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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
FACTS ABOUT CUBA.
0dy Three Pen Cent. of Area Of Is
= land and Only Ten Per Cent, Of
Farms Under Cultivation. /;

From a recent bulletin issued by
the United States geological s%urvel,
entitled, "A Gazetteer of Cuba" COM
piled by Henry Gannett, ~geographer,
the following suggestive facts regard
ing the island are taken:
With an acreage of $4,000 square
miles and a population in 1899 Of
1,572,7e7, only three per cent. of the
area of the island and only ten per
cent. of the area in farms was un-
der cultivation. The most highly
cultivated portions of the island
were in Mantanzas and Havana pro-
vinces, which lie adjoining in it's
western part. while in Puerto Prin-
cipe, the large central province, cul-
tivation was comparatively slight and
the land was used mostly for cat
tie ranches. The crops. in the order
of areas cultivated, were: first, sugar
cane, occupying somewhat less than
half of the cultivated area; next,
sweet potatoes, occupying II per
cent. OF the area; tobacco, nine per
cent. and bananas a trife less than
nine per cent. Tobacco and sugar
II grown in all the provinces. In
1899 there were in Cuba 2O7 sugar
mills, with a daily production of 61,-
407 bags.
Light is thrown on the depopulat-
ing effect of war in Cuba by the
comparison of the census of 1893
with that of 1877. In the latter year
it was ~1,G31,6s7. or $4,000 more than
~ years later, in 1899, Allowing fol
the probable increase in the popula'
ton between 1887 and 1895, the year
in which the ~insurrection broke out
the loss of life, as indicated by the
two c:ensnses, may be estimated al
nearly 100000. a loss to be attributed
to the war and the accompanying
recommendation.
The bulletin 10 accompanied BY
maps and charts, and contains neal
~ 1000 geographic names.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
REPORTS ON SUMMER STUDY.
Statistios of University of Chicago
Show That the Men Outnum-
bered the Women.

In connection with the constant
agitation at the University of Chi
cago in regard to segregation" in
terest attaches to the quarterly re-
port Of Dean Alexander Smith, of the
junior colleges, on the work of the
summer term. Preceding it. DR.. Har-
per made a brief statement Of the
present Importance Of summe work.
1T used to be-" said President Har-
per, 'sthat it was considered absurd
for the university to attempt to
carry on work in summer. The fact
that this summer 300 universities and
colleges have offered summer courses
proves that there is no lack of stu
dents. The university has had a
large attendance this year, in spite
of the great efforts at summer work
Acarried ON elsewhere, especially in
the south"
Although Dean Smiths report COW
ers only the junior colleges, some of
its statements + significant. The
total attendance of the university
this summer is approximately 1880,
of which number 925 are men and
1925 are women. In the junior col
leges there were 176 classified stu
dents. 1O1 men and rs m Last
year there were 1856 junior college
students, 90 men and 96 women.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
NEW MAP NOW A

The Inter- Ocean S new map of Ram
sey county, is now ready for delivery.
Those who have received their maps
are highly pleased with them, the
work and completeness thereof being
far superior to what was expected.
A large amount of money and hard
labor have beenexpended in perfecting
the work SO that it would be a credit
to the county for many years to come,
and it is gratifying to know that the
residents Of the county generally ap-
preciate the effort made to make it
a success. We would be glad if those
who do their trading at Devils Lake
would call at the Inter. Ocean Office
and get their maps. as delivery on
account of the roads is slow and
doubly expensive.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
WANTS

According to the London Daily
Rome correspondent, a
ec%clesiastic has forward
ed a remarkable petition to the pope.
"In the interests Of civilized society
and the honor Of religion in Italy" he
begs the pontiff to grant plenary in
diligence to all priests or monks who
shall wash themselves daily, with ex-
ira partial indulgence to those shaving
regularly at least three times a week
during a specified period.
students belonging to the Teutonic
and Anglo-Saxon colleges at Rome"
continues the correspondent, ARE
easily recognizable by their general
neatness and cleanliness, but in the
Italian seminaries and monasteric
novitiates the transitional sanctity of
dirt still holds sway" In most of
them soap, hair brush and looking
glass are worldly Injuries excluded by
rule, and the %clerics emerging there
from perpetuate the tradition. The
pope on occasions has evinced annoy
ance at the unkempt condition Of
monks who have come in close contact
with his august person. Visitors to
Italy will heartily welcome the inno-
vation."
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
M WORLD FOR BRAINS.
English Educator Says That Amer
lea Leads Through Schools Like
That of Carnegie,

The seventy-second annual meeting
of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science was opened
at Belfast. The address of James
r. Dewar, president elect, was large
ly devoted to a review of progress of
physical chemistry. In the course of
his remarks President Dewar refer
red to recent munificent benefactions
to science and education. and espe-
cially to the gift of Andrew Carnegie
and the late Cecil Rhodes.
Referring to Mr.. Carnegie's endow-
ment of Scottish universities and
the foundation of an educational in
s%titution at Washington as a more
direct benefit to higher education
than Mr.. Rhodes requests, Prof. De-
war remarked that the establishment
of the institution at Washington
meant a securing of the old world as
we'll as the new for the best men in
every department.. In fact. he said,
the assiduous collecting of brains
for the benefit of America was sim
liar to the collecting of r. books
and works of art which Americans
were o carrying on so lavishly.
Speaking of applied chemistry,
Prof. Dewar made a scathing criti-
cism Of the "deplorable backward
ness" of Great Britain in this field
as compared to foreign countries.
German chemical manufacturers,
the speaker declared, enjoyed a prac-
teal monopoly which enabled them
to exact huge profits from the rest
of the world and to establish in. an
almost unassailable position indus
tries which were largely founded on
basic discoveries made by English
chemists, but which had never been
properly developed In the land Of
their birth.
The explanation Of this "disas-
trous phenomenon. Prof. Dewar
gave in three words-"want Of edu-
cation" he said it was the failure
OF schools to turn out and Of manu-
%facturers to demand properly train
ed men which explained Great Brit
aims loss of valuable industries and
the country's precarious hold on 9th
era
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
KATE SHELLEY TO BE NURSE
The Iowa Heroine to Dntef the state
Insaae Asylum Hospital 1t
Cherokee.

Miss Kate Shelley, the heroine Of
many poems and writings in prose,
who when a child saved a train load
of people from death by creeping
over a frozen bridge near Moingona.
Boone county, Ia, in a raging storm
and warning the engineer OF the
danger, will next month enter the
state insane hospital at Cherokee,
Ia, as a nurse. She has already
been engaged by the asylum officials.
Miss Shelley is quite old. but has
lost none of the fascination brought
about by her childish deed Of hero
ism. The bridge over which she
crept now spans the La Crosse river,
a few miles from La Crosse, having
been moved to that point a few
years ago.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
MOVEMENT IN SPRING.

jamestown Alert: Real estate
men and others who are in positions
to know say that next spring will see
the arrival CT many new settlers from
other states who come to thier homes
in North Dakota. For the last two
years OF more. the North Dakota land
movement has been confined in the
central part Of the state largely to
Spectators. There have been many
changes of ownership of farms and
prices have advanced to double what
they were a few years ago, under the
pressure of investors to buy for resell
ing. These lands will have to be cul.
tivated and cropped by someone to be
valuable to the owner, who in most
places will not wait for the slow i'm
provement made by others, but who
will sell, turn his money and avoid
paying taxes.
Many thousand of quarter sections
have been sold to Minnesota, Iowa
and Wisconsin farmers at advanced
prices. by, the men who have bought
them in the last two years. The new
purchasers are, in many cases, the
ones who will come to farm the lands
and make them pay for themselves.
Real estate men in other states do not
look for such q heavy speculative buy
ing this spring as last but for a more
substantial and steady settlement.
This will not only tend to fasten the
values of lands at the figures that pre-
vail at present, but make the land in
crease steadily in value in the future.
until its price somewhere near reaches
the price of lands in other parts of the
country, where no more or no sure1
crops can be secured or better farm
revenues obtained.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
TO STUDY %ARAPAHoEs.
james Mooney, Of Bures1 Of Ansei-
~ 1~thaelogy, to Perforn MIS-
Sion for ChieAgo Mission.

James Mooney, of the bureau of
ethnology, has just arrived
in Washington after few years.
study OF the Kiowa Indians and their
methods of recording heraldry in
their shields and tepee decorations.
Mr.. Mooney will make a similar study
of the Arapahoe Indians for the Field
Columbian museum at Chicago. DR..
G. A. Dorsey, curator of the Field
museum, accompanied Mr.. Moody to
the reservation, of the Arapahoe In
dams and witnessed their sun dance.
His interest became so great in Mr..
Moneys work that he gave him q
commission for the Chicago museum.
MI. Mooney had copies made from
the original tepees of the Kiowas by
native Indian artists, Showing the
wonderful art of tracing heraldry
through their shield and tent decora-
tions. From these paintings on buck
skin a group of models will be made
for the national museum. There will
be a hundred tepees in the collection.
all surrounding a medicine lodge, and
following n arrangement o Inc sun
dance.
In the collection for the Field Co.
lumbar museum there probably will
be $50 models, the same ideas being
followed out as for the national mu-
scum. Mr.. Moneys illustrated report
on the Kiowa Indian medicine lodges
will be issued from the government
printing Office within the next few
weeks.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
PROVES A FAILURE.
Naval Officer Says Wireless Tele-
graphy Is Unreliable.
In the Face Of This Statement Cones
the Latest Claim of MarcoAi That
He Has Succeeded in Sending
Asssage 1900 Miles.

mo reliable system Of wireless
telegraphy has yet been developed"
This statement was made by Rear
Admiral Royal T. Bradford, chief of
the bureau of equipment, who has es-
pecial charge of all matters connect
ed with communications in the navy.
Upon the recommendation of Rear
Admiral Bradford, tests of various
systems, which are declared to have
worked satisfactorily, have been in
progress between the Washington
The admiral declined to make public
any of the results of the tests, but
there is reason for believing that
they have not shown the desirability
of the immediate equipment of the
service with wireless telegraphy sys-
tenn.
The recent maneuvers demonstrate
ed the need of wireless ~telegraphy
provided a reliable system could be
obtained, but it has not been pro-
duced, according to Rear Admiral
Bradford, and the navy will probably
have TO wait until something more
satisfactory is found. The tests will
not, however, cease. The department.
wants to find out just what each sys-
TEN is worth.
And right alongside of this discour-
aging statement of the naval officer
comes the declaration of another tri-
umph in wireless t~elegraphy achieved
by Marconi, according to a cablegram
received by the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company, of New York
city.
Heretofore the inventors success
has been in the transmission Of sig
nails and messages over the sea. and
signals partially ove the sea and par
tally over land. These performances
have been eclipsed by the receipt at
SpeZia, on the Mediterranean, of per-
feet Marconigrams or messages from
Poldhu, in Cornwall, England.
From the Cornwall station to.Spe-
zia, which lies between Genoa and
Naples, the distance is about 1.1O0
miles. Previous to last week, though
signals had been flashed a long dis
tance overland, complete messages
had not been transmitted more than
40 miles.
How complete is his new triumph is
shown by the message of Marconi to
his London Office filed at Spezia, in
which he said:
Perfect messages received inside
Gibraltar harbor and throughout en-
tire course of Mediterranean tour, di-
rect from Poldhu, across France.
Spain and Alps. All kilograms for
king of Italy and minister received
correctly on tape off Spezia."
Marconi, who is at Rome, declares
in an interview that he has complete
~ solved the problem of sending
wireless messages over a distance OF
more than 1900 miles. and that he is
confident hat communication be-
tween Europe and America will sbe
established in the immediate future.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
s.it4.o.i.. Get. Fla. eft.

The Smithsonian institution has
received from s. S. Rowland, q
wealthy former resident of Wash
j. ton, a valuable collection of ar
ticles pertaining to Burmese royalty
and religion which were collected by
the donor during his travels. The ar
ticles comprise a number of house
hold and personal effects of the Bur-
mese king. A valuable manuscript
of the pentateuch, dating back to
the eleventh century, is a feature Of
the collection. Among the other ar
ticles is a howdah of the sacred
white elephant of Burmah, and two
carved figures, representing Chinese
gods of war and peace.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
AXE UP.

Came to my place in Webster
township, one mile north Of the town
of Webster, on or about the first of
December, 1902. one dark brown pony
mare, weight about nine hundred
pounds. Olaf Leet.
47-499 Devils Lake. N. D.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
WIN. K. MOELLER
Dentist
stade Block DEVILS LAKE. N. d.
A Farmer Or His Son

or a townsman will be hired :by us at $50
and expenses. or 80 per cent. oommis-
sion to take orders for our farm seeds, fruits
Competition can be met. Our stock war
You do not deliver or collect. Can
devote all or part time. We pay y19 each
weex. Good chance to earn money this win.
ter. Write for free outfit at once: Perry
Nursery Company, Rochester, Ney York. $3.50
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
TAKEN UP.

About September 1st, a bronco fox
colored. mare, about eight years old,
wearing halter when taken up. The
owner can have same by paying
charges of keeping and advertising.
Enquire at the Inter Ocean
Office. 47-40
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
NOTICE.

The Devils Lake Improvement
company will have but enc subscriber
on a line. That is each individual
patron will have a line all to himself,
thareby doing away with the annoy
enc Of having nor than one ring to
call you up.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
shou1d Go

"It is better" says a penitentiary
warden, "to give a discharged convict
a job than a bible" And the Chicago
Tribune asks: Anything wrong with
giving him both?"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06
Canned Ionter wanted

OaAAed L0bster Wanted.
American canned lobster is wanted
everywhere in Germany, but there
seems to be no efficient connection
between dealers and American pro-
ducsrA.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-02-06

Miss Grace Mcnamara left Tues
day for a visit with friends at Stark
weather.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22
AIDS NEW YACHT.
Shamrock III UiHs Deci1Uely A part
from This. HOzCeUer.

After her narrow margin OF victory on Monday
shamrock III was again in racing form yesterday
and defeated her trial horse by 3 minutes II sec
onds IN tweuty-mie race Much or her big VIC
tory was due TO a luke in which she covered niles
OF water while Shamrock hung idle in a calm
Ihe race was 10 have been for forty miles but q
shift OF the wind spoiled the plan and the boats
sailed close reach east-sOutheast from Scotland
Ilghtship and back the last hve miles about dead
TO windward.
smart southwest wind was blowing when the
captains quit jockeying, and headed for the line.
which the boats crossed as follows
Shamrock Shamrock III II sxs-0s
The yachts had not run one hundred yards srter
crossing the line before the wind dropped TAT
calm. and then gentle air from the south
The yachts hung there for several minutes. Then
the new boats sails filed and she drew away.
nnauy going of at a fast clip while Captain Bowl,
OF Shamrock tackled about. vainly trying to xe
the wind The challenger put miles OF vatsr BE-
tween herself and the other boat before the latter
fairly caught the wind and began TO move or AZ
a racing clip at 1875.
After about hours sailing Shamrock Wa
more than three miles astern Even after she cauxnr
the wind the old boat simply outclassed ny
the new one Al the the challenger Wa
y minutes . seconds ahead and still gaining
halfway 10 the finish the challenger held a nus
VINO from WeSt-southwest, giving her close reach
ahu sending her along at a sttn pace. Then tbs
VINO suddenly shifted 10 and she had a dead
beat for the rest OF the way. Shamrock 7 held
the favorins wind half hour longer thar did
the leader and II carried her about as far on her
minutes So seconds In the hour and a quarters sail
ms, from the outer mark to the finish line. Sham
LOur miles away, when the challenger rounded
Seouand LAghtship and finished The summary
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22

was alone in his contention that he had right
10 the service Of Davis. by reason of the New
York Americans having played Elberfeld and
that on all questions the vote seven 10
one-Brush voting for himself every time. I'm
til the signing of the National agreement, the
Cincinnati Peace Compact will be the working
basis Of both leagues. II became known that
Few days ago President Powers of the Eastern
League sent a telegram to President Pulliam
asking what the National League was going to do
IN regard to the National agreement and even II
national agreement was not entered into II
the National League would respect the reserve
rule of the minor leagues2 II decided that
as meeting of the three league presidents
National. American and Eastern, had been called
for Tuesday, July IS. to take some action on a
National agreement. answer was not 'neces-
Sary.
Ban Johnson, president OF the American As
sociatIon. said yesterday that he was more than
pleased with the action that the National League
had taken; that it showed they intended to abide abide
by the peace compact, and that 1t would clear
away the clouds in the baseball situation.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22
GOLF.
To Prepare Plans for English Golf
Teams Hisit.

To be fully prepared to receive and entertain
the visiting team Of golfers from the Oxford and
Cambridge Society. the executive COMMITTEES OF the
Metropolitan Golf Association will hold meeting
to-day to arrange the dates for the several meet
ings and to decide the links which they Will
be played
The team Will visit this country in August and
September the guests OF the United ST. Ees Coli
Association. which has arranged the schSdule of
dates that each of the leading minor associations
the country have opportunity 20 enter
tain the visitors A liberal portion OF their time
will be spent near New-York. and every effort viii
be made To make their trip most enjoyable. They
viii be well taken Of and generously enter
tanned in all parts Of the country they visit al
the other minor associations will hold similar meet
ings and have their arrangements completed Ions
before the team arrives.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22
CHESS.
Roething Takes Game from Phillips for
Rice Trophy at Sylvan Beach.

Sylvan Beach. y. Y, July 2L-Play in the an
nual midsummer meeting of the New-York State
Chess Association was begun today. AS there
onIy two players, P. +. Scripture and S. g
Mowery, representing the second and third class
players it decided TO play the class tourna-
ment in class. Scripture and Mowery receiv-
ing the odds OF pawn and move and pawn and
two moves respectively. The other competing
players are George Schweitzer and B Cole, OF
Nev-York: D F. Searle W. f. Scripture, OF
Rome; A. McMartin, Of Johnstown; d. w Wal
Ter Of Seneca Falls; F. A Dixon, OF Oswego: r
J. Cuckemus. of Utica. and X. Howard. Of Roch-
ester Each man play one game with every
other
In the class tourn1 1ment Guckemus defeated Nc
Martin. McAIartln beat Searle; SchWettzer beat
Cole. collie beat Waller; Guckemus lost 70 How
ard and Waller: Mowery lost to SchweitzeE ana
drew p Scripture; BorsOdi beat p. Scripture, W
Scripture lost 10 Dixon. McMartiE beat Searle
otto RoethIing won his game against H NJ
Phillips for the Rice trophy competition aIter
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22
THE RECORDS.

The Brooklyn baseball team through great pitch
ing by Garvin and brilliant field work by al the
home nine, defeated the Giants at Washington
Park yesterday by score of 1 TO /. Up to the
eighth inning it looked though the Giants would
be shut out A single by Mathewson and two
bagger by the grand old man." Van Haltren. in
the final inning, however saved them from this
disgrace.
The hitting abilities Of the Giants yesterday
were sad disappointment to the supporters of the
team Bowerman's mUn of Floods third strike
IN the second inning allowed the latter TO get to
hrst base. While he runni1 to first the
error Bowerman hit him on the head in des-
perate attempt to throw him the bag Doyle
and Dahlen were out at the time, and McCreery
had a base balls The error allowed AIcCreery
to get TO third. Ritter then to the bat and
sent the ball into left field for a three -bagger,
scoring McCreery and Flood.
Mathewson, who pitched for the Giants was not
in his best form, and was hit hard at critical
ments- Perhaps the most amusing part Of the
contest was in the actions of Jones, who on
the coacher's line for Brooklyn. Whenever his
team made good play he would turn back fips
and leap in the air in a way that would call for
salary in a country circus. He kept the spec
tators in roars of laughter
The third run Of the Superbas was made in the
fifth. Garvin flied to Gilbert Strang followed with
a single, then Sheckard's liner handled nicely
by Lauder, and Dobbs's hit, which went through
LADDERS legs, allowed Strang to cross the plate
In the sixth inning the home team made its final
tally on two singles and bunt. The score:
New-York tribune., 1903-07-22
SAYS FEAR OF HIM STOPS RACE.
Steinhardt Gives an Explanation of the
Postponement of the Match Race.

The real reason for the postponement Of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS race, Benjamin Steinhardt
said Yesterday he suspected was fear OF Benjamin
steinhardt He had heard that there was 70 be
bet on the race and this. he declared, would be
a n1isdemeauor for which the penalty would be
forfeiture of the horses TO the State
Steinhardt expressed an utter lack of confidence
in the report that McChesney was lame, and IN
discussing the merits of the case at the Majestic
.sft looks to me as if the race was not run for
1a.r ~ me I heard some time ago that II would
not be run. It IS evident that must be IN their
stenbard, added that ne should get two war
rants to-day Just show those interested IN the
rseefrack that he was not forgetting them.