The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
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Homemakers club.
Stanton-A river road from Mandar
to this point is being projected.
MayvilIe-Fifteen charter members
have launched a Workman lodge here
Park River-Pooling Walsh county
horses for eastern markets is planned
Edmore-Pulling shotgun muzzle
first from wagon cost Reggie Wright
hand.
Bismarck-The city schools will this
year abolish the mid-year promotion
plan.
Hebron-A bottle of homemade cat
sup exploded and badly injured Mrs
Gottlieb Fisher. q.
Goodrieh-It is believed that a loco
motive started fire which destroyed
100 tons of hay.
Woodworth-Barn, equipment, and
VanHuizen farm.
crete-The State bank here is the
23rd of those closed in this state last
year to reopen for business.
Fairmount-Pouring kerosene into q
furnace to start a fire resulted ser.
iously for 1S-year-old Leona Damon.
coIumbus-The Commercial club is
backing project to raise $4,000 for q
high line for electric current into; the
city.
crosby-Most Of the elevators in
this section are full and unable to
roooix1n in, nf hn =
shortage.
oakes-With four fingers torn off in
elevator machinery at Norway, w. l..
Griffith drove his car two and half
miles to this city for aid.
Drake-The county agent and the
federal government in cooperation
have treated $4,000 acres with poison
bait for gophers and prairie dogs.
stanIey-Citizens have petitioned
the Great Northern for a more ade-
quate loading platform and stockyard
facilities. The new depot is now in
use.
st. Thomas-Beginning last year
with one small swarm Of bees, Charles
PembertOn now has several swarms
and this year marketed ], 400 pounds of
honey.
Wahpeton-Unless there is a heavy
rain before Halloween, youngsters
will have to dispense with the time
honored Jack O'Lantern because of
the extreme dryness.
Minot-Two days after he started
hunting with % rife, Clarence Hin
line, IL, sent the gun home from
Kenmare, and he has not been seen
since, although that was more than
two weeks ago
MarveI-Fifty persons took advan-
tage Of James Caldwells offer that
anyone could have his acre and a
quarter Of potatoe for the digging.
There were $50 bushels.
WiIiston-A water leak into. the
carburetor of their airplane forced the
landing five times in the heart Of the
badlands region of two local men who
flew from Dickinson here in 81
minutes.
BeIfieId-Nick Boltz, who was shot
and wounded in an alteration with
L. e. Newton, is recovering while
Newton is being held in Jail without
bail, no formal charge having been
placed against him.
Mott-Two issues before Hettinger
county voters November z, will be the
continuance of county agent work and
the establishment Of a county asylum
and poor farm. An initial tax of
$4,000 is proposed for the latter.
LitchviIle-A barn and several hund-
red bushels of grain were destroyed in
fire started by lantern explosion.
A similar accident at Sheldon caused
the loss of barn and several hundred
dollars worth of machinery and equip.
ment.
Niagara-The conference for the
prevention of grain rust called in St.
Paul for November IA is being backed
in this state by the Farm Bureau
under the leadership of President
Hans Georgeson. Delegates from 13
north central states will be in at
tendance.
HtIIsboro-Because Of advances that
were made to him for the employment
Of attorneys during his trial in Fargo
for the murder of Miss Marie Wick.
William GUNNER, who is now doing
life in the state pententiary at Bis.
marck has released his claim to the
$4,000 estate left by his father, the
! late Morris GUNNER.
Agricultural colIege-At the formal
opening Of the A. G. this fall seven
members of the first faculty of the
school were reunited. They were
Senator E. IT.. Ladd, who came from
Geneva, N. Y, in 1890; DR.. ]. H. Worst
for many years president of the college
and now state immigration director
G. B. Waldron, w. Fl. McArdle, e. s
Keene, H. L. Bolley, and ]. H. Shep
perd, all of whom have been on tht
faculty since the very early ninetie.
and all Of whom are now interested IL
the administration of the college.
Lisbon-That neighboring states nov
look to North Dakota for help in build
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