The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-27
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Dolnns Of Last Few Days Throughout
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusai.

Mandan-At a benefit food sale held
by Mandan Red Cross society abou:
sos was cleared.
Chattanooga.-Corporal Roy B. Dye
of Plaza, N. D., died at Fort Ogel>
thorpe base hospital of spinal menin'
gifts.
Fargo.-The gong of the burglar
alarm outside of the State bank al
Blanchard frightened away 'yeggs"
who attempted to drill their way into
the vault.
Fessenden.-The first farmers ele'
vator in the state to be established
under the new plan i~naugurated by
the Equity Cooperative exchange OF
st. Paul, will be built here.
Finley.-Steele county's fifth annual
fair will be held at Finley, it was de-
cided at a meeting of the board of di.
rectors of the Steele County Fair as
ISOLATION. The date was set for July.
3 and 4.
Bismarck. John Hollenbeck,
against whom a charge of illegal vot.
ing was filed with Police Magistrate
Bleckreid, pleaded guilty in the local
court and will appear before Judge
Nuessle at the next term of court for
sentence.
Dawson.-It took Edgar l.. Richter,
field representative of the Four-Min.
ute men of the state just about a half
hour to round up about so of the pat
riotic citizens of this village and or.
ganize. C. P. Peterson was named
chairman.
Hillsboro.-Funeral services were
held here Monday afternoon owe the
remains of the late Rev. George Dun,
lop, pastor of the Congregational
church here, and the First Presby,
terrain church at Kelso, for the last
four years.
Bismack.-April 6, first anniversary
of Americas entry into the war, will
be observed as National Win-the-War
Day" in North Dakota, under the aus.
pieces of the North Dakota Council of
Defense. Announcement to this effect
has been made by Secretary F. u.
I1C1lSllOIu.
Fargo.-Grand Forks was selected
as the 1917 convention city by the AS.
ISOLATION of County Fair, which clos
ed its annual convention here with
the election of officers. S. H. Wilson.
of Bottineau was elected president,
Ben Killerain, of Cooperstown, vice
president. and Don v. Moore of Grand
Forks. secretary.
Bismarck.-State Auditor Kositzky
has. been informed by the federal
land department that 242,44 acres OF
homestead land has been proved up
on with the close: Of the year 1917
and will be subject to taxation in
1918. The land is located in 10 coun.
ties and ranges from 996 to 100000
acres per county.
zap.-At a meeting Of mis- congrega.
ton Rev. c. P. Sch lidt, pastor of the
German Lutheran churches at Zap and
Dodge, urged members of the church
here to subscribe literally for the
third liberty loan. This congregation
should not take less than IL bonds
and 4 would like to see it take TO-
said The rector.
Bislnarck.-The seed and feed bonds
of Grant, Divide, Hettinger and Sneri.
dan counties amounting in all to over
100000 were awarded to the state
at the sale conducted by Commission.
er of Agriculture and Labor Hagan
The bonds were purchased by the
state out of the university and school
lands fund and were disposed of al
four per cent.
Ryder.-Plans for an automobile
trail to be blazed from Sanish to Bis
marck were laid and an enthusiastic
and w~ell-attended meeting of goot
roads advocates from Mckenzie
Mountrail and Ward counties, hell
in the Commercial club rooms here
Fargo.-E. T. Blk, Fargo high an,
Agricultural college graduate, is nov
Sergeant Major Blk, Headquarter
company, Three Hundred and Thil
teenth Engineers, Camp Dodge, Iowa
being promoted from corporal, accord
ing to word received by his mother
Mrs. A. T. Blk. -';:*A&
Fargo.-Every rural and city schoc
in North Dakota was closed one da
for the purpose Of taking a state-wid
crop and labor survey by the schot
children. under the auspices of tn
state department. of agriculture an
labor and the Federal department {
agriculture. The survey vii! be con
pleted in about two weeks, it is e
pected.
Bismarck.-A hankering for Mort
Dakota school lands on the part
farmers in Iowa; Illinois ami Mimi
sofa is revealed by daily inquiries +
ceived at the offices of the sta
board of university and school land
Interest in the dates for approachil
sales of school lands, the location al
valuation Of. these lands is shown
scores 9: letters, coming in every d
from ag ulturists who have made
success Q: their profession in the co
belt and who. are attracted to t
Northwest by the high prices gu
anteed for wheat.
Bismarck.-A new source of re-
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