The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-11-08
LloNIrEs MINES ARE RECEIVING
CARRIERS IN SUFFICIENT NUM-
BEERS At PRESENT.
HAPPENINGS KTsIATE HOUSE
What North Dakota otneaais Are %
Ing In Admlnlstratlen Ct Lave
In the Different Depart,
ments at Bismarck.
Bismarck

0AOItA&08 Q0EU1bt IN some L0TTltOIleSS
but this condition is being remedied
as rapidly as the railways can move
their rolling stock. The shortage at
the head Of the lakes. says Mr.. Lit
tie, has been due to the light move
ment of grain. No further complaint
from this source is expected, as grain
has begun to move freely.
Mr.. Little advises that communities
suffering from lack Of coal due to car
shortage, communicate direct with
c. NJ. Sheaher, chairman of the car
service commission OF the interstate
commerce commission, Washington,
D. G., as the most certain means Of
obtaining prompt relief.
New Head For Regents.
The board Of regents of the Uni
versity OF North Dakota elected Rob.
ert Muir of Sarles chairman and was
Immediately notified by Chairman
Lewis F. Crawford of Sentinel Butte
that no would enjoin the board from
taking action under the new form of
organization.
President Crawford declined to put
the motion for Reorganization backed
by the new appointees Of Governor
Frazier, contending that the law
creating the board required its or.
~ganization at first meeting in July.
The Nonpartisan majority on the
board overruled Crawford and elected
Muir chairman. t%55
Following the reorganization, the
Nonpartisan members advised Colonel
Brewer, who has acted as secretary
Of the board Of regents since its
creation. that his services would be
dispensed with December 1,
Mistnformed; Asks Exemption.
A young man from Mcintosh coun.
> ~. who had been called for service
In the draft army seemingly was
misinformed when he. burst into the
office of the exemption board and
said, II have come to collect my
$4,000 from Uncle Sam"
He was at once crosslexamiued by
the mystitfed chairman Of the board,
L. e. Dlrdzell. and the young man
said the United States was going to
give every married man in the ma.
ton who entered the service $4,000 a
year to keep his wife. He said he
was going to wal and wanted his
$4,000 to keep his wife. It later de-.
veloped that the man had been mar.
r1ed but two weeks.
After it had been explained to him
that the United States was giving
away money 20 easily and that this
sum was to be collected by the widow
after the soldier had been killed, the
man was not inclined to think so
much of fighting. and is now seeking
exemption.
Denies Any Shortage.
Thomas Hall, secretary of state,
arrested on an embezzlement charge
with E. M. Walla, automobile regis.
ter clerk, in a statement given out
here, admitted there were technical
irregularities in the automobile fund,
but said there wat no shortage OF
funds in his office.
"1here is no money shortage in my
Office" the statement says. There
may have been slight technical viola.
tons Of the law, but the state had not
lost a T"nny in money or property
whc2 examination was made this
month. MI. Wa1la was absent on q
hunting trip, and, as 1 did not know
the details of the department, a con-.
plete explanation could not be made
to the examiner"
To Retain German Courses.
The German language courses will
be retained in the schools of North
Dakota. This was decided at the SEES
sion of the North Dakota Educa
tional association in convention here
Loan Greatly oversubseribed.
North Dakota oversubscribed its ap
portionment to the second Liberty
loan by "a per cent, piling Up a tota'
of $10,450,00o. The state quota wal
$4,000, 900.
tits a smashing big thing" SAID
State Chairman L. r. Hanna. 1T hai
gone clear beyond nj most optimistic
expectations and Is an answer from
the people of North Dakota to the
charge that they, the people, are no,
patriotic which will ring Throughout,
the nation"
Mr.. Hanna paid q glowing tribute
to all classes of citizens, farmers
bankers, business men and to thu
women and the boy scouts, not only
for the cooperation in selling bonds
but in purchasing SO literally.
Prison Inmates Buy Bonds.
That a large number Of inmates O
the state prison have used their per
sonal funds to purchase Libert!
Bonds Of the second issue, vas thu
statement made by Warden F. s
Talcott. The total purchases o
bonds by the inmates made a sub
staNtial increase in the North Dakot'
sub scription, according to the warden
The prisoners also showed their pa
triotism in the recent Red Cross cam
|paign. A volunteer and liberal sub
jscription was taken up from earning
lot the inmates who asked that It b
turned over to the Red Cross fund