Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-09-07
AN IOWA EDITOR

AN IOWA EDITOR
Tells His Readers What He Saw And
Heard at Devils Lake.
Des Monies, uo.,) Weekly Globe.
Devils Lake, N. D.
Editorial Correspondence: Seek
ing rest and cool, we found them
both here. The railroad boys
knew good thing. They said
stop at the "Sevilla" if you
want a good hotel, and so we found
it to be. The Sevilla is a regular
tourists comfort, first class in
every respect. Talk about prair-
les. Iowans don't know anything
about them. It is the Red River
valley that you must see if you
want to look at farms that are
prairie farms. They are level,
casting your eye over the never
ending stretch of wheat fields you
see farm houses for eight or ten
miles on each side Of the road.
This year the unusual drouth has
damaged the crops very much.
They are about one-third their
usual amounts, say about five or
six bushels to the acre of wheat,
and this is liable to be spoilt by
the rains that are falling for the
past two weeks. This extreme
drouth and failure of crops is un-
usual in this locality, but North
Dakota got it hard this year, al
though everything indicates thrift.
The nights are cool and it is no
trouble to sleep at a 2:4O gait.
You will notice that we say Devils
Lake with no apostrophy and pos
sessive case. This is a clean, we'll
built little city of about 1,5OO, al
though I understand that the
papers here, as duty bound, pro-
claim population of $500. The
town takes it's name from the beau
tiful lake, which is about three
and half miles south of it. It is
the county seat Of Ramsey county.
It has good court house, which is
used also by the United States
courts. The deaf and dumb state
institute is here. The Catholics
have the largest church in the
town, and also nice hospital, in
which a large number Of patients
receive beneficial treatment. AL.
other denominations are repre-.
sented and have good congrega
tons. The population Of this
county is about one-third Norwe
! gians and Swedes. There are
three papers, all weeklies and Re.
publican. The leading paper il
the Devils Lake Inter Ocean
This paper is owned by Senator
-
Hansbrough, who lives here. The
senator is we'll liked and man
who has made friends Of all the
people. He came here about
fifteen years ago and started the
Inter Ocean, and has made it 6
success. His home is near the
principal school building, and is 8
neat and tasteful house of about
eight rooms. Devils Lake is one
of the principal towns in North
! Dakota. It has a good train ser,
vice, given by the Great Northern
Mr.. James j. Hill, president Of
this road, takes a friendly interest
in the place and visits it nearly
levery summer. Probably no man
in this part of the state has done
more for its improvement than
Captain E. E. Herman, who was
mayor of Devils Lake previous to
the present incumbent. The cap
tain is the owner Of three boats on
the lake, Maria Theresa, the Rock
Island and Minnie H., named in
honor Of his daughter, Miss
Minnie. The two first are small
boats, the latter side-wheeler
capable of accommodating 1000
|excursionists at one time. This
boat operates for a month each
summer during Chautauqua, and
is capable of making Is miles an