Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-09-05

Lively Mystery" will soon appear
from the big publishing house of
Laird & Lee, at Chicago.-Lisbon
Free Press.
Manila Irvine, 1917 cents per
pound; Standard, IA cents. Quality
guaranteed. P. DeFiore.
Gov. Shortridge left for Willow City
Tuesday, and will spend the next week
hunting in that vicinity. His prize
pointer accompanied him on the trip.
Miss Mary Berry, who taught last
: year in the Devils Lake schools, is
+, compelled to remain on her calm for
the season out in the Saline settlement,
north of Granville, on the G. NJ, in
McHenry county-but promises to
keep the Forum readers posted from
over there. -Fargo Forum.
Farmers and shippers, who have
sent their grain in past years to VIM.
Dalrymple, Minneapolis and Duluth,
have found that he secures for the
best grades and prices with lowest
dockages. Being satisfied with his
responsibility and business methods
many are consigning their grain to
him either at Duluth or Mime
apolis. 1926
A Milton dispatch to the Journal
announces the death of Silver H. Oak
land, postmaster at Merl, this county.
Deceased was about forty years old,
and was Highly respected and honored
wherever known. He was the first
postmaster at Merl. and conducted 8
general store at that place, which had
thriving trade. He had been a suffer.
er for some time, leaving last winter
for the south in order to recuperate
his broken health.
Chas. Rawlinson, on complaint of
some of the residents of the eastern
part Of town, was arrested for vag,
rancy and indecent conduct Tuesday,
and arraigned before the municipal
court. He plead guilty, and his
penalty was fixed at 1856, besides sixty
days in the county Jail. He had Of
late been in the habit of going on &
drunk evenings, and parading around
in a half nude condition, and had be
come a menace to the peace of tn
neighborhood.
The lobby of the Sevilla hotel, thi
city, was the seen of a happy reunion
!, Monday, when Frank Palmer, of Fl
Totten, w. H. Daniels, of Mime
waukan, John Burke, of Rolla, AM
Maurice Williams, of Fargo, register
ed simultaneously. The cause of il
all was the fact that these gentlemen
had met before in legislative session
assembled, being participants of tn
momentous session Of 91-92. Mr.. Pal
mer was the only Republican of tn
four, showing how preponderatin,
r was democratic influence in thos
. times. The pipe of peace was passe'
around, and many incidents recounte'
of the halcyon days of yore.
Miss Charlotte Lammedee, sister O
) Mrs. Chas. Stoner, will conduct
kindergarten school in this city thi
: fall and winter. The school will be
I private one, and will provide frs
. class instruction and amusement 70
the little ones. Miss Lammedee ha
s had considerable experience in he
line of work, receiving her training
in the schools Of South Bend, Ind.
: where she taught a kindergarten TO
several years. She is making a per
sonal canvass this week in the interes
of the school, which will open som
time this month. The school viii
take up quarters in the Skratass build
ing which will be reftted and re
modelled for the purpose
d The state board of equalization ha
d made several important changes in tn
h valuation of personal property thi
year. The valuation of horses ha
been reduced between Is per cent an
18 per cent. Stations have bee,
;, raised 5 per cent. One year old cattl
: have been raised 8 per cent. Tw
. years and over reduced IS per cent
: Over three raised 1 per cent. Mules
reduced 20 per cent. Sheep, 8 pc
cent, and swine 1 per cent. Las
year the assessed valuation of Wester
Union telegraph property was 81
is per mile. This year the valuatio:
IS has been lowered to $50. On til
other hand, railroad property has bee