Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-03-21
AROUND THE STATE,

Fred Gardiner, of st. Thomas,
poisoned one eye with an indelible
pencil
Company b. at Fargo. is raising
funds toward the erection OF new
armory.
Williston had an epidemic OF
sprained ankles as result of icy
sidewalks.
There seems TO be no trouble fol
printers who are base e-ball PLAYERS
and band musicians TO get "A job for
the summer.
a Young brakeman was corraled
at jamestown because he had lifted
a case of beer and fourteen shirts
from ii boN-car
The Great Northern railway com
pany paid into the treasury of Ward
county taxes to the amount of SOL
427.09 recently.
Leeds raised $1,000 for baseball
and $500 for a church, which indi-
Gates that some of the people there
believe in having their fun while
they are sure of ii.
\ lot of North Dakota potatoes
have been shipped to California. The
irrigated potatoes are said to be
coarse and flat compared TO the
Elicllertail tuber.
The Pembina Pioneer Express
wants an amendment to the const-
tuition preventing members of the
legislature from introducing more
than one bill each during the session.
One of the results of the paper
trust, says the Forum, will be to
limit the size of newspapers. The
cost OF the white paper is so great
that many publications are now
spending almost as much as they
make i'm getting out their issues.
AT Hillsboro recently while CON
versing with friends in the court
room. Samuel Little, one of the pio-
neers of Traill county. expired sud
denly from heart trouble He had
just been appointed bailfT Judge
Pollock adjourned court for the bal
ancc of the day out OF respect for
the Mcllknown citizen
Ambrose Newsman: Miss Dora Jacob
son, who lives on claim in the Elk
horn Valley, encountered /; large
gray wolf last week, and, not being
il. the mood To do the Little Red
Riding Hood stunt, she rushed to
her shack and grabbed a stout stick
and struck MIR. Wolf such terrific
blow as to break his neck at once.
The girl now proudly exhibits the
fine pelt to admiring friends
About dozen candidates for gov
crnor have been uncovered during
the session, and they will have some
very improbable stories to tell their
neighbors when they return home
They will attribute all legislative
shortcomings to the "old gang,
when i'm fact most of the reasonable
work of the session has originated
with and has been enacted by the
"old guard Wahpeton Globe
The home of Mr. and Mrs G. A.
Bryant was the scene of happy
tfrong last Friday evening, the event
icing in the nature of a surprise on
Roy, who is making visit home
1t was Il "skidoo" affair, there be
ing just that number present. At
midnight refreshments were served,
shortly after which the merrymakers
dispersed for their homes. All had
a good time Napoleon Homestead
Notwithstanding the long time be
submissionists have something to
look forward to, and i'm the mean
time every voter will be an active
politician, and every candidate for
legislative honors will be thoroughly
sounded on the prohibition question
The legislature to be elected in 1908
will settle the question, as the propo-
si;iCn, If it goes before the people,
will undoubtedly prevail. Wahpeton
Globe.
While the libel law was not re
pealed, it was not because of any eff
fort to retain it on the statute books
on the part of the author Mr. Street
err The truth is the newspaper boys
didn't seem so anxious about it after
they saw how some of the members
of the legislature acted on measures
publicity and the income
of the country newspapers. Streeter
of Emmons and Stevens of Burleigh
press, and criticism of these gentle
men ought to be tempered with fair
ness and justice hereafter. Bismarck
Tribune.
An aged mother, living at Nc
Clusky, y. d., seeks public aid in
locating her son, Nils Paulson, %
Years of age. who was last heard
OF by letter from Minneapolis two
Years ago. At that time he was
working at odd jobs in the city, and
wrote that he was preparing to ship
TO Smuggler, Col, to work in the
mines. The mother fears that all is