The Devils Lake world., 1922-12-20
WEEKLY ITEMS OF INTEREST
PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTION
IN AND ABOUT DEVILS LAKE

Money to loan ON farm land at
reasonable rates. John w. Maher. tt
Elgin and Waltham IL size watches,
gold filled cases and fancy dials
$500 at Huesgen's.
Pure bred Giant Bronze turkeys for
for sale. Toms 5000, hens $500.
VIM. Gunnerud, R. F. D. No. 8, Brins-
made, N. D. 48-6tp.
Strayed- Yearling bull calf, red and
white. Finder please notify Anton
Bosch, owner, R. No. /, Devils Lake,
N. D. So -2tp.
The best Italian violin strings and
extras for string instruments at Hues-
gems.
Leo Knoke of Hampden spent
several days last week in the city
doing some shopping and at the same
time looking after business matters.
Experienced lady bookkeeper and
:stenographer wants position. Bank
position preferred, Write 76 CO
World. 50-5tp.
DR.. C. C. Brady left last Friday
for Portal, N. D., where he will spend
a time looking after official business
connected with the Bureau Of Animal
Husbandry,
Col. H. NJ. Crell writes US that he
is now located at Baraga, Mich, and
is connected with the Mackinaw In
dian Agency, and greets his many
friends in the Lake Region. He
was formerly located at Washington,
d. C.
A special term Of court will be
held at Minnewaukan commencing on
January 3rd, with Judge Burr cf Rug
by presiding. Some 30 civil cases and
about dozen criminal cases will
come up for tr;a].
H. G. Swenstad and sister, Miss
Lillian, leave the latter part of this
week for Minot where they will eat
Christmas turkey and visit with their
parents until after the first Of the
year. Before moving to Devils Lake
the Swenstads were residnts at Mi
not, and are we'll acquainted there.
New officers for the ensuing year
elected by the Knights of Pythias at
meeting held on Friday of last week
are as follows: G. w. Mcdonald,
C. c.; ]. P. Lynch, v. c.; Robert
Cridland, prelate; Robert Gray, M.
w., and trustee;, Richard Balbey,
N. Of A.; Harry Simpson, X. of R.
and S., Ed. Boyd, M. of E.
The Red Cross Roll Call for Ram
sey county is now in progress, and
solicitors are at work in all parts of
The county with splendid success. The
membership fee is $1.O0 per year
and half Of this amount remains in
the treasury of the local headquarters,
while the other half goes to national
headquarters.
Both Minot and Grand Forks will
be decorated with evergreen trees TO,
two weeks, one week before and one
after Christmas. Trees are being pu1
~ IL feet apart in all parts Of the
business sections Of the two cities
The butts of the trees are frozen into
cakes of ice, and the ice is beine
permitted to freeze onto the walks
The trees are from six to eight feet
high, and are selling for $3.50 each
the cost being paid by the busines!
men. It is probable that some of tn,
trees will be decorated with brillian
colored electric lights.
According to local dealers the d
nand for Ignite coal this year il
Devils Lake is much larger than i
had ever been before, but that tn
supply in the western part of tn
state is very low and hard to gel
The reason for the shortage in tn
west is that cars cannot be secure
East enough to ship it, and not &C
count of shortage of men in the mine.
Cars are being filled at the mines q
fast as they arrive, and mining com
panies always have large numbers c
orders ahead which they are unabl
to fill.
Rolla Star: Naoleon Decoutea,
who lives about eight miles nortl
west Of Belcourt, was found dead nes
the Mary Rose Bruce place five mile
west Of Belcourt on Monday evenin
He had been visiting at the home {
Mary Bruce and left at three o'cloc
I'm the afternoon. At seven o'cloc
that evening he was found dead nes
the barn. He had evidently falle
down from some cause and froze [
death. He was about twenty-five
years Of age and leaves a wife an
two children.