Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1884-08-13
IN TOWN And OUT,

Miss Bessie McNiel came down from Bis
marck Sunday.
Mr.. J. L. BoutilIier is yet sojourning in 3.
the Capital City.
Miss Bertha Packer is home again from
her trip to Bismarck.
Commissioner Whitney returned from
Bismarck last evening.
Register John A. Rea, of Bismarck,
paid Williamsport visit Sunday.
Col. Culp, of salina, Kan, special
agent Of the General Land Office, was iu
town Sunday. :.
Thirty deeds from the Northern Pacific
for lands sold have so far been filed for
record at the Registers Office.
Mr.. w. B. Halstead returned from Bis
marck Monday evening. Mrs. Halstca!l
will be- at home in day or two.
Judge George Dougherty, the lowest
bidder, yesterday secured the contract for
building the bridge near Walker City.
Mr.. s. B. Rolfe of Winchester, was in
Williamsport on Monday. He reports
good crops and everything prosperous in
his neighborhood.
The weather during the past week has
been warm and clear, and harvesting
has been progressing rapidly in all Sec
tions of the county. =.
Those of our friends remembering us i'll
the matter of vegetables during the
week were Mcssrs. Packer, Halstead,
and Yeater, and Mrs Boutillier.
Don't forget the harvest Thanksgiving
service at the residence of Treasurer j..
N. Roop next Sunday afternoon, COM
mencing at Q o'clock. A cordial invita-.
tion is extended to all.
BY an error it was stated in the advcr-
tisement for proposals to build school
houses, in last weeks issue, that specifi-
cations could be seen at the postotfice.
1t should have read, "at the residence of
the Township Clerk" On account of
this mistake, the time for receiving bids
will be extended until next Saturday,
the 10th, at 6 o'clock, at which time
the bids will be opened. See advertise
ment.
Last week q party OF gentlemen, COR
sisting of Messrs. s. D. McNeal and S. A.
Bushman, of Bismarck A. Richards, of
Willmar, Mimi, and F. T. Perry, of Lake
Hoskins, drove into Williamsport, on
their way from the former place to Bis
marck. Lake Hoskins is the name of /,
new town on the margin of lake of the
same name in Mcintosh county. Mr.. Nc
| Neal informed us that the country around
Hoskins Lake Is being settled quite
rapidly by desirable class of immigrants.
Among the wonderful improvements
which have been made of late years in
machinery, none have been more useful
than those applied to harvesters. Yester-
| day the RECORD man went out to the
claim of Uncle Daniel Long, where Mr..
Roop's Buckeye reaper was at work
on fine field of wheat. The machine is
one of light draft. Three horses were
the motive power, and, although the day
was exceedingly hot, the animals were
apparently not in the least affected by it.
The binding done by the harvester is
first-c]ass in all respects, and every sheaf
| is as perfect as could be desired The
implement does satisfactory work in ev-
cry way. ~
Mr.. Thomas Parks, the intelligent and
popular father-in-law of Sheriff Wade,
was in Williamsport last Monday Mr.
Parks, forty years ago, was resident of
Boone county, in Northern Illinois, where
| the writer was born, and where Mr.. p.
knew our uncles, our cousins and our
aunts when Parks Corners was their
postoftice and general store, when that
country was almost as new as this, and
when it was necessary to haul wheat and
other farm products nearly 100 miles to
Chicago. MIR. Parks will see the day
when Emmons will support as large a
population in proportion to area as any.
county in the northern portion of the old
Sucker State" and Belvidere, or even
Rockford, may be found within her
borders.s The Williamsport people would
like to see Mr.. Parks over this way often.
A meeting of the Republican County
COMMITTEES was held in Williamsport
last Monday, at which were present
Messrs. E. T. Herrick (chairman) Thomas
Parks, 8. B. Rolfe. and Joseph N. Roop.
Mr.. Don Stevenson is also member of
the committee, which consists of five
members. The Republican party of EN-
mons county is now in full running or
der. In thisc connection we desire to direct
attention to the call of the committee, in
another column, for convention to be
held in Williamsport on Thursday, Sept.
4, at o'clock. The committee decided
that the basis of representation should be
five delegates for each school township.
The Republicans of the county should
see to it that notices of meetings are
published or posted in time to allow