Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-05-10

CEAN, FRIDAY, MAY
the other Ward county papers out
of the race.
Sheldon Progress: There were
rumors Of approaching trouble
among the Fort Totten Indians
and about that time a neighboring
farmer started blasting rock and
the people thought Lo was sur
enough out on the war path.
Geo. III. Iseminger has disposed
of the Hope Progress to Pepper &
Stevens, two practical newspaper
men who will keep the paper up
to its present high standard. MI.
Iseminger is an old North Dakota
boy who is popular with the news
paper fraternity.
New papers are being launched
SO rapidly in the Devils Lake land
district that it's hard to keep tab
on them. The latest venture is
the Mouse River Standard, pub
lished in the new town of Rich
burg, Bottineau county. by A. j.
Drake. The Standard is a re-
markedly good local paper and
will meet with
Editor Lampman, up at Neche,
has a 1Ox15 Old Style Gordon
press that he wants to sell or ex-
change. W. have a tan colored
broncho, Lamp that we would
trade-even up. The animal
bucks-some-but possibly not
more than that Old Style Gordon
does.
Editor Lang, of the Aneta Pan
Drama, in speaking Of the Chau-
tauqua, says:
In order to make it popular with the masses
some of those prices must be chopped in two.
Prices of what? Surely Bro.
Lang is not kicking on the price
of admission. Meals can be had
for IS cents. That's cheap enough,
surely. The way to keep expenses
down is to buy a season ticket,
rent a tent and board yourself.
The supreme court of North d.
Lo+o in tho cosa IF Grandin We.
Emmons, has construed section
5848 Of the Revised Codes and
hold that a notice Of mortgage sale
once each week for six successive
weeks before the sale, is sufficient.
Many publishers have been pub
fishing mortgage foreclosure no.
tees seven times in order that
there might be no question about
the legality Of the notice.
Last week Bert Young's Rugby
Optimist reached legal age and we
suppose little breaks like the plac-
ing of Attorney M. II. Brennan on
the Democratic side of the politi-
cal field should be overlooked.
Everybody in this section Of the
state ought to know that Mike is a
rantankerous Republican. With
this exception we heartily agree
with the Optimist in the following:
M. H. Brennan no sooner got through with
his contest case here Tuesday than he was cal
led tn TOwner to helm SOmeOne ont OF trouble
there. Mr.. Brennan enjoys the reputation of
being one of the safest attorneys in the state to
leave real estate matters with. In addition to
this he is a Democrat and q good fellow.
Col. Morton feels greatly en-
Outraged over the prospects for a
bumper crop this year. In con-
Guiding an interesting article in
the Forum recently he says.
notwithstanding the attractiveness of wheat
values to the farlner-f1ax is prospectively, this
year q far more profitable crop than our hard
81. 3O-suppose that it costs so cents per bushel
to raise the scotland that you only get eight
bushels to the ~acre-there is a profit 50 per cent
But the farmer don't have to raise all flax or all
wheat-if he is a sensible man-and the ma
%jority of our farmers have plenty of grey matter
barley, corn, potatoes and oats-and in the fall
he will have in his bank account shekels ga
lore.
Insurance rates are certain to be
advanced throughout North Da-
kota in the near future. The lack
of adequate fire protection in the
small towns makes risks very haz-
ardous. One company writes that
North Dakota has been a sink hole
into which insurance companies
have been pouring their money for
years. Already the losses for 1901
more than equal the premiums for
the entire. year in this state. -Four
or five companies have withdrawn
from business in the state since
the first Of the year. The fire at