The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-09-25

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Schafsr.-Many thousand acres Of
Ats Aax was damaged Or killed - this
section BY recent frosts.
FArgo.-Bdrglars entered ! ware
Aouss here and carried % stobaceo and
eikars to the value Of 500.
Grand Forks.-Fire, starting IN the
basement Of the Empire building here,
caused damage amounting 70 about
5000. The originof the hresis un-
known. ESFt&
Williston.-The Red Cross Of Will
liams county started Z shipment Of T.
826 pairs Of socks in transit for use
overseas Z few days.ago. The consign-
ment was the product Of three months
work.
Starkweather.-A sweater with
matches In one Of the pockets was &C
ddsntally fed through q threshing ma
chine near. this place and caused a IRE
BY which the machine was totally de-
stroyed.
Fargo.-The sixth biennial report Of
the North Dakota state soil and geo
logical survey Is now ready for distri-
button, according to- announcement
made by the compiler, DR.. Herbert 4.
Hard Of this city.
Beach.-Capt. Charles I. Cook Of
Company N, originally Of the North
Dakota second regiment, has been in
valided home with an honorable dis
charge after several months Of active
service in France.
Jamestown.-Al buildings except
the house on the farm Of District
Judge ]. A.. Coffee, in the northern
part of this county, were destroyed by
fire which Is believed to have been
started accidentally by men sleeping
In the barn.
Fargo-Eight hundred regular serv-
ice men will be called from North Da-
kota for training 9t Camp Grant not
later than October 18, according to q
recent announcement received here
from the provost marshal generals of.
flee at Washington.
Mandan.-Albert Grass, son Of the
late Chief John Grass and one of the
best known young men on the Standing
Rock reservation, was killed in action
on the fighting front in France, accord
ing to recent reports. Special services
were held here in his honor.
!. Fargo.-An order issued some time
age requiring the consolidation Of
or buying stations has been sus
. pei: d from operation, and will be
superseded by a uniform system OF
control, embodying several northwest
ern states, which will be worked out
by the national food administration.
|. Grafton.-A number of. threshinl
machines in the western part Of Walsh
county are reported to have beer
badly damaged by acts Of sabotage
!, perpetrated, it is believed, by I. w. w
members and agitators operating
among the employed men on the
farms. Exact clues, however, have not
yet been obtained.
Bisrnarck.-North Dakota's contribu
ton to the governments new man
power levy is s4,S69 whites and 1e(
colored men, according to the compila
ton of figures given out by Adjutan'
General Fraser. The registrants art
classified as follows: Citizens, 74,465
d%eclarants, 5,598; aliens, 5,685; tota
whites, 84,869; total colored, 16O; tota
registration, S5,712.
Hettinger.-A campaign. against 10
piers is being organized by fam
authorities, in which it is expected tina,
every county In this section Of tn.
state will participate. Heretofore
campaigns against gophers and prairi,
dogs have been confined largely to tn,
spring season, but the fall effort hal
been decided upon this year as supple
menting what had been done earlier
and making the work Immediately ef
fective.
Fargo.-City Engineer Frank L. An
ders has been granted an indelnit.
leave Of absence from his = officia
duties here in order that he may entel
upon his duties as captain in the en-
gineer corps of the United States arm!
at Camp Dodge. The city commission
recently passed resolutions to the eff
feet that 1t had no employees whom, i
would deem indispensable in case theil
services were, needed by the govern
ment.
Bismarck.-John A. Flow. the Bis
marck man who recently Joined hi!
three sons in the service Of Uncle Sam
taking advantage of the provision let
ting in men past the age Of As, write.
from Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, that in
stead Of being used az a musician h
has been called upon to serve as *
pert harnessmaker and saddler. Mr.
Flow is much pleased with the change
as he believes 1t will offer him an op
p~ortunity to see active service IL
France within q short time.
Bismarck.-The freight car shortag,
IN already becoming racute in thf.