Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1891-05-15
81 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
one fockmaster meets another the first
query is, "Have any of your sheep got thu


And for this unfortunate condition of
things the finger of blame points in but one
direction toward the Omitted States Sheep
Company" of Fargo: in other words, "E.
Ashley Mears." The sheep of this company
were not only put out on shares with farn-
ers having no other focks, but some of them
were sold into one of the best flocks in the
county-now ruined and mostly under the
ground.
Take one instance that recently occurred:
A band of the Mears sheep gets away and
rambles over o considerable part of the
county. A well-meaning farmer takes them
up and cares for them. They are qraran
tined by the sheep inspector. They are
identified and claimed by on agent Of the
company. Other agents Of the company are
notified. They arrive and claim ownership.
They do not know, they say. that the statute
has been violated.
The same night the sheep are stolen from,
the barn, where they were quarantined, and
are driven out of the county. A cleverly ex
ecuted trick, as, with the sheep away, the
law will remain n dead letter. The agent in
charge Of the sheep, and who allowed them
to stray, is then spirited away in the same
"honomble" manner.
This is matter of public and vital inl-
portancc. We asked our legislators to enact
laws which would protect the sheep indus
try. Such laws were passed and ore on the
sttute-books to-day. Yet they might Ms
we'll not exist so long MS such business as
that done by the United States Sheep Com
pany cannot be reached by them.
/ What the object sought to be accom-
plished by such company is do not know.
But I do know that. already, irrepnnble
damage has been done in this county to the
public generally, and more particularly to
the suffering, trusting men who have given
their time, labor and hard earned means to
a work which was doomed from the start
Go and see them and their flocks--a sight
not soon to be forgotten ask them what
support they have received from the COM
pany that sold them the scabby sheep:
Nothing but words and promises.
Have you read the following, published III
: the Fargo Argus of the 5th inst, from q cor
; respondent in northern county:
''The sheep sold by Banker Mears here
: Inst fall have wiutered we'll. 1t is said that
out of G,O00 head less than dozen have
died. and one farmer says he wintered 300
on twenty dollars worth Of hay. The sheep
Z picked up most of their living from prairie
: grass and straw piles and came out all right
| this spring."
Itwould be satisfactory, indeed, could OH,
print such news regarding the sheep OBJ
f tained from the E. Ashley Mears company
and with which Emmons county is mt pres
ent afflicted. l trust that the above is I.
truthful statement. IL has nothing to dc
with the cnse, Of course butt was jus,
: thinking Of the old saying, "He was mean
enough to steal sheep"
! At Ia future time I may tell you about somt
= other sheep companies. E. WoonsrEE,
t Sheep Inspector
J, s25 REWARD.
D will pay $25 reward to any one CIV
: ing information which will lead to the ar
9 rest and conviction OF the party or psr
ties who stole aud drove away thirty. fivt
head of scabby sheep, the property Of tn.
Z United States Sheep Company, Of Fargo,
n. D., and quarantined by me on thl
southeast quarter of section 6, township
: 1874, range rs. ERARD WOoRsrER,
IS Sheep Inspector for Emm0ns County.
Thsso Will Listen to tho Lawyers
Last Saturday the order of Judge Win
chester for the drawing of the venirs TO
q the June term of the district court was re
5, ceivcd by the clerk. Under the presen
i treasurer are authorized and empowere,
+ to conduct the judicial octopus but, j
5, this case. the treasurer's deputy, BEN
i y also states attorney. refused to take pa.
d IN the lottery drawing. Thereupon til
Is auditor and the clerk performed the jo1
i la Beauregard and Early. The audito
turned his back toward the wheel il
which were contained the 200 names o
d citizens Of the free and independen
shire of Emmons that had been fur
nlshsd by the county board. The frs
l., name to come out of the box was that 4
" Leonard du Heaume, the good-nature'
:, topsail-reefer from Jersey isle. The
&c came the name of settler hailing fror
l., the land of blue grass and Bourbon Rot
ts ert Cotton. Both afe residents of thi
II neighborhood, and it began to appea
no that Billsport might have monopoly o
a "the good men and true" business At til
a. coming term. At this point IN the pro
40 ceedings some old time keno expert i
!, the room sang out, "Shake 'er up - S
!, the auditor gave the slips another shuttle
~ and out came the name of that vel
|1 known and popular Spaniard, John Bul
j bage, followed by that of the genial de
~ scendant of the Pilgrim Fathers, Jerdsa
- lem Bonaparte Brock. Now comes tn
20 cognomen of Col. Heptonstall, and the
the prizes" begin to scatter all over til
i county. and when Beauregard. and Earl
- >, closes up the judicial layout all section
: Of the county has been Remembered,
Following are the gentlemen who wills
not excused, listen spcllbound to the elo
Guence of the lawyers ut the coming term
!. Leouard du Heau,ne J w Wescott
= Robert Cotton Charles Patterson
II John Burbage James Burbagc
p Jerome B Brock Samuel e Coever
!. Jacob Heptonstall John Pratt
! Henry Kemmer j L Boutillier
Louis Plante D r Rupert
6 James Mckay George Gutiahr