The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
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the highway commission from nu-
merous counties throughout the state,
asking for dates on which the spring
lettings on highway work will be hell.
Announcements will be made shortly
by the commission and dates will be
set so as to secure Che greatest econo-
my of travel for the commissioners of
the counties concerned, and contract
ors who are expected to attend the
lettings. In all probably the lettings
will commence the week commencing
March 6, 1922.
Sheriff Mackenroth and States at.
: torney McGuiness of Williams county
discovered still on the Dixon farm
a mile or. two south of Tiago, after
several vain searches on previous &C.,
casions. They had several clues lead
ing to the place, and at last, on the
outer edge of manure pile, lightly
e covered by litter, they found small
trap door leading to good sized room
in which they found still with two
barrels of mash. The proprietor of
the place, Mike Pavlik, already under
arrest on a statutory charge. He was
arrested on the complaint of Mrs.
= Josephine Borawski on behalf of her
Swear old daughter, and of Josie
Wyscki, ID years of age.
The people of the town of Douglas
"a thriving town of Ward county, are
using candles, lamps or any other
method of obtaining light. The local
electric plant burned. The owner
VIM. johnson, carried no insurance.
Citizens Immediately proposed that
the town take over the poles and
equipment not burned and build a
new plant. Representative Andrew
johnson went to Bismarck in an eff
fort to sell $4,000 worth of bonds to
the board Of university and school
lands with which to rebuild the plant.
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Paroles should include some educat-
i've methods along the line of charac-
ter formation in the opinion of Miss
Alice E. Duffy, policewoman at Fargo.
She stated that all offenders parol-
ed for any length of time by the
Fargo department show that crimina-
lily results from some mental dis
order; that criminals are type of
mental detectives and that repeaters
are mentally weak, even if their re-
peated offenses are of the minor sort.
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No clue has been obtained to yeggs
who blew the safe of the w. A. Hugh
,es general store at Deering, Jan. 3rd
and took 500 in cash, $17O in thrift
stamps, small amount of merchan-
disc and notes, deeds and valuable
papers valued at $4,000. Nitro
glycerine was used and the safe was
completely wrecked.
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Fire destroyed the Hassie Cash
Store at Crosby, Monday night Jan.
2 entailing loss of about $4,000.
Heavy gases prevented the firemen
from working effectively.
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Effective at once, a reduction a.
mounting to $135 per carload on can
ned fruit from California terminals to
Fargo, has been ordered by the inter-
state commerce commission, accord
ing to N. E. Williams traffic COM
missioner for the Fargo Commercial
club. Nh. Williams said that general
traffic officers of trans-continental
lines approved this reduction of S 1-2
per cent on canned good from Califor-
MIA terminals and authorized chair
men.
Dr.. E. J. Scannell, director of the
public health laboratory at the Uni
versity of North Dakota expects to
leave on Saturday for New York,
where HE is to become associated with
the international health board, work.
ing under the Rockefeller Founda-
ton. Dr. Scarnell expects to take up
yellow fever work in Vera Cruz and
in Central America.
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On Wednesday morning Jan. 4th,
Chris Edit was found about mile
South of Deering in a dying condition
from exhaustion. He was taken to
Deering but died in short time. It
appears that he got off the main line
train at Granville Tuesday evening
to take the branch train to Glenbu1n,
but in some way got left and tried
to walk there. He walked all night
and may have fallen and could not
rise, as he was crippled. He was
IS years of age, was a resident of
Glenburn for over Is years and sup
ported himself by selling popcorn.
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G. M. Babcock, state highway COM
missioner of Minnesota, and party
will arrive in Fargo Thursday to
address joint meeting of the Fargo
Moorehead bridge committees on fin
ancing the proposed 100000 bridge
across the Red River between the two
cities. A representative of the North