Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1900-09-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Dickinson, SO far.
James Saunders, a Cooperstown far
mer, 26-years old and unmarried, end
ed his existence by sending bullet
through his head.
J.H. Cooper, of Courtenay, has fine
sample of millet which we'll illustrates
the wonderful recuperative power sof
North Dakota soil. Hail struck his
millet field when 1t was foot high
and pounded it into the ground. The
stalks are now four feet long, just
nineteen days after the storm.
Ashley Republican: North Dakota
has short crop this year, but people
keep right on buying North Dakota
land, Notwithstanding. Probably not
as many sales are made as would 9TH
erwise be the case, but people display
no disposition to throw their farms on
the bargain counter, and there is no
falling of In prices.
Deputy Game Warden Northern, of
Mandan, committed suicide in Mandan
Saturday. First he stabbed himself
twice in the neck and to finish the job
jumped into the Heart river. He was.
drowned. He leaves a wife and four
children In poor circumstances. Fam
lily troubles are said to have brought
about the suicide.
Fargo Forum: A report says the Fill
ipino junta at Hong Kong has offered
to subscribe $5,O00,00O to the demo-
cratic campaign fund--a result that
might easily be expected after the ut
terances of Mr.. Bryan on the island
possessions Of this country. Nice, isn't
it, to have such snug sum to aid in
the election Of Bryan-and from such
a source?
Hankinson News: The apple crop
on the Hankinson farm this season
will amount to about fifty bushels.
The trees are loaded with fruit and
several Goushels of green apples were
knocked of recently to prevent the
branches breaking off. The fruit is
of excellent quality, being perfectly
sound and entirely free from worms.
Attorney General Cowan decides
that settlers who arrived in the state
and filed ON claims prior to November
s, 1899, will be entitled to vote here
this year, Notwithstanding the fact
that they may have been absent from
the state during the winter while pre-
iparing for the transpo portatlon Of their
families to North Dakota.
A new theory about the origin of
prairie fires has been discovered. A
correspondent. to the North Dakota
Record writes: sit has been dis
covered that many Of the prairie fires
that have destroyed the grass on the
ranges in Monatna and in the west
ern part Of Dakota have been started
by the rays Of the sun upon, broken
beer bottles that are scattered over
over the prairie. When fire has
been traced to its source, in almost
every instance broken bottle has
been found with evidence around it
to convince the investigators that it
was the cause of the mischief. The
curved glass was lying in such a posi-
tion as to focus the rays of the sun
upon tuft of dry bunch grass and
start flame.
When an newspaper man meets a
person and asks the question: What
do you know" it is not meaningless
phrase. He is interested in what is
going on in the world. However,
nine times out of ten, he will be
answered Nothing" The condition
should be reversed, for If the party
would think for a moment he would
no doubt scratch up an item that
would be of interest to hundreds of
people and the newspaper man would
be glad to tell 1T. 1t is often the case
that q reader wonders why the paper
didn't notice an accident of which he
or she was cognizant, yet it is prob
able that they had been approached
during the week and asked "what do
you know?" and flippant reply had
been given. A good local newspaper
is q benefit to community, and no
citizen loses anything in giving the
editor an item and thus assist in max
Ing the paper not only Of interest at
home but bring the town into promin-
ence all over the world. ssWhat do
you know?" Think. it over.-Ex.
Edgeley is said to be in the throes Of
a gold craze, owing to the alleged dis
coveries in the sand hills, 25 miles
northwest Of the town. It Is said that
a few weeks ago stranger visited the
hills and took away samples of the
soil, after which he returned with sew
eral companions and quietly staked
out group of claims. A farmer living
near by, while examining theground,
found tiny specks of s'the Yellow
exposed after hard rain. The matter
leaked out, and nearly fifty citizens
started for the gold fields armed with
picks, shovels, gold-pans and other
parapernalia used in mining placer
gold. Stories Of rich finds are as plen-
tiful In Edgeley as those that came
from Cape Nome, and the town has
gone wild. One man came back for
supplies after having been in the gold