Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-12-16

II IlSdIG WOulu 10 D0CC6rS TO go SOuCl3
! and organize a party to come up
here next summer and tour this.
state. as tour of the parts mem
|tioned cannot but result in some
I5of the people making up the
party stopping in soome particu-
liar favored spot which will be
visited, thus depopulating the
Estate.
Fifty Of the dog eating Igor
rotes from the Worlds Fair
Iclad only in their own skins pas
sed through Fargo last week on
their return to the Philippines.
Kurnel Brewer had a special
/ squad of policemen sworn in to.
protect Fargo's cannines while
the car remained at the city de-
Ipot.
G. Morrison was found uncon-
scious on the prairie near Ken
mare. He was driving a fractions.
horse to his neighbours when the
animal ran away and kicked Mr..
/ Morrison in the face. His eyes
| were badly injured and one
thumb was kicked off. He was.
taken to the county hospital in
Minot and did not recover con-
seriousness for four days. He
will recover.
Fred F'alley, Of Wahpeton, has
been appointed second deputy
auditor of the postofice depart
ment to succeed General Harri-
son Allen, Of Fargo, lately de-
ceased. The position pays So, 500,
a year. Mr.. Falley had the cor
dial support of both senator's.
Mr.. Falley is the editor of the
[Wahpeton Globe. He served as
secretary of state in North Da-
kota two terms and has taken a
prominent part in politics.
| Hon. B. S. Russell of Valley
City, who was elected presiden-
tial elector for this state, has
been voting for sixty years. He.
voted for Henry Clay for presi-
dent in 1874. He voted the
Wing ticket till that party was
succeeded by the republican.
party with John C.. Fremont as
its first presidential candidate.
Mr.. Russell remembers incidents
connected with the campaign
when Andrew Jackson was ell
ected in 1928.
| In the case of the state VS.. P.
| 0. Peterson a merchant of Chat
fee who is charged with con-
Quoting blind pig, there has
been a considerable dispute as to
LUST what sort of drink was sold.
I It may not be generally known
that the North Dakota prohibit
tion law is the strictest in the
statute books of the United
States, and if strictly interpret
ed it doesn't make a great deal
Of difference whether The drink
referred to was plain beer or
Tame Moose or some other
drink; if it contained alcohol in
even small proportion it's sale
would be a violation of the state
law.
\ A daring and successful hold
up occurred in the vicinity Of
Esmond Monday night. VIM.
Sheridan was driving out to his
threshing machine with a roll Of
money to pay his men. When
two miles northeast of Esmond
two men overlook him on bikes
and roughly commanded him to
throw up his hands. Sheridan S
answer was to lash his horse
with the whip but one of the
highWaymen seized the bride
and stopped the animal while
the other promptly turned loose
his gun-on shot taking effect
and the bullet lodging in Mr.
Sheridan's left arm. The hold up
artists secured $500.
Some two weeks ago a dog
suffering from the effect of
j hydrophobia was shot by chief
4 of police Shields of Minot. The
animal was not killed, however.
until it had bitten a little girl,
| fortunately the bite not resulting
in drawing blood and, no serious.
results followed. The dog then
attacked a horse belonging to
Mr.. Shields, biting it in several
places. In about ten DAYS.
i symptoms of the dread disease
became manifest. The horse
CONT nued to grow insane, and
!. Mr.. Shields, acting as chief Of
police, led it out of town and