The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-10-26

sane ~ JAN4o9t0W0 INV c0ES&e
~. He Ii the Oldest iaaAateasoY si6
insane asylum in the state and IL the
father Of nineteen children, the
youngest Of whom IT, tWenty-nine
years old.
The Northern Pacific live stock
special sent through the western Sec
ton Of the state. manned by experts
from the state experiment station, has
returned to Fargo after delivering the
message Of stock raising to thousands
OF farmers. twenty-five towns and
cities on the Linton. Mott and Kildeer
branches Of the Northern Pacific were
visited. saa2 SGs.e S 90 asafT erred
Sheriff Fitzgerald 1t Jamestown ar.
rsstsdsE. Chance, engine man 1T Tap.
pen. who eloped with Mary Riddle.
sixteen.year-old daughter Of Fred
Riddle. Z farmer near Tappen. The
couple stole an. automobile and were
arrested. at. Medina. They escaped on
. freight train to Cleveland and went
on to Jamestown. The prisoner i
fuses 10 disclose the Whereabouts Of
Tue 8l[l. S.s GO 9 t4eS ~! =. S@tksliE aS9sGifs
There 10 20 heavy demand, extend:
ing even to foreign countries, for
seeds produced in this state under
the field inspection service, operated
In connection with the, agricultural
college by DR.. H. L. Bolley, state
botanfst and seed commissioners. al
large number Of growers are acting
under the departments instructions
In treating alfalfa, clover and other
legumes.aA 96s .gjG 5daa3s3 gG,
Taking Of testimony in the trial of
the government mail fraud suits
against p. A. Wilson and W. H. Farm.
er, former officers Of the North Da-
kota Improvement company, has be.
gun In federal court at Fargo. An!
unsuccessful attempt was made to OBJ.
tain Dismissal or the plea that mem.
bers Of the grand jury were relatives
Of the contract holders who lost
money In the company 81 ssa'4
That p. b. Wilkinson, a farmer
near Flasher, shot and killed his
daughter Gladys, set fire to the family
home and shot himself, was the con-
clusion reached by authorities with
the finding of the two bodies in the
ruins Of the house. A shotgun was
the weapon used. Neighbors claim
domestic difficulties prompted Mrs.
Wilkinson and another child to quit
the home two hours before the fire.
was discovered.
Only twenty men have been en-.
listed for the North Dakota national
guard by the. recruiting detail that re-
turned to the state from the Mexicanl
border several weeks ago. Four hun
dred men are required to bring the
state regiment, now at Mercedes,
Tex, UP to war strength. Captain
Solum, In charge of recruiting at Bis.
marck, says that present high wages
and the uncertainties of service oper.l
ate against recruiting.
Burleigh and Morton county repred
in the legislature will. bel
asked by the Bismarck and Mandan
commercial clubs to introduce a reso-
luton at the winter session calling
for an appropriation Of $500 to $1,000i
with which to defray the expense of!
making a preliminary survey of the
Missouri river bridge site at that pointl
and the cost-so of plans, specifications
and estimates on which bids for the
construction Of the bridge may be So
Rev. c. L, Hall, for forty years al
on the Fort Berthold In
dian reservation, speaking recently
before the American Missionary asso-
at Minneapolis, declared that
the Indian race, although its birth
rate is rising and its death rate fall.
ing, will disappear in the United
States during the next, fifty years.
DR.. Hall said intermarriage will in
time completely merge the Indian and
white races, and the former will dis.
appear as far as externals are con.
cerned.
President Frank L. Mcvey Of the
state university, in an address before
the League of Minnesota Municipali-
ties at Red Wing, Mimi, declared the
of fruits around to those in
power in our city governments to the
Of public welfare can be
largely by the institution
Of q budget system Of finances in our
municipalities. President Mcvey also
declared no organizations are more
to raise the standards Of al
city than the women's clubs and the
school board.
A food convention to be held at
Oct. 80 has been called by H.
A. Hard, North Dakota member of
che tri.state commission appointed re-
Gently at Crookston to conduct plans
for a convention at which the ques-
ton of controlling food waters Of the
Red river will be studied. Flood wa.
tiers dumped into the river by the
tremendous network Of drains that Is
being built from year to year in Min.
nesota, South Dakota and this state,
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