The Devils Lake world., 1922-04-26
zap-A $1,000 frame depot has beenf
authorized by the N, P.


authorized by the N. p.
Watford city-The pearly shells Of
btvalves have been found in coal mines .
near here 20 feet below the surface.
Rlsmarck-Nearly 5000 state bonus
claims have now been paid and the
average thus far has been 1876.
Minot-M More than 10000 square
yards Of bitulithic pavement are to be
completed here this summer.
Beaeh-The 33-piece high school
band here is equipped with instru-
ments worth $2,4OO.
Ruoby-The Community club is rails
ing $1,000 to aid immigration in this
section.
WiIIiston - Company F's military
band is being reorganized with 26
pieces. 4
Sawye-The First State bank, clos
ed last October, is again open for busi-
ness.
FIasher-When load Of baled hay
toppled over in rough road and bur-
led A. A. Crose, he suffered several
broken ribs and broken shoulder.
Des Lacs-Contracts for about co.
+. 600 square pards of road grading have
, been let by Ward county commission
ers at cost of more than $4,000.
Grand Forks-Sixty men are now at
work on the state mill and elevator
here, and the power plant is rapidly
drawing to completion.
Bismarck-Carl r. Kositzky, former
state auditor, has been appointed
North Dakota land commissioner to
succeed w. J. Prater.
Rugby = Twelve thousand dollars
has been raised and banked by local
businessmen to expend on modern
potato warehouse.
Dickinson-John Reuter-, Jr., state
golf champion 1915, 1916, 1918, and
1919, has entered the field of profess
sional golf
! MohalI-Three local bankers are
under indictment on the charge Of mis-
use of the mails in financial promo
tions.
Grafton-A children's ward will be
endowed in the Deaconess hospital
here by Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, now of
Ontario, Cam, in memory of her hus-
band, James Wood, Grafton pioneer.
Fargo-The big postoffice here will
be thrown open for visitors during the
week of May 1, so that all who are in
terested may learn more of the way
Uncle Sam handles their mail.
eismarck-The sale of 1921 hail
warrants to Twin City financial con-
Germs has passed the $1,5OO,OOO mark
1t is hoped to have 100000 worth
marketed before June Is.
EdgeIey-Lunch served by the auxil-
tary to the local Legion post on election
day netted more than S12O, which will
go for work among the disabled veter-
ans in North Dakota.
Thompson-A high school team won
by unanimous decision over a team
representing the Community club in a
recent debate on the question of Philip
pine independence.
New Leipzig-A posse organized to
capture burglar reported to be in the
Leader store here, closed in on
clothing dummy wearing a hat and a
raincoat.
Minot-Verdict of $2,4OO was award
ed by the state supreme court to Mrs.
Isaac Lapoint, 72, for injuries sustain
ed when horse belonging to local
transfer company bit her arm while
she was walking along the the street.
Devils lake-Hanfor MacNider, ma
tional commander Of the American
Legion, has accepted an invitation to
be present and address the North Da-
kota convention of the Legion to be
held here June 2O-22.
Wyndmere-A new rural route out
of here makes the third now in opera
tion, covering total of SO miles and
insuring postal service to practically
every family within radius Of "a
miles.
ShieIds-While engaged in driving
a bunch of horses across the Cannon
Ball river Arnold Stiles was resting on
a sandbar in midstream when the ice
broke up and started flowing. He
turned his pony loose and both battled
their way to shore but were badly
used up.
Jamestown-Co Constant gains in the
quantity of commercial freight NOV
Ing over the Northern Pacific were
made by days, weeks, and months dur
Ing January, February, and March,
according to report on business con-
ditions just issued by the road. The
conclusion is drawn that business is
rapidly approaching normal in the
Northwest.
Grand Forks-Winter rye in this
state was rated at SS on April ] by
the federal bureau of crop estimat tes
maintained here, one point below the
national. average. ranking four points
above last years grade on April :
and three points above the 10-year
average for the state. The acreage
is estimated at 100000, or 81 per
cent Of the total rye acreage in the
United States No ronort is nodo ~,