The Hope pioneer., 1922-09-14

Far0o-A move is on foot here to
establish a museum and art gallery.
Minot-A local man has successfully
grown 80 varieties of flowers.
University-Bus service between this
institution and the business section Of
the city has been inaugurated this fall.
cavaIier-There were 50 autos in
Pembina county in 1910, and this year
about 1000 have been licensed.
Ryder-For milk products marketed
here during June and July, checks
totaling $13055 were issued.
Edmore-So successful was the first
general market day, recently held, that
farmers and business men unanimously
decided to make it an annual affair.
kenmare--Ward county. commission
ers plan on pressing the collection this
year of many seed and feed liens,
especially those of the 1918 issue.
landa-While making coffee for the
harvest hands, Mrs. Bergen, 81, had
her clothes fired in some manner and
burned to death.
Grand Forks-A contract to sing
with the Robin Hood opera company
has been signed by Clarence E. link,
formerly physical director of the
Y. NJ. G. A. here.
Deering-Howard Huston, formerly
of this city and a graduate of the state
university, has been promoted from
secretary Of internal service to chief
of staff of the League of Nations, with
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Lisbon-Labor Day established a
accord here for hot days this summer
and for the hottest September ever
1ecorded-1O4 degrees. The state as
a whole is experiencing much hotter
September weather than normally.
6ottineau-A romance begun year
ago when local young man extricated
the car driven by young lady of Fer
gus Falls, Mimi, from a mudhole,
recently eliminated in the wedding Of
the young couple.
Minot-The city commission has
found it necessary to forbid the re-
moval Of houses from lots on which
taxes are unpaid, the practice having
become too prevalent of owners selling
taxes were delinquent for long periods.
Garrison-By the middle of this
month two stripping mines will he in
operation on 500 spur near here.
Work has been under way nearly all
summer and it is believed the capacity
of the completed mines will be so to
60 carloads day.
Agricultural coIIege-The onion is
probably the biggest yielding Of all
crops, according to experts here. One
acre on the college farm this year
yielded 1904 bushels, or 67 sos pounds.
Tomatoes sometimes yield as high as
1000 bushels to the acre, and cabbage
will go to 10000 pounds an acre.
Grand Forks-Judge A. A. Bruce.
formerly dean of the law school at the
state university, one time chief justice
OF the state supreme court, and more
recently law professor at the Mime
sofa U, has accepted an offer to join
the faculty at the law school of the
Northwestern University.
Fargo-August was the driest month
In the history Of the federal weather
bureau station at Moorhead, and came
within two degrees Of being the hottest
Total precipitation for the month was
only "a of an inch. Average teInpera-
ture was Il degrees while in 1900 it
was 73 degrees and in 1909 was u
degrees.
Fargo-A plan calculated to increase
the returns from the North Dakota
wheat crop has been evolved by
Usher L. Burdick, counsel for the
North Dakota Wheat Growers associa-
tion. He would have bankers and busi-
ness men who hold claims against
farmers credit them at once with about
IS per cent Of the market value of their
grain, taking warehouse receipts as
security. These receipts would bo
pooled by their holders and held until
an equitable price could be obtained
for the wheat, when the holders would
credit the farmers, either in cash or
cancelled debts, with the balance. One
dollar and quarter is held by Mr..
Burdick to be the price ut which the
farmers and holders Of warehouse re-
ceipts should aim for wheat.
Drake-Wm. Wright, better known
to the travelling public as "Dad," news
agent on the Bismarck Minot branch Of
the 500, dropped dead on the train
near here while making his usual run
Ail'sboro-Not deafening report
but sound like waterfall and then
kissing was heard by six occupants
Of house which was badly damaged
by lightning during recent storm.
Windows were blown outward, sushes
were splintered, and piastering was dis.
lodged, while several metal articles
about the house, including nails in the
structure and In furniture were melted
No ono WNS in iurod