Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-10-11
TWENTY=TW YEARS AGO
Items Of Interest Cleaned From The Devils Lake Ocean Pub
Iished Under Date Of Saturday. Oct. 10, 1885.

John Ely came down from Moose
River Tuesday.
| w. NJ Ballou is taking in the Moose
river region.
Frank Yycan and brother were in
the city Tuesday.
Justice Kelly Of Tracey, returned
from Minneapolis Saturday.
Late Paramour reports numerous
wolves on Rock Island.
William Hope returned from Car
rington Wednesday morning.
Major Benham's wheat averaged
twenty-six bushels to the acre.
Miss Church left here Saturday to
teach school near Larimore
A. Solberg returned here Wednes-
day and thinks of remaining perman.
emily.
G. w. Percival has been appointed
agent for the Traders Insurance com
pany.
The Minnie H made it's last trip to
Minnewaukan for the season Wednes-
day.
Judge Hardee and John Conyers Of
Towner, were in the city Wednesday.
Rev. Mp Converse left Tuesday
morning to attend the Presbyterian
synod at Fargo.
William Brunelle's family arrived
from St. John and are living in T. T.
Tillotson's house.
Rev. Mr.. Sheckler has purchased
Ever Wagners house and will place
| it on the M. E. church lot.
Bishop Walker of Fargo, came up
| on Tuesdays train and went to Tur-
4 tie Mountain Thursday.
Mrs Lou McNany, from near Bart
lett, was in the city last week and
received a permit to teach school.
John Cooke says that next to a good
federal Office, hunting ducks excels
/ under present circumstances.
/ Mr.. Penniman has purchased Geo
II Copeland's tree claim at Dry Lake
and made it a part of his duck pass.
Il Bill Requa and George Smith sho
Il fifteen geese and two foxes Monday
II The foxes destroyed nine of thei
II geese.
Il Edwin Becker threshed 4,4oo bush
Il els of wheat from 100 acres; forty
N three acres produced 1888 bushels
Nj over thirty eight bushels to the acre
Mr. and Mrs Pattin who have bee
visiting their son for couple c
weeks, left for their New York HON
Il Monday.
HI DR.. Rookie has been threshing hi
|! wheat all week. 1t averaged rs l.
III bushels to the acre and he will hav
Il between four and five thousand busf
III els.
Il Jim Biden was in the city Frida.
II bat as usual could not tell how muc
y wheat he had raised, but it is Jus
awful" the amount he has.
NJ Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Denn1
y Sheehan, Friday, Oct. 2, son. DEM
~ is quite farmer, he has raised abo,
Id 2,O40 bushels of wheat this year.
Id George DeGroat had 1925 bushe
IN of wheat His average was % to tn
M acre. Karl Ness, neighbor
rs Georges, raised 495 bushels frol
70 twelve acres.
* " Number l hard has sold as high E
W 70 cents at Bismarck. and 80 cents ;
I'D Park River. Why cant Devils LAX
I'D raise the record a notch?
w DR.. Lane was in the city Wednesda
I'D He received word of his mother
IN death in central Ohio last Monday. +
liz intends moving into this city tn
n winter, where he will open up 6
W office.
I'D A. B. Bennett went to ST. Paul al
gO Chicago Monday morning. He expec
Vh to be gone about one week. He h;
1N not been out of the county for ov
M two years and will no doubt enjoy h
~ trip immensely.
~ ~ The Devils Lake postoffice now h
wv IS lock and 200 call boxes. The
lgD ternal arrangements have been great
. improved, and travelling postofi
nh officials say it is the most convene
dM third class postoftice in North Dako
1h AS Mr.. Sorenson was removing
~ engine from one farm to another
I Towner county last week, he bro
W. through a bridge about half m
- east of Cando and remained coul
- of days before he could pull out.
AB The first snowfall of the seas
came last Sunday-very gentle a
III Verv fender-meIting as it came r