Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-04-29

'RIDAY, APRIL 20, 1904 s
directors, and Geo. Fulton, district
CLERK, attended the meeting Of school
officers at Devils Lake on the sth inst.
Born, on April 90, 1904. to Mr.. and
Mrs. q. Z. Popoon, of this city, q
daughter. Mother and child iii
doing nicely. and George i setting
lup the cigars.
Simon Schmid. our enterprising
and popular hardware and lumber
merchant. has bni.t 30 foot addi.
zion to his store this spring. and
otherwise renovated the interior d
the old buildi ng
The great bulk Of the blowing fol
seeding purposes in this vicinity was
done last fall and the farmers are
confident that if allowed by natural
forces to commence seeding by the
first Of May that they will finish even
earlier than any year heretofore.
Miss Anna Christofferson has fin
ished the winter term of school here
and gone to her home at Jerusalem,
where she will take much needed
rest. Miss Ckristofferson as principal
of the city schools was much admired
by the patrons and directors for her
tact in maintaining order and advan-
cling the pupils in their different
studies.
The farmers in this vicinity will
build $4,000 bushel elevator at this
station this year ready for handling
this feason's crop. The capital stock
of tina. company will be $4,000 in $s5
shares, and it is presumed that it will
be go. This will make four large
elevators at this point. Now for a
cheese factory Touring mill and a
first class MOTEL. 4,
The farmers living north Of here
woull like to have a telephone line
to connect with the Northwestern
telephone exchange line if someone
would put in the plant. They would
be willing to pay we'll for the SER
vice. The citizens here would also
subscribe and it could also be extend
ed south and east and west to the diff
ferent farm houses.
Miss Nellie Norton, who was en-
gagged to teach a six months term in
School Ne. 2, resigned to attend
another term of three months at the
university. Miss Norton will resume
her duties as teacher in School No 2
at the end Of her university term.
Miss Kate :Pendegast will teach the
first three months. .5
l. Kennedy and family have a-riv-
cd from illinois with two carloads of
horaes, cattle, farming machinery and
household goods. and will make their
future home in Newb1e township,
this county, on the farm purchased in
connection with his brother, j. M.
Kennedy, of this. city, and which they
Dorght from R. Miller, and comprises
4S0 acres nearly all under cultiva-
tion. A number Of others from Iowa.
and other states have come here this
spring with the intention of buying
lands and making their homes in this
modern Goshen.
4 Snow, rain and mud the three per-
quisities needed in the early sp,ing
time for insuring large production
of cereals the coming season. It is
acknowledged by the world that the
soil of North Dakota farming lands
are beyond com pare, but the soil needs
meteorological and chemical conditions
which will tend to foster and en-
courage the growth and ultimate
production of the cereals committed
to the care of Mother Earth, We be-
lieve that the conditions notwith-
standing the evident late spring,
goes to snow that we may expect the
biggest return from the work of the
farmer that has been known in the
northwest, outlivaling 1887, 1891 and
1895. We would advise that every
available foot Of soil be planted this
year.
We were much gratifed when on
a visit to the capital city of Ramsey
county a few days ago at the harmony
that exists in the republican camp.
This is as it should be- Why should
there be any divisions in the party Z
johnson and Hansbrough fought for
in North Dakota, when the
bitter struggle took place in Devils
Lake. We remember the convention
held in the grand jury room End the
two sets Of delegates that went to the
state convention at Grand Forks. the
nomination of johnson for member Of
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