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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
PARTIALLY
CHARGED BY
Grain men
MEN WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST
EQUITY EXCHANGE GET NO
WITNESS FEES.

Minneapolis, April 25.-Discrimin-
alton by the house grain committee in
the :treatn1 Of Witnessese53was al
legged by c: r. Fowler Of Mime
|apolis, who IS pressing the claim of
[H. G. Bundy Of .Voltaire, ~ D., for
expenses while held as witness for
the committee more than a week. The
committee promised to pay Bundy
witness fees, but has not done so, and
ine1ther has any fee been paid to Fred
Schmidt, manager Of. the yVoltaire
Farmers elevator. Both of these
me1i gave testimony damaging to the
Equity cooperative exchange,of which
James Manahan, counsel for the
house committee, is attorney. );
On the other hand, T. E. Tostenson
and Ed. Holt, also of Voltaire, have
received $25.75 each from he state
of Minnesota through house vouchers.
These men came down to give testi-
mony for the Equity and both stated
they had promises from J. NJ. Ander-
son of Fargo. president of the Equity,
that their expenses would be paid.
Tostenson did not give testimony be-
fore the committee at all, but left a
letter drawn up by the Equity people
and signed by him. This was not
admitted as testimony until he swore
to it as an affidavit, which was. for
warded from Voltaiare. Holt testified
for an hour; on one day. ..
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
IMMIGRATION TO
-. STATE is HEAVY
LARGE NUMBER ARE LOCATING
ALONG 500 LINE IN FIT. BER-
THOLD TERRITORY.

Bismarck, N. D., April 25.-Settlers
are pouring into, Ryder Makoti and
Plaza on their way to the reservation
where they are becoming settlers, and
the settlement this season promises to
be very large. At Plaza the 500 line
has all the business it can handle
The 500 line company is busy TAX
ing its bridges and culvert materials
into Plaza and getting them out on
the extension. There is an immense
amount of work to be done on the ex-
tension and it is the desire of the
company to get it as far along as pos
sible this season
There is great deal of flax thresh-
ing along the north 500 these days.
There was great deal of flax left
over from last fall and the work on
this is going along rapidly. The yield
is resulting from 5 to 12 bushels per
acre and the farmers are receiving
from $1.10 to $1.15 per bushel.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
HANNA APPOINTS
STATE FIRE CHIEF
GRAND FORKS CHIEF AND BIS.
MARCk MAN AT HEAD OF
NEW DEPARTMENT. ,':, !

Bismarck, April 25.--Wednesday
Governor Hanna appointed A H!
Runge, chief of the Grand Forks fire
department, as state fire marshal and
H. l.. Reade of Bismarck, nearly 20
years secretary of the State Firemen's S
association, as his chief deputy. These
offices were created by the last ses-
sion of the legislature and the former
carries a salary of $4,000 per year
and the latter S1,S0O. Both of the gen.
tlemen appointed had the endorsement
of the members of the state firemen's 8
association and thousands of voters in
addition to the members of the fire
Departments. The fire marshal has
had a great deal of experience that
fits him we'll for the position to which
he has been appointed, he having
served as chief of the salvage corps
in Minneapolis for number of years
after having been member and Off
Ger of the city fire department.. He
has, been at Grand Forks for a num-
ber of years, where he has held the
position as chief of the department
there.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
Enforcement OFFICER is
Investigating VIOLATIONS
OF permit PRIVILEGE HERE

age of plowing done, many farmers
are merely discing the stubble and
seeding onto that without spring
ploWing. This shiftless method has
been known to get fine crops in years
when there was a great deal of pre-
cipitation during the crop plowing
periods, but ordinarily the results
are far from satisfactory.
Practically every county in the
state is crying for more men. Farm
ers are paying from $50 to $40 for
month hands and $3.50 to 50 per day
tor day workers. In the localities
where there is unthreshed grain the
latter wages prevail and some of the
crews are running shorthanded even
despite those prices for spring work.
Some of the farmers sent back to
their old homes in other states in an
effort to secure men, but they have
learned that there is a general short
age of farm laborers over the entire
west
The annual trouble over securing
men for the fields is forcing many
North Dakota farmers to change their
methods SO they can give men work
all the year around and be less at
the mercy each spring of the transient
class of laborers.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25

Nd. farmer
HAS LESSON
FILES $4,000 SUIT AGAINST LAND
COMPANY,i ALLEGING HE
WAS HOODWINKED.

:" Another North Dakota farmer has
found that the pot attached to the
lower end of the rainbow contains
not gold, but ashes; not future hopes
but disappointment and. loss A re-
cent issue of the Melrose, Oregon,
Press, is quoted as follows:
Alleging that he was hoodwinked
as to climate and soil conditions,
quality and value of soils, and earn.
ing opportunities, VIM. F.. Planan, of
Mckenzie, N. D., has filed an action
for $4,000 damages in the circuit
court here against the Southern Ore
gan Orchards company, which in June,
1910, sold him nineteen acres of Mel
rose orchards. Planan says the land
cost the company from. $3.50 to $50
per acre, but that under false repre-
sentation, inveigled him into going
into purchasing agreement at $3.50
an acre, on which, he, paid $4,000
down. To make this payment he
says, and to pay the expenses of him.
self and family in coming here, he
mortgaged his $4,000 farm in North
dakota for $1,000; and he is about to
lose this on a foreclosure.
Among other things which Planan
says the company told him was that
the land at Melrose would yield in
the apple crops an average profit OF
$791.00 an acre for seven consecutive
years, that railroad line was being
built past the place and that the lands
in the neighborhood were advancing
in price as high as $4,000 an acre
Upon personal investigation he says
he found these assertions to be gross
falsehoods and same: location coulo
:be bought for not over $25.O0 an
acre" " -,4:. -
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
BIZ; LOSSES
SUSTAINED
THRU FIRES
RESERVATIONS SUFFER HEAV-
lest LosS-sEvERAL FARM
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

Losses by prairie fire in North Da-
kota during the past week have been
exceptionally heavy, running over
$l00, ,060 -
The greatest losses were on the
Standing Rock reservation, where q
$4,000 fire ragged, and on the Fort Tot
ten reservation, where about $4,000
damage was done.
Alfred Larson of Squires, Williams
county, was nearly killed when he be-
came surrounded by flames while at
tempting to save his residence. He
had to run through the wall Of flames.
being badly scorched and afterwards
he had to- walk three miles to secure
medical assistance. His home was de-
fstroyed, This fire started near Mon
dak, Mont, and entered North. Da-
kota. -
In Sibley Butte township, Burleign
county, F. G. Whiteberg's farm build.
ings were destroyed. A. (Madland lost
heavily of stock, his barns being de.
stroyed., ...
Ellendale citizens joined farmers
living near there in fighting big fire
which nearly entered the city Much
hay was destroyed, several farmers
also losing granaries, barns, etc. The
total loss was about $4,000.
North of Mandan fire burned ovel
many square miles of farm lands
hnildines on one place being DESTROY
ed A farmer allowed fire to get ava.
from him while clearing land fol
discing.
Hettinger county had two fires, one
destroying barns and other buildings
on the j. Semmert farm.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
DISASTER ENToMBs NEAR EN-
TIRE MALE POPULATION Of
.5= r. PENNSYLVANIA TOWN. #F
MANY. Am ERlcANs ARE \ AMONG
THos Sc VIII o Di ED IN TERRI
/ y BILE Ef"AFTEis-DAMP.' 4"


Pittsburgh, Pa. kpril IS. Between
100 and 1876 miners lost their lives
Wednesday safternoon as a result Of d
gas exposition in the Cincinnati mine
of the Monohgah gahela River Consolidat-
dated Coal lSand Coke company at Fin.
ieyyille. 3 miles from here 3z
q From Is to IS escaped. Some of
them are badly burned. The bodies
OF several of the victims have been
recovered.
With the mine aflame the rescue
work its being carried on with diff
Guilty owing to the fire and the deadly
fumes. The coal eompany maintains
q rescue corps patterned after the
mine office of the United States gov
lernnlellt. Aid from the federal min;
ling eSperts sal lscli iaed hsg
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
EIGHT new ORDINANCES
, PASSED BY CITY BOARD ---
: TO COLLECT BACK TAXES

tucky, stating that about 200 of the
young men students of that institu-
tion want to come to North Dakota 10
work during the summer season. Part
Of these young men want to work the
entire summer and are ready to come
to the state now, while a portion of
them will be available for the harvest
season only.
These young men, the college au-
thorities state. are not city men but
are from the farms of Kentucky and
adjoining states. They are used to
farm work as carried on in the mid
die east. They are strong and used
to the work and should make excel
lent farm help. Part of them are
graduates of that college in a two
years agricultural course, and they
know the theory and practice of
farming.
i The federation officials suggest
that farmers needing help should
write direct to Berea college, stating
what kind of help is needed, how long
they will employ man and what
they will pay. The college will reply
direct and if satisfactory, arrange
ments can be completed. Address D.
w. Morton, Secretary Berea College,
Berea, Ky.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
WANT BOYS
TO remain
ON FARMS
STRONG MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO
INTRODUCE AGRICULTURE
-;. in RURAL SCHOOLS

There is a very strong movement
upon foot which has for it's aim, the
introduction of agricultural instruc-
tion in our country schools. 1t is i'm.
portant that our boys and girls stay
upon the farm and to aid in this, the
country school should add it's far
reaching influence. In discussing this
matter a prominent educator said:
advocating that the boys and girls
Estay on the farm, and at the same
time teaching city subjects in the
rural schools, is contradictory If the
boys and girls are taught one thing,
they cannot be expected to want to dc
som ething else even if they are ad
yised to. A few years ago the ques.
tion was asked the boys and girls in
thirty-four schools in Wright county
Iowa: What do you want to do >
OF the 1S4 boys, 157 wanted to leave
| the farm, and 1853 of the ia girls
wanted to do likewise. After agricul
ture and home economics had beer
taught for three years, the same ques
| tion was asked in the same schools
This time 1852 of the ia boys and l61
| of the 17S girls wanted to stay on the
farm. This changing an almost unan
imous desire to leave the farm to ar
almost unanimous desire to stay OF
the farm seems miraculous; yet il
was done through making a change ii
/ the course of study. 1t is simple
however, for the boys and girls will
want to do the things they have beer
3taught to do Their interest will b,
developed in things they are taught
yThey will see more in them than il
Things they know less about.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25

NIinot, April 25.--H leaders on
the Berthold reservation and other
sections OF the state have until May
Is to establish residence on their
claims according to a ruling receiv-
ed in this city today from the general
land office at Washington. u. n ii q 5s
"a This rule has been made on account
Of the peculiar climatic conditions
which existed in this part Of the coun-
try last fall and especially the hign
water in Shelf creek in the reserva,
ton, which prevented many of the
home seekers from reaching their
farms. .s(
On this account the land office is
INSTRUCTED not to recei We any contesWts SITS
| on the ground that residence = was not
established before yny. "a 5, 3
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
HUNDRED ARE DEAD
AS result OF EXPLOSION
IN PENNSY[ VAu|A Mine
the company. NJ, y. 81
f; II .sjs. .5 Details Meager.

%sqs9 1StcitST +WSd9er. .5$$:.s
But. few miners who reached the
surface We're in a condition to walk.
From these little5could be gained. Suf-
fering from burns or fright the. miners
only knew an explosion occurred and
that a large number of the men either
were killed by the explosion or as.
phixiated by the afterdamp.' 4. a
sE.ggs 81 "Full Of Dead People" d
N Several hours after the explosion
seven foreign, miners crawled from
one entrance of the mine All were
seriously burned, They gave no con
|nected account Of the conditions in
the mine. or Of their individual ex
perience. They all said .'the mine is
! full of dead people. = * 81 ) .s.
Business in Finleyville has been sus
pended and the greatest excitement
prevails. Relatives Of the men be
meath the surface are frantic. Man,
had to be restrained from going intt
the deadly pit. N
Gas Explosion, sf@,5
.A gas explosion is thought to havt
been the cause of the disaster, Fire
damp II Isl said !, may have been re
rs pOnSi 81
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
MUCH SEED
is SOWN
b. '-'r Sc ~
This WEEK
EHWHHN HAHE ~
Fl AH u "a +A MH H. IL, @A
DRY WEATHER tSTIM ULATEsS SEED
ling ACTIVITIES THROUGH :.
e E " ss5ss 3

. The continued dry weather of the
past few days has been taken adva:>
tage Of by farmers all over he state
Winds have been drying tie fields re-
markably fast, The southern tier, OF
counties report about half of the crop
in the ground. In Grand Forks coun.
ty nearly one-third of the: wheat aver.
age has been taken care: of. Contin'
ued dry weather this week will see
most of the wheat cropSsown, and a
great deal of the other grains put. in
the ground in two weeks. ,..,.,.
The wheat acreage is being reduc
ed this year$in several counties, ac
cording to reports brought in by farm
ers. The reason for this lies in the
fact that a great. many farmers are
doubling the corn acreage of last year
Other farmers are putting a greater
number of acres into timothy and 9th
er grass seeds than IN years; before
This means that conservation of the
soil will be practiced more than evel
before. @%#,t''
The Better Farming association and
the Hill experiment farms, as well
as all the other better farming com
binations in the state are working
harder than ever before to get ths
farmers to forget the idea of sowing
all their land to wheat or flax. Espec
tally will these organizations endeav
or to encourage the raising of stocl
on larger scale than ever before
The decrease in the shipments q
western cattle has been remarkable
lin the past three; or four years ane
lit is being freely predicted that the
shipments of cattle from the valley
twill in very short time equal il
lvalue the western cattle shipments.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
RATE
|S...:[OWE:RED|
.. B Y BOARD y ]
! - t.a'--E - :,
RAILROADS DECIDE TO RETURN
RATE ON TWINS TO FORM
Err CLASSIFICATION.

Bismarck, N. D., April 25.-The state
railroad commission is gratified over
receiving notice from the western
classification committee, which is a
body made up of representatives OF
the traffic departments Of all railroads
in western territory, to the effect thai
the committee had decided to restore
binding twine to the agricultural i'm
plement list. Binding twine was for
merly in this classification, but veal
or so ago it was taken out of this list
and given a higher rating. 1~
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
farm HELP .
IN DE: u|AN.D|:|| ! !
GENERALLY / |
--------7-
FANCY PRlc Es BEING OFFERED
s:5 FOR FARM r E LP a z 4 OWE s$ss.
Z 5:5s NO RTH 81 a. AtSoT Il.


# Lack Of fall ploWing, the la abor short
age, the delay in spring work, none
Of these things are disco oliraging the
optomistic farmers Sof North Dakota.
Busy with their work they don't give
the unpleasant phases much consied.
Grafton. RI. .3s. & s.5 .ssz
There has been 4 great deal Of
moisture this spring and with. the
large amount in the soil last fall the
conditions In this respect could
scarcely be improved upon. Had the
farmers done as much plowing last
fall as usual the situation in North
Dakota would have been regarded as
the best for years. III
One Of the unfortunate conditions
is that because pf snla ereent
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
.AI|!.L.F|AL.FA|. |! ]
W||||.EE|'I|V|||||l)|: | | |
DISCOVERED ||S|||
ME Es'1' VIZ 2 E. 8 3 q q q NToMo oLoGY BOARD
DISCOVERS Dis . SURE FOE FOR
IF ALFsA AvEEVll-.

Was hilinrgton, hin Apfil5 q 5. Parasites
which viii destroy: the weevn THAI
preys on the alfalfa crops of the west
nave been q disco oyered III Italy by VI.
s. Thomp pson, represents of the
]. United States bureau Of y sent o1nologg
u that 6 count He has Just notified
~. IT. !, Howard chief the bll.
reau, that q sll lipnnent of these para
sites are Oh their vay from Europe
be alfalfa WeeVil has not spread
to any extent as the cotton boil sNeegst
but AS many farmers throug ghcat the
west include falfa Us one os their
prancipal crops ana the timely intro
l5alle ton ttlaeiss field asa enemy to
siat pasf Asil aves maj 81. ltllFiata
# loss.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
COMM SSlONER MANN Is IN.
STRUcTED TO COLLECT
BACK PERSONAL TAX s.z'
MANY AVENUES FOR CITY REV.
ENUE ARE OPENED BY
COMMISSIONERS g..

The meeting Tuesday evening of
the board of city commissioners prov
ed to be the most productive held
thus far. The most important mat
ters were the passing of eight ordin-
ances, several Of which will open new
avenues of revenue into the city treas
ury. The new ordinances are as fol-
lows:
Ordinance No. 146, providing for
the refunding bonds was placed on
its second reading and final passage.
Ordinance No. 147, making the
dray, hack and teaming license SIS
for the first team and S. for additional
passed its first reading. -
Ordinance No. 149, fixing he opera
house license at $3.50 and motion pic
ture show license at $50, passed its
first reading. 55T,
Ordinance No, $50 fixes the pool
hall license at $50. E
Ordinance NO. ISL fixes the water
carriers license at SIS. . 5s>El 5>El
Ordinance No. 152 prohibits the NOV
ing of tractor or steam engines with
out permit. ---... : ~ .;..{.5''.t i
Ordinance No. 153 fixes the plumb
ers' license at $3.50. s$s Ii *
| All of these licenses are due and
payable May and it was the senti.
ment of the commission that they be
enforced to the letter, like all other
ordinances on the city books.
Mann to Collect Taxes.
Upon examining the city books i,
was found that a large amount .oI
money is due the city on back person
al property taxes covering a period
Of ten Years. !Considerah as
seems is against men who have ant AMI
are holding state and county office
who have never been forced to pay IN
The board instructed Commis issionel
Mann to take steps at once to see thai
this matter is cleaned up and tha
this money is paid into the treas,lr,
regardless of who is owing IT.
'Mr. Mann was also instructed t
examine the, accounts of the cit,
treasurer once month and repor
to the board. H.
= = -,
August Raft was appointed city en-
gineer and superintendent of stree
work to act under Commissione
'Mundt- Mr.. Raft was engaged fo,
six months at a salary Of $3.50 pc,
month, he to devote his entire tim.
to his new work. The board decided
that city engineer was not needed
during the winter months and by 81
doing lessened the city pay roll ssAl
per year. + =
i Health OFFICER at Work.
City Physician Dahl reported con
ditions about the city and made r.
commentators concerning the better
ment Of public health. e. I.
| Bids for the city dump wagon wer
received but no contract was let tn
matter being referred to: Commission
er Mundt.. 8. .D.z'
i For a short time the commission re
/ solved itself into board of eou;alizs
ton, when the personal property ta
OF the Archer stock, now in the hand
H ]of a trustee, was considered Th
d work Of the assessor in this case wa
! approved. .s.zS7 ':
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25
PR|CE: DROP
BLAMED TO
PROSPECTS RR|'0
CONDITIONS ARE SO GOOD ALI
ss'e OVER NORTHWEST THAT
F. g. PRICES GO DOWN. s...

Minneapolis, April 25s-With so per
cent Of the seeding finished Id South
Dakota, 751 per cent in the southern
part Of North Dakota, 50 per cent il
northern Minnesota, and Is per cent
in central and southern Minnesota,
indications are favorable for the repe.
Etitioti of last years great yield.
As year ago, spring wheat vas sell.
ling at Sill u today with every pros,
|pect the best priced wheat handled
can obtain is 81 l lzS cents Confldencs
|in this years output is he cause q
the low ce.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25

States Attorney Nestos has gar
,nished the $4,000 insurance money on
the car that was owned by Superin-
.tendent of Schools Warren at Minot,
and wants the money applied on the
debt Warren is alleged. to owe the
county. n 81. III, 5ss:ss$
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25

Mrs. Susan Randall, 6S, ofEDore, N.
D., sustained two fractures ofsthe left.
arm when she fell down the cellar
stairs at the residence. of her niece
Mrs. L. j. Palda, 402 South Ramstad5
street, to whom she was paying visit.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-04-25

Mrs. Lillian Fielder arrived We'd
nesday evening from Viana, Cal,
where she has ben spending the win
ter with her daughter, Mrs. II. Stan
ley, and will visit her: son here, O.. Z.
Fielder. s5@. "a I. H 5s: