The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-04-12
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city !. u. c. A. as q result Of the work
Of a. B. Dale, state secretary.
Bids viii be called for in a few days
for the construction Of aRSsrade school
building at Fargo, to cost about $780,.
900. w
Y. n. g. A. units will be organized
for the North Dakota national guard
companies that have been ordered to
report for federal duty.
Fire Of an undetermined origin de-
stroyed the c. H. Brown livery stable
ct Beach, causing q loss estimated ct
$4,000. "A horse, q COW and two hogs
were killed.
Bismarck's County club, composed
Of 900 members, has elected T.. Il
ISConklin, president; Judge AndrewA.
Bruce, vice president, and George H.
Russ, Jr., treasurer.
A semi-pro baseball team that will
represent Minot on the diamond dur
ing the ceming summer will be made
up largely OF 3home; talent as . result
OF plans now being advanced.
John Hank, q native Of Poland,
committed suicide at the Thorsen
farm north. Of Woodworth. He had
brooded over the European war and
his family and property In Poland.
The.Grand Forks Commercial club
will lend its support to the movement
for the successful conductso Of the fed
eral military training camp 1t Fort
Smelling, MINI, the coming summer.
Fargo's mayoralty ticket has again.
been changed through the withdrawal
of Rev. e. O.. McCracken, the last en-
trant in the race, who decided not to
continue his campaign, he announced.
The production Of ignite coal In
North Dakota during the calendar
year 1916 was 68os75l toms, an increase
Of 1878 per cent over the production
in 1915, the gain in tonnage being a.
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John Valley. appointed receiver for
the Northern Fire and Marine Ipsur.
ance company, will wind up the affairs
Of that company. The concern went
to the wall because OF excessive hail
losses in 1916.
A forty-foot grandstand with eight
tiers Of seats will be built at Ollie,
near Beach, this spring, by the COM
mittee recently appointed ON baseball.
improvements costing about $3.50 will
be made on the ball grounds.
Judge Crawford, in a decision at
Dickinson, decided in favor of Amidonl
as the county seat of the newly @
ated county Of Slope over Marmarth,
on the ground that many illegal votes
were cast for the latter place.
The next meeting of the state board
of education will, be held at Grand
Forks on May 16, at which time the
new members of the board named by
i Governor Frazier and confirmed BY
1.-the senate will take their seats.
The University of North Dakota will
fbe represented in the collegiate field
and track meet to be held at Carleton
college, Northfeld, Mimi, May 10. L.
Thompson, head Of the athletic depart
ment, will be in charge of the track.
kteam work. Hss
Fireman M. L. Hill was killed when
the engine pulling a freight train into
Mclaughlin on the St: Paul road ex-
ploded. Engineer F. J.. Nesbitt was
seriously, perhaps MORALLY injured,
and Conductor C. A. Schneider was
hurt severely in the explosion.
C. N. Kirk was elected president of.
the Bismarck baseball club, DR.. G. e.
Stackhouse was chosen vice president,
Nv. G. Edwards secretary and G. B.
Allen treasurer. A campaign for sub
scr1ptions to liquidate a 5000 debt of
last year due to the Injunction placed
on Sunday baseball will be started
Immediately.
The st. Anthony Elevator com.
pany's structure in Colfax, one of the
biggest in that section, was destroyed
by fire. Two freight cars also were
burned. T. Berg's barn, some distance
away. was fired by sparks carried by
a high wind. John Scare, fighting the
flames, IA severely injured by q fall.
ing piece of roofing. Y .&s
With the payment at Mfnot Of an ex-
scution order for costs, totaling $621.-
IS. by Grant Youmans, the Youmans.
Hanna case, involving Youmans' allie.
sationgthat the state banking board IL
legslly closed his bank at Mnot, is
concluded. Youmans was beaten in
the stats courts, his case being thrown
out on the original trial.
II know that / have been IN the mi
nority. It is possible that I may con
tinue to be in the minority. I know
that / have been characterized as a
traitor and BenedictfArnold, but the
same epithets were hurled at men like
| Washington and Lincoln" This is an
excerpt from the letter written by Sen.
ator Gronna, who voted against the
armed neutrality bill" to Dr.. Einar
Lohrbauer, mayor of Lakota, thanking
friends and citizens of that village for
the loyalty Ii the vote Of thanks
wired him..