Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-10-25
THE STATE.

the state.
Some tough characters we're chased
out Of Granville.
williston is proud Of It's hand Of
twenty-six pieces.
Trees have been secured for the
Northwood city parks.
Willow City is rejoicing over its
new chemical fire-engine.
Fifty-six children were confirmed It
New Rockford by Bishop Stanley.
The new Catholic church ct Sykes
ton was appropriately dedicated.
The 500 has established . new town
called Ops, four miles east Of Conway.
G. F. Dresher, of Surrey, lost his
barn, y lot Of feed and dve horses Ia
fire.
The Kuhn Messenger announces
standing room only on east-bound 500
trains
The McClusky Gazette wants the
law enforced compelling children to
attend school.
A couple Of Minot clients published
a card Of thanks to their attorneys
for winning case.
Max, the new town on the Bismarck
northern extension Of the 500, hes six
general stores and five lumber yards.
Il
Some irrigated land In Williams
county produced more than tifty .one
bushels Of blue-stem wheat to the
acre.
There Is trouble in Stark county
over livestock shipper cutting out
. steer belonging TO another man, to
fll car.
There is . row ut Wheatland be.
cause the North Dakota Independent
Telephone Company placed its poles
off the right Of way, on town property.
A constable had serious time In
Williams county In an effort to levy
OH some grain. Two women, armed
with guns, made him take tu the tall
grass.
At Minot a resident killed . goose
with q stick. It was . wild goose,
too, that got ratified and acted like .
goose by flying SO low It bumped into
the Minoter.
The Fairmount Baptists have been
celebrating the 25th anniversary Of
the organization Of their church. A
few Of the original members are still
there, but most of them have gone.
Judge Cess has issued = writ Of man
damus requiring the county commits
si0ners of Mckenzie county to submit
the location Of the county seat to q
vote of the people at the coming cleo
tion.
A Mcleod woman, dressed in male
attire, was introduced to number Of
the business people by her husband
as his college chum, and the joke
worked to perfection until It was pro-
posed to take drink.
George Harrison, of Omemee, lost .
horse about year ago. lie could not
find the animal. Recently the horse
walked into the yard and made him
self at home. Some one had borrowed
the animal and used it year free Of
charge.
Some Of the patriotic and public
spirited residents Of Valley City have
been picketing their cows in the park.
What could be expected Of the people
Of town that. next to Grand Forks,
is the chief muckraker headquarters
of the state?
Farmer Wallace, Of Bismarck, has
been having his eyes treated at Fargo,
as they appeared to be failing. Com
rade Wallace's many friends through
out the state hope that the old SOL
dier's lamps and the rest of his body
may last many years into the future.
The politicians didn't seem to be
able 10 ssork the Methodist conference
and Presbyterian general assembly Is
catSpaws to pull cllestnuts out of the
fire, as they did the Congregational
lists, who apparently fell into the trap
set for :hem by the insurRents.-
Forum.
The farm known as tile 81. Z. Lew
is farm" at Mohall has been sold for
4O,0OO, which is e5l per acre. This is
somewhat remarkable, considering
the fact that the country up there has
but recently been settled, ana land
there u very few years ago could have
been got for song.
A prairie fire started near the rail-
road track near Bismarck and burned
north to the cemetery, where II de-
stroyed some Of the fence, the fire
continuing over the pasture ana burn
ing hundreds Of fence posts along the
pasture fence before citizens reached
the spot and extinguished the fire. II
is supposed the fire started from 4
railroad engine.
A lady teacher in the public schools