Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-03-01
AROUND the STATE.

2in0t is to increase her wards from
three to six.
Ninety new schools have been open
ed In Mclean county during the past
two years.
Reports from all parts of the state
indicate that horses will command
high prices this year.
John POull has been arrested for the
third time for running u gambling
place 1t Rugby.
The Great Northern Is building a
water reservoir at Ray, GOO feet square
and forty feet deep.
Ray wants ! town we'll, and COM
mittee has been appointed to secure
the same, in q central locality.
Some mean cuss ut Finley has been
poisoning the dogs, and Editor Nom
teith calls him 1.-THE missing link. "
ID. Tukshire has purchased fourteen
quartcr.Sections OF land near Rugby,
paying e25 per acre for the last parcel
purchased.
Mclean county comes to the front
with the first announcement of can
didate for county Office under the new
primary law.
A gas-engine company In Bcloit,
Wis.,, has ordered u carload Of Willis
ton coal tO test its gas-making quail
ties for their engines.
A farmer near WaShburn wouldn't
dig his potatoes last fall because he
thought the price was too low. Spuds
are now selling there at so cents.
The Pioneer says that more houses
must be constructed In Mandan II
that city expects to care for those who
wish to make that place their home.
The New Rockford girl over whom
there was alleged to have been some
trouble In Arkansas is reported to
have been happily married In Okla
hOma.
Some farmers are planting enough
trees under the state law to pay their
taxes, and they become the recipients
OF the permanent advantages to be
derived from the trees.
AT Cleveland some people have been
attaching letters TO the strap Of the
mail.sack after the sack was placed In
position On the crane, aud the post
master has issued u warming against
the practice.
The Fairmont News says that q
charge should be brought against
Judge Pollock for cruelty To ami
mails, in his treatment of the jury in
the Murphy case. lie wouldn't give
'em cots to sleep on.
Some revolving stories come from
New Salem regarding the criminal
intimacy Of man there with two Of
his daughters. 1t is claimed that il
there should he no Official prosecu.
tion the indignant neighbors will get
busy on their own hook.
The plan of the state board OF health
to prevent people afflicted with pull.
mOnary tuberculosis from teaching or
attending public schools should re-
ceive the endorsement Of the public
This disease is now classed among the
most infectious OF diseases.
One Of the towns Of the state was
without . lawyer, and the local news
paper called attention TO the opening.
Before another copy Of the paper was
issued the lawyer was there. But,
strange 10 say, his card does not yet ~
pear In the local newspaper There's
gratitude for you. Forum.
The February apportionment of the
state tuition fund is SlOS. 1882. or Sic
per capita. The present school cen
sus is l26,4s7 children. This amount
Of money does not include interest
paid since Jan. l, 1906. The amount
for the year 1906 is apt to exceed that
Of 1905 by several thousands.
The military board in charge of the
militia grounds ut Devils Lake is
clearing away tile underbrush several
hundred yards around the encamp.
+. ment grounds and making Il park
thereof \ stable for the officers
horses Is being built and other inn
provemcnts made for the good of the
state guard at the next encampment.
Amcs Iouscany has commenced an
action against Edward Towne, a
wealthy pickey county farmer, asking
damages in the sum OF 5000 for the
loss Of ley. The action was com.
Menced in the federal court. In the
complaint the plaintiff alleges that
without provocation the defendant In
the action shot him in the leg. and
aMputation was necessary.
Kill The Smut Germs.
dakota Farmer.
The Northwest Farmer states that
more than one-third of ALI wheat TIM.