The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-10-14

Two cases Of shooting were before
the police court this week. The court
fued one $40 and the other S.. Too
much booze was at the bottom of the
trouble.
The Sarles line wants passenger
service and at a meeting of the state
railway commission held at Grand
Forks this week a delegation Of bust
ness men representing the various
towns along the line, offered their
claims. At present time the Sarles
branch is getting mixed service.
The new steam heaters lately in
stalled in the Commercial hotel and
Farmers Cash store are proving very
satisfactory during this damp, cold
unpleasant weather. Oregon with all
it's wetness is not a patch upon North
Dakotans who are standing ankle
deep in mud and developing wep-feet;
but we don't blame the state. We
look smilingly forward toward good
crops next yea The land needs the
moisture.
A. j. Zeman had a strenuous time
returning from the county seat Tues
day evening with his new 1916 Over
land. "The roads We're awful" he
said, "but in spite of natures protest
against travelling bad roads, l made
the trip in three hours" The Over
Land 1916, h. p. IS, he says is one of
the most powerful lars on the market
and certainly proved it coming over
the roads Tuesday afternoon, which
were something terrible.
Mrs. A. E. Bruce entertained a num-
Der Of ladies at her pretty home on
Chapman Street Tuesday afternoon.
Rev w. E. Dudley of Lakota, held
services in the Congregational church
here Tuesday evening. Owing to bad
weather the attendance was light.
w. A. McClelland, who has been
taking a fall vacation threshing, re-
turned to his home in Minneapolis on
Wednesday owing to the inclemency of
the weather.
The demonstration for the Mime
apolis big Bull tractor is here this
week showing purchasers how to work
the machine. The tractor is all right,
but you must know how to run it be-
fore you aan make a success of it,
Otherwise, with other machines, the
whole thing is a dream in your men,
DRY when settling up comes.
i The sun went down on a nearby
town, because it was selling "booze";
and this ere town will also go down,
if it don't quit importing "booze"-
through the U. S. Mails.
A short time ago the Republican
and family wished to take a trip to the
California Exposition, blu owing to the
scrcity of money and other reasons we
were unable to do so. However, by
the stories told by returning globe
trotters, we are satisfied that we re-
manned at home-to handle the few
sous which re due this fall, but are
slow coming in.
George Lawton returned to his home
in Milwaukee, Wis, Wednesday, the
weather being responsible for his
leaving, but he will be with us again
next year.
Mrs. P. Rosendale visited the coun-
ty seat Monday returning Tuesday
and will remain here for a few days
to close up threshing on her farm be-
fore returning to her home in Mime
apolis.
Frank Leroy, lately Chef with the
John Wischer threshing returned
to Moorefeld, Ark, Wednesday. He
has been up here several seasons and
will come again next season if the
weather permits.
Warren Boyer, of Mankato, Mimi,
formerly of Lawton, and one Of the
pioneers of Ramsey county, arrived
Tuesday afternoon, to look after his
farm interests. Mr.. Boyer informs
us that the weather conditions are
much the same as here.
M. Myhrdal, a good farmer on the
Rosendale place purchased an Emerson
tractor last week. The idea was to do
away with having to buy more horses
to take care Of the farm, and figuring
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