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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
2
A fragment from a local page notes Italian competitors in a regional event drawing excitement among sponsors and fans. Names and places are unclear, but the action centers on a track or road race and its community impact.
Fragmentary legal notice records a scheduled local hearing or court action involving individuals named in the text. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a formal proceeding with public notice requirements.
In Devils Lake tonight Farmer Johns heavyweight champion of Southern Minnesota meets McGurren and Hauge state champion and former state champion. The winner gets 75 percent of private receipts. The bout is at the Grand Opera house roster rink with fast preliminaries starting promptly at clock. Crowds expected from Crary Fargo Grand Forks and other towns. Lake Athletic club to be ringside.
Angus McDonald of East Grand Forks defeated Roxie Orris of Munich to take two falls after long grinding sessions. Orris won the first fall in nineteen minutes, with McDonald tying on the second before the decisive third fall. Atlas Kid and Palmer the Peerless also wrestled. Palmer won the first fall, Atlas the second, then Atlas refused the third. Colonel Winecke officiated with satisfaction.
Department of Commerce and Labor figures show 1904 salaried officials and clerks at 1,181 rising to 9,233 in 1909. Average wage earners grew from 12,049 to 75,721 over the period. The number of establishments increased dramatically by 917 percent, with capital invested also expanding.
The report shows capital investment rising to $173,837,000 in 1909 from $23,054,000 in 1904, a 653 percent gain. Product value reached $249,202,000 in 1909 versus $30,034,600 in 1904, up 730 percent. Material costs and value added by manufacture surged, with materials at $131,646,000 in 1909 and $13,151,000 in 1904, and value added at $117,556,000 in 1909 compared with $16,883,000 in 1904, now 47 percent of total product value.
Devils Lake was well represented on the university football squad this year. Harry Hinck, a law student, played guard in several games. Raymond Holmes, a freshman in Arts, started at end in the final games. Few freshmen win varsity recognition, and those named are of extraordinary ability.
The American Automobile Association plans its Federal Aid Good Roads convention January 16 and 17 in Washington D C with cooperation from highway interests. President Robert H Hooper will invite legislators who introduced highway measures to discuss national road building and government participation. An unprecedented attendance is anticipated at the Willard Hotel as 33 congressional measures are represented.
The notes mention party fundraising costs for the Athletic association, tardy students, and a drawing class cut short by late closing. It notes the girls lack a suitable venue for basketball and a strong final exam percentage with Bot tinen lowest. New students and rising attendance are reported.
The Grand Forks Herald classified section advertises farm for rent two sections for one or two years with 1000 acres plow land, meadows, wells, granaries, and fencing. Other items include stray horse notice, weaving school ads, rubber stamps, and job offers in Devils Lake and Grand Forks areas.
Tokio George Calderwood of Crary was a business visitor in Tokio on Saturday. C D Mills went to Crary Friday returning Saturday. Miss Freeberg attended The Red Mill at the Grand Opera house in Devils Lake last week. Mr and Mrs F H Baitson and son Vernon were Devils Lake visitors on Thursday. Miss Wilson was shopping in Devils Lake Thursday. Fred Leuther plans to return with his family to McVitie after grain buying this fall. Fred Richmond hosted a dancing party in the schoolhouse Friday night with many Devils Lakers guests and a turkey lunch at midnight. Mr and Mrs Hanson and daughter May of Devils Lake visited Mr and Mrs Herbert Haitson recently. Mr Albert Lundy went to Maza Saturday to spend Sunday with family. Francis and Emery Chase are home a few days with their parents. John Egan arrived from Brooten Minn to make this town his future home. Miss Leona Jaqua attended teachers' institute at Oberon last week.
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