Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-10-31

Ramsey county has employed de-
tective to find the blind piggers in
that county. and he recently landed
half dozen at Edmore. The pigs in
that county must be getting pretty
blind when it takes a professional
detective to find them In most com
munittes all man needs is a thirst
and about twenty-five cents in cash.
A carpenters union with a member.
ship of twenty was recently organized
at Devils Lake. 1t is estimated that
there are about 100 carpenters in the
city at this time, and i, is believed
that nearly all OF them will become
members of the union The charter
Of the proposed seat of government.
is issued by the American Brother
hood, one of the strongest labor or
ganization of the country
While the rest OF the ticket is be-
ing arranged, all factions in the party
appear to be favorable to II. s. Lewis.
of Fargo. being reelected lieutenant
governor. Gov. Bob made an ex-
cellent presiding officer of the sen
ate last session and is popular with
all who know him He is considered
eminently fair in all his dealings and
he should be re-elected--if he will
take the place.-Bismarck Tribune
One of the first towns in the state
to take advantage of the new law
making provision for the state to help
militia companies build armories is
HillsborO. A committee of local bust
ness men there have become interest
ed i'm the matter and will help the
company out in the matter-so much
so that the contract well be awarded
early next month for the construction
of model military building at the
Traill county capital
There is no accurate rule, as much
depends upon the kind of hay, length
of time in stack, etc The most com
mon rule is as follows: Measure the
stack for length, width, and the over.
multiply the width in feet by the over
and divide by four. Then multiply the
result by the length. To reduce to
tons for hay in stuck less than twenty
days. divide the cubical contents by
512, for more than twenty days or less
than sixty days. divide by $50
Arthur NelsOn,' son of Abel Nelson
of Bisbee. had \ Rcrce encounter with
a young fox recently. The animal was
caught last spring and had been kept
chained for some time. Some time
ago 1t escaped but a few days ago the
boy saw its den in the field. When the
lad approached the animal entered the
hole but the boy succeeded in grasp
ing the chain which was still attached
to the animal, and pulled it out again.
The recaptured little beast then show
ed fight and the boy had quite bat
tie before he succeeded in killing it,
Matt Hilton, of Trier, had the mis-
fortune some days ago to lose a hand
in a threshing machine accident.
While he was oiling the rear part of
the separator his coat sleeve caught
in a chain belt and his wrist became
entangled between the chain belt and
pulley. He yelled to stop the machine
but his voice was drowned by the noise
Of the machine and the engine contin-
ued running for some time before the
accident was discovered and the poor
fellow released. His hand was sew
cred at the wrist and hung by only a
few shreds.
The petition to organize Dunn coun-
ty is now before Governor Burke and
those who have interested themselves
in the matter state that they have
every reason to believe that the an
plication will be granted within very
short time Dunn is the last of the
unorganized counties in North Dakota,
and is composed of about forty-seven
townships of land. The governor is
asked to place the temporary county
seat at a point near Melby, which Is
geogra phically about the center of the
county. The people from Fayette and
Oakdale, however, do not take very
IA, <~> l<,ft
and an effort is being made to get the
governor to defer action.
1t is evident that many school treas
urers are not aware of the provisions
OF the law regarding the deposit OF
district school funds. The law as
enacted by the Ninth legislative as
sembly, provides that all school funds
shall, as soon as received by the
treasurer, be deposited in slpch bank
or banks as shall be designated by
the school board The law further
provides that whenever the amount of
school funds exceed the sum of $500
they must be deposited in accordance
with section 935 of the Revised Codes.
amended by the Ninth legislative as
sembly. This and succeeding chap
ters require that bids shall be adver-
tised for and such funds deposited in
accordance with the bids. A number
of school districts in this locality are
not complying with the law. The in
tention OF the law is that the school
district shall receive the benefit of