Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-27
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On of the proceeds to HE himself
away to school and do little farming
In the shape Of sowing wild oats.--
Minot Reporter.
The football season is at hand
and the barber is in mourning. no
more hair cuts until the close Of the
games.-Fargo Morning Call.
Chicago has turned down the Stand
ard oil, but we have yet to see one Of
the oil magnates or one of the MUIR
derers of competition going to jail.
A thirty day sentence would do more
to help the country in the trouble it
is having from the trusts than any
other remedy.-Williston Daily State.
In "hese degenerate days, the goci
old .hingle may not be used in the
sr.:~e old way, unless great precaution
he aiken against accident. Only re-
':ently boy and his mother were both
terribly injured by the explosion of a
dynamite cap in the boys hip pocket,
which he had forgotten to remove he.
fore the mother applied the shing]e.
A similar accident took place in st..
Paul last July. Boys subject to par
entail chastisement had better dis.
pense with hip pockets altogether
Sarles Advocate.
The good old terms Church mem
Der" and christian" seem to have
lost their significance in these later
years. Time was when they meant
something.-Fargo Call.
Hats will be larger next season,
says fashion paper. The roof will
have to come off of the opera house
next.-Walsh County Record.
Naturally there is considerable
noise in connection with the boiler
makers strike.-Fargo Morning Gail
The president of the St. Louis
Don't Worry Club" has committed
suicide. That happens to be the last
degree in the order-Minot Reporter.
North Dakota farmers are having
an awful time-between automobile
and piano agents.-Fargo Forum.
September wheat closed at $1.1O%
in Duluth yesterday. While the rain
is coming down the price is going up.
Fargo Call.
The city dads of Bathgate are wait
ing for the full moon to light the
street lamps so that they can see
whether they burn or not.-Grand
Forks Times.
1t is the business for newspaper man
to boom the town for all it is worth
month after month and then see 500
worth of printing go out Of town be-
cause a few cents can be saved by so
doing 1t Is the business Of the news.
paper to give every local enterprise
e, husiastic and frequent ''send-offs, "
and then catch sheol because he fail
ed to record the fact that some pro1ni-
.nent citizen has had a buggy painted.
To subscribe literally to every public,
charitable and church enterprise, ad-
yertise them for nothing, pay his own
way to everything and then be called
prejudiced and mean spirited because
column is not devoted to that parti-
cular affair. Do you wonder that
there are so many cranks in the news
paper business? 1t is bound to make
either crank or philosopher out #
man.-Willow City Eagle.
The number of people killed or
wounded while in pursuit of pleasure
never ceases to grow. Boat accidents
and accidents on the diamond Will
soon be succeeded by accidents In
football. Then, also, the hunting sea.
son will be here and the number Of
hunters who will be shot in mistake
for deer will swell the, list consider.
able. OF course many of these casual.
ties are unavoidable and are the nee.
essary price that must be paid. Tor
few pastimes appeal to the American
people that have not in them spice
Of danger, and that Is well. Never
theless carelessness that is often
criminal is responsible for most Of
the Observation-Disclosures American.
On Saturday. September 81, the edi
tor Of this paper will offer for sale at
public auction some household furni
ture consisting Of bedsteads, springs
and mattresses, dining room table and
chairs, lounge, kitchen cupboard
lounge, stands and other articles To
numerous to mention. If you need
anything in the furniture line attend
this sale in Cooperstown on that date
-Cooperstown Courier. Perhaps the
editor is hard up, but Danish the
thought-how could 1t be possible? u