Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-05-09
AROUND THE STATE.

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The state capitol grounds are to be
beautified
Regular troops at Fort Lincoln are
undergoing practice marches.
An addition is to be built to the
Presbyterian church at Bismarck.
Settlers are arriving at Glen Ullin
at the rate of about ten cars per day.
The Mandan Pioneer predicts large
fiocks OF prarie-chickens for this sum-
mer
The supreme court has about fifty
cases in which decisions must he pre-
pared.
per month.
Another Ward county farmer called
on Judge Murray. of Minot. to have
the latter secure him wife. but the
judge was unsuccessful.
Ex-Judge Knauf seems to be getting
even with the railroads for their
opposition to his candidacy by bring
ing number of personal injury dam
age cases against them
The people who have the habit OF
sticking Il letter in a piece of merchan-
disc they send to friends are coming
to grief since more rigid inspection is
being made OF such packages
Editor Wardell of the Pembina
Pioneer Express, doesn't think that
President Roosevelt should be urged
to accept denomination after having
decided that he would not again he a
candidate
Ray Cook. of Glendale. could not
speak above whisper since February
as a result of an attack OF measles.
His voice came back suddenly the
other day in time for him to root at
the ball games.-Forum.
Valley City Times Record: During
the past week or two large numbers
of superintendent and principals from
various schools over the state have
been visiting the normal and looking
for teachers TO take positions i'm their
schools. Many of the seniors who will
graduate in June have already OBJ
tanned good positions in different
parts of the state for the next school
year.
Work on the enormous building
which the Russell Milling company is
constructing at Valley City is advanc.
ing with almost magical rapidity. OF
the six stories which will be built two
are almost completed, and small
army of labOrers are rushing the work
along. 1t is being built of cream
brick. and will be the largest struc-
ture in the city at its completion.
The mill will have a capacity OF 1000
barrels a day, 200 barrels more than
was originally planned
Michael j. Kelly, "A bachelor home
steader, located three and half
miles south of Antler, met with a hor-
rible death Friday night or early Sat
urday morning. Kelly was i'm town
Friday with a wagon load of feed
which he had had chopped. and. after
making some purchases about town,
started home about o'clock in the
evening. A half-mile south of town.
at the home of p. r. Nelson, his team
got stuck in snowbanl and the
wagon was exchanged for bob-sled
and hay-rack, leaving the feed on the
wagon. About a mile from the Nelson
home the sled was next day found in
condition indicating a runaway, and
the dead body OF Mr. Kelly was found
farther south about half mile from
his home
Mandan Pioneer: Walter Parkin,
OF Mandan, was one of the fortunate
bidders for an Indian land-lease on
the Standing Rock reservation, and
has been notified that his bid of 4A
cents an acre a year for five years
has been accepted for tract of A.
600 acres in townships l3l and 132
and ranges 50, So and 81 Mr. Parkin
has secured an unusually fine tract OF
grazing land, watered on the north
for nearly twelve miles by the Can
non-bal river and crossed by Porcu-
pine and a number of smaller creeks
There is plenty of good meadow, too,
and the cattle in this particular pas
the will not get very far from the hay
stack during the winter months.
Sarles Advocate: William a.
Leitch, residing west of town, has
been engaged for the past two years
in perfecting the construction of a
machine for the purpose of shocking
the sheayes of grain as they come
from the binder thu. doing away
with the necessity and expense of per-
forming this labor by hand Last sea
son he succeeded in building rough
model, which was given an actual
field test. and. it was said by those
present did the work i'm very sat
isfactolN manner During the fall and
yinter Mr.. l.eitch put in much time
IN jerIpctiuG the mechanism and