The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-29
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Reeves and Smiths large garage at
Steele was destroyed, with three autos
and a large repair stock and supplies.
The loss is $4,000.
Eight athletes of the University of
North Dakota teams will be lost by
graduation. In spite of this the insti.
tuition will present a formidable front
in athletics ley year.
Miss Jennie NJ. Crow, who has been
teaching in the public schools OF
Grand Forks for the past twenty-five
years, has retired from active service
and left for Minneapolis to visit rcla,
tives.
A Great Northern fast freiGh; t-a:l
dashed into the derailing rail OF IN
interlocking switch at Hannaford ano
was wrecked The engine ana five ca:
went into the ditch. The crew jumnet
and escaped with only slight injuries
Dickinson's golf links, recognized rs
among the best in the state, have
been greatly improved this scason
The course has been put into eSce!lcn;
shape and the result has been to i'll.
terest a large number of new p!ayefs
in the game.
Paving operations in Bismarck that,
will cost approximately 100000 are
now practically assured. A majority
of the property owners affected have
signed up for the paving and prelim.
mary steps, such as the formation OF
special improvement districts. are
now being taken.
Governor L.. B. Hanna turned out at
Bismarck to welcome the National
Parks highway touring party and gave
his hearty endorsement to the plan OF
a transcontinental highway from Chi.
cago, by way of Milwaukee, the Twin
Cities, Fargo. Bismarck, Butte and
Spokane, to Puget sound.
The candidacy of Charles E. Hughes
for the presidency has received the
approval Of the German-American ALI.
n of North Dakota, an organization
with a membership in excess of TO-,
GOO. The resolution in favor of Mr.
5 was duOplSu dL tu6 dlllludl
convention at Dickinson.
Young Grass Dancing club shall
dance; let there be no interference
This was the substance of a message
flashed from the office of the commits
sioner of Indian affairs at Washington
to the Fort Totten Indian agency as
the final chapter in an Indian war
which extends back two years.
After being frequently rejected by
the North Dakota Bankers association
the theory of a guaranty for bank de.
posts received approval at the annual
meeting just held at Minot. With the
association in favor Of the plan, the
question Of guaranteeing bank depos.
legislature.
More than 1900 persons attended
the formal dedication of the new
bridge at Marmarth. The dedication
c. emonies were opened in the morn
ing by little Miss Vandervoort, who
broke a bottle of artesian water ovel
the steel work. A barbecue took place
in the evening, after which the Grove
danced on the bridge.
Forty-two graduates and former stu
dents of the North Dakota school 70,
the deaf held their first annual reun
ion with former faculty members a
Devils Lake, including former Super
i%ntendent d. F. Bangs, now of Fari
hor11f MINI eon<,co ~ <h1 -~o
gram was a heart to heart talk b,
Mr.. Bangs, for years at the head o
the institution.
While the Fessenden Boy Scout
were in swimming in the Sheyenn'
river west OF Heimdal, where the,
were keeping camp, Rev. f.. w. Sa,
age of the Fessenden Congregations
church, who is scout master, cam
near losing his life after he had mad
a successful attempt in ~rescuing on
of the boys, who had gotten beyon
his depth while swimming.
A loss of from $4,000 to $15, 90
was sustained when fire destroyed til
Lillian Fairchild place located in tn
woods south of Bismarck. The fir
which may have been of incendial
origin, created the impression at frs
that some II was burning a stra'
stack the other side of the Heal
river. AS the place had not been O
cupied for many months there was II
one on the ground to give the alarm
A disastrous freight wreck occur
a mile from Valley City on the Hig
Bridge cutoff, when a heavily loade
train pulled by two big hill climbin
engines and going twenty-five miles a
hour, struck a short flag about 81
feet from a strip of soft roadbed tn;
was being repaired. The rails on tt
new track had not been spiked. I'll
emergency brakes were set, but Il
train was too heavy to be stopped
such a short space. The crews
both engines jumped to save thel
selves and the engines wen owe
blowing up and half burying thel
selves in the bank. The first hs
6c.oa cars we're reduced to kindlil
wood.