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The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
DECISION Of JUDGE BUTTz Re-
INSTATES BURKE COUNTY BOARD

Judge c. w. Buttz this afternoon
handed down a decision which rein
states in Office County Commissioners
John O. Grubb and H. A. Kirkelie of
Burke county, who were removed for
cause by Governor Frazier last Aug
ust. Shortly. after the removal Of the
commissioners they were. given hear
ing at Bowbells before Commissioner
n. H. Cooper of Kenmare, who tran
scribed and transmitted to the gov
ernor all the testimony in the case.
just before giving up his Office last
November to Governor Nestos, Frazier
made the removal permanent. The
ousted commissioners then appealed
to the district court of Ramsey county,
and the case came before Judge Buttz.
In the application for removal the
ousted commissioners were charged
with permitting the county treasurer
Of Burke county to pay out various
sums of money without the formality
Of having verified statements made
out or the board passing on them, with
selling, seed grain bonds for less than
par which is against the law, and
with sanctioning the deposit of $780,
600 by the county treasurer with the
banks of Burke county on long time
certificates of deposit just before he
went out Of Office. These charges were
proven at the hearing before Commits
sioner Cooper, but Judge .Buttz holds
that while the actions of the county
board were not technically regular,
there is no evidence in the record to
show that they committed crime, and
that there is'nothing in the record to
show that there are sufficient grounds
for their removal from office. Under
this decision Commissioners Kirkelie
and Grubb will go back into office i'm
mediately. The case may be appealed
to the supreme court.
Attorney E. R. Skier of Minot
started the case against the county
board as special assistant attorney
general, and was later employed by
the new county board which took the
place of the ousted officers, while At
torney L. J. Palda of Minot acted fol
the ousted commissioners
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
SUGGEST J MANY
NAN!E|;SF0 |! ( PARK I Y !

l. l & - n
Secretary Gunning CHAM of the XII
wants club hasybeen swamped during
the past week with communications
from all parts of the Lake Region in
regard to the contest put on by the
Kiwanians for selecting a new name
for the city park. Most people are
sending in theirs suggestions, while
a few are askingsfor more informa-
tion. Mr.. Cunningham tells us that
there is room FOR several times as
many suggestions as there are al
ready in, and invites all those who
have not yet made a suggestion to get
in before the evening Of May 20 when
the contest closessand when the prize
will be awarded:
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
$4,000 BONDS
ARE MISSING

Bismarck, N. D., May 17.-Twenty-
eight thousand dollars of sewage
bonds of the City of Minot, which were
being held in the office of the state
land commissioner, have disappeared.
A thorough search of the office and
in the state auditors office has failed
to produce the bonds, according to C..
R. Kositsky, state land commissioner.
The bonds, it is said, were executed
and are negotiable. It is not believed
that they have been stolen and it is
thought possible that they may be
located later.
The matter came to light when an
employe went in the vault to get the
bonds. The lard commission had pur-
chased $285,000 of bonds Of the city
Of Minot. There had been paid to
date to Minot a total of $257,O0O.
There remained i'll the land office
bonds amounting to $4,000, for which
funds had not been advanced. Money
became available for the payment of
$4,000 more on the bonds. In cer4
tifying the record an employee began
to look up the bonds, and could not
find them.
81 am satisfied the bonds were in
the office, when Kositzky entered
and that they still are there, unless
since removed" W.. J. Prater fcrme,
land commissioner said today. Pratel
declared that since the bonds are pay.
able to the State of North Dakota, pe
loss could be occasioned.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
FARMER FINED
FOR ASSAULT

Michigan City, N. D., May 17.-Al
Stenczyk, farmer arranged in JUS
tice court, on charge Of assault and
battery and robbery, was fined SIS
and costs and given suspended 30
day sentence for assault and battery
upon a neighbor, Frank Stroup.
Testimony conflicted, but showed an
altercation between the two men over
storage of oats belonging to Stroup in
granary on a farm rented by
Stenczyk. Stroup claimed that he was
rot only beaten up, but that he was
robbed of $50. The court held there
was no proof of robbery.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
Rolla Man Is Injured
By Automobile Here

Ro1la Star: LAST Tuesday evening
M. ]. Mangan was struck by an auto
mobile in Devils Lake and thrown
about a rod. He landed in a pool of
water, but was not seriously injured.
The driver Of the car had his mother
with him and when she saw Mr.. Man
gan fall she became hysterical and
tainted. Before fainting, however, she
screamed to her son: "You have kill
ed a man." Hearing this, Mr.. Man
gan picked himself up and shouted:
81 am not dead. You can't kill an Irish
man that easy" The next morning
Mr. Mangan discovered that his back
was injured by the violence Of the
stroke and he went to DR.. Verret to
have it examined. The examination dis
closed the fact that the injury was a
severe wrench. Everything considered
Mr.. Mangan had lucky escape.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
N. D. Board To Help
Fight Higher Grain Rate

Bismarck, N. D., May ia rep
resentative of the state railroad COM
mission will go to Kansas City, Mo-,
to attend conference Of representa-
tives of commissions of western grain
growing states to prepare answer to
the application of railroads for re-
opening of the western grain case for
the purpose of removal Of the coarse
grain differential. This removal would
have the effect it was explained at
the commission offices, of increasing
the rate on corn, oats and barley
about 10 percent.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
STATE TWINE PRICES
WILL BE REDUCED

Bismarck, N. D., May 17.-Wihen
w. F. Reco of Mandan takes up his
position as sales and collection agent
Of North Dakota twine plant he will
be able to present a better price than
anticipated. By action of the board
of administration the price has been
reduced to 9 Ia cents per pound for
standard and II Ia cents per pound
for Manila with further provision
Of a refund of one-fourth of cent
a pound if the twine is paid for be-
fore October l.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
HIT
BY LIGHTNING

LaMoure, N. D., May 1.-Two
children were struck by lightning and
seriously injured, and farm buildings
were destroyed with total loss Of
probably $4,000 in storm of cyclonic
portions that swept the district from
Nortonville to Kuhn.
The children hit by lightning are
of the John Weber family, living near
Dickey. They probably will recover.
The heaviest individual farm build
ing loss so far received, is that sus-
tained by CHARLES Lamp, residing near
Nortonville, who lost two big barns,
and two granaries,. considerable live
stock also being killed.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
TOWNER BANKER
TO FEDERAL Pen.

Fargo, N. D., May II. - H. H.
Bergh, Towner, N. D., banker, pleaded
guilty to violation of the national
banking laws and was sentenced by
Judge Miller to serve one year and a
day in the Leavenworth prison. Bergh
was taken to Leavenworth by deputy
marshal.
Cashier at Towner
Bergh was cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Towner and on April
Is pleaded guilty to three counts, but
later withdrew his plea. The plea was
withdrawn by Bergh's attorney after
a statement by District Attorney Hill
dreth which the defense held was de-
signed to arouse prejudice against
Bergh.
Bergh appeared in court again and
signified his intention of pleading
guilty. He told the court that he had
job waiting for him in Fargo.
False Entries Many
National Bank Examiner Trip, who
was on the witness stand prior to the
sentencing, declared that il his Is
years. experience as bank examine,
he has never found a set of books in
which there were so many false anc
erroneous entries.
The indictment against Bergh was
returned June 18, 1921, and charged
that over $360,000 was involved ir
the defalcations.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17

N. Clausen, the popular manager Of
the J. C. Penney Co. in this city, last
Monday let the contract for the con-
struction of new modern residence
on East Fifth street. to Jens Jensen
& Co., who will start construction
work Immediately. The contract for
the plumbing was given to Contractor
Head. The residence will be con-
structed Colonial style, will be mod
ern in every particular, will contain
nine rooms, and will be one Of the
finest residences in the city.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
BLOUGHS FOR
MEMS SHOES

The Blough Shoe Store recently add
ed a complete line Of mems work and
dress shoes to its formerly very COM
plete line of ladies' and children's
shoes, and since this new addition was
made the store is proving a very
popular place in which to buy shoes
for the entire family. We doubt if
there is any one in the state that
knows more about shoes than does Mr..
Mr.. Blough. His vast experience in the
shoe business puts him in the very
best position to buy right, and-there-
fore he can sell right. His stock of
mems work and dress shoes at the
present time is as large as any to be
found in the Lake Region, the prices
are very reasonable, and it would be
we'll for men to get into the habit Of
seeing what he has to offer before
making their purchases elsewhere.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
JUDGE ROBINSON
r. TO WRITE BOOK

Justice j. E. Robinson, oldest MEM
ber of the supreme court, is going to
write a book. He announces his in
tention in his statement in the state
publicity pamphlet. Whether advertis-
ing matter OF this character can be in
cluded in the book may be settled by
the office of secretary Of state. The
judges concluding statement is:
"In the words of St. Paul: Robinson
has fought; he has kept the faith; he
does noe weary in well doing. Soon
he will publish book of essay, 500
pages, $3.50 with souviner picture Of
the author (order now. Please vote
your true and faithful servant"
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
North Dakota Gets
$4,000 Farm Loans

Washington, D. c., May 17.-Ap-
proval of 81 advances of agricultural
and livestock purposes aggregating
$3,O33, 900 was announced today by
the war finance corporation.
Distribution of the lonas included:
Minnesota, $4,000; Montana $10,-
900 and North Dakota $81 900.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17

The annual picnic OF the pupils for
the school for the deaf of this city
vas held last Monday at the City
Park, and splendid program pre-
pared by committee consisting of
Godfrey Adams, Henry Morris and
Carlyle Price was carried out. Ice
cream for the occasion was donated by
Manager Hefte of the R. E. Cobb Co.,
and transportation to and from the
park was furnished by business men
of the city. All present at the picnic
report a most enjoyable time.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
FIRST PLACEA
TRACK meet TO
DEAF SCHOOL

At the tenth track meet held here
last Saturday Nat fair grounds the
School for the Deaf was an easy
winner of first place by winning a
total Of Sc points, Devils, Lake COM
ing in second with 81 1-2 points,
Leeds third with Is points, Esmond
fourth with 13 points, Lakota fifth
with IL 1-2 points, Maddox sixth
with four while Cando and Minnewau-
kan scored one point each.
Owning to a large amount of rain
received during the past ten days
the track was in a very soft and un-
favorable condition. The weather was
also far from being agreeable dur
ing the time the meet was held, the
sky being cloudy and a mist falling
during most Of the time.
The official summary Of the events
is as follows: -
100 yd, dash, Harmson, School for
the Deaf, first; D. Elliott, Devils
Lake second; G. Fox, Leeds, third;
Wicken, Minnewaukan, fourth. Time
10 as sec.
22O yd. dash, Harmson, School for
the Deaf, first; Drew, Devils Lake
second; Wetzstien School for the
Deaf, third; A Kennedy, Lakota
fourth. Time Is sec.
44O yd. dash, G. Fox, Leeds, first;
Mueller, School for the Deaf, second;
Olson, Maddox, third; Drew, Devils
Lake fourth, Time Sc sec.
Half mile run, Mueller, School fol-
the Deaf, first; Hansen, Esmond, sec
ond; Fox, Leeds third; Kruse, Can
do fourth. Time 2 minutes II rs sec
Mile run, Hansen, Esmond, first;
Fox, Leeds, second; Moeller, Devils
Lake, third, Holstrom, Devils Lake
fourth. Time 5 minutes 18 sec.
12o yd. high hurdles, Harmon
School for the Deaf, first; Wetzsteir
School for the Deaf, second; Bange
Maddox, third; Boettcher, Schoo
for the Deaf, fourth. Time II rs sec
120 yd. high hurdles, Harmson
School for the Deaf, first; H. Elliott
Devils Lake, second; Strege, schoo
for the Deaf, third. Time % 3-5 sec
Shot put, A. Kennedy, Lakota, first
H. Elliott, Devils Lake, second; Harm
son, School for the Deaf, third, Regan
Devils Lake and Tollerud tied TO:
fourth. Distance sc #. in.
Discus, Hanson, Esmond, first; Wetz
stien, School for the Def, second
Roettcher, School for the Deaf, third
Swenson, Devils Lake, fourth. Dis
tance 78 it. d in.
1 Javelin, Weszstein, Scool for tn
Deaf, first; A. Fox, Leeds, second
Mitchell, School for the Deaf, third
Wicken, Minnewaukan, fourth. Dis
tance 116 #. in.
High jump, Howen, Lakota, first
Serumgard and H. Elliott, Devil
Lake, tied for second and third; Will
Egeland, fourth. Hight #. 10 in.
, Broad jump, Harmson, School 70
} the Deaf, first; D.. Elliott, Devil
Lake, second; H. Elliott, Devils Lake
third; Boettcher, School for the Dea:
2 fourth. Distance 10 #. in.
Pole vault. Thompson and E. E.
t lott, Devils Lake tied for first an
3 second; Drew, Devils Lake, third
Y Snore Minnewaukan,< Fourth. High
10 #. 4 in.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
WOMAN BADLY BURNED

Osnabrock, N. D., May 17.-Mrs.
Carl Anderson was badly burned when
the contents of a Kerosene can which
she was beginning t opour on afire,
exploded, enveloping her in flames.
She rusher to a neighbours and fell ex-
hausted, with most Of her clothing
burned off. Physicians have hopes
she may recover.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-05-17
BLOOM CASEIS
SETF0R may y

Bismarck, N. D., May 17.-The case
Involving the title of office of fish
and game commission, claimed by
John H. Bloom. which was to have
been heard in district court, today,
has been postponed until May % be-
cause of the absence from the city of
William LANCER, an attorney in the
case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
PEVEAR ANNOUNCES
NEW ARRANGEMENT
Negroes to Be Seated in Front
and Leave Car From
Front Door

Relief from the congestion of the
races experienced on the North Bir-
mingham and Acipco cars provided
for in change in the seating and
exit arrangements on these cars. ac-
cording to information received yes
terday by Commissioner Harrison
from Lee c. Bradley, receiver of the
Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company. The new arrange
ment Is effective tomorrow morning.
No change will be made in the en-
trance of passengers. Both white
and colored passengers will enter
from the rear of the car. as at pres
ent. Instead of the colored people
being seated in the rear of the car,
however, as Is now done, they will
pass through the car and take their
seats in the front end. They will
also leave from the front platform.
instead of the rear.
White people on North Birmingham
and Acipco cars will henceforth be
seated in the rear of the cars.
This arrangement will, In the
opinion of Mr.. Pevear, eliminate the
congestion that has been caused
heretofore by the seating of colored
people in the rear of these cars.
According to Mr.. Bradley this
method of operation Is now in use
in practically all the cities of the
country, including such cities as
Memphis, New Orleans, Little Rock,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville.
Atlanta, Montgomery and Mobile.
Under the old method of opera
ton with passengers boarding at both
ends of the car" he says, sit was
necessary for the conductor to spend
a large portion of his time, espe-
cially during the busy hours. inside
the car collecting fares and issuing
transfers. Tt was impossible under
these conditions for him to know
what was happening at the rear steps
and the protection of passengers
boarding and alighting was left to
the motorman, who was obliged to
depend upon his mirror for this pur-
pose. AS result of this operation,
accidents at the rear steps were
very frequent.
THE pay-as-you-e nter system by
locating the conductor at a point
where he can always see the rear
steps and doors, ana have the oper-
alton of these doors under his con-
troll. can and does eliminate prac-
tically all accidents at this point.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
EAST LAKE PARK
. SEASON WILL END
SUNDAY EVENING
Activities at East Lake and
EnsIey Sunday to Be in Ma
ture of Farewell and Big
Crowds Expected

Sunday night will mark the clos
ing of East Lake park and the Ensley
swimming pool. announced Commits
sioner Harrison this morning. Spe-
cial efforts are being put forth dur
ing the present week to accommodate
and entertain the people of thia- last
week of operation. Societies and or
ganizations contemplating picnics or
outings at either of these resorts
should make their arrangements with
Manager David McCrory at East LAX o
Immediately.
The regular Sunday afternoon band
concert will be held next Sunday.
which will be the last one of the
season. Mr. Erickson will announce
the program for this concert later
in the week.
Activities Sunday at East Lake and
Ensley will partake of the general
nature of a farewell, and it is ex-
pected that a large number of Btr-
mingham people will wish to take
advantage of the last week at these
popular places.
The skating rink at East Lake will
be continued for the present, though
the other attractions at the park will
be discontinued for the winter. 1t is
possible, according to Commissioner
Harrison's announcement, that this
skating rink will be continued
throughout the winter months.
The closing this year is somewhat
later than last, when the gates were
closed during the first week of Sep
tember-
Speaking of the season just closing.
Commissioner Harrison said: In
spite of unusual hapdicaps imposed
by the weather, strikes and general
business depressions. both the prof.
ects have apparently been reasonably
successful"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
MINE SUPPLIES MAY
BE SHIPPED IN OPEN
CARS UNDER PERMIT

The rail carriers have been no.
titled by S. L. Yerkes, chairman of
the transportation committee of the
Alabama Mining institute, that the
interstate commerce commissio has
telegraphed notice that the commits
sion has given the carriers permi1-
sion to handle coal mine supplies in
olen top equipment when consigned
to coal Mines"
Coal mines had been greatly handi-
capped following service order No. 23
of the commission. issued July 26, In
securing mine supplies that required
open top cars. such as mine rails,
sand, Stag, brick, etc Under the ne "
order of the commi ssion these sup
plies may now be shipped to coal
mines in open top cars
Copies of the order have been sent
to ]. B. Ford, service agent of the
interstate commerce commission
here. and to the railroad superIn-
tendents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
BANDMAN NOT
EXPECTED TO LIVE
Pioneer Resident, Struck by
Automobile, in Very Seri-
GUS Condition

Reports received from st. vincents
hospital late last night regarding
the condition of Jacob Bandman. S..
1904 Juniper avenue, who was run
down by an automobile driven by DR..
Robert Y. Jones. 1921 Arlington
avenue, Sunday. were to the effect
that the patient was in a most crit
ical condition and was not expected
to live through the night.
Bandman, a pioneer resident of
Birmingham, a connected with the
Peoples Tailoring company, First
avenue, was injured when struck by
the machine operated by DR.. Jones.
as he stepped from tho curbing on
the west side of Twentieth street at
Third avenue. Mr.. Bandman was
rushed to st. vincents hospital in
an ambulance, where his condition
has shown no improvement since his
arrival there. No arrests were made
by investigating officers, their opin-
ion being that the accident was un-
avoidable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-19
1882 Enrolled In
Schools First Day
Teacher Force in City Schools
Numbers 900-NearIy Ev-
cry School Is Crowded, Ac-
Cording to Superintendent

"The decided increase in the num-
Der of children attending the vari-
GUS high schools of the city is most
encouraging sign to the officials of
the schools and speaks well for the
community. 1t shows that the chill
dren are being kept in school and
that the educational status Of Ala
bama is gradually improving. A city
may grow in size, but when the high
schools show increases, that is when
the real progressiyeness of the city is
shown"
This is a summary of the present
school situation in Birmingham as
given by DR.. c. B. Glenn, superin-
tendent OF the public school system.
after a perusal of the attendance
figures which were compiled yester-
day.
According to DR.. Glenn, there is an
average increase of approximately
1900 children attending the various
schools this year over that of last
year. The condition throughout the
schools over the city is crowded and
additional rooms have been added to
number of the high schools to re-
Iieve the situation.
Fifty Teachers Added
Fifty teachers have been added to
the teaching forces this year. MAX
ing a total of 900 teachers, super
visors and principals in the school
system.
The following attendance figures
were given out by the board of
education yesterday:
The total white and colored en-
rollment in the elementary and high
schools yesterday morning was 3D.
827, which is an increase of 1,419 over
the opening day of last year. 1t is
expected that the attendance at the
end of the first week will show a
still larger increase. In the white
elementary schools the total enroll
ment reached 1880 pupils, compared
with last years enrolment of 1914.
The white high schools of the city
showed an enrolment of 4,477. COM
pared with 3,791 last year. The total
enrolment of the negro elementary
schools was 9.614 this year. against
S,158 last year. The negro high
school enrolment this year was ISL.
last year 685.
Conditions Crowded
Despite the new buildings that
were put in use In Avondale and Wy
lam to accommodate the children Of
the grammar grades, the attendance
this year was unprecedented and as
consequence the conditions are
sc mewhat crowded.
Already six new rooms have been
added to the Woodlawn and Ensley
high schools to help relieve the con-
gestion, which on a whole, Is very
acute.
Headed by DR.. Glenn. Mrs. A. w.
Bell and Mrs. r. NJ. Moore. members
of the board of education. visited the
various high schools yesterday and
made speeches of welcome to the
Pupils. In his talk to the school chill
dren, DR.. Glenn stated that they had
many things to master this year but
the principal thing was TO master
themselves.
The schools will reconvene for a