The Devils Lake world., 1922-01-18
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DAKOTA NEWS
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Two annual conventions of engi-
neers Of the state will be held next
month. The North Dakota Society
of Engineers will hold its meeting at
jamestown on February Z and 8, and
the North Dakota chapter Of the
American Association of Engineers
will gather at Bismarck on the 9th.
The two organizations are working
in conjunction so that engineers who
belong to both societies can attend
both conventions without an extra
trip. There are about one hundred
in each organization and about twen-
ty-five who belong to both.
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Spoiled ensilage killed nine draft
horses last week on the farm Of Ole
Brink, near Horace, Cass county.
Answering a call to the Brink
farm, DR.. Dunham of Fargo reported
that he found five Of the animals
dead and that four more died in the
afternoon, their deaths wiping out all
the work horses on the farm with the
exception of three aged animals.
DR.. Dunham said they were the
first cases of the kind that he had
been called to deal with, and after
making an investigation learned that
ensilage which was exposed to the air
during the recent warm spell and
which had become mouldy, was the
cause.
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Plans for the forensic activities
during the remainder of the year at
the University of North Dakota will
be completed at a meeting of the TO-
rensic board of the institution.
The calendar of debating, oratory
and other speaking events will be one
of the most important at the school
in the coming two months. At least
two interscholastic contests are
scheduled, that in oratory and that
in extemporaneous speaking. The
state oratorical contest is to be held
in Grand Forks this year also. Other
intercollegiate affairs will include a
number of debates contest with Mac
alester College,
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! The trial of Frank Heaton, charged
with embezzling $4,000 from the
Scandinavian !? American Bank at
Fargo, has been resumed after two
| postponements.
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The Barnes county term of District
court is of statewide interest because
of the notorious GUNNER case, which
will be tried at Valley City by Judge
Cooley. William GUNNER, 20, for
merly of Mayville, N. D., will answer
fer the murder of Marie Wicks, Cry
gla, Mimi, who was found dead last
June in her room at hotel. GUNNER
was clerk in the hotel and has been
held on circumstancial evidence in
the Cass county Jail.
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Guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree" was the verdict returned on
January 18th by the jury, headed by
former Governor Lynn j. Frazier, in
the case of Sam Kallel, Syrian ped
dler, charged with the killing of Anna
Story, II year old girl near Leyden
on the morning Of November z, 1921
The judge completed his charge to
the jury about 5 o'clock. The jury
reached verdict in four and half
hours. Sentence of life imprison-
ment was pronounced by Judge C. W
Buttz.
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Auto tag No. l went to Lynn Fra.
zier, the former governor having had
the number most of the time since
he first appeared in the political field
in the state. No. 7, supposedly the
lucky number and in the older tradi.
tions Of the world, the holy numbe,
is on the car of L. C. Eby of Minot
N. D. Applications sometimes come
to Mr.. Grain for house or telephone
numbers. One auto service connany