The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Henry Ordeman, heavyweight wrest-
Ter of Minneapolis, has been secured
to meet Jack Sampson of Wahpeton
at the Wahpeton armory on the even
ing of January II. The men are we'll
matched. Freberg, the Swedish cham
pion, has signed up to meet Samp-
son in Wahpeton on January Is and
should Sampson defeat both of these
men he will be matched with Zbyszko
for the worlds championship.
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Arthur Mahoney, one of the earl
lest pioneers of the northwest, died
recently at Schafer, Mckenzie county.
He went to that section in the early
'70s. He was one of the well-known
buffalo hunters of the period. When
the buffalo disappeared he resided on
the Fort Buford military. reservation
in Williams county and was engaged
in supplying cordwood to the steam
boats then operating on the Missouri
river.
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The Grand Forks city schools cost
the citizens 1886, 732.4O for the year
of 1921. Of this amount $15S ,394.32
was sepnt for salaries for the teacher!
and $178,338.08 went for general ex-
penses.
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Vouchers up to the number Of 1880
had been Issued up to Jan. LIST by Ad-
jutant General G. A. Fraser of Bis
marck on the soldiers bonus fund.
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Mine Inspector J. Hanwell is an ar
dent believer in the superiority of
North Dakota native Ignite coal as
the best and most economical fuel
for the people of the state. In COM
menting upon the steady increases
of Ignite use-now approaching the
million-ton mark-in the state, Mr..
Hanwell cites the instances of res
dents of Leith in Grand county,
who have recently discovered that
Ignite screenings can be burned sue
cessfully in stove of the magazine
hard coal self feeding type. Hereto
fore the people of Leith had been u.s.
ing anthracite stove coal at a price
approximately $50 per ton. They are
now hauling screenings from neigh
boring Ignite mine, therby reducing
their fuel costs, by more than one
half. The fuel feeds steadily from
the magazine, without caking, as any
other coal except anthracite will
do and maintains an even adequate
heat.
Completion of the Cornhusker High
way from Winnipeg to the Gulf coast
is being encouraged by the Grand
Forks Commercial club. The road will
pass through Grand Forks as it has
been routed over the Meridian high
way from Fargo to Canada. The
highway has been laid out from Ok
lahoma City to. siox City, Iowa. The
Extension north from Siox City to
the Gulf coast will be the next phases
Of construction according to informa-
ton received from DR.. G. E. Condra
of Lincoln, Nebraska, newly elected
president of the Cornhusker High
way association.
Miss M. NJ. Holmquist, nurse for
the United States Veterans bureau,
has established quarte1s in Grand
Forks and will be stationed there per-
mannently to do follow-up work with
the disabled veterans of the world
war.
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For the second time within a month
the Minot police and members of the
sheriff's office have been notified of
the theft of c. H. Zehringer's enclosed
car. About a month ago it was re-
covered in a ditch near Towner, N. D.
Quite a number of North Dakota
bankers with farms for sale as we'll
as real estate men and local immi-
grafton associations have agreed to
sell farms on the crop payment plan,
provided the buyer is able to finance
his family the first year and, in some
instances, especially for improved
farms, small cash down payment
will be required
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