The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-06-28

Not to be OutdOne In patriotism
Mayor McGray of Garrison has plowed
up his lawn and planted his front
yard in potatoes and corn. A. Tyne
son, Jr., prominent banker and city
official, has followed suit. Every avail
able foot of ground in Garrison is in
garden.
John Frantz of Regent deposited a
check in a Mott bank for $11, 900. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
road company paid him this sum for
injuries received while loading q car
of grain at a Regent elevator, the &C.
cident resulting in the loss of one of
his legs.
Olaf A. Olson, wealthy proprietor of
the Lexington hotel at Minot, now un-
der $4,000 bail to ,ans%sE- charges
laid against him in recent vice raids,
will retire from the hotel business. He
has leased the hotel to c. E. PANEL
son, who will make it the Grand, and
begins business July l.
DR.. w. F. Crew, secretary of the
North Dakota Live Stock association,
in a letter to the state department of
animal husbandry, announced he had
learned facts which led him to be-
lieve enemies Of the nation are seek
ing to spread hoof and mouth disease
among the cattle Of the state.
Probably the most severe penalty
ever melted to a violator of the prohi-
hilton law on first ohense was that
doled at Fargo to Ole Skridsol of
4 Moorhead, MIMI, who is serving nine
ty days in the Cass county jail and
who must serve a additional six
months If a fine Of $500 is not paid.
The North Dakota Purity federation
at Fargo elected these officers: Pres
|ident, Rev. MI. Fulton of Towner; first
vice president, Dr.. Thomas Graham Of
Fargo: second vice president, Judge
lie. A. Coffey Of jamestown; secretary,
ERev. G. E. Stinson Of Devils Lake;
treasurer, Charles Gunthorp Of Edge
LEY.
Murray Wallis. the youthful bandit
who held up a:Northern Pacific train
crew at Sweet Briar recently, pleaded
guilty before Judge Crawford at Dick
|inson to carrying and Using dangerous
weapons and was %aentenceds to spend
the remaining four years of his minor
ity in the state reform school at Man.
dan.
The nineteenth annual convention
of the North Dakota Retail Mer-
chants association at New Rockford
4 closed with a ball in honor of the Wis
lifting delegates. Officers elected and
Installed are: President, F. P. Mann,
Devils Lake; vice president, L. B.
Garnaas, Cheyenne; treasurer, c. j.
lEtickney, New Rockford.
1.-The demand for good feeding stock
in North Dakota is remarkable" said
Dr.. w. F. Crewe, secretary Of the
North Dakota live stock sanitary
board. 1.-THE King Commission COM
pany at Manden within the last few
weeks has shipped ii and sold 5000
Texas range yeariing heifers and l
have just issued q permit for bringing
in LOO more"
Dan Urell. pioneer scout and Indian
fighter, discovered q prize boar which
had gtrayed from home IS he was
driving into Fort Yates a few days
ago. At loss what to do with the
valuable porker Urell finally boosted
him into the toqneau, which his lord
ship contentedly occupied while his
owner hpished his business at Fort
Yates and drove home
Seized in the teeth, Of q violent stall.
lion near Rugby, Oscar Rudolph es.
capped death when part of his cloth
ing gave way. allowing him to fall un-
conscious outside Of the manger, be-
yond reach o. the earaged horse.
When Rudolph recovered conscious.
ness he procured airtle. and dispatch
ed the maneater. which. once before
had almost killed; its owner.
Corporal Reginald. iBasken of Penn
bina. who went oversea with the
Twenty.seventh battalion, Canadian
contingent. is the first North Dakota
soldier to be furloughed home. In the
battle of C%ourcelette on Sept. Is, 1916,
shrapnel wounded him In the neck,
leg, arm and "elbow. He crawled into
a trench. where he lay for thrty-six
hours before being removed to a base
hospital. and he has just recovered
%ouficiently to come home on leave.