The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-04-19

The German Evangelical hospital at
Bismarck, having accommodations for
many patients, has been offered to
the United States government for a
base hospital If needed in the present
war. DR.. e. p. Quain is chief surgeon.
A pledge Of loyalty to the president
was passed by the Pembina presby,
terry at the. annual meeting Of that
body at Grand Forks. Rev. W. N. GIL.
lis of Hannah was elected moderator;
Rev. A. b. Hall, Emerald, clerk; Rev.
K. j. Mc1nnes and H. A. Helgesen,
Osnahrock, delegates to the general
assembly at Dallas, Tex: \ ,Ss
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier will be
one of the speakers at the ninth an
nual convention Of the Missouri Slope
Educational association convention at
Dickinson April ~ and 49, The pres.
ent officers Of the association are P.S.
Berg Of Dickinson, president; Lois L.
Wall, Manning, vice president, and G.
e. Ward of Dickinson, secretary and
treasurer. /. IN VIA III +
Lose Of between $4,000 and $50, 600
was sustained at F1ngal In the de-
struction by IRE Of FIVE buildings ON
the main. street Of the business dis.
trict. Only the arrival Of the Enider.
lin fire department, transported on q
special train over the 500 line, pre-
vented greater loss. The blaze start.
ed9at z a. M. The cause has not been
ascertained.
The Wahpeton Tennis club expects
to have its courts in condition for
playing within q few when 1t
will open what bids fair to be one OF
the clubs most active years. There
now are thirty-ive members in the
club and 1t is likely that the member
ship limit will be raised to permit ap'
plicants who have been on the wait
ing list for some time to come In.
Neither the University Of North Da'
kota nor other North Dakota educa.
tional institutions will abandon their
summer baseball schedules because Of
the war, despite the suggestion made
by President Lewis Crawford OF the
board of regents, it was said. Univer.
sity athletic authorities take the view
that tina continuance Of athletics in
the colleges is In line with national
preparedness. E,
Sportsmen Of North Dakota are un,
dertaking the task of exterminating
crows, the purpose being to @conserve
the prairie chicken supply. The
crows, sportsmen say, have ) habit OF
destroying the nests Of tho prairie
chickens. This year crows are more
numerous than ever before Fargo
sportsmen have formed an association
to organize crow hunts, .electing DR..
5G. j. Pattisont .as president and J. A.
Chestnut secretary. Moorhead (Minn.)
sportsnnen also are enrolled Ii the
movement.
Opposing the Nonpartisan league Of
North Dakota because Of what they
term its lsocialistic principles repre-
sentatiyes Of virtually every county In
the state. met at Grand Forks and
formed the Ant.sociaiist Union of
North Dakota to combat thAfleagus's
work. While recognizing tho right of
the people to promote their own inter
ssts. the nav organization charles the
league has carried its program too
far, reaching 8 climax when Il sought
TO have itstconstitutional revision plan
adopted q the recent sessionIof the
Legislature. It was even charged BY
some that North Dakota Was bsing
made an experiment station TOR the
working out Of the visionary thsories
5of socialism" An executive commit
tee, consisting Of one member from
each Of the judicial districts, was
elected. This committee Organised
and named Nick N. Nelson Of Emerald
chairman. II