Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-24

The editor has been on the sick list
this wcck-partly from IL bad cold,
but chiefly because OF palpitation OF
the heart caused by subscriber COM
Ing in the other day and paying fifteen
dollars and sixty cents OF back sub
scription.
Pollock Progress: q. II. Mckay
was In from his ranch at Ga anavon
Tuesday. Two young ladies who have
homesteads In his neighborhood ar.
rived the hight before from Mime
apolis aud rode out with him to start
residence un their claims. Mrs. T.. F.,
Devah is again seriously i'll.
w. ii. Englc and L. o. Lewis, were
in Linton Tuesday. Their medium
OF transportation was Il. dcvii-wagon.
AS is usual with vehicles nl that class
that wander into Linton, the bat
teries for their gasoline-engine spark
er went bump and they were forced
To get new ones at the lelephone ex.
change.
The Ladies' Guild will give ''shad-
ow social" in the Episcopal church to-
morrow Saturday evening. The
shadows OF the ladies' will be sold at
auction. Each lady will please bring
d basket containing lunch for two.
Cof1ee will he served by the Guild.
Every one is cordially invited to be
present.
The young young-ladics OF the Fox
glove Circle cleared about $50 from
the supper they gave at Miss Dorm
sizes last Saturday night. Th ere are
now about $75 in hand toward buying
bell for the Methodist church. Mr..
Grain has agreed to pay the freight
on the bell and Clarence Baker will
see that it is put in the belfry with.
out charge.
The many friends of Mrs. Walter
Kelly will be pleased TO learn that
She is doing we'll at Aberdeen (where,
In care OF her husband, she went for
medical treatmcnt), as is shown by
the following extract from letter OF
date the 10th written by MIR. Kelly
TO Linton friend "The operation
took place yesterday "Wednesday fore.
noon. Mrs. Kelley rested we'll last
night, and is feeling very much im-
proved this morning. She did not
want me to leave the city, so 1 am
working on the interior finish Of 1,
Appels new store building. DR..
Murdy was just in and said that my
wife is doing nicely and that her
prospects are good"
Mr.. Wade, Of Fargo, deputy IN.
spector Of weights and measures, was
IN Linton Wednesday looking after
scales, etc. The prejudice against the
law, which is the law in many states
besides North Dakota, is, Mr.. Wade
says, rapidly disappearing. He says
that he finds that the idea prevalent
with some folks that the elevator
scales are frequently "doctored" to
give short weight is not borne out by
the FACTS. ~ several Instances lie has
found that through something being
out OF wliack the scales were weighing
too heavy. In Stutsman county the
scales in an elevator were found to
have caused their owner all estimated
loss of about "a Thousand dollars. Un-
der the present law the buyer and
seller are pretty nearly sure to get
what they are entitled tO--no more,
no less
Martin Appert, une Of the settlers
wl" landed IN the old Bllsport coun-
try when Ralllcriug buffalo bones for
the market WAS Tie chief branch ,of
the local industries. was in town last
Friday lie had IL sort of wise look
on his face, which seemed to say that
he knew Il whole lot of things that he
wasn't going To give out. However,,
before he lett tOan, lic-inr old times
Sakc-toId another Old Biilsporter In
Linton to tell StteeLcr that something
had recently happened at his house,
and that both were girls. Moth.r
and daughters doing well. At the
last roundup Martin counted eleven
boys and gi,l> al his place. all bearing
the Appcrt brand. aud all doing we'll
IN the matter "f health and growth.
President E"~evrit certainly has no
kick coming in the matter uf race
suicide as it. tppl es to this estimable
family.