Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-08-01
STATE NEWS

R. G. Smith, book keeper and cash
Ter for Collins & Stinson, Grand
Forks, is missing. Shortage said to
be about 81, 600 Or So, 600.
The Minot piggers disappeared dur
ing the silent hours of the night last
week, except one, and he is said to be
in Jail somewhere in the state. The
boys are being rounded up with a ven
geance.
L. B. Hanna, the new chairman of
the republican state committee, is we'll
known in Republican councils. He
has served as state senator from one
of the Cass county districts, and is a
creditable representative of one of the
Republican strong holds of the state.
Word has been received from the
chemist of the University Of Mime
sofa in regard to the analysis of the
stomach of the late Mrs. Mccormick.
1t is stated that the analysis had shown
the presence of aconite in the stomach,
the same as in the case Of Mr.. McCor-
mick, and that death resulted from
this deadly drug
The seventh annual meeting of the
North Dakota Pharmaceutical associa-
tion will be held in Grand Forks on
the 5th, 9th and 18th of August, and
the indications at this time point to
one of the most largely attended gath
erings ever held in the state by that
organization, with a program of great
excellence for the entire three days.
M. F. Swanson, one Of, the most
popular grain buyers in the state,
and who has been in charge of the
M. & N. elevator at Michigan City
for the past eleven years, has resigned.
Mr.. Swanston has always done the
bulk of the business in Michigan
City. He contemplates a trip to the
northwestern territory.
Anton Anderson, of Velva, on Fri
day last, was called to the bedside of
his dying daughter, Mrs. L. H. Hues-
by, of Minot. While sitting on the
doorstep, in conversation with a friend,
Sunday evening, Mr.. Anderson sud
denly fell forward to the ground dead.
The daughter, Mrs Huesby, died the
following morning, The double fun
eral occurred Tuesday
G. G. Clifford, proprietor of the
Griggs house at Grand Forks, a short
time ago made a trip to the western
part of the state, and succeeded in Sc
curing a quarter section of land on
the western shore of Des Laos lake,
about thirty-fve miles from Kenmare.
Mr.. Clifford is confident that he has a
bonanza in the location. He intends
to lay out a town site and place lots
upon the market as soon as the survey
ors can complete their part of the
work.
After years of patient waiting,
Minot is to have two full iedged ele-
vators. The old fiat houses while
they will be utilized, they will have
lost their former grandeur within the
shadow of more massive structures.
The Osborne Mcmillan Elevator COM
pany are already on the ground, and
the stone abutements r in place.
The structure will be 2Ox3O, and the
cribbing 80 feet in height. The COM
combined capacity of the elevator will
be so, 900 bushels, and will be ready
for BUSINESS in about two weeks, so
says Boss Carpenter O. A. Lundgen.
After the first of the year there will
be a complete change in the personel
of the supreme bench. All of the
original justices Of the supreme court,
who were elected when North Dakota
assumed its statehood, will have been
| retired. Judge Wallin is the last of