Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-01-02
Druggist Butler was over from
Brocket Wedne sday.

Martin Ovrum and sons returned
Tuesday evening from a visit to
Peterson, Minnesota.
Octave Poissant, of Bartlett, n of
the Inter Oceans Oldest subscribers,
was in the city Tuesday and made
this Office a pleasant call.
j. 0. Baughman has purchased the
Fred Mann residence and two lots on
East Sixth street, and in the spring
will move the present house away and
build a neat cottage.
Mayor Morgridge came down from
the Harbor Monday to announce that
the smallpox cases in this city had
been confined to two patients. One
died and the other is recovering.
Adjt. F. Dean, of Jamestown, will
visit Devils Lake on Jan. 9Th, and
will conduct a special meeting in the
Salvation Army hall. The adjutant
will be accompanied by Corp. Cadet
Willie Wakefield. You are all in
vited to come.
The Devils Lake Free Press doesn't
seem to like the class of theatrical at
fractions that have visited that town.
Forum. The shows were all right,
Bro. Brewer, until the free list was
suspended-then they got bad-quick.
Rugby Optimist: Allan Tompkins,
who has been granted a franchise for
operating a local telephone exchange
and electric lighting plant, informs
the Optimistic III the-work Of erecting
poles will be begun at once and that
by spring he expects to have the wires
all strung.
The ~thirteen-cent stamp just issued
is the first of that denomination in
this country. It bears a likeness Ben
jamin Harrison, and it will be used
exclusively for foreign registered let
tiers. Its price will cover the postage
and registration fee upon a half ounce
letter anywhere in the limits of
postal union.
The Devils. Lake friends of Engineer
Geo. Whitney were considerably
alarmed Tuesday morning by a report
which rapidly spread around town to
the effect that he had been caught in
a wreck and that his body had not yet
been recovered from under the engine.
Later in the day friends received a
telegram from him saying he was
unhurt.
The rapid advancement made by a
new department of our postal service
is well brought out in an illustrated
article on "The Rural Free Delivery
Service. contributed to the Review
Of Reviews for January by Day Allen
Wiley. 1t Will be news to many
that it is now seriously proposed
ultimately to establish a free delivery
of mail to every farmhouse in the
United States.
Try our Corn Planter X or
Electric. Light oil. These oils
are Pennsylvania products and
are of the highest grade. G. P.
Brainard & Co,
Two important articles bearing on
the question of the American meat
supply are contributed to the Review
Of Reviews for January. Under tn,
title, "The American Ok and Hi
Pasture DIR. E. Benjamin Andrews
: writes on the measures proposed, il
and out of congress, or the reclaima
ton and improvement Of the grazing
lands in the west, where practically
all our beef cattle are grown ant
fattened. This article is supplemented
by a careful study of the recent ad
vance in beef prices by Mr.. Fred G.
Croxton, an expert in the United
States Department of Labor.
:: Forty-six lots for sale il
Cleveland & Kennedy's addition
to city of Devils Lake. $lO(
each. Apply to N. II. Brennan
Prof. and Mrs. J. A. Haig are hav
ing a sor of family reunion THU
week. Their son Ernest H., vino il
{ teaching in the high school at St
Cloud, Mimi, arrived here Saturday,
and his brother, Myron j.. who is {
student at Carlton College, Mimi.
came two days before. The SECOND
son, Allan ", who has a position il
the Ramsey County National bank a
Devils Lake, came up Tuesday even
ing. This is the first time in si1
$ years the family have spent christina
! together, and it is needless to say tina
they are having a very enjoyable
time.-Rolla Star.
Arrangements having beer