The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-11-09

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The a. o. wv. grand lodge Of this
state is making so much money it no
longer requires q per capita. tax. The
advisory board so determined at Far
go and announced the Abandonment
of the usual fee.
Tosten Bergen was killed when an
auto slid over q high grade near
Hatton. Lewis Aasen, who was driv-
ing the car was slightly hurt. Both
men were found pinned under the
overturned machine.
Just before he died in q Bismarck
hospital, Charles B. Ferguson Of Lin
ton told the attending physician that
the injuries Of which he was suffering
were the result Of an assault. The
authorities are investigating.
A fire which recently damaged the
Aberdeen hotel at Devils Lake is be-
ing investigated by Chief Fire Mar
shall A. H. Runge at the request Of
the owners. Mr.. Runge h not pre-
pared to make his report public.
An autopsy to fix the cause Of
death was ordered performed on the
body Of Walter Wensberg, who died
from mysterious causes at Bismarck.
Young Wensberg had an insurance
policy for $500. Requests for the au-
topsy were wired from his father in
Brooklyn.
2. M. Zeibach, who has been super
end of Fort Totton reservation
for many years. has been suspended
pending an inquiry into extensive
charges filed against him. Cato
Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs,
has placed Otis B. Goodell in tenn
porary charge.
After applying for a license to wed
Miss Wilmina Helms, Louis Bellcour,
a Becker county man, found that a
divorce granted four years ago had
just been entered and that he will
have to remain single another year.
Why the decree was not entered is
not explained.
Hunters in the southern part Of the
Red river valley complain about the
large amount Of water which is filled
with high grass and rushes and which
makes it impossible to find a duck
after it has been shot. They state
that only a small portion Of the birds
killed can be located.
Injuries suffered in the Elks'
roundup at Dickinson last July wefe
indirectly responsible for the death
Of John B%atcseller Stoddard, one of
the best known ranchers in the west
ern part Of the state. He was drag.
eed from his horse as the animal was
about to enter the corrall.
An overturned stove in the State
Bank of Guelph explained why yeggg-
men, who blew open the safe door,
p, abandoned their task when a few
minutes more work would have net.
ted them $4,000. The stove fell OF the
safe door, live Goals pouring out OF
the fire pot on the steel door.
The state prison Irvine plant made
a net profit of $33,075 for the state
IN the past fiscal year, according to
the annual report of the state warden
In 1915 the profit was $40,542 on sub
stantially the same production. In
creased cost of operation is held re
sponsible for the REDUCED profit.
Good news for stock growers
in this state is contained in the an
nouncement made recently by DR.. w
F. Crewe of the state livestock sani
tary board, to the effect that DR.. r
H. Treacy of the federal bureau o.
animal h%usbandry has been provided
in Bismarck with a stock of anti
blackleg vaccine, which Is to be dis
tributed free of charge. Since news
of the spread of blackleg was pub
lished DR.. Crewe has received calls
for vaccine from all parts of the
state.
AS. a going business. concern the
Estate ranks high. The tax commission
has prepared a statement which shows
that the commonwealth is worth SCI,
219, 696.08 over and above all liabili
ties. The states holdings in proper
ty, lands and cash on hand tota,
$61 ,798, 1885, 8, while it's debts check
up only $67s,7O0. The liabilities in
clude $4,000 in state refundine
bonds, $15O,OO0 i'm state revenue
bonds, $95, 900 in territorial %refunding
a capital building warrant of $4,000
and a number of other small bonds
covering state institutions, making q
total of s57S,00
"A wave of indignation has swept
ever the Dakotas as a result Of
ridiculously misleading references to
the Slope region made in the Satur.
day Evening Post of Oct. %. 1.-THE
Hired Man-His Kick was made the
vehicle by the magazine for the pub
LEGATION of. a a of mi~srepresenta.
ton more unfair to the Dakotas than
all the malicious publicity which
these states have received since ter.
ritorial days. National, state and
county officials, various organizations
and many. individuals to whose atten.
ton this article has come cannot ex-
nress in terms too severe their re.