Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-23

that the same has been handed
over to the boys father, w. E..
Crawford, together with the names
of the subscribers.
Arrangements have been CON-
pleted whereby the Easter ball
given by the XIX Century Club
will be held at Wineman's hall on
Easter Monday, April Is. An
imported orchestra from Grand
Forks, new to the people Of our
city, has been engaged. The
supper will be served by the club
ladies in an adjoining hall and the
event will be the recherche ball of
the season.
Travelling Man: I think North
Dakota is one of the most pros
porous states I ever travelled ia. Il
have noticed in every farm house
I have visited two or three daily
newspapers as well as a local
paper. There is one thing about
it, if the people of North Dakota
are not educated, they are trying to
become so, and in a short time
this state will be the leading one
of the union.
The Worthy Grand Matron of
the O. E. S., Helen B. Stockwell,
of Grafton, N. D.. has deputized
Mrs. Elsie M. Powell, Past Matron
of Lorraine Chapter, to call a
convention of lodges, Cando, La
kota and Devils Lake, at the
Chapter rooms in Masonic hall,
Thursday afternoon and evening
and Wednesday morning, March
18th and l4th. The visiting
brothers and sisters will assist
with the program and work of the
local lodge. A program of very
special interest has been prepared
and arrangements made for a
reception and banquet to follow.
AS this is the first district con-
vention the order here is putting
forth every effort to make it a
great success.
Probably no more fitting tribute
was ever paid to the memory of
the lamented Frances E. Willard
as on Sunday last. Admired and
honored while on earth for her
innumerable deeds towards the
uplifting of fallen humanity, it was
fitting that one hour before the
church bell pealed forth reminding
our citizens of the memorial SER
vices in her honor in the Presby-
terrain church, the elements
should lend their aid towards
making the occasion one of sub
limity and effectiveness by shower
ing down in solemn silence, large
flakes of the beautiful, that Mother
Earth might appropriately furnish
a carpet of virgin white whereon
the footprints would be printed of
all who wended their way to the
sacred edifce wherein homage
was to be paid to the chieftain and
leader Of the worlds white rib
boners. The church was crowded
to it's limit. The decorations were
simplicity and solemnity combin-
ed. On the right of the reading
desk was a large portrait Of Miss
Willard, on the left a white silk
banner with the inscription in gold
letters, "Have Faith in God," at
the top of which was a large white
ribbon bow. The services we're
conducted by the local president,
Mrs. j. A. Haig; Rev. Mr.. Muir
Gibson invoked the Divine bles-
sing on the good work being done
by the white ribboners. The
papers read by Mrs. Stoddard,
Mrs. Goozee, Mrs. Dixon, and Miss
Hoover were among the best cver
presented at a like assembly, being
sparkling with brilliant thoughts,
elegant diction, beautiful rhetoric,
strongly appealing both to the emo
tional and intellectual, and calling
upon the hearers to stand true to
the high principles laid down by
her whom they were present that
night to do homage.