Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1897-08-06
IN TOWN AND OUT,

the week
Assessor Herolz was iu town two or
three days this week.
Peter Leonard was sojourner in Bills
port Tuesday night
Squire Weller was in town Monday
and Tuesday Of this week.
Messrs Eisenzimmcr and Vetsch were
up from Seiz last Saturday.
Mrs. w. L. Yeater and Miss Grace
Yestcr visited Bismarck this week.
There are. according to DR.. Bentley,
several cases of scarlet fever in Bismarck.
Mrs. L. d. Smith and daugher Beruice
were quite sick last week, but are about
we'll now.
Homme P. Boschker of the Wes,feld
neighborbood, was up Tuesday, and filed
on claim.
Hay is being put up rapidly all over
the comfy. 1t can be cut anywhere on
the prairie. this year.
In Burleigh county the farmers last
COW is taken for taxes. while the North
ern Pacific pays what it pleases
Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter, of Mcintosh
county. friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mandigo,
visited at the residence of the latter last
week.
Several of the cattlemen of Emmsns
and Burleigh counties are arranging for
driving big herd to Kuhn for shipment
l nx,or tlo StSooSS 1;no
A week ago Sunday hail destroyed tho
garden stuff and the few other growing
crops close to the river in the Hampton
ana Clayton neighborhoods.
There was an error in the printed
minutes of the recent session of the board
Of county commissioners, as follows:
Instead of &c. A. Herols, go days asses,
sing, $780," it should have read,, 30 days.
$780," There were IS days in all, $lG5.
Auditor BraddQck wen. 10 Bismarck
the fore part OF the week, ID tend pen
board meeting. but when he got there and
saw John Fort he found he was week
too previous. Mcbbe he wanted to 60 to
Bismarck, any way, and had that for an
excuse.
A week ago last Sunday a hail-storm
did much damage in the Eureka neighbor
hood. The damaged strip extended from
about four miles north of Eureka to about
the same distance south. and was some
four miles wide. About $500 worth of
window glass was destroyed in the town.
Al. Shier left Williamsport last Saturday
for the hay-delds down at his brothers
ranch, ,.and people up from there say that
the output Of hay has been doubled this
week. 1t is also reported that Arthur has
laid in q new stock. Seriously speaking,
al. isone Of the good boys, and during his
stay with the Record he gave entire salts
faction as workman.
| Eureka Blade, July 10Th: w. E. Petrie,
Of Winchester, N. D., received carload
Of cattle from Chicago, last week, that
were sent here to range on our nutritious
grasses untilfall. ]. W. Wescott also re-
ceived carload from Arcadia, Wis.
When cattle.owners send stock so far to
range on our prairies. it ought to be a
lesson to our people who devote them
selves entirely to wheat-raising. Raise
more stock and be prosperous.
A trial took place at Williamsport las,
Monday before Justice Weller who
happened to be in town. A man who works
for Fred Cotton claimed that as he wgs.
driving some cattle by the Dickson place.,
near town, young Robert Dickson ran out
with pistol, stated that the cattle hal
injured his fathers grain, and took the
herd and put them in his fathers pasture.
Young Dickson was arrested by Deputy
: Sheriff Boutillier on warrant issued by
Justice Weller. When the case came on
for trial, the defendant, his father and
mother swore point-blank in denial of the
prosecuting witness So, as the .testi.
mony was three to one, the Justice dis
charged young Dickson.
The open season for shooting prairie
chickens will begin Aug. Goth aud con-
tinue until Nov. LIST. The new law
provides that parties desiring TO hunt
must first procure permit. which will be
issued by the county auditor, and for
which fee of IS cents will be charged of
residents and s25 of non.residents Of the
state. The penalty for the violation Of
this law is fine of not less than $25 or
more than $50, or imprisonment In the
county jail not more than 80 days. or
both such fine and imprisonment. The
law also contains the following provision;
"Provided. however, that nothing in this
section shall prevent any resident of this
state or member of his family, living at
home, from hunting on lands owned or
controlled by him during the open season
as provided by law, unless such person,
either alone or with another or others, uses
Z any dog in hunting any game, in which
case such permits must nfst be obtained.s.' . =
Fer over Fifty Years.
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