Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-12

Langdon has doubled its elevator
capacity.
Nelson county will be represented
at the st. Louis fair.
Pembina county is con structing a
big ditch near Drayton.
Additional Ignite coal companies
have been organized at Minot.
The Pembina Express says: "Kill
the pigs Whose pigs?
Several hours of heavy rain slightly
damaged crops around Grand Forks.
The McHenry Tribune has a bran
new power press and looks much i'm
proved.
Cando is to have a branch of the
Thresher's National Protective Organi-
zation.
d. P. Knappen, formerly of Crooks
ton, is now in charge of the Grafton
News and Times.
The Minot city council and the
mayor are at outs over the appoint
ment of a city engineer.
The State Bank of Brinsmaid has
been opened at that place, with Ed
ward Afsen in charge.
A Marvel correspondent objects to-
the style of language the young men
of that town use toward ladies.
Doukhobors just across the state
line, are said to be on the verge of
starvation, as a result of a religious
mania.
The many new %granaries which are
being erected throughout the entire
state, r indicative of the big crop
this year.
Gal barons are asked to keep their
bloomin' black diamonds-and the
Edgely Mail wants North Dakotans
to burn Ignite.
At the northwestern photographers
annual meeting at Minneapolis, w.
B. Roe, of Grand Forks, was elected
second vice president.
The Democrats have established
their campaign headquarters at Grand
Forks-and will do their planning
away from the Republicans.
Bismarck wants to become strictly
metropolitan and is agitating a city
directory-when the streets are named
and houses numbered.
A 16-yea1- old son Of Frank Trits-
chler, of Fargo, bursted a blood vessel
in his head while loading grain, and
died from the effects.
The Ransom County Gazette man
went chicken hunting, shot twice at
a hawk and then-bought two turkeys
ON back subscription.
Editor Fred L. johnson, of the
Independent, deplores the
death of his brother, which occurred
in his old Minnesota home Monday.
A man named Lagerbeer was badly
injured in a Fargo sash and door
factory. Twas the wrong place for
him to be employed, evidently.
John Rooney, one of the gang who
held up and murdered Howard Sweet
at Fargo, nas been arraigneds on a
murder charge and committed without
bail.
DR.. Wheeler and G. P. Trepanier,
of Grand Forks, succeeded in bagging
100 chickens, 80 ducks, one jack rab-
bit and a pelican weighing 1e pounds,
near Crary.
Rolette county Democrats had called
a convention for last Saturday. Not
a sufficient number of the unterrifed
appeared to organize and another call
was issued Tor Sept. ~.
Bismarck is clamoring for more
dwelling houses. Twas different
there several years ago, when resi-
dences galore could be had for the
amount Of taxes on them. \
Happy Finn Leach, the Fargo bona
MA farmer, has another smile coming.
He threshed 80 bushels No. 1 hard
per acre from 700 acres, and has a
quarter section of fine corn.
The Tenth district legislative Re-
publican convention nominated Geo..
Brown for the senate, and E. F.
Gilberts, Thos. Heath and Filing
Severson for representatives.
A Tower farm hand won a Jack pot
in a poker game-and was kicked out
of the place. He sued the owner of
the joint-and paid the costs for his
trouble; and this in Cass county,
Cando citizens are rejoicing at hav-
So