The Hope pioneer., 1922-12-07

kindred-The city light plant is
being enlarged and improved.
Minot Eighteen conventions are.
listed to be held here within the next.
six months.
New SaIem-Day and night Shifts,
aided by improved equipment, are now
working at the Mccormick mine, near
here.
Mandan-A dam across the Heart, to'
provide boating for big park and
Chautauqua grounds, will be finished
January 1.
krem-The postofice at Expansion
having been discontinued, mail for.
that section hereafter will come to the.
local postoffice.
carson-Local and Elgin Commercial
clubs, cooperating with the county
agent of Grant county, will conduct
series Of midwinter fairs.
6each-Golden Valley county CON-
missioners are considering bids for new
buildings and the remodeling of old
buildings for court house.
Fargo-James e. Rockwell has re-
signed as editor of the Fargo Forum
and gone to Duluth, where he becomes
part owner and editor of daily news
paper.
Spiritwood-A building erected in,
1881, housing the postoftice, store.
and the telephone exchange, burned to
the ground despite efforts of a volun-
teer fire brigade.
Alexander-Corn and potato growers.
of Mckenzie county met here to discuss
grades, marketing, and similar points.
in connection with campaign for bet
ter work in their department Of agri--
culture.
Bismarck-R. B. Murphy of Grafton.
who succeeded ]. l. Cahil on the state.
board of administration, has been elec-
ted president of the board in place of
r. w. Muir, who continues as regular
member of the board.
Fort Yates-J. G. Leach, one Of the.
original appointees of Governor L. B..
Ham as county commissioner when
Sioux county was organized some eight
years ago, has resigned. A. o. Schi-
mansky, Solen banker, was appointed
by the county board to succeed Mr.
Leach.
Beach-A tax receipt issued in New
York city in 1928 for $7.O4 is in the.
possession of William McConkey, Col
den Valley county treasurer. 1t was.
issued to his great grandfather for
taxes paid on property now worth
$4,000 per foot of street frontage. Thes
site was a grocery store on Mulberry
street.
Bismarck-A prisoner from Williston
who had been made trusty at the.
state penitentiary, decided to take his:
liberty one morning last week when on.
the way to the dairy barn to do some
work. The next day his conscience got
to bothering Him and he called up the
warden, signifying his willingness to-
come back. A car was sent for him
and he is again prisoner.
Niagara-Members of the middle
west conference for the prevention Of
grain rust who recently appeared be-
fore congressional subcommittee in
support Of an appropriation of $50OO0N
for barberry eradication next year,
have returned to their homes in this.
section confident that Congress will
grant the appropriation. North Dakota
was represented on the committee by
heads Of the state Farm Bureau.
Arnegard-One-third, or almost 20,-
600 acres, Of the Lower Yellowstone
irrigation project Jointly fostered by
this state and Montana, lies in
Mckenzie county in North Dakota. The
total irrigable area comprises almost
exactly 10000 acres in Dawson and
Richland counties, Montana, and Nc
kenzie county, in the valley of the
Yellowstone river, a tributary Of the
Missouri. L. H. Mitchell of Savage,
Mont, project manager, states that the
water will be available for irrigation in
1928 The cost of the work will be
about S63 an acre, payable in easy
annual installments to begin five years
after water is available.
Langdon-Knocked to the floor JUST
as he leaped in the air during basket
ball game in the local high school
gymnasium, Walter Wild 18, sustained
concussion Of the brain which caused
his death nearly 49 hours later.
Fargo-Secretary Il. w. McRoberts
OF the Fargo State Fair association has
resigned to devote his time to extensive
personal interests and will be sue
ceeded by J. p. Hardy, present post
master ut Fargo. There are sevesal
candidates In the field for the post
m"slershlp, which will be open about
January I.