Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-12-14
IN TOWN AND OUT.
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF L0-
CAL HAPPENINGS.
Neighbor Ood Items Gathered from
the Highways and Byways of
Em m ons County for the
Record Readers.

Emm ons County for the
Record Readers.
Tom Kelly and Marion Burge were in
town last Friday.
Z Anton Fischer and Franz Janer were
I'm from Exeter last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Smith, of Burr
Oak, were visitors in Willamsport last
Tpssasy'
John Baumgartner, of South Prairie,
was Saturday visitor to Williamsport
last week.
VIM. Ross OF Milbank, s. D., made a
timber-culture proof in Wllliamsport a
few days ago.
There will be ball and oyster supper
at Shorman's hotel, at Emmonsburg, on
Christians Eve.
Landlord Rush has further improved
his hotel building by putting up three
brick chimneys.
Charley Burtts was over from Burr
Oak yesterday. His oldest boy is quite ill
with lung trouble.
Judge Rowderdink and Messrs. Gruys
Baker and Berkompas were up from
.lha Holland settlemant last Friday.
The woman's vote at the recent state
election was 4,54e, without Wells and
Logan countles-about ten per cent of
the total possible vote Of the ladies.
Mr. E. G. Packer butchered hog the
other day that had been fattencd exclu.
sively on wheat, the total fed amounting
to about fifteen bushels. The pig was
225 days old, and Weighed 215 pounds,
dressed.
Y Attorney Patterson. of Bismarck. was
M town last weskhniflng the pure air
and basking IN the bright sunshine to be
found only in the ''rooral deestriks," and
seeking to forget for time the sins, sor-
rows and turmoil Of great city.
mr. H. Fl. Howard, the gentleman EN-.
,ployed to teach the Williamsport school,
reached town Monday evening and began
the term Wednesday morning. Mr..
Howard makes good impression, and
seems to understand his business thor.
oughly.
The total valuation of the lands OF
North Dakota. as equalized by the state
board of equalization. this year, is s45s.'
6e7, BOB. exclusive of Improvements. The
number of acres upon which this valua'
ton is figured is 1923, ,l99, making an
average value of the land OF the state OF
about So SO per acre.
Mrs. F. M. Greer, Of Burr Oak district,
met with painful accident on Monday
last. She was riding on horseback when
a neighbours dog ran out, barking, anG
| frightened the animal upon which Mrs
Greer was seated. She was thrown tc
the ground and rendered insensible for g
time, her face being badly scratched anc
bruised. There was no permanent injury
however.
1t has always seemed 10 US, says th.
Grand Forks Plaindcaler, that ther,
should be some method of compellln,
the attendance of witnesses in cases be
fore the land Office. The interests q
stake are often far more important thar
those that are adjudicated in the courts
We are glad to note recommendation
to congress in that respect in the recen
report Of the general land Office.
Commission men, says the jamestown
Alert state that our wild hay is the mos
valuable hay on the market as feed for fas
horses, being almost entirely free from
dust, which in eastern hay is so injuriou
in affecting the wind of driving horses
As soon as its superior qualities become
generally understood in the eastern mar
kets it will afford source of revenue il
which there will be a larger percentage o
profit than any grain which we raise will
allow.
A novel plan for cleaning a field o
Russian thistles is made public by ,
correspondent Of South Dakota paper
II is to hitch team to each end of
piece Of barbed wire and drive first on,
team ahead and then another and th
wire will saw off the plants at the roots
II this plan will work it can be used t.
advantage early in the fall. The thistlel
will then blow away without shelling ou
the seeds. The plan is also recommended
for knocking off the needles of needl,
grass in sheep pastures.
AS the effects of free-wool legislatio,
were discounted months before free
wool bill actually passed, says Dakot
Farmer, many now confidently cou Mt o.
speculative stiffening of wool value
from twelve to eighteen months befor
the election of '96. By some it i
thought that strong holders will aot be i
in hurry to give their wool away, th
coming season. We sincerely hope tha
enough Of those who are able will kee]
their wool out Of the market till some O
the small, hard-up fellows can get a'fai
price. We are inclined to think this ma
occur.
The business of running a countr
newspaper Is universally regarded as
poor one, so far as possible financia
results are concerned; yet here and ther
in the northwest I meet a man who ha