Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-11-01
AROUND THE STATE,

Senator Hansbrough's Dickinso,
speech made hit.
There was bad prairie fire nea
Velva.
There was a destructive prairie fir,
near Douglas.
The body of another infant wa.
found near Granville.
Editor = nod. OF Steele. is now tn,
publisher the Dawson Leader
The creamery at Adams has started
with milk to be furnished from ,;,s
cows
o. Swanson. of Courtenay, lost hi:
Darn and nine horses as a result O
fire
A Lisbon man has just harvested ::
field of corn which went lO5 bushel.
per acre.
A box car buggy dealer caught ;
lot of farmers in ,the vicinity o,
White Earth.
Thos. Jennings. near jamestown
reports yield of thirty -thres
bushels bluestem wheat per acre
a shunte, car cracked into ne
depot at Churchs Ferry, knocking
the side out of the gents waiting
room
III. II. Miller, the first white child
born in Foster county, has been do
ing carpenters stunt in Kiddel
county
A tower tank has been erected oil
hill near Dickinapn TO supply tx
city with sufficient pressure for fight
ing fire.
There has BEEN % greater change
in anything in Meth Dakota than in
the development q the corn crop in
this state.
A Russian Jew named Sgutt, who
was doing business in Russia three
months ago, now Slas store at Dog
den, near Balfour
The attempt of the Congregational
sky-pilOts to run the politics of the
state doesn't seem to have been q
huge success.-Forum.
A show that was billed for Valley
City failed to reach the town till l(
O'Clock. and it was II before the cur
tain was rung up.
Adam Heib, of Mclean county, be
came insane, shot one of his brother:
and shot at some other people. The
brother was not seriously injured.
Manager Bacon, of the Minot opera
house, has troubles galore with show
and recently found one
company was carrying away the
props.
At Westhope young lady who
was about to leave for her claim was
rendered a shack shower: the guests
bringing presents she could use in
her claim shack.
The Towner county blind-piggers
are convinced that thirteen is an un.
lucky number, thirteen of them hav-
ing been arrested for violating the
prohibition law.
Jacob Schupp, well-known farm
er of Bowbells, was arrested on a
burglary charge. An estate was i'm
debted to Schupp. who hauled away
a load of grain to pay himself.
There was an incendiary fire at
Balfour, and while some of the citi-
zens were fighting the flames the
others did guard duty around town.
An attempt was made to blow one
safe, but no money was secured.
The Bismarck Tribune thinks it is
that blind pig should be
raided in valley-as was done at
LidgerwOOd- especially after having
read Judge Pollock's Valley City ad-
dress on how we'll the prohibition law
was enforced.
While Andrew Martinson's boy was
raking up flax near Palmero the team
became frightened and started ia
run. throwing the boy under the
rake The teeth of the rake caught
him and rolled him on the ground for
quite distance, badly injuring him
on his legs and arms
Ward county is going to have its
county division troubles. too. The
of more money on the
courthouse at Minot is opposed in the
northern part of the county on the
ground that the county should be
divided and some of the funds be ex-
pended in the northern county.
Ellis Willoughby, of McHenry, who
was shot few years ago, had an
other case of hard luck recently by
having a leg broken while several
miles from town. He was preparing
to ride into town horse back when a
neighbor came along with wagon
and assisted the unfortunate man.
shop!lfters In Linton.
John Wolfer caught a couple of shop
lifters with the goods in their poses
sion one day last week. He saw some
Of the articles stolen sticking out Of a
blanket which one OF the pilferers car
ried. Investigation showed that the
bundle contained goods stolen from
Petrie's the Bazaar and Wolfer's. The