The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-11-22
Facts About the
Fickertal State

while. out hunting. =
Guy waters 81 Dr,iscoll has threshed
hissAAx crop. which yielded him 1880 |
bushels from $40 acres, proving his
best crop Tor the season.
John Thody Of st. John was badly
burned about the neck and body a.
the result Of q gasoline explosion in
the 6allinger blacksmith shop.
The machinery for the Community
Flour Mil ct Park River IL being in
stalled and It IL expected the mill viii
commence busiaess ct almost any
time.
The homo guard organization, Of
kildeer has received . supply Of
Untted- States discarded MaNser rifles.
A movement IL on foot to raise money
for uniforms.
The home Of John Roth, seven miles
north Of FryburE, and the residence
Of Andrew Millerr were destroyed by
fire. Beth losses were partially GOV
cred BY insurance.
The Minot Electric company has
just been granted q franchise to in.
stall and operate an electric light
plant at Antler. Work on the con.
struction Of this enterprise will not
be undertaken until next spring.
The states attorneys office Of Ben.
son county. cooperating with the III
perintendent of schools, has begun q
vigorous campaign to cur the at,
tendance Of all pupils Of school age
at the public school.
The total assessed valuation Of
Sioux county for the year 1917 is ST..
0S9,111, agter figuring til the changes
made by the state board Of equaliza.
tion, and the taxes for this year will
be based on this valuation. This is
an increase Of $153,647 over last year.
The preliminary hearing of secre.
tary Of State Thomas Hall, charged
with the embezzlement Of $1,000 OF
the states automobile registration
funds, came. to an abrupt close when
the state rested its case. Both sides
waived argument. Police Magistrate
Bleckreid stated that on the showing
made 1t was evident that certain II.
resularities had existed in the secre.
tAry Of states office, and he felt it his
duty TO bind the defendant over. Now
bond Of $4,000 was furnished for ap.
pearance at the December term Of the
district court.
The 1~2-year-old son Of Gunder Aune
at ,Parshall is dead the result Of inju.
ries sustained when a runaway team
dashed over his. body, the wagon
wheels passing over his head:
Chester Ashley of Marmarth lost a
finger when n of his hands was
caught between. the frame of a shack
and the roller while he was assisting
Dick Hoeft in moving the structure.
Many funny situations are created
by simple eliminations of letters to
signs or additions Of letters to signs,
but the wit who made the mo Park.
ing" sign in front Of the Dickinson
p~ostof1ce read "No Sparkling" proba,
bly, knew what he was about all
right.
Fire believed to be Of incendiary
origin destroyed the school house in
District No. % near Burnstad. There
has been considerable controversy in
the district with reference to the NOV.
ing of the building and also the letting
of the contract for the removal to q
new site.
Marmarth milk consumers are con.
fronted with a pew wal price of 12h
cents for the lacteal fluid. Milk is
scarce at any price. Dairymen de
clare costs nave been advancing sc
rapidly that there is no profit in the
old rate, and that they must have
more money or get out of business.
The first big poultry shipments from
the Ray section of the state have
been made, the Farmers store of Ray
shipping a carload of chickens, over
5000 pounds of birds, for Eastern cen.
tiers. The poultry industry is but two
years old in that part of the state and
is developing on a larger scale each
year.
what is your bid?" is no longer
the popular expression at house par
ties in New Rockford. When New
Rockford society meets now it is such
expressions as casting off" and "purl
two" which are heard. Card parties
are no more in that city; instead, Red
Cross knitting has taken its place.
And now it is even rumored that the
usual refreshments will be abandoned
as . measure to help Uncle Sam con
serve his food supplies.
The Odin Lodge, Sons of Norway.
at Rugby, unanimously decided to in
vest the surplus funds of the lodge
in Liberty bonds.
As a sequel to a series of Jealous
quarrels, Darold Myer lies in a dying
condition at a hospital at Flasher and
his wife, with a bullet wound in her
had, lies on an adjoining cot. The
latter will ecover. The bullet pene.
trated Myers brain and he has been
unconscious since the tragedy. Myer
is said to have shot his wife and
then himself.
Before leaving for Philadelphia to
attend the first board meeting, Rev.
James Anderson, Superintendent of