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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-05-22
OFFICERS INSTALLED
At tho Meeting Of the United
FIR. =. + ]. Order of FOrostsrs

g The United Order. Of Foresters
which claimed the, largest number of
members Of any lodge in the city atone
time was resurrected last Monday
when a class Of 20 were initiated. Dep.
uty Organizer &C. Wagner has been
here inssthe interest%of the order for
the past two weeks and has done re.
markable work in securing new mem
bers and reinstating number. of the
former members; 49, = ~, T. -: r.. G..:&5
Monday evening there was meet
ing at the Odd Fellows hall and there
was" a good turn out and large class
was initiated into the order. Judge
Henry was elected as delegate to the
convention which! meets in Grand
Forks June LIST, and T.2J. MaroneyE was
elected as alternate. After the initia-
tion ceremonies were over all present
enjoyed dancing and a fine supper was
served. Much credit is due Mr.. Wag-
ner for the efforts put into the work of
the installation OF officers and the
building up the court VA Il ;cs MN s.,
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MAIL DELIVER Y
Started Last Friday and Will Continue
for Convenience of Residence

The mail Man" made his first ap-
pearance Friday morning with pack
on his back and from now on the resi-
dents Of the city will not be compelled
to trot to the postofice for their mail,
only to find after they have walked a
long way that there isn't any mail for
them If you don't get letter now it
is the mail man that will be disap.
pointed and all you have to. do is lay
back in your easy chair and wait for
the door bell to- ring for he will be
there six days week: But the resi-.
dents will be allowed the privilege OF
getting little physical culture exer
|cise on Sunday as there Will sbe nc
delivery on that day, and you win be
compelled to: go: to The postohaee' be
tween the hours of 12 and 1:o,clock.
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GA R NV AL SOON
or Devils lake Under Auspices o
EdqleS, June e t027

One of the great attractions of the
season will be the carnival and street
fair which will be held in this city
June 23rd to 9th inclusive under the
auspices Of the Eagles LODGE Mr..
Harry White of st Paul was here sew
eral days last week making the ar
rangements for the presenting Of the
attractions. He represents the Greater
st. Paul Carnival company which is
perhaps the best organization iof its
kind in the United States and have
put on carnivals all over the country.
Last year during July this company
put on a carnival in Minot and It was
a decided cuccess both financially and
amusing, and it was great drawing
Ecard for the city and people from
miles around crowded to Minot dur
ling that week and there was AN :enor
NOUS amount of money left there by
strangers. x :e - tEsSs a.: :.' .;,% t
/ The carnival which will be heldhere
fEwill be on the Same order as tie one
theld ID Ainot and the Eagles are earn
sestly' at work getting preliminary ar
! rangements completed and in a few
days all the special attractions will he
decided upon and the. people of this
city will see one of the largest crowds
here during the carnival week that has
ever; been In the city. n y =, }5t .s=Ess Z =:
The attractions will all be on. the
principal business streets and on every
1 corner of the down town district there
| will be. big free acts. for the crowd
fSome Of the free acts thatghave beer
ARRANGED for by Eagles and the carni
Eyal company are: K VIZ ..jgx y. ..fzs}l,
| The. Whilring Hoffmans on their hi
Icycle death Whirl. This Is one Of the
most dare devil acts before the public
today and it has been a sensation sand
the most amusing attraction swhereys
Eexhibited. ia, ,.sss5:.;s }ss:t;s
Charles Ledeger, the original ely
ling Dutchman" yon high bounding wire
r IT,, st l..
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THE4.O'CALLA6HAN
viii Present the Four Act COMEDY
Zine Blue Bird at the Arnory
" ) on Memorial Day -

The O'Callaghans, who have been
delighting Devils Lake audiences for
the past ten, years, will on May both,
Decoration day, present the great hit,
""The Blue Bird" at the armory. Z The
piece will be presented one night only.
The comedy is a very fine one and
the cast large and the best that the
company has ever had. lz Essz:.2 s:. >is.::Fs
The action in The Blue Bird, CEN
tors around Lemuel Morewood wool
broker who has never had vacation
in his life. He has two boys, fine lads
In their way, but their way and faith
Eer's Is different. The old man has
made them partners in his business
and would like to see them settle.
down and relieve him Of his cares.
One lad devotes his time to athlstics=
while the other aims to become a:
leader In society. Neither one has.
any inclination for work or any re-
gard for money If Iff father goes TO bed
early nights IT Is because he feels that
some one must do the sleeping for the
family. The chasm between the old:
man and his sons keeps increasing and
his friends to whom he has spoken of
the matter. tell him that IT IS all his
own fault. One Of the boys tells him
that he Is back OF the fiag, which he
does not ind derstand.. His lawyer tells
him to- set ont In the pasture and ron /
over and the constant insinuat ation that
he is behind She times and an Old
fossil annoys him.
The boys give 4 party at the house
and he decides to drop IL and see the
people Bridge whist is too slow for
the boys. so they have q rouls Wheel
braaght III for the eIlta innent Or
tlassIr guests. il bile tie saIns ii ill
progress that father the
as.salse IN llia old hionsa drsaa
sIots lla,toi ts syaTy ! assenrise.
ssyssss. asseal fettte
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Is interested and desires to play.

is interested and desires to play.
Coached by a variety actress present
as an entertainer, he wins all the
money. The game over he goes out
like good sport with the girl on his
arm to find an expensive place where
they sell things to eat The succeed
ing scene is laid at race track. The
boys are up in the air about their par
ent. He has been a bowling sport and
he looks 1t. At the track he cannot
spend his money fast enough so he has
betting commissioner to help him.
The old fellow has distanced the boys
and his capers have SOLDERING effect
on them. The climax comes when
father and the "song bird" run away
to Goldfield. The boys and their
friends think he is to marry "Bessy'
but in reality he is helping her win a
fortune. The father finally succeeds
in getting the boys to come back to
earth and settle down.
The sub plot deals with the fathers
plans for marrying of the boys. The
! lads are attentive to two girls and the
father pairs them off to his satisfac-
tion and in the end is amazed to find
that they do their own pairing without
any thought of consulting him and to
their own satisfaction.
Following is the cast of characters:
Lemuel Morewood, a wool broker
Edward F. Flynn.
| William Rufus Morewood, his elder
son-James E. Collinson.
Thomas Jefferson Morewood, bis
second son-E Earl Mann.
Major Bellamy ellsworth, a man
about town-Avery L. Johnson.
Tobias Ford, Morewood's lawyer
Frank Gum.
Tuck Bartholomew, Apostle of Man
ly sport-A J. Ross.
Cal Higbee, a miner-Harold Con
molly.
| "AA. AAoACoA, IuO1OWOOu UOOhhSSp0]
oscar Baarson.
Evans, butler-David Shelver.
| Clerk, at the Eldorado hotel-Rosce
A. Nabars.
Bessie Brayton, western product
Lucy Vannier.
Emily Donelson, living at the More
wood house-Mildred Holmes.
Francis Berkley, living next door
Lillian Wineman. .s...-.
4 Mrs. Bruce Guilford. an inaportan
matron-Emma Nelson. = ,ss
i Mrs. Tromley, second In importanc
Emma Riordan.
Mrs. Peasley, the house keeper-Su
E. Flynn.
Seats will be on sale at the Devil
Lake Drug Co.'s store on and after tn
25th inst.
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will be one of the features. This is
positively the only act of it's kind in
existance and if you don't see it you
will miss treat.
Then there will be "Chico" the
clown contortionist and the Mexican
Cloud Swing which is an act entirely
new to this part of the country and
Is seldom seen outside of Mexico
where 1t originally came from.
The Deveres on the flying trapese
will be here. These performers are
past masters in their line and were
for a number of years with Barnum
& Bailey's circus and have the dis
tinction Of going to Europe and Aus
tralia with that organization when II
was in Its zenith a number of years
ago. :,
Leaping the Death Chasm on a bi
cycle has always been a feature of car
nfvals and will be here this year ant
it will demand its share of spectators
who are always interested in tina
class of entertainment.
There will be comedy acrobats, vau
deville shows and all kinds of stree
attractions and the Eagles assure tn
Epeople of Devils Lake one Of the bes
times Of. their lives during the cal
nival week.
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POSTOFFICE AT
GRAND HARBOR
is ROBBED

The postofice at Grand Harbor was
broken into last Tuesday night and
the safe was blown open and the rob-
bers took the contents of the safe
which was $100 and some stamps. AZ
ter the robbery the thieves stole the
hand car from the section house at
that place and made their way to this
city. On being notified of the robbery
Wednesday morning Deputy Sheriff
Frye found the hand car at the stock
yards west of this city. No further
clue as to who the robbers were has
been ascertained and as far as can be
learned nothing else was taken from
the Holmes & Strand store where the
postoffice Is located.
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LITTLE GIRL KILLED
Daufhter of Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
Meets Accidental Death

Agnes, the five year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward johnson, resid-
Ing on East Ninth street, met with a
very sudden death Friday evening
while playing in the back yard of the
family residence.
A harse being driven by Joe Shell
yer and who was accompanied by VIM.
Lashman became frightened and the
driver lost control of the animal and
suddenly it plunged into the rear yard
Of the Anderson residence where the
child was playing and the top of the
buggy to which the horse was hitched
caught In a wire cloths line which was
attached to the house and also to an
outhouse in the rear of the lot. The
little girl was standing near the out
house when it was pulled over by the
buggy being caught in the wire and IT,
struck her on the forehead with tre-
mendous force knocking her uncon-
scious and death followed almost in.
Stantiy. ~7-& ''---- -'=s :.'-"--4l. ssss
DR.. McGurren was called but the
child had died before he arrived and
all efforts to revive her failed. The
parents have the sympathy of host
, of friends in this city. The body was
removed to Gilbertson's undertaking
rooms where it was prepared for bur-
: ial. The funeral took place from the
| family residence.
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HAROLD mel SON B EAUT TIFUL= LAWN
Court .l House Square. VIII I be Most No
# Beautiful. When Grass Grows:

Z When the grass that has been re-
Gently planted on the court house
square comes Up and is in: full bloom it
viii be the most beautiful lawn in the
city and: It will make decided change
IN the appearance Of the ground sur
rounding the building. In various
places throughout the lawn trees and
shrubbery have been planted and they
are growing nicely and in the. course
Of a few years there will be fine ar
ray Of shade trees around the outside
of the grounds and undoubtedly some
OF the bushes planted will bloom this
summer but will take more than this
summer to give the lawn a good sub.
stantial sod and give the best possible
appearance. ,. <'- :
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And Company Appeared at Theatre he
81 i l.: Friday and SATURDAY .3:5.s A

:, Stung was the expression a great,
many used who attended the perform
ance Of Harold Nelson and company
In the Prisoner of Zenda at the sArtnory
last Friday evening. Would that An
thony Hope the author of the piece
see the performance he would hang
his head in shame. Why viii dub
companies try. to handle thatgelass Of
plays is more than we can comprehend.
With one or two exceptions the COM
pany was decidedly bad and the version
Of Rudolph Rassendan portrayed by
Mr.; Nelson was anything but pleasing.
Instead Of the gallant soldiery charac-
ter intended by, Mr.. Hope Nelson gave
d far different version of sitt.as At times
he was fairly good but through the
strong scenes he fell way below par.
The character that Mr.. Yule gave to
Col. Sap was exceedingly pleasing and
he was the favorite with the audience.
Mr.. Partridge playing the bit part OF
Jeffry ought to have his voice oiled
before he again, trys to read classic
lines. 1t sounded like and over worked
windmill. Mr.. Carvel playing the i'm
portant part Of Black Michael was
decidedly the worst that we have ever
seen. He acted very amatuerish and
his gestures were of the worst, order
His gestulating reminded one of the
actor who shouted ".The Curfew shall
not ring tonight and then reached
and pulled the rope attached to the
bell. '~e'S, -. .'&- ~ @5'-,Es ". 4.'|'s
Mr.. de steffani, playing Rupert vor
Hentzau, was the best. actor in the
company and gave a decidedly pleas
ing portrayal Of the part and is de
: serving of having engagements will
: far better companies than touring ths
country with a bunch of transformers
Miss5scott as Princess Flayia was fair
: but in her. strong .immotional love
scenes she failed to put the exquisit,
= touches. Of pathos into her lines AM
III fact several other strongest scene
fell fat. The, scenery used was fa1
Z but the ecomp panys very adeauatgs !
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A ! FINE SH0 WIN G
Made BY the Devils Lake Boys in
I the field and Track Meet

The Devils Lake boys made fine
showing in the Inter High School meet
at Grand Forks last Friday and Satur-
day. In the preliminary events all five
of the contestants qualified and took
part in the finals on Saturday.
In the hammer throw Carl Connolly
qualified for the finals and III the dis
Gus throw F. Jones and Carl Connolly
were given the opportunity to CON-
pete in that event on Saturday. Con-
nelly won the event in the prelimin-
ary event throwing the discus 1854. In
the pole vault John Cowan qualified
for the finals clearing the bar at feet
10 inches which was the mark he made
at the field meet held here a week
ago. In the running high jump John
Cowan cleared the tape at feet l
inch which was the mark set making
it necessary to compete in the finals
on Saturday. In the 220-yard hurdle
Carl Connolly and G. Thompson both
qualified and contested in the event
on Saturday.
| In the finals Saturday the team sent
from5this city won third place among
the teams of the state, Grand Forks
and Park River won first and second
placeAan Devils Lake third. In the
finals Connolly who had made such
a fng showing on Friday was not in
condition and failed to do the work
1; he: dsscapable Of doing. He won thir6
place in the 220 yard hurdles. In the
running high jump John Cowan wor
/ first place clearing thee mark at 5.2s
i and incidentally broke the state rec
ord.a It was predicted that he would
win this event but it was not looked
| for breaking the state record which
wassheld by Movius Of Lidgerwood
CoWan5 also took third place in tn,
pola vault. Carl Connolly won thir,
PLACE III the shot put and had he pei
forInedSas he did Friday he would hav
had5Arst or second easily.
Asevere blow came to the Devil
Laka taam in the hammer throw. Ca1
& : sc goHI who had set a new mark O.
SATURDAY with 1o7" feet won fourt
+ place in this event. The winner onl
Throwing the hammer 1868. Had Cor
! NELLY did as well as he did in the Pre-
liminaries he would have easily wo
first place.:
/ AS also in the hammer throw Cor
nelly fell away below his mark il
throwing the discus. On Friday h
threw the discus over SO feet but i
the finals on Saturday the event wa
won with $40, Connolly winning SCI
ond place and Fred Jones won fourt
Il pldCS. - Ia. I
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WORK r ! IS / STARTED ] A. /. D
On the Site of the New Govern.
i. ...:9 s5s.i I. :s 4 r1ent Building = -z':'E 4

-! Work has started on the site Of the
new Postoh1ce building and there are
several teams and men engaged in the
clearing Of the ground ana getting
ready for the excavation Of the base
ment of the building NJ, sa fs} \ y. i i
IN The building will be- erected on the
corner Of Fourth street and Harrington
and It viii sbe3a most desirable location
and when the building is completed
viii present a hand dsome sight and il
will also tend to build up that portion
Of the city Ia NJ 5.4s $55. Il :5
5O' Callaghans, decoration Day. B ss 5Slst 4
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Suggestive Questions on the Sunday
School Lesson by Rev Dr. Linscott
Copyright 1908, by Rev. T. S. Linscott D. D.

shannon Chooses Wisdom.-I Kings iii:
4-l9 ..,,.en Text.-The fear of the Lord is
- obeainning OF wisdom. Prov. TX: 10.
'lI VeTse 4-What is the chief dependence
me of a king and citizen?
Whgt was the chief object OF sacrifices
.. hose DAYS? Was il 10 appease God, or
i. SSevelop a spirit of giving to God; and
"a tbev have any idea that it prefigured
he death Of JesusE
iN mi are the chief benefits TO the Civ
of money given TO the church, 10
MISSIONS and 20 the poor?
i11l,Jcb is the richer man and the one
who has lived TO most purpose, ne VINO
w. " leaving no estate, but having given 10
or 5,s csIee go 10000 during his life, or
~ ,,bo dies leaving an estate of S2O.OOOO,
U l,g having given away practically moth
ne R-o-sa Are such visions or dreams.
a SoIomon had. unusual in these days TO
VIRTUALLY minded people: 1T.
How could Solomon dlstlngnlsh lhis
cream from an ordinary dream.
as 20 what they would IKE VI uOOS III
choose for them2 ,.,,a.o,,
~ cod does not choose for his children,
1rae he Influence them in their cholce'
and what Is the difference IN the TWO sup
X,S-se 6-What help is it to US, 70 be
able to praise God for the lives OF our
fathers and mOthersE -. - 60
no Won think il probable that our "a ID
+bers and mothers. on the other side, look
1ack and see their sons and dausIlleIs
here and take pleasure iii their prosper
IT, Verse Should we. like solomon, rec
ornize the hand of Cod IN putting US
into our present positions?
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/ Are great men ever boastful; and is
true humility always a mark of great
ness?
Verses S-9-SoIomon's chief desire was,
TO have wisdom to properly administer the
trust committed to him; what should be
our chief desire?
No matter how grave our responsible
ties, or difficult our position. is IL abso-
lutely sure that God will give US in an
sWer TO our prayer. the necessary wis
dom and facilities to successfully admin
lister our trust2
Should all men in positions of public
trust feel their insufficiency and call upon
God as Solomon did?
Verses 10-12.-Why did Solomon's request
Does God today answer every true or
wise prayer. as he did this prayer OF
Solomon?
Would not all public and private, sin
and folly be prevented if men only re-
lied upon God?
What Is some of the evidence, that God
gave solomon great wisdom?
verse 13.-lf our prayers are for good
ness, and not greatness. TO be of service
and not to be served, may we depend
that God VIII give us every other neces-
sary thing. without our asking? lSee
Math- vi: 3l-34) CThis question must be
answered in writing by members of the
club
viii every true Christian have all the
riches and honor, that are good for him?
Verse 14-Were Gods promises in this
case conditional upon obedience, and are
they so conditioned in every case?
Verse 15.-Does communion with God al
ways make us strong and brave and gen.
erous?
Lesson for Sunday. Dec Is, 19Os-Solo-
mon Dedicates the Temple.--I Kings viii.
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PROSPERITY EXPECTED.
Hartman Interests Place Order for
1000 Box Cars.

Portland. Ore. Dec. 5.-Anticipating an
entirely unprecedented period of prosper
lty in the northwest for the coming year,
the Hartman interests have placed or
ders for additional freight equipment
valued a A,250.000 for the Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation company. The new
order consists of ! 600 fifty-ton box cars.
and the deliveries will begin some time
IN January. Official announcement to
this effect was made by General Man
ager j. p. O'Brien of the Hartman lines
in this territory. today.
This substantial addition to the rolling
stock of the Oregon Railway q Nayiga-
ton company is exclusive of the 100000
reQuisitiOn of Mr.. OBrien. which was
honored about two months ago, and will
mean that the new equipment which will
be added to the lines under his jurisdic-
ton will reach the enormous total of
50 80 .Oo0 for this one year
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tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. KilIner's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and Bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for IT'S wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
SwamP-RoOt is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You MAY have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free ny mail Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co.. Bingha.u:on. " Y When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper Don't make any
mistake. bu. remember the name, Swamp
Root. DR.. KilreT's Swamp DOT. and the
address. B,Hghamron. " Y, on every
bottle
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Scientist.

Second Church of Christ, Scientists. La
dies Literary club building. 20 South Third
East street-Lesson sermon at IL a. m.
subject. God the Only Cause and Crea-
tor" Sunday school at .12:15 p. m. We'd
nesday evening testimonial meeting at s
O'Clock Free reading room, 412 Tribune
building, 149 Main street, is open daily ex-
cept Sunday, from 1880 to o'clock o. m.
on Wednesday to O'Clock D. n.
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Baptist.

lAmanuel church. Third South and Sew
~ -.u East, Louis 5. BOwerman. minister
o. -1c-ilhg services. II a. m. and 7:30 d.
r.; morning subject. "A Practical Faith
.-s, Evening, Bunyan's Pilgrim series
tln, The Cross" Special music. Bible
.Aool al PTS noon. Ben L. Corum. SUPER
70 -enoent; Young peoples meeting at 6:l5
. "a. LAY or ana social service, Wednesday
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Unitarian.

First Unitarian society, 1sS South Sec
end East. William Thurston Brown. min
ister-Sunday preaching service at IL a.
m. John p. Meakin will speak. Subject,
To Live and To Grow. Special music
by Unity quartet. Sunday school at 1890:
Lloyd Alliance of liberal women Wednes-
day at 2:30: Social Science club Friday at
5 p m, Mr.. Brown, leader. Lecture on
The Material Indictment OF Capitalism -
The public cordially invited TO all serv-
ices