Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-07-25
CRARY.
o Public Opinion.


From Public Opinion.
Herman Kalinowski made a trip to
Edmore last Monday.
VIII. Norris, representing the mer-
camille agency of R. G Dunn & Co.,
of St. Paul, was interviewing our
business men the first part Of the week.
A. Forslof has putin eight tele-
phones on the Farmers line north of
town, and has poles ready for extend
ing the system twelve miles further.
J. M. Soby is placing a stone found
alton under his store, AxS0, which
will give him the largest basement and
the largest floor space of any store in
town.
John and Andrew Borgerson Of
Freeborn, Eddy county, were in Crazy
yesterday. They report late flax
suffering for want of rain.
The campers at Chautauqua from
this village have nearly all returned
and have begun housekeeping again.
They all report a good time, and we'll
pleased with the program.
John Severson returned from his
trip to Warren, Mimi, last Wednes-
day. He says a good share of the
crops in that section of the country
was destroyed by the hail storm of
last week.
S. j. Dean and family returned
from Grand Forks, Inkster, Mimic and
Detroit Lake last Monday and reports
an enjoyable trip. Mr.. Dean says the
crops look much better in Ramsey
county than they do in the valley.
He began harvesting barley on his
lake shore farm in South Minnewau-
kan township.
A stranger passing through town
last Sunday with a string of horses
that he was pasturing in the meadows
and flax fields Of farmers along the
r. ad took umbrage at Albert Wickum
because he ordered him off his prem
Uses, and in true western style pulled
a CUR. Mr.. Wickum invoked the
majesty Of the law, and the state made
out a case of assault and battery
which cost the man a lesson worth $15,
which was promptly paid.
Last Wednesday E. P. Day and
Chris Anderson, N the part Of the
county commissioners, Miles Miller,
Chas. Wright and Edgar Anderson,
on the part of the citizens of Crazy,
met at the Odessa narrows for the
purpose Of locating the site for the
proposed grade, and to measur dis
lance across and average depth. 1t
was estimated that it would take 25,
900 cubic yards to make the filling, and
the contract was let to O. H: Wolcott
at Is cents a cubic yard, to be measur-
ed out of the cut.
The editor Of this paper is not an
athelete, neither is he a wrestler nor
street fighter. Although he has had
opportunities to show his prowess in
these lines, he did not consider their
invitations worthy Of notice. He can,
however, boast of one physical feat.
About a week ago he swan clear across
Devils Lake. The object was to
measure the distance across, to take
SCUM ngs of the depth and to deter
mine the current if any. When a
person calls to mind the. length and
breadth of this great inland sea, even
if it did not happen at its widest
point, n can easily imagine greater
honor in a feat like this than being
mixed up in a street brawl with
chances of getting a black eye.
We were this week shown the pros
pectus Of the new map Of Ramsey
county which the Devils Lake Inter
Ocean will publish this fall. It is
the most complete map of the kind we
ever saw. It will show the location
of streams, lakes, cities, villages,