Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-10
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Iver Lestrude was q business III, u
visitor at Devils Lak Tuesday ana a.,
vest rday andrew Moen sofs Prospect ol,e II
township, y. sigwaldson,. ii Highland
and Abramz Calof of Overland are l,e At
tending district court. as Jurors, 4 1t
Devils Lake this week. ohm "A. Hon
say$ came over from his Devils Lake
home and spent Monday night ant, ana
uesday visiting friends and relatives
here. We are pleased to note that
Mr.. Honey has nearly recovered from
his rheumatic trouble and Is the same
old John.again ~ ttorney 4. W. Nor
rissey left Monday for Devils Lake
where hesgoes to attend district court ii, t.
t. The Farmers telephone line that is
being installed west Of town Il; +.
" nearing completion. Rural Z, tele.
phone lines are q good thing and
their construction should be approved
by. everyone in town as we'll as the
country. They are a sure Indication
Of q prosperous farming community.
Edmore Herald. s%s s55T#s Il s{1#5
,ss& Shortly before j seven s O'Clock
esday morning the livery barn in
this city owned BY C. P. Olson, was
discovered to be afire. The citizens
turned out In force and through heroic
efforts saved the adjoining building
the Sylvester machinery depot. ! Sew
eral times the machinery depot was
afire but the boys stuck to their posts
and won the battle. While Mr.. Olson
carried the usual amount Of Insurance,
his loss will be considerable. One of
the livery horses burned in the fire and
one horse belonging to Geo. Ingebret,
sen. The latter also suffered the loss
OF his buggy and harness, while Al
bert Lunde of Maza lost his harness
and robes valued at sixty dollars and
Frank Thompson lost two buggies,
harness, etc. At: one time 1t looked
as though the entire village was doom
ed, but the wind changed suddenly, en-
abling the boys to line up the bucket
brigade and save the adjoining build.
ings.. The origin of the fire is unknown.
10 h,.i al ~, a 4 pro,,, a,,sY., Il
s. O'clock that morning. He put his
Team in their stalls, climbed to the
loft and fed hay but used no lantern
Or light then went to his room over
the Office and retired. Mr.. Olson was
sleeping ID the room off the office.
Gabriel aWoke about 80 from THE
I smoke and aWakened Olson.
Soon many citizens we're on the scene
with the result as described above.
{5.A great deal OF credit Is due Gabriel
Bjerkefi floor man In the livery barn,
Tor saving the stock and much of the
livery barn. y He released 55i all
the horse wenty-seven in number
ana cceeded 1ns getting all out but
TWO Gabriel worked like u Trojan for
his emp ana had stock
Id the barn while Ills own personal
property, consisting Of two suits 81
clothes. gold watch, trunk with under.
clothes, shoes, etc, was consumed,
There were nineteen buggies burned
In the fire. Cards are out announcing
the approaching marriage or Miss
Amanda Bertha Rogness, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogness, to- Mr..
Rasmus Westerso, the happy event %
be solemnizeda at the home ~ the
brides parents nesday, December
70, 1905. The Misses O'Brien and Rob.
:ertson Of Devils Lake were in the city
between trains Saturday. Churcha
s$sE 81 q. ss{ n HID Es S8s
:t1l It. seems that Joe Kelly Is tryina
1 as hard To Az up the republi lean slate
as the demo- cratic. Papa Joe AS pretty