Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-06-13
a terse and interesting manner that
he held his large audience in rapt at
tcntion for more than an hour"

tlc tleiu MS large duulelCe III T1pU al.
tcntion for more than an hour"
gB"The Hotel kilmer is centrally
located in the business section of Lin.
ton. Commercial travellers will find
1t Il handy place at which toStop.
Hermann Hackhaus made lively
stop Of a runaway team, Monday even-
ing. Paul Muench's team, standing
in front Of the market, became fright
ened and made dash at the stone
foundation of the Linton State Bank $
new building. But Mr.. Backhaus, who
was near by, grabbed one Of the ami
mails and stopped the team before the
wall was reached. undoubtedly pre-
venting IL serious SMlash-up
+. d. Fiske, OF Fort Yates, was in
Linton over night Tuesday, lie was
returning home from Washburn,
where lie and his sister, Miss Laura.
went to visit their old friends, MIR.
and Mrs. j. +. Davies. Miss Laura
accompanied her brother ON his re.
turn as far as Bismarck, where she
left him and went to Mandan to visit
friends. She will 90 home from Nam
dan, direct, on the west side of the
river.
Charles Coventry, former county
superintendent of Emmons county,
was one Of those who graduated last
week at the state university law school
in Grand Forks At the usual BAN
auct, held last Saturday evening at
the Hotel Northern, in Grand Forks,
Mr.. Coventry was the graduate who
responded to the toast, The Laws. -
!! Mr.. Coventry is reported ty the papers
to have had high standing in his
class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerrt Haak are up
from Hull this week visiting Linton
relatives. Gerrit has been in this
county since the early eighties, but
we don't believe he ever rode in an
automobile before. His son-in-law,
Mr.. Rowerdink, got him TO ride in his
Rambler machine. But the old man
didn't seem to be .'dead sure" of the
thing. Some of the old-timers say
that he was kept SO busy wondering
whether he'd get to the ground alive
that his pipe went out the first time
in many years.
Married = At Linton, Wednesday.
June IL, 1907, by the Rev. S. w. Ho-
YER, Mr.. Erwin f. Willard and Miss
Nella l.. Bales. The groom came here
from Huron. s. d., and recently
proved up on claim in the southern
part of the county. The bride is Il
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Bales,
early settlers in southern EmmOrs.
She is extremely popular with all WHO
know her, and large circle Of friends
wish her much happiness. MIR. .and
Mis-. Willard left for Huron 10y Tues
days Milwaukee train.
The excursion of the St. Paul job
bers Association reached Linton about
I 9:3O Tuesday evening some two hours
later than the scheduled time. There
were eight coaches in the special train,
and the eXcursiunists had with them
all the comforts in the way Of eating,
sleeping, and for quenchiag thirst.
Tie people of Linton had thronged
the sidewalks in the early evening:
but. when they ascerLained that the
train was late, many Went home.
Most of the eXcursiOniSts cam, up
town. and Will, them the Minnesota
State Band, which accompanied them
on their trip. The Linton Band boys
had been i'm the stlnd couple of
hours. and they received the guests
witt, music. Afterward the Wishing
band played severaIairs. NJ any Of the
visitors regretted that They could moi
have reached Linton by daylight, and
expressed astpni>llmcnt that 81 small
place could have maintained 50 OK
r,.ie..t 4 band for more than i've years
Estrayei-.Mare.
E,.rayed from my place, on Sec. II
Twp l:.4, Rye ~, Monday May 18th
!, GRAY mare. four years old: short TAFT
Ma halter on: branded with ~
left shoulder. When last seen Wa
; pu.ll. west. III seen or taken up, pleas
, notify f. A. URwIG,
!. li,1nt u NAPOLEON, n. ID.