Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-19

Ihe 81. Thomas Times deplOreS the
decreased attendance at the schools
Of that burg. Different here.
Recently, the safe In one OF the
Crary banks couldn't be opened until
an expert arrived from Fargo.
/! The First National Bank Of Dickin.
son has deposits Of more than mil.
lion dollars. Its reserve is 600, 600.
]. J. Seldage died recently 10 Stuts.
man county at the aye Of lOl years.
He was born in York, England, In
1906.
St. Michael's hospital, costing slOo,-
600, and said to be the finest in the
state, has been formally opened to the
] public at Grand Forks.
The town marshal Of Edinburg had
five young men arrested on charge
Of bootlegging. All we're discharged,
and the marshal resigned.
There are efforts to have Valley
City try the Galveston plan Of mu.
nicipal government, II the experiment
at Mandan proves to be . success.
There will be big demand for press
agents and spell-blnders by some Of
the candidates, says the Bismarck
Tribune, before the campaign Is oyer.
The Dickinson papers are enthusi
astic over the candidacy of Senator
Leslie Simpson for the judgeshlp Of
the new west-of- the Missouri district.
Col. Little has visited several 60
tions & the atAte, and 4 estting nsnv
friendly newspaper notices regarding
his candidacy for the United States
senate.
The new hotel at Left, near the Mil
waukee extension, sixty miles south.
west Of Dickinson, burned recently.
1t was the largest structure in Bow.
man county.
State Senator Sharpe (.Primary
Jim"), Of La Moure county, is said to
be the leading candidate for governor
in Dickey county, adjoining LaMoure
on the south.
The Glendale Leader notes that
the Stalwarts, the Insurgents, the
Democrats, the Baptists and the
Methodists have oil recently held con-
ferences or conventions.
The cloak Of holiness 50 long worn
by the Grand Forks Herald IS badly
rent, and the people Of the state are
gradually getting onto" the cantlng
hypocrisy Of its editor.-Forum.
A farmer drove into Crosby to pur-
chase some articles, and registered .
ferocious kick because the stores were
closed. He looked foolish when he
learned that it was Sunday morning.
Under the recent decision Of the su-
preme court that the law requiring
fees from candidates is unconStitu-
tional, the Cass county candidates
have had their money paid back to
them.
The Edinburg Tribune is pronounced
in its objection to some Of the ladies'
wearing their hats at shows, compel
ling the people sitting back Of them
to rubberneck in order to get partial
equivalent for the price Of the ticket.
i w. NJ. House, of Richland county,
publishes this announcement: II have
not had many earnest requests by
friends; but, because want the Office,
/ am q candidate for secretary Of
state. If elected, shall do the work
honestly and right.
The Plaza Pioneer roasts Treadwell
Twiclell, the inSurgent candidate for
governor, on the ground that ''he
swears like a pirate. There are lot
of people in North Dakota who would
not be running for otficeif they had ia
Quit swearing.-Forum.
IL is stated that the remainder Oi
the insurgent slate will be named by
. COMMITTEE" thus intrusting the
nomination Of insurgent candidates
for many state offices to an even less
representative body than conven-
tion. Certainly nothing in the palm
lest days Of the old convention system
approaches this Capitalization Of au'
thority in the hands Of few insur.
gent followers. In the light II the
convention that was recently held,
the methods pursued there, and the
selection OF committee to name the
remainder OF the ticket, the insurgent
Endorsement of the primary law and
the pledge to support It b remarkably
inconsistent with the attitude Of the