The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-01

0kVOu III Tie SSCUlV UcSTcS was 1OVUO Il
guilty in district court here.
Williston.--Hugh Eratinger, residing
near Hanks in this county, killed him.
self by shooting, while insane.
LaMOure.-AbOut $1,000 worth Of |
raw furs have been shipped out from
this point by trappers this fall.
Grafton.-A new bank with a pro
posed capital Of S5O,O0O is being or
ganized by %Nonpartisan interests here.
COOyerstown.-Ten quarter sections
Of land near Jessie in this county were
sold for IS. 900. an average Of SIS an
acre.
Mott.-D. NJ. Stegenga, superinten-
dent of schools here, was seriously
injured by being hurled from an over
turning load of hay.
Observation-Disclosures county farm
ers are organizing for an effort to
have the proposed state-owned eleva-
tor and -four mills located here.
Fargo.-The Fargo postoffice's stamp
sales during the week before Christ
has threatened to exceed the cores
pOnding weeks sales of any previous
year.
Lakota.-I3very adult person Of Mel
son county is a member Of the Red
Cross and fully paid up for the year
1919 as Il result of the Christmas roll
call drive.
CoOperstown.-RObert Johnson, long
reported as missing from the American
lines in France, has written his father
here that he has just been released
from Il German prison.
Fargo.-A movement is again being
made in this state to secure recOgni-
ton of the veteran service of DR..
John H. Worst by designating him as
president emeritus of the agricultural
college, Of which he was the official
head for many years.
Fargo.-The projected opening of a
local community training school of
religious education on January Z Is
announced. The work will be CON-
Quoted at the city Y. NJ. c. A.. and an
excellent faculty has been selected to
conduct the work.
Towner. = Following a quarrel,
Frank Oberder, a local farmer, was
shot and killed by his wife, 1t is al
legged, on Sunday morning of last
week. Mrs. Oberder has been arraign-
ed before Judge Ellis, charged with
murder in the first degree.
Bismarck.-As n result of COM
plants lodged against the Duluth
grain inspection board last summer,
the North Dakota state railroad COM
mission has made representations to
Governor j. A. A. Burnquist of Min
nesota, asking the dismissal of men,
hers Of the board.
Hazen.-Dr. H. A. Brandes, who was
rejected as a voluntary applicant for
enlistment in the medical branch of
the U. S. military service since the
opening Of the war, was made captain
, commander within less than four
months after he was accepted for ser
vice through the draft.
Observation-Disclosures General Bur.
, leson's so.called reduction" in long
distance telephone tolls will cause all
average increase of about 26 per cent
In rates for day service in this state
, according to representations made by
the state rate expert, James A. Little
before the state railroad commission
!. here.
Jamestown.-There has been a
: marked decline in the litigation en-
tered into within the state within the
, past two or three years, according to
authorities quoted here. The dis
5 quieting business effects resultant
, upon the war are supposed to be the
cause Of the conservative tendencies
:. along this line.
! Minot.-Sheep raising in this Sertio,
proved so profitable during the 'a>'
year that it will be followed oH >
considerably increased scale d'":n@
: the year 1913. The fact that sheel
will thrive on such destructive plant
: life as wild oats and thistles makes
them peculiarly valuable as we'll as
: inexpensive to maintain.
; Washburn.-The death Of little
Katie Holzuk at Wilton from a gun;
, shot wound a few days ago is said tc
have resulted accidentally from the
/ discharge of a weapon in the hands OF
: Mike Snober, an Austrian. who, it Il
alleged, had started out to shoot q
neighbor who had incurred his enmity
The man was held to appear before
the district court, a cash bond OF
$1,000 being secured.
Bismarck.-Chief Old Dog of the
: eros Ventres is here from the Der
thold reservation, with Mrs. Old Dog
for medical treatments. The old CHIEF
is a magnificent specimen Of rugged
: manhood, nearly seven feet in height
: and is one of the wealthiest and most
: progressive Indians in the country
with thousands of acres Of good land
and several thousand head of cattle In
his possession. His fine physique has
made him the subject of unusual at
] tentiOn here.
: Agricultural College.-The S. A. r
) C. and vocational army camp barracks
!. which uoro constructed here. cAnahlf