The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-08-16

Benson and John Killer of Bisbee. The |
board will proceed to elect a manager
and purchase q newspaper.
The North Dakota Rural Letter
Carriers association, in convention at
Fargo, adopted resolutions asking con-
gresa for an allowance of $50 q mile
q year for excess mileage over the
standard twenty-four miles and ask.
ing that there be established a civil
service court to which government
employees may appeal their cases when
they feel they are unjustly treated.
The toll lines and exchanges of the
Western Telephone association in Nc.
Henry county have been sold by Sher-
III ]. A. Wilk to satisfy an execution
issued in district court in favor of the
First National bank of Detroit, Mich.
The properties brought $4,000. A rep.
resentative of the Detroit bank is said
to be the purchaser. After the sale
Judge A. G. Burr issued an injunc.
ton restraining the sheriff from issu.
ing certificate.
Preparations are being made at
Grand Forks for county celebration
In honor of the men who will be draft.
ed into the new national army. A
pageant probably will be arranged, aa
we'll as an elaborate program of
speeches and music. The celebration
will be made climax to the many
series of patriotic demonstrations held
during the summer, inasmuch as
great number of homes in the county
have become directly interested in the
new army.
Thomas NJ. Murphy of Sanborn,
aged-eventy-ffuu1;- father Of
three sons and the uncle of four
nephews who are upholding the name
of Murphy in the field. The sons are
Captain H. T. Murphy of Bismarck,
commander of the supply company of
the Second regiment; Captain Jack w.
Murphy, commander of Company A in
the First regiment, and M. B. Murphy,
Company A. Seventh California infan-
try. The nephews are in the Montana
and Washington guard.
North Dakota's first Ukrainian
church, by the Catholic congregation
of ukrainia, twelve miles from Bel
field, has been dedicated. Right Rev.
H. Carfors, bishop of Chicago, offici-
ated, with the assistance of the Very
Rev. G. M. Chamiysky, vicar general
of the Ukrainian diocese, and the
Rev. Duke M. F. Popol of Chicago
and Joliet, ILL.,, and the local pastor,
Rev. John Senchuck The services
were attended by 500 people, who
came from a distance as great as 100
miles.
The United States government has
consented to send engineers to co.
operate with the state of North Da-
kota in making final cost estimates on
actual reclamation work in the Red
River valley on flood control projects,
according to word received at Fargo
from the department of agriculture at
Washington by Herbert A. Hard, the
drainage engineer employed by the
state Engineer Hard estimates that
the government will spend about $685.
600 on this preliminary survey work
in the valley.
Orders by Attorney General Lam
ger to county sheriffs, requiring
the latter to prosecute sellers of
''near beer" have"given rise to ques-
tfon that is likely to reach the courts.
The products are banned by the at.
torney general because analysis made
at the North Dakota agricultural col.
lege food department has revealed al
ceholic contents to the extent of ono.
Afth of l per cent. The attorney gen.
eral holds that much alcohol in the
beverages brings them within the pro.
visions of the North Dakota prohibi-
tion laws.
"You can come and take me and put
me in prison or kill me, but they can.
not make me fight Gods against war
and it is not right" So said Richard
Francis Anderson of Wilton, Burleigh
county, at Bismarck, the first con.
scientious osjector, after hethsd passed
q perfect physical examination. An.
derson, . strapping six.footer, declar.
60 tQet ne OolOu8eu " AZ EeM81OuA 90.
nomination which is opposed to war.
He 10 just against it individually and
personally and he calmly assured the
exemption board there are not enough
men In the United States to make him
tight. .
Harvesting is under way in all Sec
tions Of North Dakota and In the
southern and eastern parts threshing
of barley and oats has begun. Early
reports on oats indicate the production
| In the Red River valley has been very
great, with yields running from forty
to fifty-nve bushels an acre, and the
quality excellent. Barley: also is yield.
ing very we'll, with good quality.
Wheat harvesting shows the eastern
part has produced good crop. Along
. line drawn north and south just
! west Of Devils Lake and Valley City
] the border line between good and poor
crops is found. The central and west
eIn sections Of the state, have not
produced we'll. though the wheat 10 Of