The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-10-25
Facts About the
F1ickertal State

Hook, IL running four to six bushels
10 the acre and bringing $13 to $3.50
1t the present price Of 1925.
When Joe Lorenx's team a away
IN Bowman's principal thoroughfars
It did not stop until It was standing
On all TOURS within Idam 1verson's of.
ice, having carried the big plate glass
window and most Of it, frame with It.
The people Of Twin Butte school
district will vote soon on the Ques.
tion Of consolidating the several one
room schools into q modern graded
and. standardized school, with q high
school course. II the election carries.
the Bowman high school will serve
the entire district, and the pupils will
be carried at the expense Of the tax
payers. 81
At the opening meeting Of the North
Dakota synod Of the Presbyterian
church at Devils Lake. DR.. ]. p. schell
Of Ambrose, q pioneer pastor in the
state, was elected moderator. DR..
Schell is Is years old and is q vet.
eran Of the Civil war;. He came to
North Dakota when SKY pilots" max.
ing their way laboriously across the
prairies, were the only disseminators
Of religion.
The inquest held at Ryder ove the
remains of Hugh Toole, the elevator
man found dead In his ONCE chair
with a bullet wound through his tenn.
pie and a rife beside his body on
the floor, resulted n q verdict that
the deceased came to his death by an
act Of his own but it was not deter
mined whether it was accidental or
intentional. It is generally believed
to have been an accident.
Waldo c. Potter, son of Editor and
Mrs. Franklin c. Potter of Casselton,
has just been promoted to major in
the regular army at the age of 81.
It Ia claimed that he is one of the
youngest majors in the army today.
The assessed valuation Of the city
Of Fargo for 1917 is -$8,1S0,570. or prac.
tically double what it was ten years
ago. Real estate valuation is given
at $5,581,648, personal property at ST..
359.176 and corporations at $239,746.
William Gordon returned to New
Rockford from Montana where he
spent several weeks buying sheep. He
brought back IA carloads of sheep and
will feed them for a few weeks be.
fore shipping them to the Chicago
market.
Friday, until further notice, will be
meatless day on the dining cars of the
Northern Pacific. H. j. Titus, head
Of the dining car service Of that road,
has begun the work Of "Hooverizfng'
the various departments under his
control.
George Erickson, brother Of Mrs.
Leslie Dunlava of Alexander, is in a
hospital in France as the result of
being shot in the head while fighting
In the trenches. The lad is only II
years old and has been fighting for
some time.
At the regular meeting of the coun-
ty commissioners of Mercer county at
Stanton, john Pulles was appointed
sheriff to fill the vacancy of M. Heav.
fvscher, who recently resigned. The
new sheriff is the cashier of the First
State Bank Of this city.
Jake Allmoras of New Rockford had
2 narrow escape from death when his
automobile was rammed by an engine,
Allmoras had driven the machine past
the end of one train directly i'm front
of the engine on another track. The
machine was badly damaged.
e. G. Quamme, st. Paul, head OF
the Federal Farm Land bank, address
ing county agents and extension work
ers of the agricultural college at Far
| 60, declared that the farm loan sys
tenn would mean tremendous benefits
for North Dakota and other agricul
tural states. He explained to the
agents the plan of operation Of farm
loan banks. and complimented them
on their successful cooperation. He
declared that North Dakota is already
one Of leading states in the matter OF
organization under farm loan system
Helen McCarty, the young daughter
Of William McCarty of Belfield, was
badly injured when she was watching
her brother chop wood. In some man
ner the ak flew and struck her or
the head, in1icting a deep cut. Nc
serious results are expected.
William Lusk, a farmer a New
Rockford, who was taken to Minot
following an accident in which the au
tomobile he was driving was struck
by a Great Northern train, and In
which the man was fatally injured, will
not live.
Henrietta Gould of Ray is paralyzed
from her hips down 81 the result o1
her car turning over when she threw
the gear into reverse instead Of Low
while climbing a steep hill. It i.
feared that her spine will be perma
nently injured.
Eight business men Of Anamoost
are under arrest, charged with viola
ton Of the Federal espionage laws. II
was announced by authorities here
yesterday afternoon. The arrests grew
out of repeated reports of disloya
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