Devils Lake inter-ocean., May 20, 1910, Image 4

About Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915

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Xb* Agnate, of U»? mantis eyea dimVy
jUKerned.
Bnt no sopner bad be spoken.tfcan
£.fce householder lowered the, mil. .for,
faith to his amazement. be beheid
coming Into the path of light a yvaiig
fngn whose ffcce, was familiar to him.
resting, on hlx arm was a pftte
laced, wan eyed young girt whose
dainty laiment of -white was torn
through contact with briers and stain
«d here and there withdlrt marts.
"This young lady Is far from home."
announced Gilbert, "lost her .*|y.
Seeds food and net Will yon keep
tier here until morning? 1 will pay
yon well."
The planter glowered suspldoualyat
1 will have to ask. tny wU*,* raa
Us reply as be drew back hstotbe
boose, slammed the door and -left the
travel worn oonple standing disconso
lately in the blackness of the night
The girl clang to Gilbert In nervous
fear of the dogs, which however, were
leashed in a woodshed near by. He
comforted her. though be also wa*
dismayed—for another reason, how-
Suppose the planter's wife would not
lake Madeleine in! What was to be
done then? Not another dwelling
Srtthin miles!
There would be only one resource,
and that was practically no resource
at all, was probably oat of the ques
tion, for It meant the taking of the
girl through the lines of the distant
military camp and the procuring of
•helter of some sort for ber there.
The door finally opened. Gilbert
awaited tensely the answer. The
planter again appeared.
"Come on in," he snapped. "Come
In and explain to my wife, and If yoa
can satisfy her that you're all right
yoa can leave the young person here
for the night."
With a sigh of relief at the glimmer
•f hope held out to him Gilbert half
carried his charge across the threshold
and into the living room of the plant
ex's bouse.
He explained that the girl had stray
ed into the woods in search of wild
flowers, had lost ber way, that he had
fortunately come across her and had
guided her to the planter's house, from
whence she could return home In the
morning.
No he had had no opportunity to
-ake her to her own home, because
the distance was very great and he
was compelled to join his soldier com
rades or else prove disobedient to bis
superior officer—something he would
under no circumstances do.
The planter's mate surveyed them
both with keenly penetrating eyes.
Perhaps she guessed that the hand
•ome soldier lad had.^iot told her all
of his story or very much of the truth
of the situation.
Perhaps she knew-that the bewilder
ed gaze of the wearied young girl as
jfce 'listened to her companion's story
revealed it-to' be a pore and, so far
as she was concerned, an entirely un
necessary fabrication.
Perhaps the kindly woman knew In
tuitively that before her were two
hearts that throbbed solely for one an
other, and she questioned not the
story.
She gave them food and drink, and
Twhen it came time for the soldier to
lace the long tramp to his camp she
•withdrew quietly from the room. leav
ing them to bid each Other farewell.
"Do not leave me do not go." the
girl pleaded with Gilbert "You most
never be away from me again, and"—
Jher voice quavered—"they will sboOt
yon—you will be kiiled."
Her eyes filled with tears as she
clang to him.
"No, no it is a soldier's duty lio
brave unflinchingly whatever danger
may occur. My country has called me,
and I must respond. Besides, dear
one, there is no danger. Those red
coats don't know the country. They
stand up in line in the open, while we
shoot them from behind trees and
irom ditches where we lie concealed."
She shuddered at his description of'
the horrible thing which she vaguely
understood to be war. A strange, ter
rified look came into her eyes.
"Yon say what Is not so." she flut
tered. "There Is danger. You will be
killed. 1 feel it I know It, I can see
you now"—her eyes closed^ and she
clutched his arm with both her tipy
hands—"I can see ycfu now lying be
side a rock there is a bole in. your
forehead there is blood on your face,
Gilbert, and lying all around you are
men whose arms and legs are go lie."
She reeled away from him and sway
ed backward. He sprang to ber and
saved her from falling.
"Yes," she went on prophetically,
ber voice rising—"yes, Gilbert—my Gll
fcert-and I can see the man who
icOled you. There he is crouching over
there." She pointed hysterically before
iter. "He is laughing and loading his
jgnn, and his face—ob, his face 1b the'
face of Baonl de Valette!"
As she cried out these last' words
ber voice broke Into a despairing wall,
and she fell forward limply 1n her'
Dover's arms. She was unconscious.
The planter and his wife responded
to the lad's frantic calls, and they
rled the precipos form up Into a
tmU'oam. where the woman applied
'jre "iratlveg. When Madeleine finally
ej'-jed her efes and looked about her,
^poi'd: was sent tcr the anxious, soldier
jraiting below.
/, "You had better go now, She la all
it advised the planter,. *She
taken home In the morning. If
you go near her again she wtil only
*g*ln,jp iwr oldt woman W•"
Gilbert Bieele took up bfe hat and
•Sffbtk'*,, heart overwhelmed with sad
roage|.^^s»tel3?-:,oiit into (U
A vague. Intangible sense of hBpeoH
ing doom smote him. Be fought it off
qtanftOly. bat it woaM dot down. The
girl's words, her manner, iter damI
eyet that tarn a* she waned him of his
fate, made blm tremble for the mor
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Gilbert Steele was not a coward,
let for the first time In his life be
was possessed by physical fear. In
his elementary young Uffe he had not
been accustomed to analysing
MB
ings or his emotions. Brents had
come tpo quiekly to permit him todla
e»Kr ibtt then was such a form at
•elf ^rnitMitton as psychology. Had
he:known something about tills tn
trospectlve as well as projective scl
enc« be-wxmld havebeeo abtefcocom
forthimaelf with the reflectfonthat
tte ooainlDg fear that dtteMix^wd to
master him was aotelytiiereeoltof
theover wrought and temporarily dis
tracted mind of the glrlheloved.
Bat to* Gilbert Steel* stopMlng
through the abysmal pitch of the
night, the doeed eyes that saw
penetrated Into the hidden world of
tbe things that were to be, and try as
be would he could not shot oat from
his own vision the crouching body
that reloaded a gnn and the face that
laughed—theface at Baonl de Vaiettet
(To be continued.)
Many a aelf-made man ought to have
let the -job out
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'/^PRESBYTERIAN CHURC
Soaday.May 22d.
doming woraMpatilo'
sermon by the p&stor.
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Sunday school at 13 o'clock. Tjbe re
poxisdelegates to the:
Sunday school Convention *111 be pre
sented at this time.
Junior C. .K. at S
Senior C. E..at 7 o'clock. Subject^
"What Is it to be a Christian?" Acta
26:2449. I
Evening worship at 8 o'clock. Sub
ject: "The Man of Victory." This
will be the closing address of the in
teresting series "A ^Man'a ^effeage
to Men."
To all these services the publlo is
invited. The church with a Weloome
fcw titae peo^e takes pleasure in ex
tending a special invitation to streng
ers and those with no church home to
worship wifli as. All eeata free
SUPPOSE.
Yoa .needed a man-and there were
three .applicants for the Job, all wlUlng
to work for same salary, bat-only
had experience In your line, which
one woald you hire? The man- witli
experience, coarse. Would yoa
use the same judgment In selectiflg
canjgUdate for governor? Prof. H.
Aaker. the Independent progressive
republican candidate, l^as experience
ana nas made good give Mm your
sapport-r-Adv.
Roller Bearing, Light Draft
SUCCESS SPREADER
The only spr^adca* with a 32-year re
cord .of good work, Simplicity, Dur-1
ability and light draft always fore
I S _J®08tir -NO- t'
COG GEARS: The choice of men
who investigate thoroughly.. Wood
or metal wheels. 4. generation of j,
experience back of every SUCCESS- 7
The Leader from the first. ,x.'{•'], _•
Let us kitow your wante. S-
County Implement Ca
Can you buy lots 50x140 for lew than $400.00?
IN DODGE'S ADDITION
WHERE
Can you buy lots with street and sewer grades
established?
IN DOOM'S AMOTION
WHERE
Can you buy lots with the streets already"
graded
•,vie and no grading tax to pay?
IN DODGE'S ADDITION
WHERE
Can you buy lots with no taxes to pay before
March in,
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Nets of ttie WeA FrwB
Parts of the State...
WHEAT WILT IS DAN6ER0US
Bqlley's Experiments Show
Affeets Other firaias.
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•%heat wilt Is & far more seriou
proposition than flax wilt and soO 's^bV*
ness, according to Professor H. L.* pol
iky jft the North Dakota, A^^ultnra)
college. Professor Bolley Is fajpab'as
tifi-oagh his discoveries of ipibUitb^ica^
aibd its treatment, his" deyelopmiuit ,ot
the formaldehyde treatment for 'simat
tar' wheat, of flax wilt and other plant
diseases. Having developed linmnii^
flax, he turned his attention to
wilt and wheat soil sickness. ,.
experiments so far Indicate there
ive diseases affecting the plant
and tbe soil. He does not know
that all five are equally serious, and.ls
carrying on a line of experiments.'to
differentiate these, which may shdw
that,, possibly, only two or three are
really menacing.t .. /j
The worst phase of the Investiga
tion is that, while flu wilt and flax
sick soil affects only flax, the wheat
wilt, affects not only whekV hut barley
and oats as well. This feature makes,
the disease a grave affair. It causes
widespread damage and materially in
terferes with the old system of crop
rotation for eradication.
Professor Bolley insists that the In
fected grain, even when seeded on un
infected land, will Innoculate the new
soil, and good grain, when seeded on
infected land, results. In a" damaged
crop, so there is a double danger.
He urges proper treatment of the
grain and rotation of crops, especially
a cultivated crop, with cultication &n£
aeration of the soil as the only way
to free the state from.the danger that
threatens.
FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Husband Burned to Death and Wife
Badly Injured..
John Hoock of Hazelton arbse' at
about midnight in order to "build
fc to prepare some food for his
wife. who was the'mother of a-child
about two days old. It is supposed he
used gasoline by mistake in lighting
the QiN. :'.
There was an explosion, the Jdtchen
was {jit once enveloped in flames and
the -fi^e spread rapidly toother por
tions of the house.
Sirs. Hoock succeeded in making her
Mcaae^lrbim ffhe hou^e with her baby^
bat%i5W«everely burned.
Her,'maid, Mary Butler, waB badly
burned in "tiding to rescue Mr. Hoock,
but had to abandon the effort and nar'
rowly escaped herself.
Mr. Hoock's bddy waB found burned
to a criBp in the ashes of tbe house,
whick was^completely destroyed.
NARROW ESCAPE FOR TRAIN
Runs Over Ralls Safely After Bridge
Burns.
The Great Northern local train be
tween 'Grand Forks and Gasselton
"jumped" over a coulee near Murray
station, south of Mayvllle. The -bridge,
about twenty-flve feet wide, had been
burned .and only the .rails were left
hanging- together, with a sag in the
center, yhen the train came along.
The engineer noticed the smoke, but
did not thlnk anything was wrong un
til too late. Striking the unsupported
rails there was a terrific jar, passen
gers were throVrn about and cars'dis
connected, bnt all got over safely. An
examination showed the bridge to
have been burned, only the rails be
ing left,-
HEAVY FIRE LOSS AT NHNOT
New Water System 8aves Business
Section of City,
Fire destroyed the north end of
lower Stain street at Minot and was
only pr^rented from spreading to the
business: section by, thev splendid
pressure furnished by the new water
system^ 'A
The Are started In-a ciltaf factory^
spread 4 the European restaurant,
McDougal1 dray office, CHander's 'em
ployinerife, agency' ana Smith's pool
hau. e?'
The ^tftal losfoH the ^uildlngs^
which were tfwned by E. F. Tompkins
is estimsited at fZ(1,000, insured for a
third d^It£ value,. The" loss. on' stock
amount»'ito ?8,0Q0, partially, Insured./
'pffaoher Mak^s His Esc*pfcl"ft
With.1 assistance of friends on the
outside^" Otto Ponto escaped from
the FdsCet county "jail and no trace A,
him ha«!1)feen discovered, ^jbe'escape
was made just before,' he was-to he
retooved,% the Stutsman' cbjraty jail
for saf^lp^ping. Toots w^re «^»gel°d
into tt||^Ul and-gaVe ,Ponto an oppor«
tunlty jhpve'a dobr casing, nn-'
very
for so
unamiiutrs CHILD OIES
drea blept.
WA
tfej&jttate Elected for-jihe
laying M^t&^orpeistone o'f the .Fos
ter1 .cofla^s' liourtbcju^e at Oarrlngton,
and'Gof,ernor iohn Bttrke will he £ne
of 'the {j^stker^/ ^omet, Sw feaUai^,
ChaljTm&f' of county1 hoard, will
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stock
m-, Bin .open
eat oa
the tricks it Portal, 1^ cmnpany with
a number ^of horsfes^nd sreeping ln
blankets soaked «with water from the
barrels which confealbedt supplies for
the animals,, proved l^tal io the infant
son of B. Itfalsted, an Immigrant The
child contracted pneumonia' and died
In the car.^^1
The family existing of the lather:
and mother adlT two children,,, ^had
traveled ft"om Velva to Portal
In. the car^'wuch' was held up by liie
tmmlghktion gtBctels to i»rmit' '%f ^a
second test of some of the horses.
They had .twen. ^Mng:rin: tbe for
f^^dUys.::^^t|W^itft%eswerei(tAbled
In the same^^^and' ljkri^lB bx "w^r
k^t(:toi''Wa^ei' t&e »ahaals.
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Tbe twenty-first annual convention
of tjle .North Dakota Sunday school
convention^ opened at ^lsmarck with
several hundred delegates ~assembled
at the McCahe Methodist ebtundi
receive their assignments. Following
the assignments,1 there, was thirty
minutes of song, led by Rev. Gllb^i-t
W. Stewart of-New SalemL The first
address, of the convention, "Our
Hearts Open for a Blessing," was de
livered -by Rev. James Anderson of
yaiiey city. .•"
This was followed by an-automobile
pleasure trip under the leadership of
George Welsh 4o the state penlten-'
tiary, Fort Lincoln, the capitoL build
ing and the TOniied States Indian
school.
The programme the first evening
was started with a banquet, at which
plates were arranged for 400, at the
chapel of the Presbyterian church of
Bismarck. Rev. C. W. Harris, pastor
of the chut'ch, was the chairman, and
a number of ^the delegates responded
to toasts.
The convention reassembled for the
evening session at the Methodist
church for the following programme:
Praise that-uplifts, led by Rev. G. W.
Stewart fifteen miniUes in prayer
and scripture^ leader ^Rev. Dr. Mc^
Curdy" of Mandan address of wel
,come-.on behalf of the c)ty and state,,
tendered! by Governor iBti'rke of Bis
marck response to address of wel
come by Hon. G. A. Herolz of Linton
Fourteen- .Years'' Record," chron
icler, John Orchard, I^ckln&oii "The
Alms In Missionary Education," spe
cialist, Mr, W. A. 'Bro^ii of Chicago.
Delegates, were' appointed to attend
the world' Sunday school convention
to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., froih
hay 19 to 26.
W. J. Lane of Fargo was re-eieeted
president of the North Dakota Sun
day School association, and Fargo was
chosen as th^ next meeting place.
SONS OF NORWAY WILL MEET
Big Convention to Be Held at Grand
Forks.
One of the largest conventions to be
held in this state this year will be that
Of the Grand lodge of the Sons of Nor
way, the dates for which have just
heen announce^ being July 1, 8 ahd 9,
with probabilities of two or three addi
tional "days because pf the
amount of work that Is to he done.
:Delegates to the number pf about
600 will be in attendance from points
is far esst as Chicago and as far west
as the Pacific coast,/every subordinate
/lodge lq the order1 being entitled to
membersnip.
Grand Forks'secured this conven
tion when it met In Superior, Wis., last
year, and ls now engaged In' laying,
plans fdr' the entertainment
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visitor^.' ..
Odd Charge Against 'ah Aut^
It is seldom that.an automobile jan,
be fcharged ^wltlj, "thrdwlhg stone,"
but such was the caBe in Gran^t Firks.
A.heavy machine owned .by L. Tinson,
"driven over, a- ^slippery ^avei^lent,
caught heavy stone j^nder theftire
to. such a manner a^ to force it out
wards and upwards at a terrific speed
It struck' &tplate glas?, windpw Wth^
brea^lng.sihol^
yalued"
McGi athr jRharmacy^
through window jyas vfi
at {140.
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Girl Burned ReBCUIng Chl|jd.
Fire' fropa:a gasoline explosion inth^
home' jsf 1$. j. ]Forkner at, Laiigdon
cam^ n^r bujfulnif fhe home, tbe set
Iraqi SI)ss Ka tle,H6ttler, was se
verely buriied tibout the hands and
fate ip' an eff^rt ^o save the little two-
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tj^dl?ifais?'
accidentally/killed, by .peter -^nton
fourteen yeaii' old on'the bottoms,!)^
low^lBmarfk., Thetoljaer boy hal t%n
playing, frltfc a 22-callber rifle, but
Is fpt kbown just htrar theT#ocl«ent
shappened.' The littl^ fellov
twas
shot
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The Mte^klOtial Harvest
pany, better,^0wn to the formers'?*^
DolitfdSiis
ttie "hifcrVeiter' trMt/
was credited with a share of the^ri^
sponsiblUty, ,for high prices by Jy B,
Powers, wealthy fwrmer of Powersi
this state, at the Rearing on ilgn
Ifflces 6etlre the ^ssiiate select ooia
mittee in Washington.
The ^vBt has not ofljr. advai(
•Utrar/^A
'B.
agents
the' 'lialeytii¥diurS
competition was
farmers
Vesting
pursued the
id, the price of a goodf,)ia»
achine was f95. Now
'm^ paya .|iSO and ties to look
trust's repres«4tatlve when
pufchi^',
"BeStore t&p irust was formed.Ita
to go up to 'Fa^o a!nd lodk a^o^nd
hinders. There were seVetki 'Me
who were anilouS to eell me tlhelr 'i
titular fcihd. After I bought, one
Sent out an expert to set it op and
see that it woVked a}l Wght They
provided dome extras for us^ln'y
any parts brbke utteipect^dly.
expert would JBtay all day to tee
the machine worked all right. .Now I
go to Fargo' and there Is only 6ne
place to buy.' I have to pay their
price. When I ask for an expert Qiey
tell me I ought to know enough about
a binder to set It up'myself, and tai
me they have no expert available. .^
"There are no provisions for ex
tras. When I break a blade or other
small part I have to., drive, several
miles, and the machine will be idle a
day or a day and a half while the lo
cal agent Is getting the part from the
head office.
"ghat's where the trouble is—there
Irno competition." "i,
SON FIRED THE FATAL SHOT
Investigation of Killing to Be Made
by Authorities.
Believing the death of E. J. D. Millar,
a farmer of Barlow, was the result'of
a quarrel and that his son, Lee Miller,
may be guilty of patricide, officials, of
Foster, county will sift the c^se before
taking further action against the
young man, who is held In the county!
jail.' The affair occurred at the Miller
farm, Lee Miller contending that it
was accidental.
Lee Miller had been In Barlow,
where he had a runaway experience.
Returning home he' frightened .his
tnother and sister out oi doors by
securing possession of a gun. By this
time his father arrived on the spei^e
and attempted to secure possession pf
the gun. The shooting occurred in the
struggle for the gun,
Mrs.-Miller believes the young man
Is insane and has asked for an exam*
lnatlon.
MAN ASPHYXIATED BY GAB
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Coin Meter Affair Causes Death of
^•V.yV' Fireman.
Hairry ti. Giesson, aged thirty years,
a fireman: employed on the Northern
Pacific, was found' dead. ln his room
ia Graiid Forks.
Giesson .evidently .had been reading
after retiring, falling asleep with his
bbok,- a Masonic ritual, In his hands.
The had run. out, the.bllaze^be
ing extinguished. Afterwards another
Quarter was placed in the meter, fill
ing' the room with gas and killing the
sleeping man. y'
Glessbn resided at StapleB, Minn.,
op to four months ago. He bad just
written a long letter to a sjLster, v(rfc
lng the hope that he soon might see
her again.
BOY IS KILLED BY A STONE
Haphazard Throwing on 8treet Fatal
to Child Not Participating.
A message from^ Washburn told
of the accidental killing of a ten-year
old son of a farmer named JNlcholea
Wolltarski, living eight miles north of
Washburn. The unfortunate hoy was
struck on the head with a'stone
thrown, by the thirteen-year-old son of
Frederick Neumiller.
A number of boys were engaged In
atone throwing and the victim of the
fatal accident^ was ,an innocent by
stander. iJ /J 'L f_,.
the Neumiller" boV was held' pend-
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WfLt ADM if OIL FOR FUEL
State Officials -to Let Down the In
between Attorney teeneral Miller anA \"V
State Oil Inspector "Miller It wks de- |i
elded td alloyf-certain grades of fuel '-y..
And power oils"to enter thentate upon
inspection. was'dohe In order to
secure cheaper power tor the farmer^ ft
6f the state. Thotisands of gallons $§£
kt« used dally now and the new rilling
will, nlean a saving Of about
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p^ftes must' be colored to distinguish ?If
it iram illttfoWatlng oiL 0?ft
^.JRubblsh )Patat44^Chlld^
.Seeking' to i«siat hft father to buro*
IfiB s'ome Tubblsh, the foi^-yearijld sen
of Ira C#Ponk5A f^rtoer in the extreme
^jittife^i p^rt 'cJf Mountrail county, is
dead.. jMs^cjUitjiing vas fgnited and
the little b&y so. terrlblr hurnnd thtt
aatU ftAAii' fAllhtfcjw
^aiW ot,tlfeir
old ^.daaght^f Mr,
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Of %Wa tlete