The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-08

AT FOFCs WIS sentenced AZ BIS.
miarck to twosyears in Leavenworth
penitentiary for embexzlement of pos.
tai funds. Schmidt used worthless
checks Of his own and placed them in
the cash box OF .the Fort Rice post
office against money orders made pay
able at the Mandan postotice.
An executive committee of citizens
representing the towns of Billings
Hardin and Sheridan, Mont, at s
meeting with members of the Grow
tribe recently at the Grow reservation,
outlined in general the program for
the commemoration on the battlefield,
June 25, of the fortieth anniversary of
the battle of the Little Big Horn.
Governor Hanna Of North Dakota
issued a proclamation calling on citi.
zens of North Dakota to cease their
labor between the hours of 2 and 4
p. H., May 81, in emor of James j..
Hill, whose funeral was held at St.
Paul on that day. "ln the death of
James J. HILL" read the proclamation.
North Dakota has lost its best
friend"
Professor ]. G. Flaaten of Duluth
will direct the monster chorus that
will be a feature of the annual saen-
gerfest of the Northwestern Norwe-
gian Singers association in Grand
Forks, July 6;T.7 and s. The Bjerne
chorus of Grand Forks is lost to the
general association this year. The
program calls for three big concerts,
one on each day of the festival.
Mrs. E. R. Harrison. aged siXty-five,
and her daughter. Mrs. Harry Har-
grave, forty, were killed, when a Great
Northern train struck the auto in
which they were riding at Michigan.
Miss Meta Anderson, Curtis Wright
and his cousin, George Wright, the.
ether occupants of the machine, were
injured, but are expected to recover
A view of the train was prevented by
Representatives of the Great North
ern Railway company have been in
Fessenden and vicinity securing right
of way for the extension from New
Rockford to Lewistown, Mont. and 1t
is believed work on the line will he
started this year The new road will
tap a rich agricultural country and its
operation will be of great value to ter
ritory tributary to it, enhancing farm
land values and creating several new
towns.
Charges were brought against F. l..
Hovde' at Stanley. register of deeds.
signed by several Parshall people, that
he had employed the time which
should have been Ased in conducting
the affairs of his office and the duties
in connection Herewith for the pur-
pose of private gain, making several
allegations that the services of him
self and others were used otherwise
than in the discharge of the duties to
be performed. The paper was filed
with the county commissioners and
the board, in conjunction with the
states attorney, investigated the
charges. The allegations could not be
sufficiently. sustained to. press the
charges further and the commission
ers decided to drop the matter under
the charges filed.
In the case of A. N. Reiseker
against the Royal Indemnity company
of New York, on trial in federal court
at Bismarck before Judge Lewis of
Denver, judgment was given in favor
of the plaintiff for $S,019.74 and costs.
The suit was brought to upon
three indemnity bonds to secure three
certificates of deposit of $500 each
by the First international bank of
Southbend, WASH, for money loaned
each bank by Reiseker. The %certifi-
Gates were presented to the bank for
payment shortly after they became
due The bank failed to pay and
shortly after failed and a receiver was
appointed for it. A demand was made:
upon the bond company to pay the
amount due and upon its refusal &C.
ton was brought.
The closing period for the filing OF
petitions for the primary election
brought several surprises In North
Dakota, principal among which was
the failure of Leslie Simpson to file
as a candidate for congress in the
Third district. As a result. p. d
Norton will be nominated by the Re
publicans without opposition. Her
man Midtbo of Minot has filed as g
candidate for the Republican nominas
ton for United States senator. Tho
three-cornered fight predicted for thu.
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
has come to pass. for Halvor Halvor.
son of Minot has filed as a candidate.
l.. A. Platou, ID. H. Macarthur and Hal
vorson will fight it out. The Repuo-
lican candidates for governor are: ~.
l.. Burdick, Williston; j. H. Frame,
Grafton; George j. Smith, Plazs;
Lynn j. Frazer, Hoople.
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