The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-08-05
|NORTHDAKOTA

Fort Yates.-The Standing Rock fair
dates have been set for August 20, 20
and %.
Mandan.-An advisory committee
for the Salvation Army in Morton
county has been named.
Bowman.-Wheat in Bowman county
will yield from Is 70 25gbushels to the
acre, according to estimates made.
Observation-Disclosures operating in
the state have paid approximately
$115,OOO income tax under the state
law.
Wimbledon.-Elmer Hanson is in
the custody of the Griggs county
sheriff. charged with stealing and SELL
ing 10 head of cattle belonging to q
n%eighbor.
misunderstanding to the shortage
of bituminous coal, North Dakota lig-
mite coal may be used almost exclu-
Sively in the state institutions during
the coming winter.
Observation-Disclosures Hall, 81 years
old, father of Secretary of State
Thomas Hall, died here recently of
heart trouble. Mr.. Hall was u resident
OF this city for 33 years.
misunderstanding on the petitions
Of railroads operating in North Dakota
for increased feright rates within the
state will be held before the board of
railroad commissioners here on Aug
ust II.
FarSo.-Chickens are more plentiful
this year than they have been for
MANY years, according to local sports
men who have made preliminary trips
into the field. The birds are said to
be very tame and feed near the roads.
The season will open Sept. Is and will
continue Il month.
Bismarck.-The quarterly report Of
the state treasurer submitted to Gov
ernor Frazier shows the cash worth of
the state at $3,691 ,216.s2 distributed
among the various funds. The general
fund contained $S45, 779.23 on June 80,
the date on which the report is based.
The next biggest fund is the motor
vehicle registration fund which stands
ut $G33,206.G2. The state hail insur-
ance fund is reported at 5000, G9O.9G.
Rismarck.-A modification Of the
order of the women's minimum wage
commission announced lately suspends
section Z Of order No. II, prohibiting
the employment Of female workers in
mercantile establishments later than
$3.50 in the evening. This section was
practically the only one imposed by
| rho h1pnor fh0f 6n,1 ,pnA ,.;+b >-
eral protest. 1t was argued that the
enforcement of such a provision would
mean that stores would be practically
forced to close ut $3.50 every night In
the week.
Observation-Disclosures investigation of
the Turtle Lake murder case is being
made by a detective hired by Cover
nor Frazier. Although Layer is serv-
ing Il life sentence through his confess
sion of the crime Of killing the Wolf
family and their chore boy, the case is
not closed. Late developments have
caused many people in the vicinity of
the crime to greatly alter their opin-
ions and the outlook at present is very
doubtful.
Fargo.-An unidentified. man. was
instantly killed last week when struck
by the Great Northern fast mail train
NO. ~. The man was crossing from
Fargo on the railroad bridge and was
approaching the eastern end before he
noticed the train coming. Seeing that
he could not make the end Of the
bridge before the train, he laid down
on the bridge between one rail and the
edge. The engine struck him just
above the left eye, tearing off the top
of the head. The body was hurled to
the ground Is feet below. The man
was about 70 years old and thought to
be a harvest hand. He had nearly
500 in cash on his person. It is
doubtful if he will ever be identified.
Devils Lake.-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Holt of Voltaire, N. D., are held in jail
here pending a hearing on the charge
of having deserted their 1~7-day-old
baby ut a local hotel here last March.
The couple came back here last week
looking for the baby which had been
legally adopted by q farmers family.
When the child was found in the hotel
room it could not be identified and no
n knew whose infant it was until
Mrs. Holt confessed that she was it's
mother. No plausible reason for de-
sorting the child can be obtained.
Mandan.-Jack Guyer, a notorious
character on the Standing Rock reser-
walton, drew a sentence of three and
one-half years in the state peniten-
tiary at Bismarck. Guyer has headed
various gangs Of cattle rustlers, who
within the last few years have made
off with thousands of dollars worth of
cattle belonging to ranchers and In
dians Of the reservation and have de.
fled officials who have secured the
country in an effort to take them. The
specific charge on which Guyer was
arrested was made by Peter Black.
hawk, a Sioux Indian who charged
Guyer with cattle rustling. The case
has been dragging about nine months