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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1886
Page
4
A compact digest of items from Inter Ocean including pricing, local growth, and Dakota developments. It reports the North Dakota pharmaceutical meeting in Fargo, land patents, a Devils Lake theory on reservations, farm advice on harrowing, and division politics for North Dakota and South Dakota with party contrasts and expected outcomes.
The Postmaster General issued a circular ahead of the Oct 1 start, under the Aug 4 1886 act, designating every post office as a delivery office and allowing immediate delivery by postmasters or capable staff for third and fourth class offices. Registered letters with a special delivery stamp receive priority like regular mail with full postage and registry, and material to residents within one mile of the office must be delivered immediately with receipt.
The Inter-Ocean rebuts a county contention over a four percent commission on bond sales, noting a supreme court ruling against such pay. It accuses Prosser and Maher of improper salary and commission claims, recounting a dispute over $339.50 and a plan to sue to recover funds. The piece warns Ramsey county taxpayers may emigrate if frauds persist.
A Missouri visitor notes Dakota wheat prices differ from Missouri with soft wheat at 70 to 76 cents and oats at 23 in Missouri, while Dakota hard wheat runs 68 to 60 cents and oats 40. He cites local mill profits, freight costs, and demand as key factors, predicting Dakota’s no1 hard wheat could reshape prices if Dakota built first class roller mills to grind its own grain. The producer would benefit from higher local milling and shared freight costs, pressuring Minneapolis mills to payfairly for quality grain.
A Livingston dispatch reports Montana stock growers moving surplus cattle to Valcota to winter on scarce feed. Grass is exhausted on ranges, many cattle driven into the British Northwest, while Powder River Cattle company exceeds 10 000 head driven before Sept. 10 when duties apply. Canadians grow hostile to American drives across the border seeking to protect their long term range.
The INTER-OCEAN notes the Dakota sentiment while details reveal Major Edwards plans to stay home in Bismarck to manage a white cottage and oversee the Argus newspaper, preventing editorial shifts and a formal nomination. The piece hints at political dynamics and local editorial influence affecting his decision.
Aug. 19. The town mourns Maj. Standish who returns soon with Mrs. Standish for a hearty welcome. Jean Pearce, kin of Frank Bartlett, travels from Maine with him to buy four to five carloads of cattle for their ranche north of town once harvesting ends. Crops will be cut this week and threshing begins. steamship smoke seen in the distance.
A frugal resident of West Lynn lives on a tiny banquet of matches and milk. He works hard and uses clever methods to split a match into four parts. His wife sometimes robs a chicken from West Hook for dinner. He dies leaving about $1,000 to his daughter after questionable charges on board.
Mrs Yerger tries to buy dress goods at Mose Schaumbure's dry goods store. The seller insists the price remains 40 cents per yard, despite her offer of 300 cents, and Mo se signals his son Solomon to seal the deal at 35 cents to keep the customer, yielding a 100 percent profit for Mose. The column also notes odd scenes aboard a city streetcar and a debuting depictions of society figures, reflecting local commerce and social curiosities.
The scanned page includes varied items: advertisements for bakeries and cigars, veterinary services, and a range of legal notices. It features mortgage foreclosures by The American Mortgage Company of Scotland and The New England Mortgage Company, with property details in Ramsey County Dakota and Grand Forks area, plus sale dates and court actions.
Notice of foreclosure by New England Mortgage Security Company against Ureault and heirs over land in Treville Lake, Mamsoy County. Describes mortgage dated August 30, 1880, recorded in county deed records, with amount due and sale to be held at public auction at the county seat on October 2, 188? at 2 PM, describing legal land quarters and warrants in the northwest portion of section 14, township 3, range 1, with parcel details and payment default.
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