Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-08-22

1A1S LID 'oCoCAOu, uCVCI CAcltSS uo L,
kept busy all the time attending to
duties in connection with his office,
the correspondence of Senator Hans
brough requiring about all his time.
IN. D. Review.
Senator Jud LaMoure, Secretary NJ.
H. Jewell of the Republican state com
mittee, Chairman L. B. Hanna of the
committee and Secretary Of State E.
F. Porter will put in two weeks fish
ing on the north coast Of Lake Superior.
They expect to return in time for the
first meeting Of the central committee,
to be held at Fargo, August 81, when
the candidates for state Office will also
be present, and the preliminary steps
taken for opening the campaign.
Cando has more legitimate sports to
the square inch than any other town
of it's size in the state. The same
statement is applicable to good and
fast horses, and in the language of the
Record, if there is anything up there
the people like better than a good
horse race, 1t is two races. A week
ago, several exciting goes were pulled
off on the race grounds and a local
horse came out winner against a Cana
dian stopper, netting it's owner a snug
bunch of bills. .
Colonel H. Hankinson of Hankin-
son says that he has several acres Of
| apple trees that are loaded with fruit
and that he has already harvested
part of the crop. His apples received
a diploma at the Pan-American exposi-
tion and were pronounced by the
judges as having superior flavor and
demonstrating that North Dakota fruit
is as good as any in the west. The
colonel says that he has never lost a
tree from freezing aud that he has to
prop up the limbs, so heavily laden
are they.
The state teachers training school
at Mayville, closed Friday after a
most successful session. Four count
les, Trail, Steele, Nelson and Rich
land, united with the state normal
school for the session, and the attend
ance has been large and the work
satisfactory. A pleasant social event
was the tea given Tuesday evening by
the ladies of the faculty and a few
others. Among the guest were B. S.
Russell and Miss Campbell, the former
Of Jamestown and the latter of Dick
enson. Mr.. Russell lectured to the
summer school on "The Literature
and Poetry Of the Bible"
The first train over the completed
extension Of the 500 railway at Bis
marck will be run August 2a. Ar
engagements are being made by the
citizens Of Bismarck to celebrate the
occasion. There will be an excursion
from the territory tributary to the 500
north and south Of Bismarck. Colon
Ell w. c. Plummer, of Fargo, will be
probably be engaged for an address
and there will be an appropriate pro-
gram of sports, with fire works at
night. The 500 people have agreed
upon a reduction Of freight rates to
Bismarck.
|. Adjutant General Miller has cited
Capt. Tommy Poole, regimental quar-
termaster of the North Dakota Nation
al Guards, to explain why he was
absent without permission from the
recent encampment, Captain Poole
was busy trying to round up the dele
gates to the Republican county onven
t on in Stutsman county, with the
view Of securing a deleg alton to the
state convention unfavorable to Cover.
nor White. He failed to get the dele
cation but it is not thought this will
be considered a good excuse for his
failure to obey orders.
Wednesday evening at $50 as the
Great Northern train No. 10 was pul.
ling into Grafton, a serious accident
occurred. Hans Dahl, a farmer liv.
ing near town, was driving across the
track with a team and buggy. Tit
horses barely got across and the engin,
crashed into the buggy, completed,
demolishing it and throwing it's oc
cupant a distance of several yards
When the injured man was examines
it was found that he had sustained
fracture Of the skull. The injury
however, does not appear to be of
serious nature and it is thought tn
victim will recover. The horses ar
uninjured.
The first threshing boiler explosion
Of the season occurred here about Ia
yesterday afternoon. A. B. Carscallen
of Osnabrock, had purchased a second
hand threshing rig and was getting j
ready to run to his home. Carl Kar
towitz, Of Rosa, Mimi, was the engi
neer in charge. A section of tn
hoi1o, about q Foot ooroee -,. $500, .,