The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-06
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In France. has been wounded and 10
now lying In one Of the hospitals
F'somewhere in France; -
James Kostal Of Summit township,
near Bismarck, ararigned before JUS
tics Bleckreid on a charge of failing
TO send his children to school, was
found guilty, but he laid the burden
Of guilt on Mrs. Kostal and his sen.
tence was suspended until Mrs. Kos.
tai can be a~rraigned.
Slaves cost 20 cents and hair cuts
40 cents in Fargo now. To have the
neck scraped is s cents additional as
under the former scale when the
price of a shave was is cents. Hair
cuts were formerly IS cents. Several
weeks ago Fargo union. BARRIERS
boosted the price Of hair tonics 5
cents.
Elbowoods and Fort Berthold In.
dian women r as true patriots as
their white sisters. This is amply
testified to in the report of Miss l.. l..
Satterlund, Mclean county chairman
of the woman's committee in charge
Of the sale of Liberty Loan bonds.
Miss Minnie ]. Nelson Of Valley City,
chairman Of the state committee, has
just received Miss Satterlund's report,
which shows that of 1874 women buy.
ers Of bonds in Mclean county 81
were Indian women.
John Columbus Updyke, former
resident of jamestown, was found
dead in his rooms in his saw filing
factory at Redlands, CAL, according
Jamestown.
James Higginbotham, a druggist,
brother of Benjamin Higginbotham at
Crazy, was killed in France on Octo-
Der 1, according to advices received
by his brother. He was a member Of
the Australian hospital corps.
Joseph Keller, who was put on trial
at Washburn for the alleged murder
of George Dixon, deputy constable, at
Wilton on June 80 last, following an
alteration between the two at a
dance, vas found guilty. He was sen
fenced to life Imprisonment by Judge
Nuessle.
Henry Molm, a we'll digger, lost his
life in a we'll near Belfield, being
overcome by gas, while Archie Bel
den, who attempted to rescue him,
being lowered into the we'll on the
same rope that Molm had lost his
hold on, was overcome before he was
pulled to safety.
The Englevale Cooperative Mercan.
t{1o o0nnnonIy hos hano no0rrarofoI
for $4,000 by G. A. Berg, o. c..
Thompson, Henri Fugle and others,
all of Englevale. The United Luther
an church of Almont, whose directors
are Aaron Henrik BergstTom, Corne.
Illus A. Knutson and Olaf K. Ovr-
groad, has also been given a charter.
Bert Thompson, who was struck by
a charge from a shotgun fired by a
member of a charivari party, is near
death in a Kenmare hospital. Thomp-
son, who was a member Of the party,
had clambered to the roof of the
house whose occupants they were
serenading, planning to block the
chimney and smoke out the victims.
1t is presumed that a charge from
one of the guns which was fired into
the air struck him.
The Pembina Light and Power com
pany is extending its line to the farm
ing community four miles beyond
Neche.
Wildrose claims to be the youngest
city on the map as it was recently in
eo%rporated as a city. H. B. Wingord
was elected mayor.
". H. Schuyler, deputy revenue col.
lector, has arrived at Minot to take
charge of the work for the
10 northwestern counties of the state.
DR.. H. S. Wilson, son of F. A. Will
son of Bathgate. has closed up his of.
flee in Minneapolis, and is going to
France as a captain in the Medical
corps.
Harry Briggs, who last August
wounded Harry Brown in a shooting
scrape at Grenora, plead guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to -four
years in the ~penitentiary.
Cattle thieves and the advent Of the
open range season are making a iot
of business for the brand registration
department of the state agricultural
commissioners Office. An average o.
10 brands daily are being registered
principally by owners of herds in the
reservation country.
Roy, the %13-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Larson of Flaxton, dice
OF secondary hemorrhage. the result
of a gunshot wound received 81,
weeks ago..
The 500 line has reported to the
railway commission that ]. P. Duffy
head brakeman on train No "a, wa:
killed by the engine No. 4S5 on thu
500 line at Enderlin.
DR.. j. c. Pence of Minot. who ha:
enlisted in the Medical corps for serv
ice in France, has resigned as coroner
Of Ward county. The county commits
sioners appointed his brother, Dr..
W. Pence, to fill the %unexpired term.
r. M. Walla, automobile registr!
clerk in the secretary of states Office
was bound Over to the December tern