Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-15
Conundrum-When is a legal paper?

+ The Mandan Pioneer got out splen-
did fair edition. ..3
A shaffer, N. D. man killed IS big
rattlers at one killing. F.
Bismarck is going to have white
way. So is Devils Lake one of these
days. u. *".@
Five piggers got pinched in Botti-
neau county last week. States Attor-
ney Weeks is just raising cain among
the evil doors. =.
Judging from reports. from across
the line, some of the Canucks are not
any more enamoured Of having recipro-
city with us than we are with them.
o, very well.
Reports of three big black bears be.
ing seen in the Mountains near Dun
seth, started party of eager hunters
from that locality on their trail, but
without landing the game so far.
Doubtless, as Lillian Russell saws,
there would be more beautiful women
II they would put in as much time pre-
serving their beauty as they do pre-
serving things for the old man and the
children to eat.
The new year book just gotten out
by Commissioner Gilbreath is a work
of art and is valuable emigration edi-
ton Each county is described with
all its resources, etc. Ten thousand
copies were issued.
The fight is still on in Kenmare over
the city administration with Bro
Charmley of the News and Brother
Stickley of the Journal throwing brick
bats at each other, and wasting lot
of good English language.
Attorney Charles McMullen of
Grand Forks will move out to Sacra-
mento, Calf, to practice his profess
sion. Mr.. McMullen was born and
brought up in Grand Forks and is a
graduate of the university law school.
Bismarck Tribune: Devils Lake Of
ficials complain that Minnesota is
dumping her insane patients on that
town in order to evade the cost of their
support. Come to think of it, Devils
Lake people have been acting a little
queer lately
Electrocuting eggs is new method
of preserving them. A metal cap is
placed on the end of each egg and a
pressure of 500 volts is thrown on
tbs claimed it preserves the eggs bet.
| ter than any method yet found and re.
l tains the fresh flavor.
| Bro. Haskell of the Bottineau Cour
ant owns right up that the call of the
| wild was so great he could not resist
going hunting, with a consequent de
lay of one day in the getting out oil
his paper. Everybody likes his pape,
so we'll they are going to forgive him.
Sneeze all you like. Professor Lado
of the Agricultural college has the
opinion of the Attorney General tina
the snuff law passed at the last leg;
lature does not prohibit the sale O
pure snuff. Was it ever meant tt
prohibit the sale of it? That is ono,
l when the legislature got stung by
great big tobacco trust.
| Ex-Governor E. Y. Sarles, of Hills
| boro, who is the North Dakota repre-
| sentative of the big land show which
| will be held in the Twin Cities durin,
the coming winter is busily engaged. il
getting good exhibits to take with hin
when he goes. He will get the cream
Of the Bismarck show, for that ha
been promised him.
Judge Frank Fisk Of Williston re
fused to let the druggists of Ray hav
liquor permits. Voluminous evidenc
was introduced on both sides but tn
remonstrance from the people in tn
form Of a petition baked the dru
store men from further prescribin
for the many illnesses necessary t
obtain the required remedy.
John w. Scott of Gilby claims t
have set a. new record in the "wago
box fortune" class by hauling a singl
load Of timothy seed from his farm
one mile from Gilby to an elevator i
that city, receiving $1,241.so for tn
load. The timothy seed was grown o
n his farm. An, interesting compariso
OF the Scott load Is show in the fat
that it would require twenty loads {
100 bushels each of wheat sold at ,sixt
cents bushel to attain the sam
amount. ~
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