The Hope pioneer., 1922-11-30
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Lisbon-The charter has been given ,
to the recently organized Kiwanis club
here.
Rogers-A laborer, who has not been
identified, hanged himself in granary
near here.
Bismarck-The oil tax instituted in
this state in 1919 has netted the state
treasury $G7s,64O.
Jamestown-An ornamental arch
and other improvements have been
finished in Klaus park.
Grafton-Attorney II. G. DePuy of
Grafton has resigned from the state
board of bar examiners.
BuffaIo-Work already is under way
toward replacing the Farmers elevator
recently destroyed by fire.
Mandan-Two transients were found
in refrigerator car, unconscious from
the fumes of charcoal burner.
ReynoIds-This year, up to the pres
ent time 2,300 head of cattle have been
tested for tuberculosis in Grand Forks
county.
HilIsboro-December Is is the date
fixed for turning on electric current
over the Grand Forks-Hillsboro high
line.
Hamilton-Carbon exploded while
he was cleaning the engine in the cleo
trio light plant, and George l.. Paxon
was badly burned.
Ashley-After conducting court here
for day, District Judge George Nc
Kenna returned to Minneapolis to take
treatment for an infected arm.
Inkster-Five drainage bitches of
from 21a to II miles in length, serving
1880 acres, are included in the 1923
drainage program of Grand Forks
county.
Van Hook--A slide of dirt and clay
about IL feet thick buried and killed
Arthur Grigan. 35, and Earl Chounard,
both Minnesota men working in a
Ignite mine here.
Larimore-Fire thought to have
originated in basement swept this
city, causing loss of more than
100000. All of the mail in the post
office was burned.
Minot-Another stock barn. a speed
barn at the race track, and a boat
landing on the Mouse river are pro-
jected improvements in the Ward
county fair grounds.
Hillsboro-Six weeks after he had
started for France on a postwar tour
word was received here of the wedding
of Albert Anderson to French girl
whom he met while in the service.
, Lidgerwood-The school board Is
, considering the granting of one hour
week for religious instruction in the
public schools. The churches are ar
ranging to appoint competent teachers
, kenmare-A bill providing for the
} purchase and sale by the federal gov
, ernment of the basic farm products
j. has been introduced in the house OF
representatives. by Congressman James
2 III. Sinclair of the third North Dakots
;. district
Minnewaukan-The voters having
approved the county agent plan fol
j Benson county, the commissioner:
have employed Irving ]. Courtice fol
that position Curtis II. Pollock be
comes county agent for LaMourt
A county, where the voters also favored
the extension work.
Bismarck-The assertion is made b!
Edwin L. Sabin, noted writer, in ;
recent piece of fiction that Rain-in-the
Face cut out the heart of Genera
George Custer after the Little Biz
Horn tragedy. This is emphaticall!
denied by p. E. Byrne formerly secre
tary to Governor John Burke and :
close student Of Indian history. who
has written the Sabin publishers a
length.
Pembina-A 15O-horsepower cngin,
pulls the load at peak when the loca
Light and Power company supplies the
current over high lines to Emerson
Gretna and the Great Northern depo
at Noyes, in Manitoba, st. Vincent
Minn., Neche and Bathgate in thi.
state. besides the city of Pembina.
sismarck-Requests now on file will
the state highway commission fol
federal aid to various counties in tht
state in the construction of highway!
are 200 per cent greater than at thi!
time last year, totaling 305 miles o
dirt road apd 140 miles of gravel road
or about $2.O00,O0O worth of work. A
survey recently taken of the activitie!
of the department show that durn:
the years just ended 434.14 miles o.
earth road were completed, 1928 mile:
Of gravel surfacing, and one mile o.
concrete construction. at total esti
mated cost of $2.2O3. .S51 .O9 toward
which the federal government will pa!
81 1854. .29OS2. There are under con
struction now I'll miles of dirt road
27S miles of surfacing, and one mile
Of concrete highway, at an estimated
cost Of about five and one-half million
dollars. The total cost of road work ir
North Dakota this year is estimated a
Sc. .663, ,46O25
Fessenden-From report of schoo
absentees prepared in the Office of the
yo1l rf,