The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-06-08

The $4,000 schoolhouse at Ed
munds was destroyed by fire. It was
the second schoolhouse to burn there !
in . year.
There will be no. vote this year
On the question of suspending the
state prohibition law. With the ex.
piration of the time limit on May |
6. within which petitions for such
election might be held, and with no
such petitions filed. the first serious !
attempt that has been made in sew
eral years to abolish the states EN- |
barge on the liquor traffic has come
to naught.
With eight announced candidates
for the state supreme court and with
but three vacancies to be filled North
Dakota has an interesting judicial
fight. Chief Justice Charles ]. Fisk
and Associate Justices f. B. Goss and
E. T. Burke are members of the court
whose terms expire at this time and
their successors, for six-year terms.
will be chosen at the general election
in November.
The second season of the Red River
Valley Baseball league. comprising the
cities of Grafton, Cavalier, Park River
and Mimic, will open IN Memorial day,
the schedule just being announced. At
, the leagues annual meeting at Graf
ton, DR.. J.. E. Galbraith of Cavalier
was elected president and j. Wal.
strom of Park River secretary and
treasurer. Park River won the league
championship last year.
Adoption by the North Dakota state
board Of equalization of q tax sched-
ule similar to that employed in Min.
~nesotashas aroused a bitter discussion.
in North Dakota, the charge being
made generally that the schedule is
aimed at bringing farming property to
the tax rolls, discriminating against
the farming interests. The charges
have been circulated industriously by
the Farmers N%onpartisan league.
Famed by a gale fire destroyed
three business blocks, including TWEEN
ty-four business buildings and sixty
residences at Glendale. Scarcity c.
ire fighting apparatus and. an made.
quate water supply htndered efforts
to check the spread Of the flames.
The fire started in an old livery barn.
The flames swept through the main
business and residence section and
then into the country where several
farm buildings were also destroyed.
Tho loss is estimated between $780,
900 and $350,000, with about $4,000
Insurance.
From all sections OF Northern North
Dakota come reports Of high winds.
blowing out seed \ grain, wrecking
small buildings and blowing down
trees and poles. Larimore reports
said it raj the worst wind and dirt
storm of years. Farmers in that sec.
ton. It isi said, will find It necessary
70 reseed practically all their grain.
Reports from points on the Neche,
Walhalla and Hannah lines declared
that large acreage of the grain were
blown away. Drayton and Grafton
also report heavy wind storms with
great damage to the crop.
Fifty automobiles will join the Ma
tional Park highway tour. running
from Bismarck to Medora, according
to word received by J. P.NHardy of
Fargo secretary Of the organization
that IL handling preliminary plans for
the TWIN Cities to Yellowstone Park
automobile run the letter part Of July.
The Bismarck Comhferciar Club will
make the run from Bismarck to Me.
dora 4 part Of It's trade extension pro
Egram for this season. The Bismarck
I!partY Will fgo5as far g the Medora
bridge and will participate IN the fes-
tivities that will be conducted there in
-fconnection with the dedication.