The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-06-21

cable over the Missouri to care for in
creasing traffic between Mandan and
Bismarck and thus enable the COM
pany to reduce the present toll charge
of Is cents to 10 cents.
The Tri-County Baseball league, in
which eight towns will be represented,
has been organized at Stanley and a
schedule of fifty-six games announced.
The counties represented are Noun
trail. Mclean and Ward. The towns
which will have teams are Van Hook,
Parshall, Plaza, Makoti, Ryder, Doug
las, Roseglen and Stanley.
G. w. Humphrey has traded a sec.
tion of land east of Pingree for the
town of Absarka. The town has lum-
Der yards, an elevator, hardware
store, blacksmith shop, coal sheds. a
dwelling and five and half acres of
townsite and is on the Great North
ern road about ten miles north of Cas-
selton. Humphrey declares he knows
just how "Czar Nick" used to feel.
The war spirit suddenly seized a
large bull which has always been con-
sidered the most peaceful animal on
the farm of Herman Salzsieder. He
ran down his master and was doing
his best to kill him when hired man
came to the rescue. Only the fact
that the bull had been dehorned made
the saving of Salzsieder possible. The
Salzsieder farm is located near La
Moure.
After July 1, according to recent
announcement, trading stamps will be
barred from the state, the law to that
effect by the last legislature going
into force on that date. Petitions
against enforcement of the law were
recently circulated over the state, a
referendum vote being sought. The
number of signers, however, was not
sufficient, it is said, and the law will
be enforced as passed.
Peter Bender, alleged titleholder to
carload OF wine recently seized at
Hebron and over whose disposition
lively legal battle had been raging for
several weeks, in Judge Henke's court
at Mandan solemnly disclaimed owner
the rightful owner or interest in it's
ultimate fate, whereupon the said
wine aided a million-dollar rain in
giving the soil thorough wetting.
In an attempt to meet the request
of the residents of Grand Forks, who
want the Seventy-ninth Cameron High
landers of Winnipeg to attend the
Patriotic day celebration at Grand
Forks on June 20, Governor Lynn j.
Frazier has written the Canadian
brigadier general and other authori-
ties to get their consent. The patri-
otic celebration will be under the aus
pices of the Caledonian Athletic asso-
citation.
Albert Nlarquise, a farmer living
in the vicinity of Wilton, hanged
himself in his barn as a result of
brooding over the registration for gov
ernment service. His body was found
swinging from a rafter. Marquise, ac-
cording to those who know him, left
Poland to escape military service and
was much worried over the possibility
of being drafted for active service in
| the army. The man was twenty-seven
years old.
Thomas Cooper, director Of the
North Dakota experiment station, ad-
| dressing the county commissioners of
Richland at Wahpeton, urged the adop.
ticn Of the county agent plan of
spreading the doctrine of better farm
ing, declaring that agents are great
factors in the nations campaign for
more food production. Richland coun-
ty officials are considering establish
ment of an agent plan, working in
conjunction with the state and the
federal governments.
Notices have been received at Far
go from the Grand Forks Commercial
club urging the prompt unloading Of
all cars and the loading to capacity
for all shipments. The Grand Forks
club is acting in harmony with the ma
tional movement supported by the de-
partment of commerce of the bureau
of foreign affairs at Washington. 1t
is pointed out that the demand for
freight cars at present is far beyond
that of any previous period and that
Wien the movement of troops starts
the demand will be increased.
Karl Hjort, states attorney, warns
Traill county people who may feel in
clined to follow the advice of Twin
City mail order houses and lay in a
years supply of wet goods in antici-
patton Of bone dryness. July 1, that
the sheriff and himself do not intend
to tolerate any violations of the pro-
hibition law merely because the
source of supply will be shut off July
1, and that the finding of liquor stored
in unusual quantities will be regard
ed as presumptive evidence that such
liquor was imported in violation of the
law.
President J. M. Hannaford of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
has advised the Mandan Commercial
club that the railroad is willing to