The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-25
News Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
MANY ITEMS Of INTEREST
Events Are Briefly Written In Order
to Make PerusaI Easier for
\ Busy Readers.

Inc MISSOURI slope banker meeClug
at Dickinson closed with a banquet.
Beach was awarded the next meeting.
Alfred White is the new president.
The practice of sleeping on his
stomach proved fatal to Martin A.
McGoon Of Fargo. He smothered to
death. MI. McGoon was in perfect
health.
Twenty new banks with a total cap
italization of 100000 have been or
gained in North Dakota during the
past month, according to the state
banking board. :sn
w. j. George, postmaster of Van
Hook, died in a hospital at Minot as
! the result Of an automobile accident
near Van Hook. While travelling about
thirty miles an hour the a struck q
deep rut and turned over.
The Geneseo Farmers Elevator
company has decided to build a new
elevator which will be a modern
structure in every way The work on
the construction Of the same will
probably commence the latter part of
the month.
Geese herders are wanted in the
country neal Devils Lake to keep the
wild geese off the grain fields. Barnt
Anderson. a Ramsey county farmer,
says, thousands of. geese: are feeding
on the seed uncovered ny BY the: recent
Il a. . -. ~. - - " At.-.-a-
S. F. Corwin again demonstrated his
public spirit and generosify in a gift
Of $1,000 to jamestown college endow-
ment fund. He has before contributed
several Observation-Disclosures to the institu.
ton and now ~addsifthe above splendid
sum to his former ssnsfRfs .g4s Gifts. e
Walter F. Kelly, Of ffsttfnger was
elected president of~the. North Dakota
County Auditors association, which
met at Fargo. F. F. Vaughn of Cando
was elected vice president and Ole ].
Eide of Langdon secretary treasurer,
Wahpeton was selected for the next
meeting place.
At a meeting Of the Mohall fire de-
partment John Gilseth, A. B. Haugan
and Conrad Iverson were elected dele
gates to attend the state firemen's
tournament to be held this year in
Fargo. The convention meets in June
Besides the above named the local
chief and assistant are delegates by
virtue Of their Offices.
At a referendum taken for the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States of America members of the
Fargo Commercial club endorsed the
ten national preparedness measures
submitted on the ballot by a vote bet
ter than is to l.. Question No. 1, in
volving universal military training.
had only n opponent.
Harry B. Hawley met with an acct
dent that might easily have been ia
tai and was certainly serious. Messrs
Hawley and Locke were engaged in
sinking q we'll on one of the Armenia
farms near Casselton and in some
manner Mr.. Hawley got caught in the
engine and before liberation had been
Whirled about two or three times.
So interested is Governor l.. B. Han
ma Of North Dakota in. the European
war that he will return to Europe at
the expiration of his term of office to
see wal from the other side,' he an
nounced.. Governor Hanna said he de-
sires to get to the first line of trench.
es, which he did not reach last winter
when he left the Fort peace expedf
ton. e. .s9Ge, - rs
The contract for the gravelfto:tb a
used on thirty-two miles of new road
In Grand Forks county this year. was
awarded to George Duis byethe: coun;
ty commissioners. The: contract calls
for the fufh1shing of $4,000 fyards OF
gravel. Mrssipuls'. eaerstog furntsh'ths
gravel fegsasb6 cents a yard 49, the
lowest asAiaaccepted. The gravel con
tract invqqIIyyaes about 5 $500 90. sssszsss, 4 !
The williams County Hiblss School
cohvention WI be held at Ray June
and 4, accordfsg to an announcement
issued by the secretary. Miss Bertha
7 r. Palmer. Efforts are being made to