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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
3
Mr Elmer Holtowes resigns from the Great Western Bank of Osnabrook to join the Union Commercial College in Grand Forks where graduates are promised job placement.
Olaf Leet closes out stock in Webster and stages a large auction Saturday December 23. Frank Hyland serves as auctioneer. The event is billed as an exceptional bargain opportunity with a large crowd expected at bidding start.
The North Dakota National Guard association plans its annual meeting in Jamestown in February, possibly February 21, aligning with Company G Valley City's Feb 22 military ball. Leaders debate rifle team selection amid a 20 percent handicap for former members, urging North Dakota to field its strongest possible national team. Lieutenant L. R. Baird of Dickinson emerges as a leading presidential candidate.
Williston North Dakota December 15 W T Poe former city auditor who served part of a ten year term for irregularities appeared before the state board of pardons in Bismarck and gave a statement of facts said to illuminate the case He named several prominent locals as connected with the affair Critics doubt a conspiracy but the conditional pardon and Poe s return to Williston have stirred interest Authorities have given no official word on the matter Poe was implicated in large scale public funds irregularities and a prior escape attempt followed by a guilty plea and ten year sentence The new disclosures are promised to unfold further details.
Dickinson December 15 acquittal of George Hill on a charge of mistreating 14 year old girl Lut developed that the girl's mother did not believe the charge and testified favorably to the accused. Hill's trial followed an investigation by W D Blake humane office.
Prominent educational and practical farmers gathered in Dickinson for the North Dakota Dry Farming association’s second annual convention. The event drew wide state attendance, and Dickinson extended its hospitality. The upcoming North Dakota Corn and Clover convention and mid winter fair will convene in Grand Forks in February with leading agricultural college experts and Northwest farmers to discuss regional issues.
Capt J M Hanley Mandan former speaker of the North Dakota house and candidate for lieutenant governor predicts the federal pay bill will pass in this session He cites support from the North Dakota delegation and talks with Rep Victor Murdock about welfare of the measure He notes backing from the war department and notes militia officers and men push petitions and letters to congressmen urging action.
In New Rockford North Dakota on December 15 jurors trying Harry Kjergaard and James Syfstestad for selling cider with over one percent alcohol found them not guilty after ordering a half keg of the cider to the jury room. The state college analysis showed 4.47 percent alcohol. The panel discussed effects of drunken cider before acquittal, a first such North Dakota record.
Wahpeton North Dakota December 15 The man who shot and killed Sheriff Moody last Saturday and who was later killed in a posse fight on Sunday has been positively identified as Bert Hudson a farm hand who worked on the O C Reineschimer place near Wahpeton last fall Warden Hellstrom state penitentiary from Bismarck said the man was not Charles Moline Hudson had not shown insanity nor displayed symptoms and left the Reineschimer farm recently The sheriff's funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at his Wahpeton home
Minot N D December 15 after a lengthy two hour session Judge Leighton granted the writ of habeas corpus for Gust McLaren preventing his extradition to Burlington Iowa for the alleged shooting of Officer Countryman in September 1909. The case drew wide attention as extradition battles are rare and often unsuccessful.
Jamestown North Dakota December 15 The jury acquitted Iver Anderson in the illegal fishing prosecution at Spiritwood Lake arising from a fishing seine found near the shore by W B DeNault and others last June. The case was an appeal from a justice court preliminary hearing.
County Commissioner Arne Amundson waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court on counts of criminal assault on 16 year old Nellie Abrahamson and procuring an abortion. Bond set at 1500 for assault and 1000 for abortion. Father Nels Abrahamson posted 1000 bond to appear as complaining witness.
Justice Shell heard George Conklin sue Ross Sams Curtis Creswell C B Sams and John Elliott for cattle trespass that damaged about twenty acres of flax. Witnesses identified cattle with brands ZS and pitchfork driven from Conklin’s field. verdict awarded $52 plus costs over 40 to the defendant group. Otto Thiess represented the plaintiff.
H. P. Hanson of Sherwood pledges his life to a rope after falling twenty feet into a well near the city. He had just drawn water when the well cover caught and he slipped. He grabbed the rope as he fell, used it to pull himself up a half hour later, and clung to the walls due to the rope’s weakness until he reached the top. He was alone when the accident occurred about a mile from town.
Company B of the North Dakota National Guard in Williston has decided to purchase a site for an armory and will apply to the state for the $5,000 aid granted for such construction. The move follows a December decision to advance the project in the city.
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