10 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
1
Minneapolis Journal notes irrigation will benefit all regions and likens the bill to a new homestead law. It praises Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota as a future father of the irrigation law and argues the measure extends beyond the old homestead act by making homesteads possible across the land.
Charles Doyon of Ramsey County operates a multi thousand acre farm and shows 40 acre oats yield 91 bushels per acre and a 8200 acre field averaging 71 bushels. He notes wheat 25 bushels and No 1 hard grade. He compares Ramsey County land favorably to Illinois land at $25 to $40 per acre.
Washington September 29 estimates for the rural free delivery service for the coming year total 12 655 800 dollars, a net rise of 5 126 400 from this year. The plan increases pay for letter carriers to 12 million, adds ten division superintendents, expands special agents, raises per diem for route inspectors, and allocates funds for incidental expenses and clerks.
The ladies of Devils Lake plan a grand bazar for Mercy Hospital on October 28 29 and 30 in the Brennan block second story near the city hall. It highlights the costly hospital project rising to about 30 000 while initial estimates were 15 000 and praises the volunteers for their time and effort.
Correspondence and offers of contributions and cooperation should be addressed to Mrs. Joseph Denoyer and Mrs. Edward Flynn, who have charge of the bazar.
Grand Forks Plaindealer reports growing scarcity of threshers as labor drops from harvest and threshing to lumber camps. Wages averaged 3.50 to 8 dollars per day with many men earning good stakes, but cold mornings and poor housing in new western sections push workers to seek other shelters and jobs.
A Bismarck Palladium account describes a brilliant fireball seen at about 5 am near the north horizon. The sphere descended in a zig zag, leaving green and red sparks, a bright green red trail, and a white cloud that lingered 15 to 20 minutes before fading.
Noted portraitist General Hens Wu Ver Bryck died in Milwaukee last week. Reports say Northern Pacific may sell all Manitoba franchises to Canadian Pacific. Chicago theft of wooden sidewalks billboards and unguarded building materials for fuel escalates. Minnesota sugar beet harvest averages twelve tons per acre with farmers paid 4.50 per ton. Naglyanpe Sioux leader elected chief of Carlisle municipal band. Miss Alice Hay wed James W. Wadsworth in Genesee, September 30. Camden New Jersey reservoir broke releasing 8 million gallons. damage cost estimated at 25 thousand dollars. Beldenville Hardwood Lumber railroad workers strike involves fifty men across Wisconsin crews. Minnesota tuition fund allocations tied to attendance. Polk County losses approach 7 thousand dollars as 2,000 pupils miss required days.
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