The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-02-08

FOEIt Q06I &0x0uV EVkA0 ~ -
loss Of $4,000. Teachers and chill.
dren escaped.
One hundred German farmers at|
Bismarck cheered the remarks of At.
General WilliamssLanger whep1I
he declared himself In favor Of a
..bone dry" state.
Fire destroyed the elevator ct Raj.
'eigh, causing a loss OF $4,000, The
elevator contained 5000 bushels Of
wheat, 10000 bushels Of bran and
shorts and $1,000 pounds Of flour.
/ From the ONCE ofscomnntssioner OF
agriculture to position Ia the United
States dairy department 4 the step
taken by r. 8. Flint, defeated at the
general election ~ ]. n. Hagen.
BY consistent tee4ml work and close
guarding the Hamline (Minn.) AL.
Stars basketball team defeated Dakota
Business college at Fargo. Is to -.
The score was tied 1t q when the first
half closed.
The house railroad committee has
recommended for passage the bill pro.
posing reduction5of5t the railroad pas
senger fare from AZ cents to 2 cents.
The measure was introduced recently
by Representative Hendrickson.
Akkal Agopion, aged forty-fve. a
section laborer, was struck BY the
eastbound limited train at Sweet Briar
and died in q Mandan hospital. He
was removing q handcar from the
track when the accident occurred.
The North Dakota senate passed q
resolution expressing to- President
Wilson III entire faith in him and q 8
sured him ut will endorse his acts
andrtcllow HIS leAdain the crisis now
pending no matter whereof may Lead
Washington's birthday. Feb. z2. has
been: tie sdxteS Tor the nth an.
nua1 tolrnGment3 6f the North Dakota
Chess association, which will be held
in the Commercial club rooms at Dew
As. Lake. All, chess -players Of the
state aree invited. !
What, is believed to be a seasons
record 30 far In basketball was made
when Gardner won from Hillsboro. "a
10 %. Frank Powell made sixteen bas.
kstsaas Tor the winners and his brother,
~ Powell, was second high point
winner Tor Gardner, with nftsen:
Extradittion tor Harry shappery, 4.
fssted III st. Paul OH i charge Of en-.
[beu1xllng 3e12 from A.@E. tMadersonssat
Alexander, has been sranted by Gov
ernor' Burnquist 9ol- Minnesota. His
Observation-Disclosures! Is the result Fof
horse dealings in which he was act;
Ing for Maderson: 81. ss5
Fifty Fargo business men have de.
cided on plans for launching {. $500
campaign to support . Northern
league club to represent Fargo.Moor
head the coming season. A paid sec
rotary is to be engaged. Prospects
are better than ever with only four
teams in the circuit.
The Nonpartisan leagues bill pro
posing q new state constitution
was defeated In thessenate by Q vote
Of 20 to 20. Carrying out of the
leagues legislative program now is
In the balance as 1t ~centered ia, the
constitutional proposal, which had al
ready passed the house.
The state senate has received q bill
creating "a uniform state grade 81
cereals and a commission to handle
the grading and weighing, The bill
also provides for the establishment Of
central markets for the display Of
grains III st. Paul. Minneapolis. Du'
lath,s Superior and other Northwest
citaes.ssS :sg
Attorney H. Purchase of Halliday,
seleaonfessed embezzier, has been
sentenced to from one to five years in
the state prison by Judge Nuessslle Al
! !, Bismarck, with the recommendation
that the sentence be suspended 1inI
view Of the fact that the amount Of
money misappropriated was returned
to the creditors.
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier has signed
Z concurrent resolution appropriatine
$75 to pay the cost Of making cast
off;the bust of Lincoln, presented by
the state of North Dakota to Norway
and transportation sof! this bpststo Bis
marck. It should arrive therein time
FOL; the dsdiesatioan plans On Idinc q
birthday lFthsa F lssa.sH.l Y. 5.
The opposition to the Neppsrtisan
league "a the II senate scored fItatsssc
ond triumph Of the week when. * 5dis
regarded the RECOMMENDATION 0fT Gov a
ernor Frazier and killed. the bin iseek.
Ing to depose the board Of regents
INThe first; victory olfssstthle nonleagle
mGtnbelyswass whenst heylsucesedsds h
dsfsattAg the bill proposing Up rs~
state c0nstAttitipnl which Nase5adxo
Gated b. tia leaxne sssai5necSeaitysir
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