Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-07-19

: a Bartlett clLlZen, ana the Ln1el |
was captured in company with
the fourth. The transgressor is
in the mission jail.
Mills Church, one Of the pro-
prietors of the LarimorePioneer,
and his newly married bride, are
in the city spending their honey
moon. They went over to Fort
Totten today to enjoy the sea
breeze.
The grass and weeds that are
growing along the sidewalks or
Fourth and Fifth streets should
be cut. 1t is very annoying and
an eyesore to the fine, nervous
temperament of one of our lead
ing attorneys.
Lieut.. Nickerson returned |
from Larimore Wednesday even
ing. He was successful in find
ing the deserters at that place.
They were taken over. to Fort
Totten on the government boat
as soon as they arrived here.
A travelling salesman tried
=: hard to sell W. G. Stoughton
some ladies' hosiery, but he did
mot succeed. Mr.. Stoughton
, said it was an insult of our ladies
! to offer such sizes; that they
! might be worn in St. Louis but
not here.
4 A meeting of those interested
in building an Episcopal chapel
! was held at the North Shore
bank Friday evening, and it was
decided to circulate a paper to
raise $500 or $500 to add to the
> $1,000 offered by Bishop Walker
y and build a stone chapel in this
city.
e The heaviest rainstorm of the
= season commenced Saturday af-
ternoon at 2::45, and for half an
hour the water fell like a catar-
t act. It is believed the storm was
d general, and that crops through
n out this region will be greatly
:. benefited, the ground being
IS quite dry. There was no hail.
Deacon Powell, one of Major
IS Benham's. star boarders, was in
IL great trouble Thursday mofning
from a sprained arm, and had tC
# be assisted at the table to eat his
If breakfast. He had the sympathy
d of his fellow boarders at table
g when he told them that he had
sprained his arm by rowing on
~ the lake, but a person who was
% "onto" the worthy deacon gave
y. - him away and said he hurt his
~ arm by forcing it to encircle {
8 waist that it required two arms
to go around. The deacon blush
p ed and vowed that he would
y never take a man into his conf
9r dence again.
The mill problem has beer
solved, and Devils Lake is now
n to have what she has long need
S. ed-a frst-class mill. Messrs
W Widmeier and Weiermiller re
~ turned Wednesday from Lans
ing, Iowa, bringing their fami
. lies and household goods will
" them. They have made all nee
y !essary arrangements, having
~, purchased the lumber and mach
i inery, and will commence opera
~ tons at once. The mill will b.
st built upon the three cornere'
ne block northeast of the railroa|
Us track, between Fourth and Fift]
is streets, the townsite compan,
w having decided the land t
Messrs. W. and w. for that pur
pose. The structure will be 8
O. by so feet and three stories high
oy over a basement II feet dee
ia walled up with stone. The capa
tie city Of the mill will be 100 bar
VI rels per day, with room an
power to increase it to $50 bal
is- rels. The engine is AS hors
n power, and the boiler 60 hors
X power. Two St. Louis mi
on wrights are expected here in
r few days to take charge Of til
work, and the job is to be CON
pleted by the 18th Of October
&C. Bins for storing grain will b
in ready for the new crop, and b
ay the first of November the cit
La zens of Devils Lake will hay
Or. handmade -four. 49,. :
Robert Cairns requests us
id, lsay that he will sue the city >ur
on less the street in front Of hi
nd hotel is fixed so that til
is water will pass away. Sunda
Oh morning after the rain a youn
ST. lake was standing in front Z