The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-20

are a credit to the town and county
Devils Lake is the division point for the
freight crews of the Great Northern rail-
road. The Devils Lake Driving associa-
ton, organized in 1908. Devils Lake has
a full complement of business houses of,
every line Of goods and trade you may
mention, and the stocks of goods carried
by the firms of this town would do credit
TO town of $4,000. The city has a pop
ulation of 5000 people, and growing very
last ana You cannot find vacant dwell
ing or business place in the city The city
IS represented in the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard by Company D. The Devils
Lake ChautauQua association and the
North Dakota state military encampment
grounds are situated on the north shore
or Devils lake. st. Calls college. a
Catholic institution of learning. is located
two miles south of the city.
Inc Ramsey county court house is one
or the finest in the state, costing $3S 600.
United States land office The North Da-
kota School for the Deaf is one of the
best managed institutions in the state
ana the best teachers money can pro-
cure. The Mercy hospital was opened in
1885 and is one of the main Institutions
OF the city. There are two surgical wards,
TWO sick wards operating room,
physicians offices and about fifty rooms,
and all modern conveniences. The city
is the receiving and distributing >point for
a rich agricultural and stock raising dis
trict. also for the Fort Totten indian
reservation. The city has daily steam
Minnewaukan.
The city has three miles of cement
walks and by fall this will be increased
to six miles. The city has a new mayor,
heart and intends to make Devils Lake
the first city of North Dakota.
Devils Lake chautauqua as Summer
Resort
No place, however, can rob North Da-
kota of its charm of spring and summer,
and especially is this true to the chosen
site of the North Dakota Chautauqua
situated on the bank Of Devils Lake the
salt water inland sea. Visitors to the
worlds fair at ST. Louis may spend
many hard earned dollars viewing the gil
gantic undertaking of ST. Louis citizens,
but few will experience half the enjoy
ment, rest and recreation that would re-
suit from a visit at the assembly during
its tWenty-four-da session. which opens
July and closed July "a and about the
same dates each year.
The Devils Lake Chautauaua is the
greatest summer resort in the Northwest
and is among the most beautiful in the
whole country 1t is situated on the north
efn shore of the great inland sea of the
prairieS, named from the Indian Devils
Lake. This irregular shaped body of wa
ter. the remains of one of the great
possesses all the beauty of the mighty
ocean itself. but the fact that the lake
has no outlet gives it's waters many
properties not found in the ocean itself
Bathing In it is far more pleasant and
invigorating than at the famous sea shore
resorts. The Chautauqua grounds are
located in a beautiful grove of native
forest of several hundred acres extent.
whose shore line is washed by the waves
themselves. Here then. are combined the
pleasures of the ocean beach and the
mountain forest, something that no other
Chautauqua possesses. A fortnight spent
at this beautiful resort with it's cool
nights. pleasant shade, invigorating air.
splendid boating and delightful bathing is
equal to a month at almost any other
summer resort. The programmes render
ed are a splendid combination for the in
tellectual and the amusing First-cass
lecturers, high class specialists and en-
tertaining diversions are combined to
make the session of the Chautauqua as
sembly meetings the most attractive in
the Northwest. Coming as they do be-
tween seed time and harvest, the farmers
with their families can enjoy the same
pleasures that are experienced only by the
wealthy in the older states. This beauti-
full white city in the woods is only five
miles from the city of Devils Lake, from
which it is reached by short line rail-
road
The secretary. Mr. Edgar La Rue is
doing all one can do to make place that
the people of Dakota can come for an
outing and bring their children. This
resort is a great help to the city of Devils
Lake in the summer, for it brings the
people of the state here.