Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-01-03
THE STATE,


lalls Of the state had turkey dinners d
Christmas.
There are said to be six applicant
IN Ramsey county for Que Of the stat,
game wardenships.
The Minot business men are alread,
talking over plans for the entertain
ment of the State Editorial Assocja
tion next August.
Ihe efforts of the Richardton. starl
county. people to secure observance q
the school attendance law are beins
given wide publicity
| Attorny Burdick, of Munich. is be
lieyed to be the only member elect q
the legislature who can boast of SO.
uW damage suit pending against him.
The fact that gophers have beer
coming out Of their holes is held b,
some to1ndicate that the little fellow.
need more food, and that there vii
be protracted winter.
Mrs. Mackersi, OF Leeds, was standing
on table. tearing OFT paper from the
ceiling. when the table tipped ane
Threw her on some furniture, with th,
result that She broke three ribs.
The death rate in North Dakota j.
one OF the lowest in the union from
local diseases. The rate was sever
deaths annually in each 1000 persons,
according I" the census report OF 1900
compared to ID in Illinois and Is ia
California.
mat dread disease. hog cholera. has
been making great havoc among the
hogs Of some Of the farmers near
Leeds. Peter Anderson, i mile from
Leeds. Las lost >iNts-two Within III.
last tour ", ellS, aud Lars WihI ais,
lost several J. leA wcek, ago
Some people seem to think John
Burke Cab best ietpei uate Iii, own
machine by recosnizin. the il SUI gent
republicans il. his app 1l,lnleuts.
Others believe H., can bIll.i ~ a dean.
ocratic rsrty in tiN state by apppil
ing only rock ribbed democrats.
Forum.
John \. Joinson living some ten OF
twelve miles east If tilenbilrn. recent
~ drove To tllat town 10 get some coal.
The day being Very stormy, lie decided
TO Stay over until morning. and left
his load OF coal outside near the c.
burn livery stable. The NEXT morning.
when he vas about TO start home, lac
discovered that All of his coal vas
gone.
The town OF Garrison, an infant in
years but a comparative giant com
mercialy, has six elevators. and these
are insufficient TO receive al the grain
offered. To accommodate the rush
bins have been attached, aud these are
so full that some OF the wheat is snow
covered, and farmers are unable to find
storage. Mercer county and the sur
rounding country is full of wheat.
Some weeks ago William Julian
struck flowing we'll on his farm
south Of Nelva. Since that time the
flow has grown stronger and the vol
ume of water is considerable more
than at any other time The water is
of excellent quality. soft as spring
water, and as pure AID sparkling a
beverage as nature ever pros ided. and
most agreeable to the taste. This i,
the only flowing well in McIIenry
county.
Chief Engineer Mickey O'Cynnor, Of
the Bismarck trolley liue, announces
that he will offer prize of velvet
album TO the capitol employe dong
the most riding on the trolley line the
coming year. Mickey says he must do
something to increase the patronage
of the line by the people at the CAPT
tol. who seem to prefer lettering up
and down afoot rather than to ride on
a rapid transit.
Fairdale Times: Fdirdale is really
becoming quite railroad center For
the past two or three days passenger
train has been making its head4uar-
tiers between two snow-banks west Of
town and a freight has been standing
in a cut mile east Of town. This bids
fair to be the most dflicut winter for
railroading in the history OF the state,
and even the transcontinental lines
find it difficult TO get trains through.
The cut at Medford is said to be ,hir-
! ty feet high, aud the officials are
thinging of putting roof over it.
The 5.year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Carlson. Of Williston. was the victim
of an accident Friday which narrowly
escaped being fatal, The little boy
was going to school, when lle accident
ally stumbled into large hole around
which drifts had collected. He was
not found until nearly moon. after
| having been exposed to the !rigid tenn
peraturc for nearly -four hours. His
feet and hands were frozen aud his
face vas also nlpped lie was mme-
diately placed under medical care, and
will probably pull through all right.
| Mr.. Morton, Of Valley CITY. has
proven beyond d doubt that Mrs. Nor
ton. Of the same town, and wife oi his
bosom. isn't the ouls member Of the
famiI, that is capable q shaking up
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