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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
WILL HAVE NEW LIGHT AND
TELEPHONE.

Word comes to US this afternoon
that the light and power plant of the
Devils Lake Improvement company
has been sold to company headed by
F. E. Corson, of Fargo.
This will be good news to every
resident of Devils Lake, as it will
mean, in the near future, a great deal
better service at considerably lower
rate.
The World has always contended
for this improvement and its efforts
have been misconstrued in some quar-
tiers. We have been accused Of
knocking, partisanship, and even
blackmail. All that The World has
ever asked for has been a decent ser.
vice for a decent rate. In contend
ing for that we have made few en-
emies and We are glad Of it. This
fight we have made for Improvement
has been right along the line Of i'm.
provment in all civic affairs.
If we have trod on the orns of any
individual we ARE sorry for it. There
has been absolutely nothing personal
in the fight, and we had no particular
individual in mind when we published
the articles which have appeared from
time to time.
Devils Lake Is too large a city to
Put up with Indifferent electric light
and telephone service, and the time
had come when "a change from the old
system was imperative. This change
has arrived. We ARE promisedta light
and power plant second ;toonens:in the
state. We expect the. city. will be Civ.
en- that. It is entitled to it. And if
it don't get it, our citizens may de-
pend upon The World to fight the new
company 'ust as hard as it did the
old one.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

state are waking up to the fact that
they are still republicans 1 and obl-s.
gated to support the nominees Of the
party. Particularly is this: true as re.
CARDS L. B. Hanna, nominee for gov.
ernor. Mr.. Hanna went through .
very hard fight and came ont with
flying colors. One by one the men
who opposed him at the primary cleo
ton are getting into line and declar>
ing that they will support him at the
general election. The election Of Mr..
Hanna was never in doubt, but the
return to the fold Of numerous prom.
limit men, makes this assurance doub-
~ certain.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
EVERYBODY LABoRED.

Yesterday was Labor Day. One
need only to have observed the indus
try of citizens of Devils Lake to have
made certain Of the fact. Everybody
labored. Lawyers, doctors, merchants,
BARRIERS, druggists, all appeared to be
struck with some furious insanity Of
industry.
Of course the day is legal holiday,
appointed in honor of labor and par
ticularly organized labor, but that
made no apparent difference to resi-
dents Of Devils Lake. Part Of them
probably never knew that Labor ever
had a legal holiday, and the rest Of
them believe that Labor has no rights
worth mentioning. For city so de-
pendent on the laboring class for it's
very existence, Devils Lake made a
sorry showing yesterday in it's OBJ
servance Of Labor Day.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

This is an era of railroad construc.
ton in North. Dakota. The. latest
company to file articles of incorpora-
tion with the secretary OF state, is the
Midland Continental. The stockhold-
ers Of the road, SO far, are all James
town and Chicago capitalists, and the
new corporation is capitalized at ST.
100000. A line running from James
town to Winnipeg is proposed, and
work will be started in the near fu-
ture. We hope to see the local Com
mercial club get busy on this propo-
sition. Devils Lake is the natural
distributing point for all of North
western North Dakota and t needs
all the railroad lines it, is possible to
secure. This proposed new line might
easily be led into Devils Lake, and if
it is possible to interest the promot-
ers it should be done, and no time
should be lost in doing 1t.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The arrest of two white slavers at
Harvey one day this week has furn-
ished text for the newspapers and
they have worked it to the limit. All
Of which is strictly right and propr,
but friends, there is hardly town in
the country, Of any size, in which the
same evil conditions do not exist to a
greater or less extent. The men ar
rested at Harvey should be given the
limit of the law, but if tn state hui.
name officials would stamp out this
awful traffic they must increase their
vigilance.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
THE LATEST MORGAN Ep1aRAa1.

TIE LATEST MORGAN EPIaRA11.
1t is not often that ]. Pierpont Nor
gan says anything to the public, but
when he does it is usually epigram-
matte. He seems to have the gift Of
packing away much meaning in a
phrase: His pithy query when the dis
solution Of certain trusts was sought
in court, "How can you unscramble
eggs?' is a case in point.
MI. Morgan has now delivered him
self as to the political situation VIII
son, he says. has no policy, Roosevelt
has nc party, and Taft seems to be
the least of three evils. So he supports
Taft.
The support of Morgan thus openly
if somewhat cynically, given to Taft
will not be begrndged by Taft's
rivals. For many Mr.. Morgan person..
hes the evils of our present financial,
industrial and commercial system, so
tnat his support is more or less Of a
misfortune. But Mr.. Taft is well in
ured to misfortune by now, and
knows how to smile at disaster.
The Morgan epigram viii still some
discussion as to whether it is better
for presidential candidate to have
policy or party. It seems to be
the dnancier' IS idea that candidate
should have both. But we are fallen
on troubled days, when parties seem
to count for little, and when the sam.
paign fairly bristles. with policies
Minneapolis journal.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The Democrats had an "achieve-
ment" meeting and banquet at Bis
marck, the other evening, and the
time was happily spent in telling what
the Democrats had accomplished and
what they were going to accomplish.
The record of past achievements,
while spoken on by many, can be COM
pressed into two words "John
Burke" The ideas advanced Of what
the party proposes to do in the future
furnished most Of the inspiration for
the orators and the way they spread
themselves was nothing slow or small.
Chasing the rainbow Of promise, as
usual.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
TAFT GAINING IN KENTUCKY

"While it is too early to prophesy
how Kentucky will vote in November
it is not too early to say that Presi
dent Taft is making great Gains, and
that if he continues to gain he will
carry the state. In 1908 Bryan car
ried Kentucky by 5000, but in the
state election it went republican. The
Democrats are not in any too humor-
Gus state at this time, although on
the presidential issue, I presume they
will swing together. However, the
president is exceedingly popular in the
Blue grass state, and the fact that he
is our ne;ghbor will make his chances
better than they would otherwise be. -
This was the expression Of Robert
Wood, postmaster Of Louisville. Mr..
Wood disclaims any pretense of being
a politician, and declares that his
political opinions are not worth much,
but he said:
cannot help observing the change
in sentiment that is everywhere ap-
parent Before and shortly following
the Chicago convention even Repub.
licans had little hope apparently that
the republican ticket would win in
November, but within the last three
weeks there is springing up an ex.
ceedingly optimistic and hopeful feel
ing so much indeed that republicans
everywhere are becoming sanguine. II
this continues-and / see no reason
why it should not-the party will be
in first class shape when election day
comes, and it will be found that Roose
velt's candidacy has drawn more
largely from the democrats than from
the regular republican organization.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06


Theodore Roosevelt, T. R., Bull
Moose, Lion Hunter, Muck Raker, in
ventor Of the Ananias club and in
cidentally twice president Of this
little old o. s., and a candidate for
a thirdF'term, will be: in Fargo next
Friday and will tell the assembled
multitudes just what is what, politi.
cally. Roosevelt may or may not be
elected president this fall, but the
fact remains that he is the most in
teresting and. even dominating per-
sonality in public life today. He will
get a royal welcome at Fargo, from
friends and political enemies alike.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The Bathgate Pink Paper asks the
question: edo you know what Wood
row Wilson isf'' And then goes on
and tells its readers lot of CUFF
about what really great man Wilson
is and how, if he is elected president,
he will reform everything. Incident
ally the other candidates are "slam-
med" in true. campaign style. Our
conception Of Woodrow. Wilson is that
he il perfectly good type Of college
president and political jumping
jack, who has been on every side of
every great political question that has
arisen in the last fifteen years. Wilson
is q brainy man but so far he has
never given evidence Of possessing
anything at all closely approaching
statesmanship.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
aL1TrER1Na aENERA11r1Es
More than a hundrd platforms. St

More than hundrd platforms, state
and national, must have been adopted
this year; and all Of them are alike
in breathing deep solicitude for the
plain, Industrious, thrifty citizen. The
man or woman who earns a livelihood
by honest, productive labor and lays
up little against rainy day is the
apple of every politicians eye. whe.
Their farmer, mechanic, doctor or trades
man, this plain, laborfous and frugal
person is, by; universal consent, the
backbone Of the nation. He it is
whom Mr.. Taft would save from the
awful calamity Of a Judiciary subject
to recall: For him Mr.. Wilson would
put the tariff on a. revenue basis and
Nj. Roosevelt drive, out the bosses.
All agree in devotion to the indus
trious and. thrifty man, but there is
vast contention as to the best means
of serving him. For his benefit one
demands high tariff, another low; one
insists upon state rights, another upon
extension of Federal powers. In what
manner many of these policies will
affect the plain citizen, there is con-
siderable room for argument. =.
Everybody knows, however, that
plain, industrious, frugal citizens o1
their widows and orphans-are robbed
Of somewhere from fifty to hundred
million dollars every year by swind-
ling vendors of bogus or wildcat
socks. No one can dispute that to
stop this robbery would benefit the
class all politicians profess to serve.
The Progressive party meets the point
sqnarely with a pledge to "protect
people from this kind OF piracy" Any
party in power nowadays, in state OF
nation, that neglect Blue Sky legisla,
tion lays itself open to suspicion
that the glittering generalities in its
platform are mostly buncombe.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The American Bar Association, in
session at Milwaukee, voted to bar
negroes from membership in the as
ISOLATION. No excuse was given for
the action Of the association, which
was a most disereditable one, except
that the men barr. 1 had black hidesfl
It was greatv 'ctory for the lilly
whites and q dietince evidence that
the American Bar association member
ship list needs censoring and the elm
nation Of other names than those
borne by black men.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

Too many newspapers in this great
country Of ours are established with
the apparent idea that politics is the
liz ms '.,s'.tn q, a that . ne.st
s:urr man :,!:.,rf.ce or -: son-
other one out is tho whole thing. If
newspapers could be prohibited tell
ling anything but the truth about
candidates, campaigns would be shorn
Of many Of their bad features and
country and people alike would be
better off.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

A politician who can tell you to
what party he belongs now days has
got an awful elastic Imagination. New
er in the history Of the world has man
had more need for "rubber mock"
than right now to keep watch If the
doings in politics. Pure Indian rub
Der is needed and still he may get
a kink.-Aneta Panorama.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

Ex-senator A.. G. Hansbrough is out
with an open letter to Roosevelt, in
which he asks the Colonel some very
pointed questions regarding his ria
tionship with Geo. W. Perkins, trust
promoter and partne, Of J. P. Morgan.
Mr.. Hansbrough should beware, lest
he become a member Of y. R.'s An:
anias club. Such things have happen.
ed? BEFORE, you knew. n
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

Despite the fact that Grand Forks
won the cellar championship in the
see-Eye league, Grand Forks citizens
have decided that they want q pro-
fessional team again next season and
already plans are being worked out
looking to that end. The people Of
Grand Forks are a loyal bunch of
s'fans" and are to be congratulated
On their grit and stick-to-it-iveness.
May they have better luck In 1913.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
.PURDY SERVED
HIS sen TENCE
WILLIAM PURDY CONVICTED OF
SELLING LIQUOR TO INDIANS
WILL SERVE TIME HERE

William Pudy, who was arrested at
Devils Lake on the charge Of selling
liquor to the Indians on July 9, was
given a hearing before Judge Amidoa
at Fargo yesterday afternoon and sen
fenced to jail for sixty days. The SEN
tence dates from July 9.
As most. Of the sentence has al
ready been served in the Oass county
Jail wheres Purdy has been awaiting
trial, he hassSnot many more days to
serve, ~
He was brought to Devils Lake last
night. by Deputy Marshall Haggart,
and will spend the. remaiudes Of his,
sentence in the Ramsey county jail.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
WHITE: SLAVE \ TRAFFIC. R. II
m NORTH DAKOTA.
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ming, had supper, drank some beer, be-
came partially intoxicated and when
she regained her wits found herself
in bed with the man who informed
her that he had registered at that ho-,
tel as man and wife.
Fargo Restaurant Involved.
They returned to the same place.
the next night. Saturday and Sunday
she stayed, in rooms over the John.
son restaurant with the other girl and.
men were sent up to them by the pro-
prietor Of the restaurant and the two
men arrested here, the proprietor TAX
ing so cents per man and the rest was
kept by the two men implicated So
it is charged by the two girls.
Monday the two girls and the two
men left Fargo the younger girl claim
ing she was induced % accompany
them by the promise of money easily
made. They went to Valley CITY,
stayed over night at that place, were
used for evil purposes to the ag-
grandisement Of the two men who
took the money, went Tuesday to
Courtenay where the same dispicable
business was repeated. They left for.
Kensal next day and were again ex-
plotted for the benefit Of the men.
They went to Darlington in the eve
ring and to Harvey Thursday night.
That there is no doubt of the guilt
of the men and there will he evidence.
sufficient and TO spare for convic-.
ton is affirmed by the local authosi-
Ties. One Of the most damaging
pieces Of evidence from one Of the.
men is a note he gave to night po-
liceman G. G. Campbell, not recogniz-
ing him as an officer for delivery to
the young girl. This note was one Of
instruction how to help him out Of
the difficulty.
Case TO Be Pushed.
The case bears every violence Of
being one of the appalling ones Of the
white slav traffic and will be pushed:
to the end. Much sredit is dre to the
local police force and Officer Blake
for their prompt and vigorous action
in the deplorable affair, and that the
young girl bears herself as one un-
used to a dissolute life makes the Of
fense the more damnable. ~ -
The men apprehended, and who are
charged in the :ffi1avits with the Of
Tense give the names Of William john
son and Andrew G. Jackson, and the,
girls give the names Of Violet Jack
son and Helen Reitan.
Names Of Other Fargo Girls.
In one Of the affidavits it is also
9'cted that rooms over Chinese
'estaurant on Front street near the
is used and rented by the pro-
prietors as q resort for young girls.
Names Of young girls of Fargo and
Moorhead are ALSO given as being fire.
quenters of these two places.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The World is in receipt Of letter
from Usher L. Burdick, who, if our
memory serves us correctly, was
elected lieutenant governor Of North
Dakota not so very long ago, and by
the republican party at that. In his
letter Mr.. Burdick takes US to task for
daring to insinuate that he had taken
himself out Of the Republican party
and would this fall support the Dem
ocratic nominee for president. The
World has as authority for it's state
ment Mr.. Burdick's statement to the
county republican central committee
of his own county, to the effect that
he would disregard the nomination of
Taft and also that he believed there
was no call for third party ticket.
Where did Mr.. Burdiek propose to
land9 In the prohibition party9 The
World has no desire to do Mr.. Bur.
dick an injustice. He is a young man
and we are "strong" for young men
in politics. If he is still in the Re-
publican party we are glad Of it. But
why all this heats The gentleman
takes himself all too seriously. We
don't believe the people of the great
state of North Dakota care very much
whether Mr.. Burdick is still in the
ranks of the Republican party or not
Still, if the World has wronged Mr.
Burdick, he is clearly entitled to az
apology, ana we hope he will consider
this article in just that light.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The following from the Fargo For.
nm just about fits some of the cases
right here in Devils Lake, and we
have some speed maniacs who will do
well to read it and then mend their
ways: -;
The courts are finding way to give
adequate punishment to reckless auto
speeders without paying any attention
to speed ordinances or small fines pro-
vided for their infraction. One Offend
er who had run down little girl in
Chicago was tried for assault with a
dangerous weapon, found guilty, and
fined $1,000.
At first it may seem tremendous
strain on the Imagination to class an
automobile as a dangerous weapon. It
was not, built to be used as such. But
razors and butcher knives are not
manufactured for weapons. They are
made for a practical and beneficial
use. Nor is an iron crowbar-yet it
can be a dangerous weapon, depending
on how it is used.
So why may not an automobile also
be a dangerous weapon-if its driver
runs it 50 recklessly that he is as
much danger as if he were doing
harm Intentionally and willfullyi
If man went on housetop to re.
pair a chimney and threw bricks oil
into the street without taking any
care or even looking to see If any one
were passing-then if he did hit some
one, he would be held guilty of will
full assault. Is not the recklessness
Of an auto speeder as dangerous and
as wilHuls
Where death has followed, drivers
have been convicted Of manslaught ,r.
IF the injury does not cause death, is
not the drive, still guilty of assaults
Often the only difference between as.
sault and murder is found in whetke.
the victim. dies OF not. A prisoner is
often held, before being indicted, tc
await theA1ictim's recovery or death
$50 thatshe may he tried for the
proper crime.
Try few reckless auto drivers 70,
i IL .LH =
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
+ + + i + + + + = = T. 4
+ COL. M'GRAW MARRIED. i

+ COL. M'dRAW MARRIED. \
+ Col. w. 81. McGraw, the genial i.
+ Great Northern conductor, gave I.
+ his friends genuine ::urprise last !.
+ evening when he stepped from !.
+ the train after supposed bust +
= ness trip west, accompanied by +
= his bride. Mrs. McGraw was for +
+ merly Miss Alice Kelly Of Bull, i.
+ Idaho, an old time friend of the i.
+ Colonel, and the marriage took !.
4 place few days ago in the +
+ bride's home city. Mr.. ans Mrs. \
+ McGraw stopped here only long 4
+ enough last evening to let the i.
i good news be known and then 4
!. went on to Duluth where they +
\ will spend few days while Mr.. =
+ McGraw looks after some bust j.
= ness matters. They will reside Il
+ at 1922 University avenue !.
+ Grand Forks Lines. j.
+ - + + + + \ + ~ i T. i
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

Minot is agitating the matter Of IN
stalling white way, the local light
and power company having signified
its willingness to spend the money,
some seven or eight Thousand dollars,
necessary to make the improvement
With the advent Of tho new utilities
company in Devils Lake this city
ought to be able to have a white way
and thus keep abreast Of the march
Of progress. ~
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

the charges that political unrest is
fomented il the South American
states BY the citizens of the United
States. After all the troubulous years
in North Dakota politics, Senator Nc
:Cumber ought to be able to ''put the
spot'' on political unrest and its caus-
es at long range. We believe the ap-
pointment is good one.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

Governor Wilson evidently believes
that the obstacle in his path to the
White House is Roosevelt and not
Taft. In his address at Buffalo, N.
y, yesterday, Wilson took occasion
to fay several planks Of the Progress
sive platform, totally ignoring the el-
aborate affair framed by the Repub-
licans at Chicago.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06

The Democrats, as always, are now
their victories at banquets,
love feasts and in the newspapers. Be
fore election the party is always a
winner. Afterwards its members are
kept busy explaining how it all hap
pened. And Wilson won't change
their luck.