Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-10-24
AROUND THE STATE.

The crop averages at Antler are the
best in the state-so they say.
A section of land sold for 500.
600 in Grand Forks county this week.
Donnybrook has fire brigade made
up of ten of the best citizens of the
town.
Potatoes are being shipped by the
car load in Jamestown from Mime
apolis.
The Forman News is convinced that
Jud La Moure is not yet "out of
politics.
Horse thieves even seem to have
invaded old sedate Cass county. The
nerve of them.
A Cooperstown man was badly
frightened by finding human skull
in his potato patch.
Grocery peddlers have been work
ing Mclean county hard since they
learned the crops were good.
The Twin City papers continue to
claim that every sucker who gets
touched down there is from North
Dakota.
A briquetting concern has bought
a big Ignite coal mine near Willis
ton. A number of Fargo people are
interested i'm the enterprise.
Senatorial Candidate Bruce will
probably have something to do to
make definitely known the brand of
politics he carries-Bismarck Tribune
| A farmer at Page refused $1.4O per
bushel for his flax, and drove to the
next elevator for more. Local mar
kets seem to be booming down in the
valley.
Senator G. B. Little seems to be
attracting little notice as candidate
for the United States senate. He Is
at least in the race.-Valley City
Times Record
The Fargo hotels are just as badly
crowded as ever The business the
beaneries of that town are doing is
something fierce and there is no ap.
parent letup in sight.
School ma ANS seem to have hard
time passing examinations down in
Emmons county. 'Tis said only about
one out of twenty succeeds with the
exams.-Bismarck Tribune.
Prof Ladd has caused the convic-
tion of several butchers over the state
for using preservatives in their food
products contrary to the laws and 1t is
said that number of other arrests
will follow.
From the laudatory description of
Dean Bruce, as given by the Herald,
we are at loss to really know wheth.
er he is only a mortal man or little
tin god. The same opinion might
also be formed from those other
newspaper men of our acquaintance
who are asking the question, who
] is this man Bruce e?"-Grand Forks
Press (Dem).
The pious Grand Forks Herald is not
entirely satisfied with the "stalwarts, .
the insurgents" nor the democrats.
1t never was and never will be-with-
out Winship is given office. And in
this connection, would it not be better
for both republicans and democrats
to insert planks in their respective
platforms guaranteeing him the Office
of Oil inspector in case of success?
1t 'would. anyhow, insure a campaign
of peace. -Braddock News.
St. John Tribune: Custom officer
James Mcintosh dropped into the Trib-
une Office last evening, and during our
conversation made the following state
ment: "A carload of wheat passed
through town today which was valued
at sl,SO0 The car contained 1900
bushels of No. 1 northern, at 81 per
bushel." Mr.. Mcintosh says that the
car contained the largest number of
bushels and represented the most
money of any single car of grain he
ever saw 1t was an $4,000 pound
capacity car and was over loaded to
the extent of $4,000 pounds.
j. B. Glider, a prosperous young
Sawyer farmer, took his four head of
oxen to Minot. disposing of them for
1865. The animals weighed from
1905 to 1925 pounds and have done q
| lot of work for Mr.. Glider during the
past three years. He broke up and
farmed 75 acres on his own farm, be.
sides breaking up over 200 acres for
/ neighbors. During all of that time
| Mr.. Glider fed them only 80 bushels
| of ground feed, most of their susten-
ance coming from the prairie in the
! shape of hay and grass. The oxen
! cost him only trife over 5000 three
! wears ago Glider now affords a
spanking team of horses, and realizes
that it is better to creep before one
y tries to walk.
! Secretary of State Alfred Blaisdell
will not be candidate for second
/ term. A formal announcement to this
effect has been made by Mr.. Blaisdell.
/ Nr. Blaisdell has made good record