Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-03

r. very line and every WORD,
ID epicts the everyday life
A round newspaper Office.
A group Of attorneys who are in at
; tendance at Federal court were gather
ed in the marshal's Office at the govern
ment building during five minute re-
; cess and were discussing various ex-
pericnces that they had encountered
during recent terms.
"I will never forget,' said Charley
Murphy, the brilliant attorney for the
Great Northern, ga case we recently
had in the western part of the state.
The attorney for the plaintiff found it
necessary during the course of the trial
to discredit the testimony of a young
! lad who was called by the railroad.
The cross-eNamination. therefore, sug-
gested that the youth was wrong 'un,
and that his relatives in general and
his father in particular, were all worth
less. The youth demurred.
"Don't you know,' Numbered the
counsel, "that your father would be in
Jail if the police knew where to find
him?"
"T don It think 500 said the youth.
! "Rut you'd better ask him yourself.
There he sits in the back row Of the
jury"
During the term of the Federal court
this week Clerk of Court Montgomery
walked into Il local barber shop and
took his place in the chair that happen
ed to be presided over by an especially
laxative barber. The: barber. seeing
that his customer was stranger in the
city. handed out some of his choicest
anecdotes.
After he had carefully gone over
Monty's face and was stropping his
razor he said, "shal1 I go over it
again?'
"No thanks.' drawlod the Federal
clerk, otis hardly necessary. I thin!
can remember every word.'
Jack Duis and c. NJ. Roberts had
"bcaten' the trail along the. marshes
Of Stump Lake for three days with an
unusually small bag resulting. The food
supply had run out much ahead of
scheduled time; far worse, the "liquid
ammunition had been exhausted in
the early stages Of the hunt
After following the coast vainly for
three hours, looking for some signs of
habitation, they spied an empty house
on the shore.
eco in and look it over, Jack" said
Roberts.
He did so, returning in moment,
empty handed.
"Anything in Thereof asked Roberts
expectantly.
"Nope.' replied Jack, with a pro.
found sigh" nothing but two empty
bottles full of water.'
Saturday evening at the commod:nls
Wittkopf home on 9th street occurred
the first Hallowe 'cn party OF the sea
son, when Misses Edith W,1tkopf,
Frederick Fox and Mar.r":,t Nalrath
entertained about twenty five of thnir
friends. The guests assembled at
eight and the evening" vas spent in fer
tune telling, palm rea i;l.;. games and
contests. The hous, WAS arristie:ily
decorated in Hallowe 'en Designs ana
large Jack-o-lanterns "grinnr3 from
every window. Ghosts were s'at,nrrd
in every "spooky' boxing corner and
the Hallowe ZEN eff was carried out
perfectly. At II r.;frAsh'nrnts were
served and the guests departed. Those
present were: Misses Edith Wittkopf,
Frederick Fox, Ruby ArcCaalnv, Myrtle
Hol'"cs, Harriet ls'a;n"c.l, ,;lalvs Tuck
or, Fdl Hanson. Marie Pal: or Mari N
Nimmo, Sarah Belle NJ .intvrc, Fannie
T!'nalio. Bcat". = lines, Hazel NJ Kay,
Mary VanLieW. Jess, II 'nley. Mary
Hcnzie, Laura Furstenau, Hope Wal
lace and Va'lie Thorson: Nessrs.: Ar
thur Powell. Fred Mann. William Elm
slie, Robert Fosburgh, Howard Dueil,
Everett I>u'll, Dale Davis. Harry Cope
land. Arthur Rrainard, Ralph Glcrum,
Arthur Serumgard and Vincent Fcnc
lon. The hostesses were assisted nv
Misses Angie Warning, Re,ca Connolly
and Blanche Fox.