The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-11-16
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Judge G. A. Pollock was defeated by |
A. T. Cole, a Fargo attorney.
Henry Gilbertson, shot recently by
Roy Martin at Devils Lake, who de-
clared Gilbertson had insulted his
wife, q bride of ten days, is dead.
Gilbertson. it is said, had been a suit
or for Mrs. Martin.
Ending a.. life of adventure, many
years Of which were spent in COM
pany with William Cody. nationally
known as Buffalo Bill" Monaoh L.
Howell, s%eenty-four years old, died re-
Gently at his home near Sanger.
Fire which resulted from an over
heated stove destroyed the Sherwood
hotel at Mohall, entailing 9 loss es-
umated. at $4,000. A Strong wind
famed the flames, which finally were
fubdued by an energetic bucket bri-
ga4dlss,
sivert Arentsen, a bachelor, living
south Of Kindred, val found dead IN
the fed, q, short distance from his
house. A dog owned by Arentsen
made q desperate fight to ward of
the finders of the body when they at
tempted to remove it.
Applications for farm land loans
aggregating $4,000 have been fled
with the state board Of school and In.
stitution lands. The board loans the
common and institutional school fund,
with first mortgages on real estate as
one Of the forms Of security.
The badly shattered body of Oscar
Heitanen. a homesteader living ten
miles north of Fredonia, was found in
his shack. A coroner's jury found
that death was due to the exploding
of q stick of dynamite in close prox.
unity to the body of the deceased.
Recruiting operations for the North
Dakota naotional guard have been
abandoned and the recruiting detail,
Under direction of Captain ]. Solum,
has been ordered back to Mercedes,
Tex. In the recruiting period of forty
days only thirty men were enlisted.
The Pacific Coast Express train,
No. 1O7, left the tracks on a switch
near Vanderwalker, just north of Mi
not, early last Wednesday morning.
Several persons were injured but nc
fatalities were reported. A defective
rail is given as the aus Of the acci.
dent.
Election day in Grafton this year
saw the largest vote ever cast in
that city. In all there were 493 votes.
j. s. O'Brien, we'll known contrac'
tor, was suddenly taken with convul.
sions last week while working near
Portal. and died within thirty. min
utes.
August Barley. living. Rarthe R11
Grand Forks, is credited with being
the oldest voter In the state. Mr.
Barlow is now 100 years old and this
year cast his ballot tor president
Mr.. Barlow arrived in the Red River
valley In 1866 and has farmed ever
since.
L. K. Alther Of Seattle, Wash, has
been appointed as immigrant inspec'
tor to be located permanently al
Portal. Increased immigration and
travel through the Portal office made
necessary-the appointment of. an ed,
ditional of1cer to aid in handling the
business. Il
The Bangs building, wh1ch housed
five business places and Offices of the
most prominent professional and bust
ness men Of Devils Lake. was destroy
ed by IRE last Saturday. The loss
Is nearly $15O,Oo0. The origin OF the
fire. is unknown, but it is reported
an explosion In the basement. was the
cause. -
Carl Maier, shot from ambush, died
IL a Mandan hospital. officials have
abandoned the theory that Maier was
shot by hunters, and now hold to the
belief that he was waylaid. One sus.
pect took to the brush along the Mis-.
souri, river, when pressed BY q posse.
and no further trace has been found
Of him.
Miss Isabel Nelson Of Hazelton, is
missing; her sweetheart, Robert Nit:
chell, also is missing, and the girls
father has an idea that they have
eloped. Wires to South Dakota points
were kept hot in the search for the
couple. as they were traced to Linton,
this state. and then to Roscoe, 8. D,
Isabel Nelson is only fifteen years
old.
Thousands of bushels of grain will
lie during the winter unthreshed
while those who were fortunate
enough to get threshing rigs have
found themselves without storage "a
cilities and have dumped the grain on
the ground to be hauled away some
time In the winter OF spring, is the
story of l.. G. Crum at jamestown
about conditions in the Canadian
Northwest.