The Hope pioneer., 1922-12-21

Another New Ignite Mfns.
\ One hundred tons of Ignite are
being dug daily from Perlichek mine
Recently opened near Burlington! Tel
miners are employed.
Sign on Of Tobacco.
Thirty-eight Carringtcn high school
boys have pledged themselves to ali.
stain from the use of tobacco while
participating in high schooF activities.
Wanted to Go Back to Pen..
Ragged, cold, and hungry, james
Berry, 80, surrendered himself to the
WahEeton police and asked to be, taken
back to Maine to finish serving a peni
tentiary sentence for theft, of which
two years are Left.
To. Help Indian Stock Ralsera.
The issuance of patents in fee to-
number of Standing Rock Indians will
be recommended BY Superintendent
3. D. Mossman of Fort Yates, with the
idea that they will be able to launch
into stock raising.
May Forego inaugural Sail.
That the people Of North Dakota
would get more real hnppiness oft Of
contributing what they can afford to
some Christmas relief fund than in at.
tending an inaugural ballI. is the senti.
ment which Governor. Nestos has
voiced.
Agricultural High School Grows.
Total enrolment in the Velva
schools this year is 416, more than 100
greater than last year, while of these
1853 are students in the state agricul-
tural high school located there,
growth Of 81. Thirty-eight boys are
enrolled in the vocational agricultural
course.
Takes Months to Settle cass:.
1t will be six to eight months before
the first tentative opinion is voiced by
the Interstate commerce commission
on the Fargo rate case, in whichll0we
through tariffs from points east into
North Dakota are sought. This was
the opinion Of the representatives of
the national body who heard the evi
dence.
State Mfft FederaIIy Recognized.
A federal grain warehouseman's> If
cense has been granted the state mill
and elevator at Grand Forks, effective
at once. This permits the issuance Of
warehouse receipts, forms
for which are NOW being printed! The
establishment of federal terminal in.
spectIon facilities at the mill is. now
being sought.
Train Wrecker Gets 10 Years.
A Msyear sentence in the. state
pemtentiary was meted out to. Hurry
Kerns, 18, convicted at Williston. Of
causing the wreck near Todd Of q.
Great Northern freight train.. The.
engineer and brakeman were. killed
and' IA cars were smashed up. Memory
of o former wreck when, fruit was
scattered about the country is. believed
to- have prompted the act.
Punishment for Home Desertera.
Imprisonment for. a term up. to. five
years is the penalty provided; in, a, bill
prepared by the North, Dakota Chill
dren's Code commission for the coming
legislature to act upon, for. the. deser-
tion or abandonment of a. family.
Three months failure to support will
be regarded as evidence of desertion,
while non-support for any length of
time will be made sufficient cause for.
bonding the. person guilty If such
conduct.
To Argue Grain Case in Fargo.
Circuit Judge Walten II. Sanborp
will designate the three. Judges, one of
whom must be United States circuit
Judge, WHO will hear the arguments. on.
the North Dakota graim grading act in.
Fargo beginning January 5. Counsel
for the state and for the complaining
elevator companiss, headed by the
Emhden Farmers Elevator Co., stipa-
lated that Judge Andrew Miller's tenn
psrary. order restraining the railroad
commission from putting into effect
the measure adopted by the people on
November I be made returAable in
Fargo. The elevators ask for per-
manent injunction on the ground that
the measure has the saaAe constitu-
tonal defect as that set aside by tho
United States courts couple Of years
ago.
State Taxpayers incorporate.
ITO investigate questions relating to
the tax burdens imposed upon North
Dakota taxpayers with view to Sc.
curing an equitable reduction thereof:
to secure and disseminate accurate in
formation among its members and
Others on that subject; to make
recommendations relative thereto to
public officers and other interested
bodies, and generally to aid in pro.
noting and securing economy and eff
cheney in the administration of public
affairs"-these are the avowed pur-
poses Of the State Taxpayers associa-
tion recently organized and incorpor-
ated, with headquarters in Fargo.
That tho association h0vo n nor,,o,