The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-09-18
NORTH DAKOTA

NUAU UHlUIH
Bismarck.-Gsorge WEIGH, fsrme,
state senator and q prominent msr.
chant and farmer Of this county, -
dead.
observation-disclosures and railroad
mems organizations are each opening
cooperative stores at this point this
month.
Fargo.-NortA Dakota war savings
stamp buyers invested $sse,551 in the
baby bonds" during the month Of
August.
Elendale.-Joseph Barta, a well.
known business man, sustained injuries
from the kick Of a horse, as a result Of
which he died a few days ago.
Cavalier.-The 17-year-old daughter
Of Mrs. Fred Poland was found dead IN
her bed at their home here, as the
result Of q bursting blood vessel.
LaMoure.-Thieves broke into q
local department store a few nights
ago and carried OF considerable plum.
der, including $3.50 worth Of valuable
silks.
Kensal.IL. W. W. members are be-
neved to have been responsible for the
death Of: three horses which were
poisoned on the Frank Smith farm
near here.
Casselton.-An accident at the
switch tracks at Everest, Just south Of
this city, cost the life Of Rosland
Jones, a Great Northern brakeman, .
few days ago.
Observation-Disclosures here have
signed up for the "cash and carry"
system, which is gaining prevalence as
q war measure in view Of the shortage
Of help in all lines.
Valley City.-A fiber plant may be
established here in the near future,
through the efforts Of a company
which is now in process Of organize
ton for that purpose. :
Williston.-voyne Cook, 6~-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. n. Babb, was
instantly killed by the accidental ex-
plosion Of a shotgun discharged when
the child pulled the gun on a bed.
Jamestown.-S tutsman county's
newly appointed county agent Of the
better farming movement, R. s. Good
hue Of Marinette, Wis.,, has just ar
rived here to take up his work.
Grand Forks.-This city can claim
the record Of pioneering in one of the
new upward price movements being
Instituted In the northwest. Street
car fares have gone up to seven cents.
Langdon.-Emil 'LeBrun, an aged
Belgian, has just arrived at the home
Of his two sons in this country. after
being on the road a year in his efforts
to reach here from his home, via Hol-
land.
Minot.-Mr. and Mrs. w. M. johnson
Of this city are happy In having re-
ceived letters from their son on the
fighting front in France, which were
dated after the receipt of reports from
some of his comrades that he had been
killed.
Hazelton.-Little Martin Zirbes IL
suffering from severe decorations of
the hands and face, sustained through
the explosion Of a dynamite cap, which
he struck with q hammer. The child,
In company with some Of his complan-
ions, is said to have found a number
Of the caps in the home of a farmer.
Fargo.-Animal rations will be a
step soon to follow in the progress of
food control, according to North Da-
| kOta Federal Food Administrator r..
f. Ladd, who is quoted as saying that
a shortage of oats and other animal
coodstuffs will require this action.
Bismarck.-The state railroad COM
missioners are preparing a statement
of facts for presentation to the ma
tfonal rail administration for the pur-
pose Of obtaining, If possible, more
favorable transportation rates on lig-
mite coal to points in North Dakota
and elsewhere in the northwest.
Bismarck.-A dispatch just received
here announces the safe arrival over
seas of Col. E.. P. Quain and the hos
pital unit which he organized here for
duty at the front. This unit is one Of
the few organized complete at points
"a SAAS AoA Au 11(luuCS ClllCl1y
nurses and workers recruited in this
city.
Berthold.-A recent tornado which
destroyed the farm home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Avery, is said to have
picked Mrs. Avery up bodily, carried
her six rods and set her down again
upon. her feet without injury. Her
babe was also uninjured, though
thrown from It's cradle and found lying
In a puddle Of mud.
Mott.-Miss Louise Fitzgerald, In
charge Of the state boys and girls
club work, has announced that the
canning team from this city has won
the state contest for putting up fruits
and vegetables, and will be permitted
to attend the Interstate fair at Sioux
City, Iowa, to compete in the inter-
state contest in this work.
Fargo.-Farmers may purchase a
years supply of -four after October 1,
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