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INDIAN
Arr ENIT'

Il u though tlh ZIG the large pa ment
:to the Indians ofs the Devils Lake res
:ervation win be- made some time dur
Ing the coming week, lat which time
s15 Indians % the reservat lion viii Boz.
given $l57.4o each By the government:
/. The money e some that's due them
from the government 81 account Is Al
treaty that was made at.the time OH
the Minnesota massacre, ana the lit
cation relative ri it has been under
way for some time. HID
The participa II the division Of
the funds have All mad proof Of their
claim and It is thought that the money
will be paid them during the coming
week The Indians are given their
vouchers by the authorit ties at the Fort
and payment IS III Re made through
the Devils Lake State bank
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W.AsTElD Is. u WEALTH ii u

81 The Inland WATERWAYS commission
has performed a great work in combat
Ing the reactionary arguments Of
Speaker Cannon. After long investiga1
ton II has presented an array sof fig
tlres, every one of which iss d brief for
the preservation SofS the forests, the
broad ning Of areas of irrigation and
the federal control OF power courses 81
q the water which annually flows
Into the sea only about one per cent
sis utilized for munich pal and coinmulnn
Ity supply. Less than two per cent is
used for. irrig ton urposes. About;
five per cent III utiliz 10y yigation,3
Less than i've per cent is employed ia,
inanufa eturing power IT iis estimated
that eighty Ave per cent to ninety-fye
DER cent goes ito waste IN floods and
Sreshets which might be restrained by
re project on Of forest land along
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-01

We have talked with numerous mer-
chants in Devils Lake relative to their
business during the holiday season
and we find that as a rule they are
all very we'll satisfied with the bust
ness with which they have been fav-
ored. This is especially true of those
whose advertisements appeared in the
Inter-Ocean. A merchant cannot OK.
pect to be favored with as large a
business as his neighbor If he does not
use the means at hand for letting the
people know that he is alive, to their
interests and is prepared to serve
them. This is an age OF newspapers,
people of this great generation, are
readers and if the merchant doing
business does not take advantage 81
this medium for reaching the people he
surely has no rightful cause to com
plain if his competitor uses printers
ink and gets the, business. =.
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Christmas at Pfesbyt l|,!ll' 4 1.
+. Church

d"
The Christmas exercises OF the Pres
byterian Sabbath school were held
Christmas Eve, and a very pleasant
and interesting time was experienced
by all in attendance The church was
beautifully decorated with red and
green, and profusio gof bells, large
and small, and the large tree with:
Its bright tinsel and lights was enough
to makeSthes eyes off} any child dance
with JOY. The program included an
unusual number Of the child ren
the primary department, which NUM-
bers 100. All fulfilled their part with
credit making. the exercises g ioe
possessed Of exceptio nally merit.
The total enrolment o. the achoois
5is q little more than 200. The annual
.contrihut ion school the
work among the foreign ildreng
$25.0 This makes 4 total 81 about
100000 the school has cont ibnted foI'
mission york, state and foreign this
j year, i, 4. II Il
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has been: attentive to his duties and
in every way filled the position with
credit and profit to the state and the
militia, in recognition of which sery-
ice practically every company in: the
state has drafted. and sent in resolu.
tions Of commentator and request.
ing his ,re-appointment,. ..:s@s..> 49, 81
The question now arises whether
Gov. Burke will ignor the almost un.
animous request, of the militia, the
people of all the state who are in a
position to know what has been done,
and who is really the most competent
man for the position, and appoint an
other man with no other known incent-
i've than politics, or whether he will
heed the request Of the great army Of
voluteers in the state and retain Gen
eral Poole as ~Adjutant General, and
thus reward his excellent service of
past years. - y
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PARCEL 81. !, 8 POST. I.

With the passing OF Plat the hopes
Of the advocates Of the parcels post
may be realized. For years the veneer.
able senator from New York, himself
the president of the United States Elk.
press company, one of the six com.
panies which control eighty-seven per
cent1of all express mileage, has served
the carriers well and prevented the
postof1ice department from securing
for the people a cheaper parcel trans
portation. He has done more than any
one man to block the establishment of
postal savings banks, because of the
necessity Of protecting the money or.
der. departments of the companies.
Senator Plat has been the great bull
wark reared between privilege and the
people. 81: ~. ,,,.:.... &: =, -
. With the passing of the Sixtieth. Con-
gress, March 3, 1909, Senator. Plat
will lay aside his toga. 1t appears un-
likely that he, will succeed himself and
it is quite certain that Postmaster
Meyer will do what he can to institute
the parcels post There is strong prob
ability that congress will heed his
recommendations, and it is not reck-
less TO predict that another year will
witness the establishment of the par.
cells post and the near advent of the
postal. savings bank. ~; 4 s.. :. =:
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OUR NEXT LEGISLATURE.

Many matters of general interest
will come before out next legislature,
and it. is interesting to consider them
The plan for property assessment at
its real value will probably be present
ed to the legislature, and if it meets
with favor will necessitate the amend
ment of a number of existing laws to
harmonic with the real value plan
d.. One of the most important matters
to come before the legislature will be
primary election law, to which various
amendments will &be proposed. The
holding Of second senatorial primary
in connection with the general cleo
ton does not meet with general favor
and there will be amendments propos-
ed to this and other features of the
law. There have been suggestions
that the entire rimary law as it af
fects state nominations might be re-
pealed. ;% 5:s= - =. {. .r:s:;.. 10
The government of cities and the
passage Of uniform city code is pro.
posed. The commission plan has been
adopted for the government of one
city In the state, and lit is likely that
more of them will come under it In; the
future. But for; the present system
of government with mayor and alder:
men will obtain in many Of the cities
for years. and many suggestions will
be made looking to the passage of a
uniform and comprehensive city code
/: Prohibition viii come in ! for its
share Of attention. An effort will be
made to secure the passage Of q law
similar to that creating the office Of
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l1A,SkII

= , - - u
Max and Paul Garske are home from
college spending their holidays with
their parents, Mr., and Mrs. Herman
..Garske. Max has completed !, the bu-
5siness course and contemplates enter
Ing the u after the holidays. = Z !.
Miss Maynle Keough of the Penn
School is home for the Christmas va
cation Miss Keough has resigned
at Penn and viii teach at home, com
mencing Jan. 4th. s5s5; a=.s ;:s 81
Martin 4 Larson OF the Mimi apolis
elevator spent Xmas at his home ii
Reynolds: ,z. s. .s:: 81.
Ss n Mr.. a. Aarsby was among friends
and relatives at Knox for Christmas. 81
Amiel Garske Of the NJ ). & N
elevator at Osnabrook had Christmas
dinner at the parental home.
Duchene. and Max Garske visited
friends at Grand Forks and Reynolds
They allstensibly SCI. foot on Mime.
sofa soil, bringing back q smile that
would not come Of right away. b. S.
Mr. and Mrs II. White and daughter
Mary ytarted Monday for an extended
visit east. They will sojourn IN the
town Of their birth and other points
lin Minnesota and Iowa. s5is
When perchance you feel forlo B:
You can blow your curl ed up horn v
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DIRiosaogono mouo on eaO ns
]. TOKlO. NEWS.

Mrs. II. Blakely, wife Of the opera
torssat this place, returned Saturday
from q week IS visit at the home Of her
parents at Lidg efwood, NJ: D,
and Mrs. n. Blakely were In
Devils Lake Monday nv
Ne. and Mrs. D. r. Chase and baby.
spent Christmas IN Devils Lake the
guests Of friends. rs II SIS; s58 ,gs@ (:
Victor Ruth was across the lake for
several days this week. &.
Emery Chase was suffering; With an.
attack Of tonsilitis last week:
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JANUARY I, 1909.
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW
49,. ..s.s.~ WEAR


With this issue of the Inter-Ocean
we start the year 1909, and we wish to
take this opportunity of thanking our
patrons of the past for the liberal pat
ronage with which they have favored
US during the year. 1908. While we
have possibly not managed the Inter
Ocean to suit every one still we have
tried at all times to do what we felt
was best for Devils Lake, Ramsey
county and its people. It is our de-
sire at all time to serve the people to
tasssabest Of our ability and give them
the news unbiased1y. We feel that we
have made friends during 1903 who
have our interests lat heart aasswe
s.4reiy.ha~e the interests of everyone
who reads our paper. We are lead to
this conclusion from the fact that we
have not only received many evidences
of appreciation: from all quarters, but
more particularly are we convinced
Of this fact by the steady increase of
the business of the office in all it's
branches. * /. y
It will be our earnest endeavor to
:, give the people of this vicinity a bet.
ter paper during the year 1909 than
the past year, and feel that our better
Acquaintance with our patrons and
the condition will make this task or
our part the easier of accomplishment
Wessintend to push for Devils Lake
not for any particular faction OF class
Of its people but for the city as q
whole. We shall appreciate any assist
,ance that may be given us from any
source. We: wish to serve you and
. we: can: the better do; this if we have
your cooperation. 4@~~ 1>,~r>ssz.: g.
: We wish to thank our patrons foi
their past patronage and support ant
to wish them one and all Happy ant
Prosperous New Year: -. ~. ~
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THE REAL ARisTocRATS.;

! In all this clatter and bother about
multi millionaires, the: gossip . from
Newport and the invasion ofschinless
robber barons from decaying Europe,
It is a comfort ands5a joy TO pick up
that fat, luxurious volume just off the
government. press, entitled, Annual.
Report of the Secretary of Agriculture,
1908" - r. :. :. -.-e: s.. 5 cs:S y Ss
/. among these chaste and well print
"a leaves we discover the true facts.
about millionaires, who they are, what.
they$:have and. what they do for this,
the. most glorious country that e'er the
sun ishone on. Only a Jealous foreigner
could read this work of, James Wilson
and avoid the ..lilt of poetry. Here is.
rhythm and tune, the sweet melody.
of the increase Of the earth, the sooth-
ing low of kline, the tale of, the cool
blowing rain, the call of the birds: & &
T Let. us roll some Of these noble fig
urgs upon II the tongue: The total value
of all the farm products of 1908 reach
ed Sits, 600, 900, "the most extraordi-
nary total in: the nations history, 'st to
quote the jubilant words of the Hon.
Mr.. Wilson. The mines, gold, silver,
copper, lead, zinc, coal and iron, pre-
cious stones and marble, with the oil
. fsFH = . I1ST
wells thrown in reached a figure only
about e-fourth as imposing. 81 OF The
raw materials used by the smanufactur-
%ers who employ agricultura1 products
.eighty-seven per cent was contributed
by, the farmers Of the United States.
Furthermore, in this year Of Afnancial
and industrial depression the farmer
people produced values $3.50, 900, 000 Tin
excess Of those they turned out In 1907.
Again we copy the glowing terms pf
the honorable secretary During the
last ten years the wealth prodnctinn
on the farms Of this country has exs
lceeded the fabulous sum of 100000.
.Oo0. 600 355
The production Of alI cereals was
,329, 000. 900 bushels, which has been
distanced three times in the past. But
the value Of this harvest was 1864
Oo0, 900. eclipsing the records an
former years. is two per cent bet
ter in production than the average for
the last five years. and THIRTY -ttWo per
cent better in value.
Corn was king ~ I los. 6 was worth
81 ,615. 900, 900 a his wealt h grown
out .of the soil III four months 81 rain,
sunshine and some ddrouth Is enough
10 cancel the Interest bearing debt 81
the United States and pay for The
Panama canal and fifty battleshipa Z
SAY the imp ssioned lson
rhe GRO is vert this ear nearly al
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-01
much as the great crops 81 cotton hay

much do the graat crops 81 cotton, hay
ana whea comb 4 AZ
The fiye-year average in wheat Was,
Sdistanced one and q hair per cent In
number of bushels and was twenty
three per cent better id value. The
Sdepart ment estimat es tie yield at s6o,--:
900, 900 bushels; worth about $86, 0O0,.
900 more to the farmers than any four
wheat crops ever gar1lered.
Let us copy the expansive secretary
once more:
FOR the first time, this year, the
value sof all farm crops equals Sc. 000,-
100000, and Of this total the value of
the corn crop Sis about one-third;
wheat hay and cotton combined make
more than another third and the
small crops the remainder, or nearly
Sone-third. Never before has the hay
crop been SO large In quantity, nor the
rice crop, nor the sugar beet crop, nor
the beet and cane sugar production.
The production of barley has been ex-
ceeded in only one former year, and
cotton BY only two years at the most.
The highest crop values in comparison
with former years are held by corn,
wheat. rice, all cereals, potatoes, sugar
beets, possibly tobacco, by beet sugar
and BY beet and Scan sugar combined.
Next to the highest value was reached
BY hay, barley, oats, sugar cane and
cane sugar. and perhaps by cotton"
And yet there are foolish people who
think those petty people who have
gingerbread houses along Fifth avenue
in New York or jumbled homes: in
Pittsburg + represent the country's
wealth. To behold the: truly rich, the
Saristocrats of America, i: one, should
take up a commanding position beside
some grain elevator or near some
stockyards and study the men under
the Stetson hats 5s s 4. = s'.s a: 8.
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OUR NEXT PRESIDENT

/ MI. Taft Is a most sk1llful handler of
men. A half score of difficult matters
have come up within the last few
weeks which threatened to affect the
peace Of his administration. He &C
cepted the tasks blitLely, smoothed out
the hard places and dispatched several
bristling gentlemen back to their, la.
bors smiling and vowing eternal loyal
ty to the president who is to be-
The singularly fine temper Of Mr..
Taft is going to be one of his greatest
assets when he comes to enter Office.
1t will be as a great weapon. It will
give him exactly that leverage which
will be needed to rid himself of GER
tain controversies of little moment,
but extremely goading when nourished,
which are to come to him by inherit
ance. They will be laughed away.
stricken from the calendar. The ,coun.
|tryawill help bin, To- forget them And
there will be no question as to his
wisdom or his courage. These have
been proved and tested A, wave Of
his hand, when his hearers acknowl-
edge his nnaffect af,s s,ncarit 8 81 nil,
servo x satt,e = 10 nc, !
bring to- a close many a destructive
fractional fight. s IF :r5.t: .; .s;#5s
The nation m AZ. miss a mr.; j M or +
in the reading Of executi IS me D. COS
and commentators III nit IN VIII be
made aware tl,af s,,c r doc,,manta Ia Va
been I: prenared With thoro,r,, p l,r.e
There viii ba nothing i, "a thain + 81 will
b ,,, neraona III, HAS Or
The reumant # the a advoc "a
1 resnec r his: indee statements e. in
con troyerfible factHzw,,l f., ,,rasent ed
~ he#: axc,, II, II damn 81 tor,
nh 4 aeolopva 1na :, ~ !, l yvays denend
upon these state. na,,ers : ~. con
str 1.,, & tha hroaiast lsn;rit s. to,er
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-01
THE NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL.

There is considerable interest mani
fest throughout the state relative to
the appointment of the Adjutant Cen
erai for the North Dakota State Mill
tia. and the subject is receiving CON
siderable attention from the press. It
is understood that there is tendancy
prevalent to retire Adjutant General
Poole, the present incumbent of the
position and appoint in his stead
Colonel Peake, and this inclination is
what Is causing the agitation.
%= It seems that General Poole has
made an exceptionally fine official,
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temperance comrnfssio ner that was
passed az the last session Of The lesis.
lature and declared unconstit ntional
Nv the supreme court Efforts VIII also
be made oshave 4 bill passed creating
4 bureau Of inspection Of liquor ship.
ped into the state with a view to stop
ping the business as Tar as possible.
Another bill will propose the repeal lot
the law which permits druggists to
keep liquor; IN store and sell IT on medi-
:cinal afidayits. The better enforce
nent* Of the prohib ition law win afford
much material for proposed legislation.
The matter Of taxation promises to
develop some inpo rtantt measures. \ "A
permanent tax commission is favored
by some of the members, V AT the pres.
ent time the SYSTEM OF obtaining IN
formation with reference to the value
Of corporate prop for asses ssnm1nient
IS sdehcient and EFFORTS viii be made to
amplify the present Law. 5sls52: y ! \
In. connection with corportate leggisla.
stion the epublic lean platform 81 the
state declares for the physical valua.
ton Of railroads and II this rs carried
.inato safest # WIN naeeaaltate appro.
pirate legislation and an appropriation.
At isconsid ered, certain that an. anti
pass law will be enacted, as this Is
pledged by: the republ state plat.
form. An effort may be made to re-
duce the rat" of passenger fares to
two cents per mile, and this will find
some strong, opposition, 4 as well as
earnest support. f} ~ :ss5S I
The game laws of the state will
come in. for their usual endments,
The pure food department wants a
larger appropriation and an additional
scope for its researches and activities.
board of control for state institu,
lions may be proposed. The. initiative
and referendum passed by the last SEES
sion will come before the next session,
with a view to the second passage Of
this constitutional amendment The
prohibitionists Of the state will oppose
it, as under it's rules it permits a pro-
posed amendment of the constitution
to be submitted by petition, and this.
in the view of the prohibitionists, will
permit the prohibition question to be
resubmitted. = '2s5&S3 d, ,}s.%
The live stock sanitary board will
ask for larger appropriation, and for
a fund to indemnify owners whose ami
mails have been destroyed under state
supervision for infection with CHAMBERS.
Some propositions for the creation
of new judicial districts will probably
be submitted. The regulation OF ware
houses. and the grain trade of the
state, with a proposition to brild and
operate a terminal grain elevator will
be the subject of a report to- be sub.
mitted by the state grain commission
The ational partnaenty of the
Estate will ask for new legislation and
for state aid to rural schools, s.
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5s.s bert atiua spending
couple DC weeks aqua aud 81,
ills..liss Stella an coming ip
from dinneapoiis before ehrls BE
HIS IIilma Frreabure spe tne HON
days al her bone near ookston.
as Herb Baitson idiroye sto lloevil Lake
% business mission
hompsons the section boss was
on the sick Iist last week.
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u. Department Of Agriculture
Report for Week Ending Dec, So 1908 s-

thursday 4.
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sunday, ..$.5
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Tuesday,.
Wednesday
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15
BOSTON NATIONALS
 WON FIRST BIG SERIES.
Three of Five Worlds Championships Have Been Taken by National League.

In recent years there have been five worlds series, two of which have been won by American league teams and three by National league teams. The first series since the formation of the American league was played between the Pittsburg and Boston American clubs in the fall of 1908. This series was arranged by the club owners of the teams. the national commission having nothing to do with it. Ii was to consist of nine games, to end when either team had won five. Pittsburg started off at a great clip. winning three, of the first four. but the Bostons had the greater staying power and copped the next four straight. winning the series, five to three. In the fol- lowing year the Bostons again won the pennant in the American league, the New York Giants being the cham pions in the Nationa. The Bostons challenged the Giants to post st-season series, but John T. Brush refused to allow his team to play, the Bostons re- taining the title of worlds champions by default.
 During the winter the national com mission took the matter in hand and formulated rules requiring the pennant winners of the two leagues to meet in & series of seven games every fall, the playing of the series to be conducted by the commission. Since that time there have been four such series, in three of which the National league champions have been successful
 A remarkable feature of the first series. between the Giants and Ath- letics in the fall of 1905. was tine fact that every one Of the five games played resulted in d shutout. the New Works winning four of them. The series of 1906 was the most closely contested in recent history, requiring six games for decision, and it is the only series of the last four that has gone that dis tance. The Cubs were the favorites, but the White Sox sprung a surprise on. them by winning four out of six games. The series of 1907 witnessed the only tie game that has ever been played in such contest. It was the first game of the series between the Cubs and the Detroit Tigers and went Alsu~r trnir~a to . snnra of tn q