The Devils Lake world., 1922-02-08

much enthusiasm in this locality.
Elisndale-Daily livery service be.
tween here and the 500 crossing at
Monango is now in operation.
6ismarek-Of the 2O,O95 bonus
claims filed with the state. 4,575 have
been paid up to January 1.
WiIIiston-Popular subscription may
be resorted to to finance city street
sprinklfng next summer.
eowbeIls-Leaping upon a pitchfork
embedded in a haystack, Math Mertes
sustained fatal injuries.
Parshall-R. F. Jahnke was re-
elected head of the North Dakota Well
Drillers' association.
Timmer-An exploding still inflicted
burns upon Manuel Roshou, %, which
may prove fatal.
coalbank-Fire destroyed fixtures at
the Ignite mine here to the extent of
$1,000 damage.
Bismarck-The nomination of And.
rev Miller to be United States Judge
for the district Of North Dakota has
been confirmed by the senate.
Hazen-Runners in place of the
front wheels on his car enable DR.. L.
&. Eastman to negotiate all the rural
roads with ease.
St. John-Picking dynamite cap
with safety pin cost. 13-year.old
local boy a thumb, two fingers, and
several cuts and burns.
LaMoure-A mass meeting of civil
officers and taxpayers from through
out the county was held to discuss tax
problems.
Grafton-Tipping teakettle of boil.
Ing water over himself, the two-year-
old son of Isador Schultz was fatally
burned.
New England Negotiation are now
under way to trade North Dakota coal
from this section for South Dakota
corn.
-Embezzelment of $1O6O0O
is charged against J. G. Peters, presi.
dent; A. L. Wiebe, cashier, and Walter
Bergman. assistant cashier, Of the
failed Mohall State bank.
Misunderstanding through a hedge,
James German accidentally wounded
his companion, John Schlosser, and
carried him more than mile to farm
house to get assistance.
eismarck-The balance Of all state
funds, according to the report Just
made public by State Treasurer John
Steen, is $2,397,712. There are 40
separate funds.
shafer-Watford City, Alexander,
and Arnegard likely will enter a cam
paign for choice as the county seat of
Mckenzie county in lieu of Shafer, in
fall election.
sismarck-Horsecars reappeared in
the state when the capitol streetcar
stuck In q snOwdrift and it took two
teams to pull the car into the barns
! for repairs.
eismarck-A large pile of logs gath.
cred by Boy Scouts to build them a
real log cabin on Apple creek near
here was badly depleted by sneak
thief.
Watford city-Five hundred stamps
worth 1900 rubles, were attached to
a letter received here by Losk Broth.
ers from their mother in southern Rus
sia. Before the war a ruble was
worth 81 cents.
Fargo-The executive council of
the North Dakota Bankers association
In session here, endorsed the proposal
that public officials in every civil unit
Of the state hold conferences on tax
reductions.
Grand Forks The Dakota and
Northern divisions Of the Great North.
ern railroad have been consolidated
with the Crookston headquarters of
the Northern division moved to this
point.
eowbelIs-Finger prints as method
Of Identification Of check sixners has
been instituted by the Burke County
State bank. A $1,000 bond guaran-
teeing each customer against check
raising carries the customers photo.
graph and finger prints.
Grand Forks-In the recent theater
crash in Washington, in which nearly
100 persons lost their lives, Georre
Brodie, secretary to Congressman o. B,
Burtness Of the First North Dakota
district, was stunned but not seriously
| injured.
Dunsefth-Each inmate Of the tuber-
culosis sanitarium here costs the state
$1,14773 per year, which tops the list
Of state ward expenses. The peniten.
tiary is next, with per capita cost of
| $947.17 for the convicts. The training
school at Mandan expends $s9248 for
each juvenile delinquent held there
The cost at the Bathgate school for the
blind is $S1797, at the Devils Lake
school for deaf mutes $54968, at the
Grafton school for the feeble-minded
$371.44, and the state hospital in
jamestown $361.93. Shoes at the peni.
tentiary cost $2.66 per inmate per
year and at the Mandan training
school $14.64. Meat, lard, and fish for
each individual at the Grafton insti-
tute for feeble-minded cost only s17 40
per year as compared with SIS per
inmate at the penitentiary.
Westby-Awakened by a rifle shot,