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4- 4 .4- OfBckl Paper, City of Hope, N. Dak. VOLUME 40. No. 6 Farms Wanted THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Newspaper work is to many men a stop-gap calling. They enter it as an experiment, and leave it in a few years. Editors and reporters are constantly on the move The propor tion of changes of o^4rship among the smaller papers is^5,abnormally large. It is hard finest and -besi results in a gf&l&Arf. .fcavljnj «pich a shifting personnel. Newspaper work, should' secure more of the college graduates and more of the brightest young business men who should take it up not as a temporary expedient, but as a life profession. Conditions should be such that such men could remain in the small city and country offices, in stead being force^d by low salaries in to the whirlpool of metropolitan journalism. While many brilliant men will sfick to the calling out of pure love for it, regardless of money rewards, in the long run the community gets about the grade of servics it is wip ing to pay for. Better rewards for newspaper work means that the newspaper can V: ,!'i-..' 1:~ -i i•".:•••• vi.j.i?iS'siVT-'IV:" WANT to buy a good half-section im proved farm and a well im proved 160 acre improved farm not over five miles .? from market. WATER MELVUNSI WATER MELVUNSi OFCOURSE you WARD A S COMPANY employ a higher grade of ability, and give its workers more thorough training. They will thereby acquire much more power as writers, end keener insight as observers of life. They attain greater ability for lead ership, and can accomplish more in promoting community movements. They attract wider attention outsHo their home community, and through them their home town can expert a broader Influence on the affairs of state and nation. As a newspaper gains in prosper ity, it can Improve Its mechanical plant, and thus make itself a more attractive exponent of its home town life. Its broader scope, its growing power of intellectual and civic leader ship, its more complete presentation of home town interests and enter prises, are a tremendous factor in the developement of a community- Some people demand higher pay, because the cost of living has been raised so much by strikes. In spite of all this enthusiasm for dayligth saving, very few people call for alarm clocks nowadays. 1 ,. You'll. GOOD GARDEN if you Use Ol/R GARDEN TOOLS. WANT 'EM. YOU ALSO WANT PEAS. BEANS. BEETS. CORN. NEW PO TATOES-ALL SORTS OF NICE VEGETABLES GROWN IN YOUR OWN GARDEN. WELL. THEN. COME IN AND BUY OUR NEW LABOR-SAVING GARDEN TOOLS WHICH WILL MAKE YOUR GARDEN WORK JUST FUN. THEY WONT COST MUCH AT OUR STORE. OUR HARDWARE IS THE BEST: IT STANDS THE TEST. J. H. McCollom Hope, 2nd Ward NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL Departing from the consideration of law and laws pertaining to the case/ Justices Robinson and Grace, Nonpartisan league members of the North Dakota Supreme court have held the Brinton Newspaper Grab Act constitutional and sustained the law on the books, while Justices Christianson and Birdzell have writ ten opinions holding the law to be an exceptional violation of the constitu tion legal practice and the authority of the legislature. President M. I. Porkner of the North Dakota Press Association an nounces that a special session of the executive committee will be held in Fargo sometime within the next ten days when future action towards the annullment of the confiscatory Town ley graft legislation will be consider ed. Officers of the press association point to the opinion of Chief Justice A. M. Christianson as the facts in the case, and call attention to the fact that neither Robinson nor Grace who held the law unconstitutional consid papensjed jnq 'epjs jBSei etn peaa themselves that approval of tne law by the people .was greater than the constitution or constitutional prac tice. Judge Christianson in his opinion seems to have anticipated the points which would have been raised by Grace and Robinson and refutes them. He states: "The mattei* Inserted in senate bill No. 157 relating to the designation of newspapers In which all official and legal notices must be published .'.- •. vvvc4^iy..'0rjttf»:.3-s:ir.~.:''» fft i-Wj •'•, j^sjn»rofcttr r.i •*...• -.. HOPE, STEELE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, APRIL 29,19201 GALL FOR ANTI-TOWNLEY, ANTI-SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION An anti-Townley, anti-Socialist Republican County Convention for Steele County, for the pur pose of electing delegates to the anti-Townley, anti-Socialist Republican State Convention to be held at Minot, N. D., May 12th and 13th, 1920, is hereby called to converte At 10: 30 o'clock, May 5th, in the village of Pinley, in said county. At such county convention delegates will be elected to rep resent said county at such state convention. Caucuses will be held in the several precincts of the county at the regular polling places therein, on the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1920, polls being open from the hour of 8:00 P. M. to the hour of 10:00 P. M. Anti-Townley, anti-Socialist Repub lican electors of such precinct, only, shall partici pate in such caucuses and such convention. The apportionment for representation in such county convention shall be, one delegate at large, and one additional delegate for each 25 votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for John Steen for gov ernor at the June 1918 primary, for each precinct and under such apportionment the several pre cincts of the county are entitled to the following representation in such county convention: Newburg Township Beaver Creek Township 2 Westfield Township 2 Sharon Township Enger Township Golden Lake Township Pinley Township Franklin Township Primrose Township l. Sherbrooke Township 2 Easton Township Oreenview Township Edendale Township Hugo Township Melrose Township 2 Riverside Township Broadlawn Township Colgate Township Carpenter Township 2 Willow Lake Luverne Village .* 2 Sharon Village 3 Pinley Village 3. Hope, 1st Ward Hope, 3rd Ward 2 Total Dated this 23rd day of April, 1920. C. S. MOORES, Chairman anti-Townley Republican Coun ty Central Committee 2 2 3 9 was varient from and changed the or iginal purpose of the bill. That the title is not broad enough to cover the designation by the commission of newspapers in the various counties of the state in which official notices of counties and municipalities and legal notices of private parties must be published. That the act embraces more than one subject. "The obvious purpose of senate bill No. 157 as introduced was to change the personnel of the commis sion having charge of the state print ing and to confer upon the comnis sion and bring all kindis of printing for the various state departments under its jurisdiction. "A comparison of the original bill with one enacted demonstrates te yond cavil that the matters inserted in section 4 during the course nf the passage was wholly foreign to the original purpose of the bill. If tac tion 58 of the constitution can ever be violated by inserting matter !n a bill during the course of its paufi'tg* which is foreign to and changes the original purpose thereof, it certainly has been violated in this case. "It seems equally clear that the matters inserted in the act by the amendments is not expressed in the title. It will be noted that the stat ute is entitled 'An act creating a state printing and publication commission prescribing Its duties and powers, and repealing all acts and parts of act conflicting herewith.' "Would anyone expect to find in an act entitled as the one under consid eration anything in regard to the newspapers in which official proceed ings and notices of counties and cities must be published? Would anyone about to foreclose a mortgage (Continued on last page) UNION SERVICES AT M- E. CHURCH PLEASE AUDIENCE A fine union meeting was held ifl the M. E. Church last Sunday eve ning. The first part of the service was given to Mrs. A. R. McLaughlin, who gave a very interesting sterop ticon lecture upon the subject. Health and Common Sense." Following this. Rev. C. V. Allison, State Secretary of the Inter Church World Movement, held the large con gregation tense with interest for almost an hour with his forceful messagp.1 MURDER CASE IS BAFFLING Urging that Governor Frazier au thorize a $1000 reward for the appre hension of information leading to the capture of the slayers. Attorney Wil liam Langer who returned Sunday from Washington where he had been arguing cases before the U. S. Su preme Court, left Monday to person* ally investigate the horrible murder of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolff and their five children near Turtal Lake. The Attorney General was requested to take a hand in the case by States Attorney John Williams of McLean County, and as hired detectives from a national agency to aid in solving the murder mystery. Frank Wolff, a prosperous farmer living south of Turtle Lake was mur dered sometime Thursday night or Friday morning. The assassin used a shotgun to kill Wolff and two of his daughters, and disposed of Mrs. Wolff, the hired man and three other children with a hatchet. The bloody instrument was found in a wood box, and the shotgun was found Monday in a swamp a mile from the Wolff farmstead. Authorities on Monday declared they had no information to give out other than that there was no question of the murder theory. The murderer or murderers evidently planned their atrocity in advance for. telephone wires to the Wolff home were found, to have been cut. Officials also be lieve that more than one person took part in the wholesale killing in which the only members of the household spared was a year old baby. The bodies were found by John Kraft, a neighbor, on Saturday noon, when stopping at the Wolff home for a moment. He entered the barn and found hogs feeding from the face and arms of Wolff and two of his daugh ters, whose bodies had been draged into the place and covered with hay. Staple and -r, i. 4) '"H ii i'» Official Paper of LBKQW, N. Dak. Fancy Clean, fresh goods at reasonable prices KRAABEL & KRAABEL Hope, North Dakota $2.00 per year, 5 Cts. per copy f. HOPE SCHOOL HAPPENINGS If you don't mind laughing be sure and come to the greatest show on earth— "A College Town," given by an all-star high school cast next Fri day night, April 30. The Teachers-Parents Association will huve its last meeting for the pre sent school year on May 11, which will be the second Tuesday and hense regular time for meeting. A special program is being worked up and everyone interested in our cshools is cordially invited to be present. The second attempt of a senior class at Hope to put out an annual is now going through the finishing pro cesses, and all concerned state that the book is going to be a splendid product. Be sure to get your copy when it is printed. You will find it highly interesting and worth while. The pedagogy students are being introduced to the sacred mysteries of the teaching profession. We hope some of them will be converted that the teacher shortage may be uleivlat ed. Misses Bakewell, Easton and White have been on the sick list but are all reported as recovering nicely. The graduating, class has asked Rev. .Bergman to preach their bac caulaurate sermon. These services will be held on Sunday, June 6,th at the Methodist church. All are heart ily invited to be present, Plans for Play Day are well under way. It is proposed to have a pageant—Yesterday and Today— presented by the children and older folks as part of the parade. Let UB all boost for a great and glorious Play Day, May 22. R. A. LATHROP STATE DELE GATE TO M- E. CONFERENCE Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Lathrop left Tuesday evening for Des Moines, Iowa, where they will attend the General Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church to be held in that city during the month of May. Mr. Lathrop is one of the three lay delegates who represent the Metho dist churches of North Dakota. The others are Prof. Simpson, of the U niversity, and Judge Pollock of Far go. On their journey to Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop will spend a few days visiting with their daugh ter, Miss Ruth, who is attending Hamline University. Groceries :f Si I