Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-05-27
'Bartle.t..

tkece5ved too Jate t0fS publication last Week.
Sergeant Major Smith, Of the lat
regiment, North Dakota national
guards, now mustered into the service
Of the United States, Is . resident Of
this city and owner Of the townsite.
Fred Is highly esteemed by every per-
son here, Is Q graduate Of the North
Dakota university, is we'll verred in
military codes and tactics and we all
rest assured that he will in the event
OF active service, whether in Cuba or
anywhere else, show himself to be
capable of taking the Charge Of any
Office in the regiment.
Bert Bartlett, q member Of Company
DIN. DIN. G., and now enrolled as q
volunteer In the United States army
is a Bartlett boy, having lived here
SINCE he was six years OF age. We be-
lieve that Bert will also give q good
account of himself.
Col. Smith q short time ago had q
case of blood poisoning proceeding
from q boil on one side Of hts face and
had to 60 to Minneapolis for treat
ment. The colonel is back again, hav-
ing been successfully treated for the
disease by his daughter, DR.. Cora
Smith Eaton.
Mrs. Cronin has sold the Cronin
hotel to VIM. Miller.
Some Of the farmers who had wheat
stored in the elevators when the price
was S1.41 per bushel failed to take ad-
vantage Of It, thinking to get higher
prices. We believe they realized 9l.36
for 1t. A pretty fair price for q Re-
publican. administration.
Mrs. Geo. L. Ault has bought the
Cronin hotel from VIM. Miller and will
move into it in q short time, after she
has it remodelled and renovated. Mrs.
Ault we understand has been in the
hotel business before coming here and
will undoubtedly cater handsomely to
the wants Of the public in general and
be q source OF good to the town.
Every foot Of cultivated land In this
part OF North Dakota has been sowed
to seed this spring in anticipation Of q
prolonged war with Spain and high
prices for cereals.
Col. p. Smith has sold out his line
of general merchandise In this town to
Estaby & Coy, of Minnesota.
The Maccabees Of this city have now
got a good hall over tho postofice.
The boys will now he able to put ap.
plicants for initiation proceedings
through in good style and give the
public in general all they want in the
line of entertainments generally.
County Treasurer Thorson visited
our town last week on business.
Mrs. VIM. Miller left here on No. A
Sunday morning for Barrie, Ontario,
where she will visit friends for some
time.
The contract for building the city
schools was awarded to Schroeder &
Miller. The contract price is Sl875.OO.
They have already ordered the mater
ial and sublet the contract for stone
foundation walls aid lath and plaster
irg the building. The building is to
be finished and ready for occupancy
by the LIST Of September.
Quite a number of new settlers have
come in here this spring.
Will Smith came up from CroOkston
to help take invoices for his father,
Col. Smith, in his deal with Estaby &
Coy.
Part of the members Of the Lakota
bicycle club, to the number of about
twenty young men and ladies, paid our
town a visit Monday evening. We are
informed that one of the gentlemen
had his best girl stolen from him by
one Of our enterprising young men,
who escorted her back to Lakota. It
was too bad, but then Bartlett has
always been noted for the enterprise
and daring Of its citizens.
Miss Agnes Fulton Is teaching No. 2
school and Miss Mary e. Norton No. 8
school. this town.