The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-25


I quite a loss by fire Tuesday when his
barn and granary vas burned to the
ground. The caue Of the fire was moi
learned.
Several threshing outfits have been
sold by the Implement dealers Of this
place. Many farmer r buying small
outfits for the purpose Of threshing
their own crop.
Mrs. w. G. Breckenridge and chill
dren of Toxic returned home the
first Of the week after a two weeks
visit with the former mother, Mrs
Stenerson.
C. B. Hesser returned the first Of
the week from his months leave as
Great Northern agent. During his
absence he has disposed Of eight car
loads of water melons at different
points over the state which were ship
per frmo his farm in Florida.
F. E. Bean was here from Devils
Lake to spend Sunday with his fam
lily. He expects to move to the Lake
the last of the week, where he has &C
copied a position with a creamery
company.
Mis- Agnes Moe left Grand Forks
on No. l Wednesday for San Francisco,
CAL, and she expects to sail from
there on Aug. Is for the Hawaiian
Islands, where she has a government
position as teacher of mathematics.
Herbert Baeverstad who has been
working in q bank at Maddox the
past year left Monday for Iona, Mon
tana, to accept a similar position.
He spent a few days here with home
folks before leaving to take up his new
position.
MI. and Mrs. H. A. Mot and daugh-
tiers, Agne and Marguerite, went to
Grand Forks the first of the week to
attend the wedding Of their neice. and
cousin, Miss Mable Brenden, which
took place in that city on Tuesday
evening.
Miss Jane Gum left Thursday for
Los Angeles, Calf, to study music.
Her work will be entirely opera and
oratorio under John Smallman, direc-
tor of Los Angeles Oratorio Society.
Her mother, Mrs. Mary Gum, will
weave for the west later in the fall,
Meryl Schultz, of the Farmers
State Bank, enjoyed a visit the past
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. D. Schultz, and his brother, Rich
ard Of Ambrose. While here they
were guests at the Geo. Lineburg
home.
Mrs. John M. Thompson, of Grand
view, WASH, who has been visiting
here, left last Thursday for Albany,
Ore, where she was called on account
of the serious condition of her aged
mother.
S. ]. Hanson, who has charge of the
Great Northern pumping station here,
says that the building was broken
into one night last week and his re.
volver and some shells were taken.
Mrs. L. E. Dougherty, who spent
the past month with her parents ON a
! trip west, arrived here Monday. Mr.
and Mrs. Dougherty will live in what
is known as the H. C. Hansen res.
idence on Third street.
I Excitement ran high for a time
Monday afternoon when the alarm
was given that the A. E. Sylvester
residence on Orvis avenue was on fire
A grand rush was made by men from
all directions to help extinguish tn.
flames, which were put out before
many had time to reach the house
The fire vas noticed first by Mrs
A. Barnescheer who lives in the res
idence north of the Sylvester home
The origin of the fire was from tn,
exhaust pipe of the electric light ant
power system. The asbestos had i,
some way been removed from arount
the pipe where it passed through tn,
wall. The fire was burning in tn,
wall and if it had not been notice,
Just when it was, it is doubtful if tn,
property could have been saved.
OB1TUARY-John Nelson of Iced
was born on August 7th, 1866 at Bald
WIN, Wis.,, and died in the Sanitoriun
at Dunseith on August IA, 1920 at tn,
age OF 81 years and z days. TIL
caue OF his death was cancer Of tn,
liver from which he had been . suf
1erer for the past several months. TN
! deceased grew to manhood at the oil,
I home at Baldwin, Wis, and from Their