The Hope pioneer., 1922-03-30
Aortb @akota
Qems Digest

Faroo-The fifteenth annual conven-
ton of the Gideons of North Dakota
was held here with good attendance.
st. Thomas-Farmers in this vicin-
ity have organized a bull club and
have secured purebred Jersey sire.
Mott-Two thousand rabbits killed
in a countrywide drive were sent to
Minneapolis for hunger relief
Far0o-Swine, beef cattle, and sheep
displays will feature the 1922 state
fair here July II to %.
WiiIiston-Temporary abandonment
of the county agent and the county
nurse programs is recommended as q
Williams county economy measure.
crary-Falling down a fight Of
stairs, Miles A. Miller, 40, prominent
legislator and lodge man, sustained a
broken neck and died instantly.
Armenia - Hubam, a new annual
sweet clover, is being advertised by
farmers in this community as ''the
worlds greatest new plant"
Turtle Lake-Three buildings, two
stores and a residence, were burned
in a fire resulting from the eplosion of
gasoline stove.
Marmarth- freight rates on
seed grain to western North Dakota
are suggested by the state immigra-
ton department.
Powers lake-Five steers were kill
ed and three fatally hurt when a
passenger train ran through herd of
cattle here.
Minot-John E. Tinjim of Coffee
Greek, Mont, was last heard from
from this city, where he was employed
In the harvest fields in 1920. Relatives
are now searching for him.
Ray-Williams county commission
ers have approved, as part of this
years road projects, completion Of the
state highway across the county to
the Montana line.
New Rockford-Having claimed e1-
emption from military service on the
ground of being aliens, two foreigners
were recently denied citizenship in a
local court.
Dickinson Two new rural routes
out of here, one north and east 80
miles and one south and east IS miles,
have been authorized to be opened
May /.
Drake-Farmers in this section have
organized League for Tax Reduction
and have censured the proposal to ap-
propriate money for a federal aid
road.
Pembina-His horse retaining firm
footing on the ice, DR.. Harris was able
to catch the thills and pull himself out
of the water when his buggy skidded
into an airhole in the ice and was
nearly submerged in 10 feet of water.
Medora-Relics Of Roosevelt's days
in western North Dakota, including
numerous guns, knives, chaps, and
cooking utensils, are being displayed
in New York city by the Roosevelt
Memorial association.
Mandan-Holding that a greded ap-
proach is not part of bridge, the
states attorney of Burleigh county has
eliminated that county from the possi-
bflity of bearing share Of the expense
of the approach at the west end of the
new Missouri river bridge.
Larimore-Grand Forks county, dur
ing the past theree month, has ranked
fourth among counties all over the
United States in the number of farm
ers pledged to use only purebred sires
on their farms. Ohio and Washing
f0n counties hnoA kS,n 13.&
Faroo-Norman Black, publisher of
the Forum, is head Of the Rotarians
for the district including North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and part
of Michigan as a result of the unani-
nous election at the recent Duluth
convention.
Devils Lake-Much interest centers
on the Lamb will case, involving $780,
OOO. Thomas P. Lamb seeks to have
the will of his mother, Julia Lamb, set
aside on the ground that she was in
competent and subjected to undue in
duence.
Minot-Nearly $25O,O00 of the ap-
proximately $5,O0OO0O taxes paid in
North Dakota by the railroads travers-
ing the state came to Ward county
mote than any other county realized ;
Cass and McHenry were next in order
and Mcintosh brough up in the rear
with less than $4,000 in railroad taxes,
Mtnot-The executive committee of
the Ward County Farm bureau, at q
meeting here recommended the follow.
ing wage scale for the coming season
$25 per month and board, for one or
two months work; So per month and
board for six months or more; $40 per
month for man and wife; $3.50 to s.
per day for day labor.
Grand Forks-Immediately following
the signing by President Harding of
the new federal seed loan bill, C. w.
Warburton came from the national
capital to this city to open seed loan
| Office.
DesLacs-Women carried the town
| in the recent municinal election Mo.1