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

A young man was wandering up.
and down the platform of the railway
station intent on finding an empty
carriage in the train. But in vain.
Assuming an official air, he stalked
up to the last carriage, and cried in a
stentorian voice: Gail change here;
this car isn't going" There were ex-
carnations low but deep from the &C.
cupants of the crowded car; but they
hurried and packed themselves away
in other parts of the train. The
smile on the face Of the young man
was childlike as he settled himself
comfortably. "Ah," he murmured,
cts great thing for me that was
born clever! I wish they would
hurry up and start" BY and by the
station agent appeared at the door
and said: II suppose you're the smart
young man who sad this car wasn't
going?" eyes," said the clever one,
and he smiled. "Well," said the sta
tionmaster with a grin, "it isn't. The
porter heard what you said, and so he
uncoupled it. He thought you were
a director. THE Argonaut.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
MINNEWAUKAN

Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Hulgren and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Elv-
run and family were visitors at the
Chas. Anderson home Monday.
Miss Regina Busch, of Munich, is
home for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Busch.
Pete Busch and Miss Maude Busch
were in the city on Wednesday having
some dental work done.
Little Kathleen Kettwig returned
to her home after spending the last
three weeks at the home of her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Scharf.
MI. and Mrs. Leonard Scharf, of
this city, were visitors at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Kettwig, Mon
day.
Miss Marie Wolf returned home on
Thursday from Devils Lake, where
she has been visiting her sister, Miss
Dorothy, who is attending high school
in the city.
George Hook was a visitor at the
j. B. wolf nome Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Heidi, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Liphon, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Bush were visitors at the
Frank Burkhardt home Friday night.
MI. and Mrs. Ben Hoffert were ov-
er Sunday visitors at the Bert Shiele
home north of Southam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alois Wolf and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hoffert
were visitors at the Roy Humble home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Olive Sampson returned Sat-
| urday from Edmore, where she spent
her vacation, and will open her school
on Monday.
Rosetta Humble returned to her
home Saturday after spending a week
at the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Scharf.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Kettwig were in
town Sunday. o..
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage, executed and de-
livered by j. M. Carey and Mrs. Susan
Alice Carey, mortgagors, to Emma J.
Holbeck, mortgage, dated the 9Th
day of May, 1921, and filed for re-
cord in the office of the register Of
deeds in and for Ramsey County, and
state of North Dakota on the 9Th day
of May, 1921, and recorded in book 60
of page GIT, will be foreclosed by a
sale of the premises in such mortgage
hereinafter described at the front door
of the court house at the city Of De-
wills Lake, Ramsey County, North Da-
kota, at the hour Of two o'clock in the
afternoon of the 21st day Of February,
1922, to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows, to-
wit: Lots seventeen (17) and eighteen
(18) Of block forty (4O) in the city
of Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North
Dakota. There will be due on such
mortgage at the date of sale the sum
Of 81 ,024.52. That at least thirty days
prior to the commencement of pro-
ceedings to foreclose this mortgage,
notice was caused to be served on the
record owners Of the said premises,
which notice, among other things, con-
tanned the amount due on such mort
gage, and statement that unless the
said amount was paid within thirty
days after the service thereof, said
mortgage would be foreclosed, and
that said notice was duly served on
the record owners of said premises by
registered mail.
Emma j. Holbeck,
Mortgage.
R. Goer,
Attorney for the Mortgage,
Postoffice address and residence,
Devils Lake, N. Oak.
&C times
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Quite number from out of this
community attended the funeral Of
Mrs. Knute Hansegard who died We'd
nesday at her home in Ontario town
ship.
P. A. Deplazes and Roy Humble at
tended the X. of c. banquet Monday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Oberg were
visitors at the home of Mrs. Oberg's
sister, Mrs. Elmer Engen, near Grand
Harbor, on Monday, making the trip
by auto and returning in the evening.
George Hook transacted business
in town Saturday.
Miss Maude Busch went to town
Monday having some dental work
done, returning Tuesday on the 500.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Breaks Fl Windows,
40 Years Is Penalty

Forty years in the penitentiary was
the sentence imposed by Police Mag
istrate George Moore of Perry Sound,
Ontario, on Stephen Zowisluk, who
pleaded guilty to smashing twenty-one
windows "in order to earn a term
in nice warm Jail for the winter"
He was convicted Of ten charges and
sentenced to serve a term of four
years on each, the sentences to run
consecutively. Canadian authorities
consider the sentence unnecessarily
severe and it will doubtless be COM
muted.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Hard Boiled!

Judge Duell had vacated his. chair
at the City Hall and Attorney j. C.
Adamson took the opportunity to slide
into it and light cigar. Jim McCor-
mick leaned on the railing and made
a sarcastic remark about the futility
of lawyers in general.
"Now, Jim, you know darn site
BETTER" said Adamson. "If it wasn't
for lawyers this vast domain would
still be wilderness; and you would
not now be drawing interest on two
hundred thousand and worrying about
the hard times. Whenever you had
financial bellyache -"
cav, piffle!" said Jim. "You know
I've always maintained that if they'd
hang lawyer every time they con-
victed a felon, this would be a sweet,
Christmas-like world to live in.'
"What's the row!" shouted big Pete
Timboe, as he breezed in and handed
Judge Duell a check for $11.2O (fine
and costs.) The financier and lawyer
at once crowded in and demanded of
the court that he make it four-way
split, forgetting, as usual, the modest
newspaper man sitting on the railing,
pencil in hand. But that's always the
way! The newspaper man never gets
his unless he spills the beans - and
then what he gets isn't always envi-
able.
The matter was finally settled by
Pete, who warned the contentious ones
that "the Court was awfully handy
with the application Of that $780,
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

toHS VI Wal WCIC uScQ.
Because of the enormous demands
tor war materials modern by-product
ovens were constructed and in 1919
more than 81 per cent of our coke sup
ply came from these ovens. 1t is esti-
mated that for every ton of coke made
IN modern by-product ovens there is
saved in fuel alone 825 pounds of coal.
When householder burns a ton of
coal he has sacrificed something like
ll,OOO cubic feet of gas, nine gallons of
tar, twenty-five pounds of ammonium
sulphate, 2.O9 gallons of pure benzol
and 0.5o gallons of pure toluol.
In our industrial life the use of coal
derivatives is just beginning to be felt.
The rubber industry depends upon
these products for solvents, COM
pounding ingredients and softcners.
Practically all types of paint now use
a derivative of coal. Printing inks.
shoe polishes, brake Innings, dry clean
ers, perfumes, explosives, linolcums,
CLUES, pastes and Photographic de-
velopers, contain coal products as
basic ingredients The paper industry,
the soap business, and the shoe manu-
facturer would be in serious difficulties
without the by-products Of coal tar.
The electrical industry would lose its
chief source of insulating material and
the doctors and druggists would be
without sufficient supply of phenol
to make their supply Of everyday
drugs.
Coal tar, the refuse of ancient vege-
table Kingdoms, is valuable because it
produces a galaxy of bril.ant colors,
not SO much for the colors themselves
but because in producing them so
many intermediates are developed that
are of inestimable worth to the indus
trial life of the nation.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Wo33ER RnQl M D: E2!4f 5
Synthetic Chemistry, After Learning the Secret o.
Making Royal Purple Succeeds in Producing
All the Colors of the Rainbow
No. v
COLOR
Lors of the Rainbow
(ToId in Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND

In the dim ages of history when man
first felt the desire for beauty, traders
searched the world for dyestuffs, jew
els, perfumes, spices and precious
woods. The risk Of these voyages was
great and only princes or mobiles could
afford the fruits of ventures to the far
corners of the world. No man OF
humble origin could aspire to the ricl,
crimsoned linen, the Royal Purple of
ancient Tyre, retailing at 5000 pound.
Royal Purple is an age-old insignia
of aristocracy. This dye was secrctcd
by small shellfish on the Eastern
coast of the Mediterranean and here
the enterprising merchants of Tyre
formed dye monopoly eq,aled only
by the German Cartel.
A bit of the whitish liquid secreted by
this mollusk, if spread upon a cloth
and exposed to the air and sunlight
purple. If washed with an alkali soap
it becomes the magnificent Crimson
worn by the Cardinals and Princes of
the Catholic Church. Tyrian purple
vanished from the marts Of the world
with the fall of Tyre.
Synthetic chemistry learned the Sc
cret of making Royal Purple as, in
deed, it learned to manufacture indigo,
the same deep blue that may be seen
today in museums, the winding sheets
Of Egyptian mummies. 1t was an
achievement to snatch its distinctive
color from royalty and to rival the
best vegetable indigo of the an
clients but modern chemistry has
gone far beyond tl1ct. Today any kind
of dye found in nature can be made in
the laboratory. Indeed, among the 900
shades and colors being manufactured
there are tints that it would be diff
cult to discern in the rainbow.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
COUNTY NEWS
By STAFF CORRESPONDENTS

John Rubbelke, Bill Rutten and
Leonard Bauer attended the "old
time" dance and card party in Crary
Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Craft were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kuntz
Sunday evening.
Lena Schuck of Devils Lake came
down Saturday to spend few days
at the Kuntz home.
Bert and Art Murray were visitors
in town Sunday.
The Southam school opened again
Monday after being closed for a two
weeks vacation.
Miss Mae Phalen returned home
Sunday after spending the holidays
at Freeport, Illinois.
Paul Jaqua, who has been spend
ing the holidays at his home, return
ed here Sunday.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

ma n II t acture o;
coke, in which pro.
cess coal tar is OBJ.
tanned, is the only
metallurgical oper.
alton that America
continues to con-
duct, in a large
measure, after the
manner Of a cen
fury ago. In 1915
there were 4l,5W,-
600 tons of coke
produced in this
country for which
a ! m o S t 100000
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

"What's all that noise gwine. on
ovah at you house last night?" asked
an old colored woman of another.
Sounded like a lot of catamounts
done broke loose"
"Dat? Why dat was nothin' only
de gen'man from the furniture store
collecting his easy payments"
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

These colors all
come from coal tar
but after it is I'M
dcrstood that coal
tar is the quintes-
sence of the forests
of untold ages the
feat does not ap-
pear to be so mar
vellous.
And still for CEN
turtles this country
has been wasting
vast quantities Of
the precious mate
rial. In fact, the
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Carts Before the Horse.
! 1t is a universal sport these days to
advise economy and saving. It would
be more appreciated if some of the
advisers would furnish the capital
to save from.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
If We Both Knew.

II we bOtn hneW.
II | knew you and you knew me,
If both of us could clearly see,
And with finer sight devine
The meaning Of your heart and mine,
I'm sure that we would differ less
And clasp our hands in friendliness;
Our thoughts would pleasantly agree
IT knew you and you knew me.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Couldn't Stand the Bumps.

Couldn't Stand the Bumps.
"Tommy" Rifle, the notorious base
ball man and tailor of Leeds, who
last season piloted a team almost to
state championship, with T. B. Mont
gomery, were business visitors Mon
day in Minnewaukan: Mr.. Mont
gomery is also one of the notorious"
Leeds men. A few weeks ago Mont
gomery paid an election wager to
Filing Tufte, of Niles when he start
ed to wheel the latter from Leeds to
Niles in wheelbarrow. By mutual
consent, it is understood, the wager
was called "off" at the edge of Leeds,
after Tufte began to realize that
Montgomery had the long end of the
deal, even if he had lost the bet.
Sittin' on the hurricane deck of a
common Irish wheelbarrow with the
temperature down about freezing isn't
half as comfortable as being the pilot
was the conclusion of both parties
Benson County Farmers Press.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
You Tell EN-!

You Tell EN-!
When you run across a word say
like believe or receive and are
doubtful of how to get it spelled
why just make them the same SO they
look alike as 2 PEGS and then place
he dot in the middle. Commas may
be used every 5th word; semi-colon
every 18th. In punctuating an OBJ
ituary period should be placed dir
ectly at the end Of the last line
Glasgow Democrat.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Agricultural sections are slowly
recovering from the bump of bumper
crops.-Steubenville Herald-Star.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
les q Good Story, But
Those Days Are Gone

No more do men ride out into the
country to redress wrongs and drive
out svil-doers. The knights and barons
would find time hang heavy on their
hands, and their good swords would be
rusted from disuse.
Times change and manners with
them. But there still remains the
need for men who will devote their
uv- their efforts and their skill to
making VT upon wrong. For wrong
persists. even though the shield and
helmet and spear are n: longer USE
bold and bloody sort 1t was in King
Alfrsd's time. It is sly. soft hammered,
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Nels Show, of Harding township,
drove to town the good old-fashioned
way Tuesday. He reports the sleigh
ing rather poor in spots.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

While BUSINESS is on the upgrade
lot of sand is needed to keep the
wheels from slipping. Columbia
Record. -
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

At the time of handing in his re-
signation from office, Mr.. Wallace
sent the following letter to M. A..
Hoghaug, his deputy commissioner,
in the first congressional district:
''Now that the time has come for
me to lay down the duties of my office,
I desire to thank you for the kind
assistance and hearty cooperation
you have given me in the past. It is
with reluctance that say goodbye
to the desk I have worked over so
long. The duties have usually been
pleasant although the work has been
hard, yet, I have enjoyed it. Your
assistance has been indispensable and
I am truly grateful.
"Already, I have some offers of
employment which will pay me more
than l am now getting, but have
never worked for money alone.
wishing you abundance of success
in the future and with the seasons
greetings, am as ever
Yours faithfully,
Geo. E. Wallace.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

The concert of nations will be i'm
proved by addition of the Irish harp
Piedmont.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
ASsYOU LIKEW
SOMETIMES SERIOUS, OFTEN
SILLY BUT NOT ALL
~ CHAFF.

Dogs of war feed on bones of con
tention.-Grecnville Piedmont.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Honest Bootleggers Up Against 1t.
The prohibition authorities will ask
congress for ar additional $50 agents.
Let us hope they won't get so many
men workers agin the demon rum
that a good honest bootlegger will
have to split with so many of 'em he
won't be able to lay up a cent
Glasgow Democrat.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Lies.

Lies.
You have often condemned
Life's contemplate lies
Without mincing:
But say, can you look
Yourself straight in the eyes
Without wincing?
.,..... &C. NJ,
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

No Argument.
II cannot sing the old SONGS"
Walled Jim, the hired man;
And his boss replied, sarcastical-
Nobody says you cant"
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

COURIER NEWS. FARGO. d.
have Just read Of areh the I'D who fought the
loss have feel that MT
check draft money order that I understand.
r. f. D.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Can You Blame Him

Can You Blame Him?
You have ridiculed the farmer all
your life,
You have taken but have given point
of knife;
He is now in position to declare:
"You scoffed at me, but now your
shelves are bare,
will raise enough to feed my family
we'll
The rest Of you may josh your way
to hell"
Bromley Kite.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11


selves to the righting Of wrong. in
the realm. From the court Of the
king there rode each day armed men
bent on errands of Justice. It was
thus that the king polioed his land
and freed his realm from crime and
oppression.
The Tale Of a Kitchen .knavs
Knight
Fired by the fair examples Of tho
older men of his time, a lad of noble
birth solicited his mother to permit
him to enter the service Of the king
and help clear the land Of the evils
that oppressed it. The mother, 4
widow, loath to let him go. at last
submitted, on his agreeing to 70 to
court and there remain one year a.
dishes and turning the spit. SO
Gareth, for that is the name Tenny-
son gives him in his "Idylls of a
King" is serving as kitchen knave
when Lynette appears at court and
demands the services Of noble to
rescue her sister, who is held prisoner
in her own castle by four grim viii
lalns, because she Will not wed one
Of them.
Gareth, still in his kitchen dress,
begs to be allowed to do this serv-
Ice, and the king, much to the dis
gust Of Lynette. assentst Shortly
thereafter Gareth and Lynette start
out, the latter much peeved over hav-
ing kitchen knave a. champion.
The four grim villains are not with
out q sense Of the effectiveness Of
tat ~
himself the Morning STAR the sec
ond. the Midday Sun. the third. the
Evening Star and the fourth, Night
and Death. Each guards one Of the
four fords Of the river.
Gareth, the kitchen knight, over
throws them. one by one. but this
does not endear him to Lynette, who
holds her nose and pretends that she
can smell tho odor Of garlic and
gives him no.. credit for the service
he has done her, saying that he won
through good luck or accident-until
they come upon the spectre-like form
Of the last Of the four. Here is q
grisly sight-Death and Night on a
coal-black. horse, with black armor
upon which is painted the outlines Of
would have Gare.h draw back. But he
presses on to the conflict and in the
end smites the bull neck Of his adj
versary 30 that the head is severed
from the body. From the opening of
the horrid carcass there appears the
round full face Of little boy, who
explains that his older brothers, be-
lieving they were strong enough to
hold the fords below, had made him
dress up in this mummery to fright
en- away the timorous souls who might
come that way.
Of life is passed, the MONDAY Of man
hood goes the evening of age falls
and night and death hide within them
another life, for him who conquers.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Out West, in the corn belt, the
farmers have found a way to beat
the coal men. They grow their own
fuel.-Detroit Free Press.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

If they must have an American as
king of Albania, why not choose a
baseball umpire? He ought to be
able to stand anything.-New York
Evening Mail.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

Well, We'll scrap the ships. But we
still cling to the conviction that we
could have licked any other navy in
the world.-Akron Beacon-Journal.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
Brief

s.. Brief
Oh, her name was Irene, ...
And she wore crepe-de-chine;
You could see more Irene
Than you could crepe-de-chine.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

We shall eventually have to loan
the Germans the money they were
going to take from us if they won the
war.-Columbia Record.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

There was one good thing about
old Dobbin. You didn't have to haul
corn to town to swap for something
to run him with.-Buffalo Evening
News.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11
CONVERSE new
|: TAX CONS |oNER
GEo.E. WALLACE MAKES STATE.
,y.~. MENT IN RELINQUlSH-
ING OFFICE.

C.. G. Converse Of WillistOnts North
Dakota Tax Commissioner. Mr.. Con-
verse was. given his commission by
Governor R. A. Nestos on the last
day of the year when George E. Wal
lace, tax commissioner for the last
nine and half years relinquished his
office. Mr.. Wallace spent his last day
in office in getting details ready for
the new administration and cleaning
his desk of personal matters which had
accumulated in his long tenure as
guardian of the states taxes.
In quitting his office, Mr.. Wallace
made the following statement:
"It is with regret that now real
ize the time has arrived for me
to lay down the duties of my office
after a continuous service Of almost
ten years.
During all this time the work done
in the department has been a real
mans job. Particularly heavy has
been the litigation ]. have conducted
to safeguard the public funds. One
case is now with the state supreme
court affecting the question of the
taxation Of stocks in state banks.
The issue is so drawn it is possible
for the court to decide also the ques-
ton of taxation for national banks.
Assuming that the court will deal
with both, the amount of money in
volved in that one case alone, is suf-
ficient to pay my salary for five
hundred years. / feel confident that
the case will be won for the public.
"There is also case tried and
awaiting decision by the supreme
court Of the United States, which I
argued this month. It involves the
law taking the four principal rail-
roads of the state on the value of the
capital stock. There are pending
about twenty-five revenue cases that
I will not be able to reach. The to-
tai amount involved in submitted and
decided cases reach well into the mil
lions in revenue. The untried cases
also involve large amounts of taxes.
although taxation is very dry
and technical subject, yet I have
learned to. love it, and feel that 1 have
gone a long way in mastering it, es-
pecially with reference to court work.
County officials have co-operated
splendidly in the enforcement of the
revenue laws. I desire, at this time,
to thank them one and all, for their
valuable assistance.
"The new administration must take
up my tasks where I lay them down.
There is great deal to do. wish the
new administration God speed and
good luck in solving these questions
for the public"
+:>>.- oe Lc-I:-.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-01-11

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