Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-08-09
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el0unD THE STATE.
Durum wheat seems to be abig sue
cess again this year.
Mickey O'Connor is the new game
warden 1t Bismarck.
Road overseers claim some of the
people are inclined to side-step the
poll-tax.
The Great Northern 10 having tug
of war with the city OF Minot over
some crossings.
Labur day will he observed with
elaborate ceremonies in Fargo. The
date is Sept. ).
The young boy who was shot at Bis
marcE. July !. continues to improve
and will ultimately recover.
The cement-sidewalk fever has
struck Towner. and the new residents
are hoping it will become epidemic.
A MiDot physician rode 40 miles in
an automobile in five days, and ng-
ures that he saved tl0o in livery bills.
U. S. Arnett. who has lived twenty
seven years in North Dakota, has just
fled on homestead At the Dickinson
land-od3ce
There IS great demand for men in
al sections OF the state, and the fear
OF labor famine is becoming more
pronounced.
The editors have returned from
their trip to the Yellowstone Park.
and al say they had . remarkably
pleasant time.
Members of the State Enforcement
League are understood to be preparing
. bill tor the creation Of the ofiice Of
temperance commissioner.
People who want to get their second
papers, SO they can vote this fall, bet
ter get busy before the new naturaliza-
ton law becomes effective.
There Is talk Of company with a
capital Of . million dollars heing Or
ganized in the state for the dis
tillation Of denstured alcohol.
The Bottineau creamery has es-
tablished local ice-cream parlor in
the city, where they are serving the
genuine stun to their customers.
At Bismarck the Sinners have or
organized u ball team to lick the spots
of the Meth0dists, who are Boosting
Of their proves in the national game.
Three men met Eugene Frazier ON
country road near Arvilla and un-
sexed him. 1t is reported that he will
live ii blood poisoning does not set in.
The Emmons county murderer who
cut the head of his victim evidently
did not intend THAT there should be
any suspicion that the man had COM
United suicide.-FOrum.
An ex-showman, who is now farm
ing in Ward county. says the circuses
are not as good as they were in the
good old days, when the acrubats
turned summersaults over twelve
horses.
Petty thieves have been at work in
the neighborhOod of Anamoose, and
numerous losses OF farm tools, Irvine
and other small things have forced
the farmers tn organize for common
protection.
The Buffalo Express says that the
statement that black rust is prevalent
there is incorrect. It says that there
is considerable red rust. but thus far
there is no evidence Of anything else,
or Of any damage.
There are complaints in some sec
tions that the wheat has not filled,
and, while there are statements
against the bumper-crop idea, the pre-.
vailing sentiment seems to be that
there will be good yield.
While Z number OF guests Of the
Seville hotel, vt Devils Lake, were
standing in front Of the building look
ing 1t . storm, they we're severely
stunned by u bolt Of lightning. One
man had his face badly burned.
Another movement has been made
locking to the organization Of Hettin
ger county. It is understood that GER
tain legal objectionsar are to be removed
thus allowing the organization to b'
completed In due course Of time.
Over in Rtchland county crowt
Of tOughs undertook to administer
castigation to = couple Of residents
One victim was pounded almost u
death with a neckyoke, and one Q
them had his thumb bitten almost Of
The North Dakota state militia, In
Guiding Company a. OF Bismarck
are at Fort Russell, Wyoming, attend.
ing the military manGuyers In tina
neighborhood. These are ON larg