The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-04

town merchants out of business un-
less townpeople and farmers place
themselves in an attitude Of making
concessions to each other, was the
claim by Dr.. j. NJ. Gillette of the Uni
versity of North Dakota in an adj
dress last Thursday, a meeting of
the American Sociological society at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The question whether or MOI the
county farm bureau should engage
in merchandising enterprises was
discussed last Wednesday at meet
ing of the executive committee CT The
North Dakota Farm Bureau Fedora
ton at Fargo. Secretary H. B. Fuller
reported that there is great demand
for the bureau to take up distribution
of certain things in their respective
communities,
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! Last year scalpers took discounts
of from 10 to 20 per cent on state hail
warrants, but this year the rate seems
to have been reduced. The state ad-
ministration is working on plan
to secure cash for all state hail war
rants by sale Of bonds. If they do
this the hail warrants will soon be
paid"in full and in cash.
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After midnight last Saturday there
was no more war tax on transporta-
ton tickets, Pullman tickets, express
shipment or freight. This means a
large saving, to the travelling public
and shippers of express and freight.
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! City authorities have power to pass
ordinances regulating public dance
halls, according to an opinion Of At
torney General johnson. The opinion
was rendered in a communication in
reply to request from the organized
women of Bismarck through the COM
munity council. The women had asked
the city commission to regulate dance
halls and were referred to the state
licensing department.
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| Eleanor, 9 year old daughter OF
Charles Newgren, who lost an arm
and a leg when an auto bus in which
she was riding was struck by train
near Berthold, N. D., Dec. 23ld died
in a Minot hospital Sunday.
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] The little folks have been skating
on small patch Of ice formed from
the overflow of the water tank al
the G. N. station at Leeds. Says the
local paper. "Why not get busy and
get that ice rink ready for the young
sters before the winter is over? Lets
not forget that we were youngsters
once and remember that children en-
joy these sports as we'll today as we
did in days gone BY"
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has issued an order re.
ducing the intrastate rates on grain
grain products and hay to the same
! level as recently established by the
interstate commerce commission or
interstate traffic.
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Fare and one half to the Tri-State
Grain Growers Convention in Fargo
January 1920, has been granted by
the railroad from all points in Nortl
and South Dakota and Minnesota, w
c. Palmer, secretary of the conven
ton announced. The certificate pla,
will be used, and people attending tn
convention must secure certificate
from their focal station agent whel
they purchase their one way ticket
This one way ticket will cost the full
fare, but the certificate will entitl
the holder to purchase return ticke
lat one half the regular fare
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Leland Hubbard, Fargo youth VIII
was killed Saturday afternoon whel
the coupe in which he was drivin,
was struck by two-ton truck, cam
; to his death thru circumstances en-
; tirely accidental, the coroner's jur
: investigating the death found at tn
!, inquest. Members of the jury wer
| T. F. Riley, AL H. Leimbacher an
: Roy Hall. The hearing brought GU
: that the boy was driving at hig
rate of speed, probably between y
and 80 miles per hour.
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,, Dr. L. H. Landry and Ed. Clairmon
t of Walhalla, sustained severe los
4 last week when fire destroyed the sta
bles on the race track grounds wit
/ an estimate property loss of $4,000
2 The horses burned are the chestnu
$ PAGER Red Arrow, 2:14 1-2; Blond
E Strathmore, sorrel mare with
\ trotting record of about 2:20; Bessi
f Hal, a black mare that was purchase
1 two years ago for a brood mar
Bessie Hal had a mark of 2:13 l..
S This mare raised a colt this last sea
! son and it was regarded as a ver
i promising younster and about 6
valuable as any of the animals los