The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-27

The annual convention Of the North.
Dakota Federation of Labor will be
held at Grand Forks, June 4. accord.
Ing to plans made by the executive
committee OF the organization.
The interscholastic debate held at
Lidgerwood between the CooperstownI
high school and the Lidgerwood school
upon the question, "Resolved, That
the United States navy should be sub.
stantially increased was won by the
Lidgerwood debaters. who upheld the
affirmative. Lidgerwood has won three
debates in the series in the state. The
dnal contest viii be held in Grand
Forks in May.
North Dakota, In a series Of suits
started against q group of five Twin
City liquor concerns, opens a new at.
tack on the liquor business under the
provisions Of the pure food act. Such
announcement was made by District
Attorney M. A. Hildreth in Fargo.
Federal authorities will present evil
dence bearing on these cases at the
June term Of the federal grand jury at
Fargo and will ask for the Indictment
of dealers for violating pure food laws.
United Temperance Societies of
North Dakota went on record at
Fargo in favor of the candidacy of
U. L. Burdick for governor. based
upon his past as a man." Societies
represented were the w. c. T. o.,
the Scandinavian Total Abstinence
society and the North Dakota En-.
forcement league. A. T. Krabble Of
Milton was recommended as a a
didate for lieutenant governor, and
William LANCER of Mandan for at.
torney general.
w. G. Coils of Medora has com.
menced al action against Arthur M.
knight for forgery. knight, alias
Thompson, was recently sent to the
penitentiary for embezzlement. Coils.
who is q brotherin-law Of the prisoner,
has already paid a bank in Fargo two
notes which he declares knight forged
and declares that there are thirty per.
SONS of small g in the eastern
part Of the state who are Joining
forces with him in bringing actions
against the embezzler.
The ninth annual interstate high
school athletic and declamatory cor
test will be held at the North Dakota
Agricultural college in Fargo on May
26 and q. In addition to the track
and field meet and the declamatory
contests there will be baseball and
tennis tournaments and band and vo.
cal musical contests. The contests
are open to all high schools. in North
Dakota and to some thirty in the west.
ern part of Minnesota. In all events
three prizes will be offered-gold, sill.
yer and bronze medals.
Fargo and Moorhead will celebrate
the Shakesperean tercentenary from
May 8 to 13. Six Shakespearean plays.
all by colleges and schools in dual cit.
les, feature the program that has been
outlined. A pageant will take place
the first day. Practically everp club
in Fargo and Moorhead has Joined in
the movement to make the week a big
uccess. Fargo college, the North Da.
kota Agricultural college, Concordfa
college, Moorhead normal school and
the high schools of both Fargo and
Moorhead will participate.
That more than 2,000ablind pigs and
open saloons have been closed by the
North Dakota Enforcement league dur
ing seven years of activity was report.
ed to the executive board of the league
at its meeting at Fargo. Hundreds Of
red light houses have been padlocked
and the league has brought about a
removal of nearly a score Of county
and city officials for negligence in the
performance of thefrrduties. F. L.
Watkins, superintendent also told the
league officials that he had, secured
sufficient funds with which to direct
| the work the coming year.
Comparatively little of the 10000
yards of paving proposed for this sea-
son in Fargo will be laid. The fact
that much preliminary underground
work is necessary is responsible for
the delay. The underground work in.
cludes the extension of the sewage
system and water supply service and
provision for an adequate surface
drainage plan. Three paving con-
tracts have so ia: been allowed, for a
total of about 5000 worth of work.
Bids are to be advertised for two or
three more jobs, but most of the paw
Ing will be delayed until next year.
Burleigh leads all counties of the
state in Ignite coal production. Ward
county is next with the plant at Ken
mare. Divide county with it's large
production at Nconan, is third, and
Stark. Williams and other counties
follow in order. Mines from which
hgnight coal is shipped are operated
In eighteen of the ifty-two counties
OF the state and mines used only fol-
private consumption are found in
many other counties. The United
States geological survey Of the state
shows that Ignite coalbeds are found
under $4,000 square miles, and the
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