The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-19
Sort Dakota
Aems Digest

oakwood-Emile Carat, one of the
pioneers of this section, is dead.
Grafton-E. G. Strange has assumed
his. duties as federal potato inspector
here.
Fargo-One hundred boys Of Fargo
high school have organized boys
booster club.
Wahpeton-The drought this year
killed the pumpkins and there will be
no jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
Valley city-Valley City will vote to
legalize 100000 bond issue for financ-
ing additional water works.
Bottineau-Nearly $1,000 has been
raised to erect skating rink and COM
munity building in Bottineau.
Mandan-Thomas Mann, negro of
Flasher, is held here charged with kid
mapping a 15-year old white girl.
GranviIle-Many women have been
doing valiant work in potato digging
and grain threshing work here.
Tower city-Leal was selected as
the meeting place Of the jamestown
district Degree of Honor in 1923.
Devils Lake-The name of the Boy
Scout band has been changed to that
of the Devils Lake Boy Concert band.
Jamestown-The Stutsman county
tax levy for 1922 has been cut to $780,
600 as compared with $229,825 in 1921.
AshIey-1,500 choice works of fiction
and some excellent books of reference
have been added to the Ashley library.
Scheffieid-The postoffice which was
recently discontinued will receive mail
daily on a rural route from New
England.
Fargo-The annual meeting Of the
North Dakota Parent-Teachers asso.
citation will be held here November %
to "a.
Mandan-A military funeral for Will
liam Gibson, one of the few survivors
of the civil war in this district, was
held here.
Fargo-Forty-one persons were taken
and 33 stills destroyed in drives by
prohibition officers in North Dakota
during september.
Devils Lake.. L. Young has been
elected as the new president Of the
North Dakota conference of social
workers.
Wiiliston-Trafic on the main line
of the G. N. railway was tied up for
several hours when bridge near Todd
was destroyed by fire.
VeIva-The Velva Coal Products
company has opened new mine here
with thirty-foot shaft. Coal was
found at twenty-nine feet.
Wilton-Due to an increased demand
fro native coal, double shift is now
working at the Wilton mine of the
Washburn Ignite Coal company.
New Rockford-The question of con.
tinuing the work of the county agent
in this county will be voted upon at
the general election, November z.
6ismarck-Leonard Rogers, GO, of
st. Paul, express messenger was shot
in the leg when revolver in holster
discharged by striking against pack.
age.
killdeer-Two hundred carloads of
cattle have been shipped from Killdeer
during the present year. The value
of the shipments is estimated at
100000.
HartIand-Yeggs who wrecked the
safe of the Hartland State bank with
three charges of nitroglycerine
escaped with about $1,000 in cash and
securities.
Fargo-Arrangemen have now been
made by the Ameican Legion post for
a plot Of land in Riverside cemetery
which will be used as burial plot for
ex-service men.
Edmore-John Kavanaugh of Ed.
more received severe scalp wound
a dislocated should and bad bruises
when he was caught in a separator
belt and whirled about.
Noonan-The Methodist church and
parsonage here lies in ruins, with O
loss Of several thousand dollars, as a
result of a fire believed to have origi.
mated from an overheated stove.
Fargo-Enrollment in the Knights of
Columbus night school classes has
passed the 100 mark. Three-fourths of
the students are taking commercial
and professional courses while one.
fourth are studying auto mechanics.
Fargo. Frank Treat, former i'm.
perial potentate of the Ancient and
Arabic Order, Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine of North America, and the only
! North Dakotan who has ever attained
that distinction, died at his home here
following an attack of heart disease.
Grand Forks-Four young farmers
Of Grand Forks county attended the
National Dairy show at st. Paul as the
guests Of four Grand Forks civic or.
ganizations. They are Roy Halliday
of Reynolds and Phil Saumor, Carl
/ Berg and Everett Freeman.
MayvilIe-In order to interest every
physically fit student of the Mayville
Normal school in some branch of ath.