Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-17
LAYTON

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w. B. Bernard visited Lakota Mon
day between trains.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Hops
a son, on Sept. z.
This week the first publication of
the curfew law appears in the columns
of the Republican.
Miss Pearl Scott returned from an
extended visit with friends at Lang
don and Munich Saturday.
Ernest Dawson and son Bert arriv-
ed Saturday from Minneapolis to look
after their threshing interests.
A box ball alley installed in the
Lawton pool hall this week IS afford
ing pleasure to threshermen during
enforced idleness.
Mrs. Leon Benek who underwent
an operation at St. Micheal's hospital
last Saturday was able to return home
Wednesday.
School opens Monday with Miss
Will as principal, Miss Langton, Miss
Alexander and Miss Gibbons taking
care of the lower grades.
A. G. Tverberg, deputy sheriff of
Walsh county, was a business visitor
in town Monday evening.
Mrs. R. D. Sorengal and Mrs. Hull
lett of Lakota spent Sunday with Mrs.
w. B. Mitchell, of the Beach Inn, re-
turning home Monday.
One of the record crops this year
was threshed out Sunday on the farm
of. w. ]. Parke. Fifty acres yielded
612 IL bushels Of No. 2 Northern.
Miss Gussie Will, head teacher of
the Lawton school returned from her
holiday visit to relatives Wednesday
to be ready for the opening of school
on the 18th.
Three DRINKS were arrested yester-
day after moo by the marshal;
brought up before the court fined SIS
a piece and ordered out of town. They
were last seen headed toward Edmore
and Derrick.
Fire threatened to destroy the
threshing rig of M. Viger on the
Audrey Swanson farm Monday. The
prompt action of the engineer and
spike picher, Geo. Weberg, in getting
the water tank to the rescue, prevent
ed a big loss to the owner.
Ex-senator Jerry Stevens is some
farmer. Monday he threshed out. oats
which went 48 bushels to the acre
His Marquis wheat yielded 16 bushels
per acre. He still has some flax to
thresh which he thinks will go from
Is to 20 bushels per acre.
Painters have started work on the
]. A.. Arid elevator. They also have
the contract to paint Whelan Bros.
elevator.
Master Ralph Witeley was taken
sick this week and the trouble pro-
nounced appendicitis. Wednesday
evening DR.. Sihlo,, and a private
nurse arrived from Devils Lake.
Thursday morning Drs. Sihler and
Nicholson, our local physician, per-
formed the operation. At the present
writing the patient is progressing
nicely.
Hunting season opened up Monday
but it did not open with quite the en-
thusiasm as in former years. How
ever, most of the old guard were up
early and afield. All report that the
birds were plentiful, but we did not
hear of anyone going beyond the limit.
August Schrump arrived Tuesday
from Roundup, Mont, to look after
his farming interests here. Mr.,
Schrump is delighted with Roundup
and predicts for it a great future. He
says the crops in Musselshell county
and district are exceptionally good
this year. He also states that our old
friend Harry Pearce is managing the
baseball end Of the business in Round
up and that the team musters 10
members. Mr.. Schrump is Republi-
can candidate for representative at
the election in November.
A dastardly attempt to wreck a