
in the Hope cemetery.
Mrs. Meader was eighty years old
on the 18th of last July and has
lived many years of her life in this
community. The sympathy of many
friends is extended to the bereaved.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
KEEP YOUR SCHOOL,
HOUSES CLEAN

Ruth Bowen of Hugo School Dis
trict washes the woodwork, seats and
floor in her school every week. How
many teachers in Steele County are
willing to take up arms against dirt,
disorder and germs by having their
schoolrooms cleaned at least once
month? Miss Bowen also gives pro-
grams on certain days and invites the
parents. A teacher of this kind is a
godsend to any community.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
5000 per year, s Cts. per copy
The high school team did not play

The high school team did not play
in it's usual aggressive form, espe-
cially in the early stages of the game.
Basket shooting and team work were
poor in the first part of the game,
but the boys came back splendidly
and finished the game in much better
form. Joslyn and Gumb especially
starred toward the end of the agme,
both playing the floor we'll in fine
snappy form. Plaine did splendid
work at guard especially in view of
his newness to the game. Klovstad
and Reynolds did not shine individ-
ually but did much to bring back to
balance the usual splendid team play
of the quint. The game was hum
mer in cleanness and aggressiveness
from start to finish. James Cassell
ofticiated splendidly. The line up and
OF, M, F~11
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01

Field goals-Gumb, s.: Klovstad,
2; Joslyn, 4; Trammel, s.; Hanley,
1; Pepper, 3; Fullmer, 2.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-01-01
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
House and barn located on south
side of town. Inquire of w. G.
Bjorklund, Hope, N. D.
Evening star., 1920-03-14

The annual production OF wheat in
the world prior to the war amounted
to about 10o.0oo.ooo tons. the largest
producers being Russia, with an out
put of - 1000. 900 tons, and the United
states. which provided nearly ls.O0o.-
900 tons.
Evening star., 1920-03-14
u. S. CLERK FEDERATION
HEAD DENIES CHARGES
President Steward Sends Letter
Taking Exception to Senator
Myers Statements.

Luther c. Steward, president OF the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes, in letter sent today to Sena-
tor Sterling, chairman of the Senate
committee on civil service. took ex-
ception to statements made by Sena-
tor Myers of Montana regarding the
organization of the federation and the
local Federal Employees. Union, No. ?.
Duty to Government.
Answering the objection of Senator
Myers to affiliation with the American
Federation of Labor. because of what
the senator alleged to be an obliga-
ton in some way conflicting with the
employees duties to the government.
Mr. Steward said that the American
Federation of Labor itself acknowl-
edges no higher obligation than duty
to the government, but irrespective
of this. the National Federation of
Federal Employees most certainly
recognizes it.
He stated that the American FEEDER
alton of Labor cannot call a strike.
and that both the national and local
constitutions Of the Employees Feder-
alton contain non-strike provisions
He also maintained the assertion of
of the union locals there is a growing
tendency to eliminate these nom
strike provisions, is entirely false. as
no such matter has been mentioned.
or brought UP for debate
AS to the question of leaving the
union, Mr. Steward stated that mem
bers can and do leave it when they
choose. and the only thing necessary
to do this is the dfscontinuance of
paying dues. which forfeits their
good standing for membership in
other unions or reinstatement
Do Not Support Strikes.
Senator Myers misstatements on
the subject of strike funds" he add
ed, "are, If possible, more incorrect
than the rest of his assertions. He
says the federal employees afiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor paid their quota Of strike dues to
the coal strikers.' Neither the Ma
tiohal Federation of Federal EN-
ployes nor any Of its locals paid one
cent to the support Of the coal strike,
nor did the coal miners or the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor so much as
ask them to do so. But to 60 beyond
J this attempted particularization Of
Senator Myers. let me say that not
one cent of the dues paid by the Ma
lional Federation of Federal En-
ployea to tho American Federation
Of Labor Ia. or can be. used for the
support of strikes"
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-11-05
FORD AND HIS LIES.

The Anti-Defamation League
is busy exposing Ford and his
infamous lies. The League has
just issued a pamphlet entitled
"An Exposure" which deals
with the hoax which Henry
Ford is trying to foist on the
American people. In this is
shown the absolute lack of basis
for the Ford accusations as "ey>
posed" in his Dearborn Indepen-
dent. Every American ought to
have a copy.
We are told that in the trans
lation of the so-called "Proto-
coils of the Learned Elders Of
Zion," certain paragraphs have
been omitted, matters which
dealt with Great Britain and the
Freemasons as the enemies of
Russia, and as those from whom
the anti Christ" would be
born. Another paragraph is
omitted which in the original is
so unhistorical that, if it were
printed in the Ford translation,
it would Immediately brand his
documents as untenable by sane
people. 1t might be said here
that the so-called Protocols
were written by a Russian mys-
tic named Nilus, who sought in
them to prove that the forces
which are hindering the then
Russia, which was under the
Czaristic regime, were the Jews
of the world, the Freemasons Of
first France, then England, and
the English themselves. OF
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-11-05
and Americas principles, for the
sake of the good of our country!
is THIS ANOTHER KANSAS
HOAX?

The christian Century" re-
ports that "the ministers of the
city (Atchison, Kansas) recent
ly held a conference with the
school board and the latter voted
that an hour a week Bible in
struction should be given. The
textbook to be used will be BUR
CESS Life of Christ" and the
instructors are under obligations
to omit everything that would be
construed as sectarian instruc.
tion." In other words, Bible in
struction means Burgess Life
of Christ and nothing should be
taught that is "sectarian in
struction." We wonder what
part of that book should be
taught to the children of Jews,
Unitarians and religious lib
erals? Or is this simply another
Kansas hoax? M
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-11-05

ties into the campaign seem to
have been given a quietus. The
unfortunate appeal to the Bran.
dels controversy probably did no
good to those who brought it
out. The most unhappy incident
OF the whole mater is the cleo
ton of Thomas E. Watson to the
United States Senate. It is a
pity that a man of that sort-a
man with his unenviable record
should have been sent to 50
honorable a body. But we rath-
er believe that the first time
that he tries to bring his tactics
to the attention of the Senate,
the sober good judgment that
generally prevails in that body
Will "squelch" him. He will have
a hard time to make himself
heard unless he changes his
acknowledgement" to Amer
lcanlsm-and we rather think
that he will be tanned. But nev-
ertheless, it is a disgrace to have
elected him.