The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-11-09
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William Jolliftee Of Rolla made
quite q record by killing twelve ducks
with two shots.
A loss Of about $4,000 was sustained
in the destruction Of the Callib Hasse
dry goods store at Mandan.
7. D. Willis of Glenburn in Elm
township received $2,425 from n
quarter section of rye this year.
Less than $25 was obtained by rob.
bers who blew open the safe in the
Northern Pacific depot at Buttzville.
Live stock will be made an impor-
tant feature of the annual fair and
festival at Devils Lake Nov. IA, Is
and 16.
Charters to thirteen new state
banks have recently been issued by
the secretary Of state. The total cap
ital is $3.50 600.
Eighteen horses on the w. H. Co.
fell farm, near Edgeley, have died of
glanders. State veterinarians are in
charge Of the situation.
During a one-day campaign for new
members the Commercial club Of Far.
go recently added 40 new members
to its already large roll.
]. A. Brazea Of Fort Clark vas
shot by hunters near Mandan. Game
wardens are seeking q party of hunt
ers believed responsible.
George ,sowden, one of the earliest
settlers Of Barnes county, is dead fol:
lowing a long illness. A widow and
seven children survive.
"open houses and social sessions
for the benefit Of the public for the
coming winter months are planned by
the Jamestown Y. M. c. A.
More than go tons Of hay were
DESTROYED in a prairie fire which
swept over four secfionb Of land ten
miles south OF jamestown last week.
l. The North Dakota Live Stock asso-
citation has selected Jan. % and rs
as the dates for the annual conven-
ton, which will be held at Bismarck.
Electric storms still seem to be
quite numerous. During a recent
storm lightning struck the Lutheran
church at Gardar and destroyed the
steeple.
For the year 1916, Fargo's paving
operations cost. approximately $101,-
018; 31,047.62 square yards of pave
ment having been laid or are now be-
ing finished.
j. E. Boyle, formerly of the Uni.
versity of North Dakota, has been ap-
pointed agent in this state for the
national conference on marketing and
farm credits.
The city of Bismarck is going to
modernize its fire department by add.
ing a fire truck to its equipment. A
street flusher also will be used or the
newly laid paving.
A big community revival meeting
will begin in Edgeley on Sunday,
Dec. 81. The services Of the, ". A,
Erwin evangelistic party OF Amarillo,
Tex, have been secured.
Edward John Schafer, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Schafer of. Stanton,
who. enlisted with the British, has
been killed in action, according to
word received by his parents.
Ole Kjonaas, pinned under his auto.
mobile e Amidon, supported al.
most the entire weight of the car for
an hour and a half, before being res
cued by a passing auto party.
Many improvements in the build
ings and equipment of the state re.
form school at Mandan are reported
necessary in the third biennial report
of the state board Of control.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred SHERMAN of
Lehr were killed last week when a
Northern Pacific passenger train hit
their automobile at a crossing near
Apple Creek, four miles from Bis
marck.
Frank Gragg. .colored. was killed
and Goldie Brown, colored, was in
1ured in a shooting ARRAY at Minot.
Claude Peoples is being held. The af-
fair was the elimination of a quarrel
at a dance.
The police of surrounding cities
have been notified to be on the look.
out for the seventeen-year-old daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John 1verson of
New Rockford, who disappeared from
home recently.
Alfred Steel, president of the
Jamestown board Of education was re.
elected president of the North Da.
kota state librarians at their conven-
ton in Williston. Valley City was sc.
lected as the next meeting place.
Loss estimated at $4,000 resulted
from the destruction Of the Sheyenne
Valley bank, the Thoreson Runck
general store, Larson's hardware
store, the telephone exchange and
the Kathryn drug store at Kathryn.
Not 9 passenger was killed on the
railway lines4int the state In the BIZ
lennial period ended Aug. 81, 1916.
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