The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25
DEVILS LAKE.
Miss Lillian Flemming Writes Of North
DakOta'S Only Watering Place
and Convention City.

| iSOh6 DClOiO IuC illOO WhiIC
man had gazed with delight upon
DEVILS Lake and "The splendor
of that wood-embosomed gem,
with its crested, sage-green wa
ters dancing in the western sun, /"
it was regarded with superstitious
dread by the Sioux and Chippewa
Indians. To this day, this big,
beautiful body of water is tabooed
by the hundreds of Indians who
reside on the Devils Lake Res
ervation along its southern shore,
because of a legend that a ter
rifle and unusual storm once en-
gulfed two large fleets of Sioux
and Chippewas who were engag-
ed in fierce combat on its surface
and all of the warriors were
drowned.
DEVILS Lake is thirty miles
long, and about ten miles wide
at its broadest point. A beauti-
fully broken shore line measures
nearly three hundred miles, af-
fording many pretty bays and
inlets, while there are many
gravelly beaches admirable for
bathing. The depth of the wa
ter varies from a few feet to one
hundred feet, and its surface
covers almost one hundred square
miles. It's water is of a peculi-
ar saline character, and is liken-
ed to the water of the ocean.
For bathing, the water of this
lake is known to equal that of
the sea, and claim is made that
it contains beneficial properties
found in no other inland body of
water.
The people of Dakota have
been quick to realize the oppor-
tunities for pleasure and recrea-
ton afforded every summer by
this magnificent lake. Thous-
ands leave the hot prairies and
find comfort and delight on the
beautifully wooded shores of the
lake. The North Dakota Chau-
tauqua, for three weeks in mid
summer, provides entertainment
and instruction for thousands
daily. A yacht and boat club,
with a beautiful club house near
the Chautauqua grounds on the
lake shore, has popularized sail
ing and water craft of every va
riety. The lake is the summer
Fairgrounds of the whole of
North Dakota, and it is the par
ticular pride of the city which
bears its name. The city lies
five miles from the lake, and is
easily accessible by automobiles,
or by railroad, and the greater
part of the city's $500 popula-
ton claims the shore as their sum-
mer home.
The lake, with it's scenic charm
and beauty, and its rare facilities
for recreation, has bred in the
people of the city of DEVILS Lake,
certain poise and energy that
is reflected in its public build
ings, in its business blocks, and
in it's commercial and social life.
DEVILS Lake is known as the
Clean City" of the North West;
and what it lacks in costly i'm
provements, it makes up in tidi-
ness and attractiveness. A beau
tiful, handsomely equipped hotel
thattis the peer of any along the
Great Northern system; a magni-
ficenttederal building, a large and
up-to-date opera house, and three
substantial school buildings, and
many pretty churches, mark it
as a small city that is above the
average.
The North Dakota State School
for the deaf is at DEVILS Lake,
and stands in beautiful grounds.
| recently visited this school and
| found that it is caring, at pres
ent, for 100 children. St. Mary's
Catholic Academy and Hospital,
under the care of the Sisters of
Mercy, are large institutions at
tractively located. The Devils
Lake Weather Bureau has an ed
ifce and grounds that are a
credit to the city. Devils Lake
is the trade center of five million
acrac of rich oo,-;o,,lfrroI lands