The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-24
new R. R. STATION
At Devils Lake Will Soon be
Completed - Defeat In
creased Jurisdiction.

Devils Lake, N. D., Nov s4.-The
new passenger station being built
by the Great Northern at Devils
Lake will be completed and ready to
move into in about three weeks. Work
men are busy laying cement floors and
finishing the interior As the work
progresses it becomes evident that the
station will be one of the finest in the
West The old passenger station has
been moved back about ten test DO
make room for the thing walk which
will be several hundred feet long.
When the new station Is completed
the old station will be utilized for
freight Office purposes.
The proposition to increase the
jurisdiction of the county court in
Ramsey county was defeated by
majority Of IL votes. Under existing
circumstances increased jurisdiction
would not only expedite large
amount of legal business, but would
lessen the cost to litigants and tax
payers
NJ. F. Arnold, a workman on the
sewer, was given his check by the
foreman last Saturday In Huseby's
hotel, and said he would go and get
1t cashed and return and pay his bill
He failed to return. Chief Hurst was
notified and learned that Arnold had
purchased a ticket to Penn. Hurst
went to Penn on the next train where
he found his man, arrested him and
brought him back to this city Sunday
On Monday Arnold paid his bill and
all costs, and was released.
II the weather continues favorable
the contractors expect to drive the last
spike in the Devils Lake-Aneta ex-
tension by the LIST of December. Al
present the track layers are working
in the vicinity OF Pelican Point bridge.
Under normal conditions mile of
track Is laid each day. but the late
stormy weather has greatly retarded
the work. The employment agencies
east keep sending men out, but they
do not stay long. The surfacing crew
Is closely following the steel gang.
and the road will be in good condition
for traffic as soon as completed.
The Farmers Grain company has
recently opened two new elevators on
the Aneta extension, one at Tolna in
charge OF Harry Knauss. and one at
In In nh NP
Peter Torgenson. formerly employed
at the city dray line at Churches
Ferry. but now operating the Louis
Wirtz farm, drove to Church'sF erry
about midnight Saturday and consult
ed DR.. Flath relative to disarrange-
ment of the internal organs of his
body. The doctor discovered that the
man was suffering from strangulated
hernia and that an immediate opera
ton was necessary to save his life
The operation was performed soon
after midnight and was very success
full. Mr.. Torgenson is now resting
easy at the doctors home. and will be
around again in a few weeks.
On Thursday Harry Belding and
Edward Combs went down into the big
Great Northern railway we'll at Penn
to make some repairs. The we'll is
sixty-eight feet deep and the water
twenty-five feet deep. Down forty feet
from the top the men, standing on
platforms, opened a hole in the curb
ing. When the cutting was finished
the mud and water gushed in with
such force that 1t threw the plank on
which Bedding stood and he was
thrown backward into the water. With
rare presence of mind he grabbed one
Of the posts called for help, and Combs
hauled him out.