Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28
Here and There
About the State

u mas a system OF walk WoIhs
in operation
An $1s, 600 hotel is to be erected in
Portal at once.
A local telephone exchange is being
agitated at Milton.
There is some talk of a wholesale
paper house at Fargo.
The corner stone Of the new Catho-
lie church at Langdon has been laid.
A long distance telephone line bet
ween Langdon and Hannah has been
c-mpleted.
The crops in Ward county are good
this year, and the harvesting of flax
has commenced.
Lieutenant Governor Bartlett is in
St. Louis looking after North Dakota's
exhibit at the exposition.
The tennis championship for North
Dakota in both double and singles,
was won by J. c. Monet of Langdon.
Mimic people want an injunction to
prohibit the collection of the taxes
provided for the agricultural fairs in
s%ection163 of the revised codes.
The wheat on the farm Of Ole
Stevens near Park River yielded 25
bushels to the acre. Sander Soil of
the same place got 20 bushels.
A bolt of lightning killed three
horses near ~Sherbrooke as they were
being driven from the pasture. The
driver was stunned, but not seriously
hurt.
A couple of tramps who were steal
ing small articles from the stores at
Wyndmere, we've booted out of town
by the citizens.
Charles Foster was drugged by
blind piggers at Cavalier. and death
nearly resulted. They thought he
was a spotter sent out by the Enforce
ment League of the state.
The Great Northern has equipped
an Industrial car which will be used
On the lines of the company to take
photographs, gather statistics and
otner information that will be valu.
able to people seeking the northwest.
The Cavalier County Republican
says the samples of grain gathered il
that county by a grain firm this yeal
have been compared with those gath.
cred by the same firm last year, and il
every instance except one have give g
better test.
L H Olsen, an employment agent
at Fargo, was assaulted by a patron
and seriosuly injured The man was
assured a job. and was told to repor
for shipment at a certain time H.
claimed he was there but that Their
was no work Upon Olsen's refusal t.
refund his fee. the man assaulted him
Norman missionaries are operating
in Sargent county.
Bedford citizens have subscribe,
money to establish a creameary
Some cattle thieves are getting il
their work in Ward county.
Berwick had a small fire whicl
destroyed the residence of Otto Hill
nan
John Porter, a tramp fell from
freight car at Dickinson and was Gu
in two
Track laying has commenced on til
Underwood extension of the Washbur
railroad.
Mrs. Halver Lykken, Of Walcot1
was seriously burned by the expolsio
of a gasoline stove.
A creamery has been established
Wikhek. The concern is composed Ell
tirely of local business men
A deaf and dumb child of Ole Olso
WlUullttu was luu OtcI ny d UuSS
while playing on a street crossing.
The number of children Of schot
age in this state is III, 034, an incleas
of seven per cent owe last year.
Charles Hibbs, Of Mckenzie was
badly cut about the hands by a knit
welded by a farm hand named Pea
ley.
It is said the insane asylum {
Jane town is so overcrowded that tw
pate IS are compelled to sleep
a bed. and in single beds at that.
James Rutledge, living ten mile
west of Richburg, sat down to have
smoke after breakfast. When four
at noon he was dead, having died in
.med ately upon sitting down.
Mis- Alice Hebert, who was recen
" )rried at Cavaliar was ii