The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-08-14
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0otnss Of Last Few Days Throushou
North Dakota Condensed for
Hasty Perusal.

believed to have started the aanes
hat destroyed the Dignin Sisters mil
inery store here with q heavy loss.
Esmond.-Mike Krehsbach's pool
lall was broken into and about sle0 in
money of small denominations taken.
Entrance was gained thru the real
window.
Van Hook.-The Van Hook Home
Guard company has been accepted for
admission in the North Dakota state
militia and has been designated Com.
oany No. 81.
Fargo.-W. G. Crocker has been an-
pointed sugar administrator for North
Dakota by DR.. Z. F. Laid. Federal
:ood administrator. MIR. Crocker IS a
publisher.
; Wilton.-Members Of the Wilton To-
.al of the United Mine Workers Of
America are doing their bit in the
ields. Each evening the miners have
been spending several hours working
IN nearby farms.
Devils Lake.-Peter Timboe. chief
If police, was knocked unconscious
sor two hours by a bolt of lightning
hat hit the city hall. He is suffer-
.ng no i'll effects. The building vas
only slightly damaged.
Fort Yates.-Edmund Manydeeds,
George Molash. Paul White Lightning,
Henry One Feather and Ben Bald
Head are among the genuine Ameri.
cans whom Sioux county has contrib
uted to Camp Custer, Mich.
Fargo.-The North Dakota agricul-
tural college has been designated by
the department of war as a perma.
Of war. Barracks, to accommodate 200
men, will be constructed Immediately.
Fargo.-W. E., McEwen of Duluth,
former secretary of the Minnesota
Federation Of Labor and present post
master Of Duluth, is announced as one
Of the principal speakers at the dedi-
cation Of the Labor temple in Fargo
on Labor day, Sept. 2.
Milnor.-The second lightning ia.
tally of the year in North Dakota
was recorded here when Cyril, the
l3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. E w.
Ryan, five miles south of town, was
struck and instantly killed during .
heavy electrical storm.
Grand Forks.-Just 100 days from
the day he was indicted into service
in Grand Forks, Martin Sanders of
Mekinock, this county, was killed in
action in France, according to Official
advices received by his parents, MI.
and Mrs. Albert Sanders.
Fargo.-The federal campaign for
greater use of cottage cheese has re.
suited in the manufacture and use in
North Dakota of about SO, pounds
of that food product in three months.
according to Mrs. A. p. Hollis of Far.
go, who is in charge Of the campaign.
Dickey.-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahl
have returned from jamestown with
their infant son, who had a peanut 70.
moved from his lung in the James.
town hospital. The obstruction lodged
in the baby's windpipe while he waa
eating and II. was then drawn into
the lung.
Wahpeton.-Mrs. William Mitten.
dorf, wife Of a farmer residing near
here. was frightfully cut and bruised
when a team Of horses, attached to Z
hay rake, which she was driving, be
came unmanageable and pitched her
from her seat and under the steel
teeth of the rake.
Mayville.-Fire destroyed the May
l v,s11n o~nrn h~,,So n ~ : 49, nasoS-S-~
building in which were located a poo
hall, restaurant and bowling alley
The opera house was q total loss while
the contents OF the other building
were also completely destroyed. Thu
loss is estimated a. $4,000. fairly well
covered by insurance.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. liquor traffic
between the Twin Cities and Bismarck
was severely arraigned by Fedora
Judge -Amidon here. when he fined
Frank Kunz of Bismarck $1,000 ant
sentenced him to six months in tn,
county Jail. Kunz was convicted o
bringing %ffty-eight quarts Of whisk.
: from the Twin Cities. as plumbers
!, supplies"
jamestown. = Gasoline prices IL
Jamestown are quoted from 6 to
cents higher than they are in Fargo
Jamestown autoists. who for som.
years have been forced to pay more
than the small surrounding town,
charge, have started an investigation
and 1t is stated in certain quarter,
: : that the exorbitant price is due t.
lack of competition
Minot.-A complete. still was uu
earthed by local officers on a farm
: two miles from Minot. A%well in tn
basement led to a s"ubterranean tuu
? mel and that to a large undergroun,
i, room, where operations were carrie,
on. Two barrels and several kegs o
raw liquor were found, in addition t,
other material which was in process
: Of rfpening. Kelly Huley was arrest
J ed.
Bismarck.-state Treasurer Johi
, Steen has just published his quarterl,
!, report to the governor. showing tn
5 balance to the credit of various funds