The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1917-08-16
News Of the Week From Many
Sections d the State.
MANY ITEMS Of INTEREST
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cent as result of drinking poison |
while his parents were absent.
Harold Baskin, twenty.eight years
old. was drowned in the Missouri river
at Sanish while bathing. Sievert Bot
men, in swimming at the time, tried |
to rescue him, but failed.
Peter Skaar, twenty-five years old,
q farmland employed by Olaf Fred
erickson, two miles south of McGreg-
or, was struck on the head by bolt
OF lightning and instantly killed.
Miss Esther Jack has been ap
pointed city engineer of Williston and
1t is probably the first time in North
Dakota or in the Northwest that a
woman has been appointed to such an
Office. Her father is farmer.
The sum of $21,439.50 was raised
by Ramsey county during Red Cross
week, when the nation made drive
for $100,000,O00. BY raising this
amount Ramsey county exceeded its
allotment of $4,000 by $2,439.50.
Fargo college will make feature
of athletics during the coming year
by engaging full time athletic direc-
tor. President ]. w. Hansel declares
it will be the policy to encourage ath-
letics as much as possible as the war
service.
Major Douglas Settle, chief muster
officer for North Dakota, announced
that the war department will accept
the Second North Dakota regiment as
a unit. The question as to the status
of field and staff officers still rests
with the government.
E. c. Covell, farmer who lived
near Granville, died as the result OF
bein5 sored by bull Covell was look
ing over some stock wien the bull at
tackled him. He attempted to escape
by climbing over fence, but was
caught and pinned against fence
post.
The Tri-County Baseball league has
disbanded after playing ten games
the percentage column, won. Other
towns in the league in the order in
which they finished were Sanish, Van
Hook, Makoti, Ryder, Douglas, Parshal
and Roseglen.
The first delivery of new wheat
made in the Neche district was made
to an elevator at Gretna, just north of
Neche. The wheat yield was twenty
five bushels an acre, netting the pro-
ducer over $50 an acre. 1t is the ear
liest known wheat threshing opera
tions in that district.
| Ahmen Alley, Syrian. and Mrs.
Cora Mosey, whom he is said to have
spirited away from her husband in
Iowa, were captured at Pettibone and
returned to Iowa to stand trial. Mrs.
Mosey, who is an American, was &C.
companied by two little daughters,
nine and eleven years old.
The farmers of Ward county are
trying to devise some scheme for cut
ting the grain. The straw is so short
in most fields that the binder can not
be used satisfactorily. Many are plan.
ming to use a mower with canvas
and, carrier, placing the heads in q
closely boarded rack and then stack.
ing.
Farmers of La Moure, Mcintosh,
Sargent and Ransom counties, who
suffered great losses in the storm OF
July %, have begun rehabilitation of
their fortunes. Some are building new
homes and farm structures and others
whose crops were destroyed are plow-
ing. Latest figures give the loss In
the storm at 100000.
The North Dakota division of the
Military Training Camps association,
having successfully recruited candi-
dates for two officers training camps
at Fort Smelling, Minn., now is asked
to recruit for the field service of the
American ambulance corps in Francs
and the aviation corps, which is in
urgent need Of 100000 men.
Wheat fields that will average TWEEN.
ty bushels an acre are being harvest.
FED in the Braddock region. Farmers
are finding the, grain better than they
expected. Headers are being used by
many farmers because of the short
straw. That locality seems favored
with q fair crop, that will produce
considerable money because of high
prices.
REV. o. A. Orren, pastor of the
Lutheran church at Larimore, was II.
tally injured when the automobile
(which he was driving was struck by
Great Northern passenger train two
miles west of Larimore. Mr.. Orren
vas rushed to Grand Forks and died
an hour later. He came to Larimore
about three weeks ago from Mount
Ford, Wis.
Mrs. Nellie Gilmore of Wilton 10 do
ing her "bit" toward making the world
sa1e for democracy. Three sons,
James Of Los Angeles, William and
Frank, hive enlisted In the engineer
ing corps. Hugh, the only remaining
son more than twenty.one years old.
was drawn in the recent draft. 1t is
believed the latter son will be ex-
empt, % hs now is his mothers sole