The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19

trip to Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
The elevator will be closed until he
returns.
James o. Collinson, manager of the
Minneapolis office of the Turtle & Co.,
was in town yesterday sizing up crop
conditions and interviewing the ele-
vator men.
j. A. Arid and A. G. Berglund Wis
tied the county seat Wednesday to de-
post with the county auditor the cleo
t.ion returns for Lawton village and
Lawton township respectively.
A pickup team from Lawton went to
Lakota Sunday to play a team from
that place and We're defeated 10 to 1.
The entire proceeds Of the game went
to the Red Cross Society.
A. J.. Zeman and Miss Leta Gibbons
of Lawton Joined with Jerome Rus
iska and family of Lankin, left no a
two weeks fishing trip Saturday at
the Minnesota lakes.
An agent for a Fargo fire extin-
guisher firm was in town Monady talk
ing business with the village solons.
Nothing will be done, however, until
more satisfactory arrangements can
be made.
Nh. and Mrs. John Anthony arrived
Saturday from Crookston, where they
now make their home. Nh. Anthony
is engaged in buying scrap iron in this
dis trict and is chipping it out in large
quantities.
Mrs. John Olderback, who has been
visiting her old home at Park River
for a few days returned Sunday, ac-
companied by her mother and broth
ers and also Miss Ebba Bowman and
two sisters Of Adams.
Miss Pearl Scott, saleslady with w.
A. Scott & Co., Langdon, arrived on
Monady for a weeks visit with her
parents. While enroute Miss Pearl
visited friends at Grand Forks, Ar
gusville and Fargo.
A. E. Bruce and family who spent
the 18th at Walhalla, returned Thurs
day. Andy saws that the attendance
was estimated at 10000 and that
there were in tie neighborhood of L.
600 cars in and Ground the grounds.
Gilbert Erickson and son of Lankin
visited Lawton Saturday. Mr.. Erick.
son is n of the pioneers of Walsh
county and n Of it's most prominent
and progressive farmers. While here
he spent a pleasant hour or two re.
counting incidents of by-gone days
with old friends.
Dr.. Nicholson, P. Connolly, R. AID
Ter and E. D. Christian and their re
spective families made up a party tx
go fishing at the junction of Park ant
Red Rivers. Tl.ey report a p1easan
trip and brot back a number of mut
cats, a sheepshead and other varie
ties. They say the gold eyes hav,
been driven from the Red River bu
reported plenty of mudcats.
E. c. Ordway returned from a visi
to Montana Sunday. He reports tn
crops in Montan4 looking poor, excep
where dry farming has been done
these crops, he says, looks fine. o.
the way home he was accompanied b,
a heavy rain storm, and at Rugby h
says a sever hail storm swept owe
the district two miles wide by twent;
in length. He was ~agreeably sur
pr1sed to see the crops looking so we
in this ristrict.
Mrs. H. P. Jensen and Mrs. Taylor
OF Grand Forks, who have been spend
ing a pleasant month with Mrs. Jen
sens son and daughter-in-law, MI. an
Mrs. j. G. Jensen-o the Whitevie1
farm, have returned to their homes
Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen autoed back wit
them and spen, the weekend. The
returned from the Forks Sunday &C
companied by Mrs. Jensen's sistel
Miss Catherine and sister and brothe,
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Olso
and little daughter, who will speno
week visiting friends here ant at De
wills Lake.