The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1918-12-25
$inBfii'ef
oolnss Of last Few Days Throuohou
North Dakota Condensed for
a. Hasty Perusal.

Fargo.-Cass county pays out 1,2O1
In mothers pensions each month.
PettibOne.-"Dad" Brown, well
known pioneer resident here, suicided
by shooting few days ago.
Fargo.-A dragnet set for petty
liquor-dispensing offenders brought In
dozen alleged inflactors of the law.
Grand Forks.-Local officials threat
en- to arrest autoists who begin driving
their cars after January without the
new license tags affixed.
Benedict.-A Good Roads association
with headquarters at this point is
projecting the perfection of q motor
truck line between Minot and Wash
burn.
Mandan.-The selection of Carson
as the county seat of Grant county is
contested in an action filed in the
courts by c. w. Bleick of Elgia IL few
days ago.
FargO.-The case Of Mrs. Kate
Richards O'Hare under conviction for
alleged seditious utterances made ut
Bowman, is to be appealed to the
United. States supreme court.
Mandan.-A stock selling campaign
IS to be launched, it is said, for the
promotion of a Manning, Mandan and
Freda railroad, connecting points north
and south Of the Northern Pacific main
line.
Jamestown.-A cameo ring. stolen
from him 80 years ago, has just been
returned anonymously to Frank
Brown, pioneer Of this city, with a
typewriter note reading, "God bless
those who forgive"
Mandan.-Captain L. B. Hanna,
North Dakota's former governor, re-
Gently returned from Red Cross work
in France, was the guest of honor at
testimonial banquet given by the
commercial club here few nights
ago.
Fargo.-A. A. Trovaten. former
Fargoan, is obtaining attention in
Minnesota to a proposition to require
gasoline dealers everywhere to register
autos by factory and engine number
as a means of detecting stolen ma.
chimes.
Bismarck.-The arrest Of F. c. Tur.
ner. a prominent ranchman Of Sioux
county. on the charge of Seattle rust
ling" brings up "reminiscences of the
frontier days to those who remember
the various real and alleged activities
! Of those times.
Fargo.-Wild Rice. small village in
this county, was said to have had SIC
memberships to the Red Cross paid ul
for 1919 early in the drive last week
There are just $40 men, women and
children in the Wild Rice district
making a 100 per cent efficient cam
paign.
I4aMoure-A government hospital
for the treatment of the dreaded eye
disease, trachoma, has been estab
lished here-the seventh Of its kind ir
the country and the only one west Of
the Mississippi river. it is said. DR.
C. Il. Downes Is the physician ir
charge.
Fargo.-The 1919 show of the Nortl
Dakota State Poultry association will
he held at the armory here January Il
to II, the dates being nearly the same
as for the Tri-State Stock and Grair
Growers association meeting, which
opens January II, continuing to thu
18th.
Fargo.-A clever burglar made ava!
with 1881 Of diamond rings, wris
watches and other jewelry by breaking
the show window Of local store at al
early morning hour, just as passini
train deadened the noise made by hi!
method Of gaining access to the GOV
eted wares.
New England.-Joe Arnold, who
with his wife and three children, wa!
recently found dead from influenza II
their home in the outskirts of Buffalo
N. Y, was a former resident here
where he gained considerable notoriet!
through the charge of having burned
soldiers pictures left with him fo1
framing.
Valley City.-Private George Holz
man of this city was awarded the dis
tinguished service cross for extraor
binary heroism in action at Gesnes
France. a month before the close O.
the war. His bravery was shown ii
carrying messages repeatedly through
q heavily shelled area in which eigh
other soldiers We're wounded Or killed
Fargo.-The sale of Red river ic'
on coupons calling for Detroit lake ic,
is charged against local compan!
faccnrtling t0 statements appear
ling in one of the newspapers here
Local health officers and the fedora
food administrator for the state cal
attention to the fact that the river ic'
is impure and therefore dangerous TO
use.
Fargo.-The Y. M. G. A. of this cit,
is staging a sharp drive for 245 nev
members to replace that number en-
gagged in war work of various kinds
OF the entire number in the service al
but ten are in the army or navy
Former Governor L. B. Hanna AM
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