Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-01-09

and found 'em-doing their weeks
baking.
The fourteen year old son of John
Van Beck, living about six miles
northwestern Westdeld, vas for time
very low with diptheria; but, under
the care OF DR.. Shockey, the boy Is
much better.
Saturday and Monday saw the de-
parture for various schools Of the Lin
ton girls and boys who had come home
to spend the holidays. Miss Lavinna
Marchant accompanied her brother,
Fay, to Humboldt, Iowa.
Landlord Yeater was down from
Hazelton day or two this week. He
was, figuratively speaking, "arrayed
in purple and tine liner" and looked
just 8 he probably did seventy i've
years ago when he was bridegroom.
Messrs. Scott and Ferguson, Of Ii.
vona, have rented the old Brindle
mine. near Hazelton. and are now
working the same. N. B.-Elmer will
please take notice that the name
'old Brindle mine" refers 20 the mine
and not to the owner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Winterberg, Of
southern Emmons, have gone to the
lady's old home, Pittsburg, Kansas,
where her parents reside. Mrs. Win.
terberg longed to 70 back to the old
folks ct home to see whether the old
family doctor could not restore her
health, which Is very poor.
NJ. ID. Urell brought over Little
Jack" Carignan from Fort Yates,
Saturday, en- route to resume his
school work at St. Thomas College, st.
Paul. He came home to spend the
holidays with his parents and to see
that his pet baseball team took steps
to get In the game In good shape next
season.
F. Tiemersma, who seven years ago
came from Sioux county, Iowa, and
filed on homestead four miles north
east Of Hull, became discouraged be-
cause Of di@culty In obtaining water,
sold his land, and left recently for
Bemis, s. D., where he will make an
effort to grow up with the country Is
chief engineer Of q rented farm.
Bead Use. His-Arrow and Asa Little.
Grow came over from Fort Yates Fri
day. The former had . successful
surgical operation performed on one
Of his eyes. The eye was 10 badly in-
jured some time ago that It's removal
was found to be necessary. DIR. Hogue
did the work, Saturday. Use-His-
Arrow will procure an artificial eye Il
take the place Of the one that was re.
moved.
The marriage Of Mr.. Frank J. Sikel
and Miss Dolly Bradley took place last
Monday morning 1T the Methodist
parsonage; the Rev. Wood officiating.
The groom Is . prosperous. up-to-date
farmer living about fifteen miles
northeast Of Linton. The bride Is one
of the efticient and successful teacher
of Emmons county. Their MANI
friends wish them long and happy
life.
Hoe postonice, that was to be serv'
ed from Hazelton, has been discontin.
ued. The people Of the neighborhood
expect that they will soon be served
by rural route. AS there is not a
rural free delivery service in all OF
this part of the country. 1t would
seem that We ought to attract lit
tie attention from the postomce de.
partment before long.
| School No. 2, In East Marie, has
been moved from section 81 to section
q. The enrolment Is II and the
school pupils in the schoolroom are q
crowded as sardines Ia . box, when the
attendance Is IA or Is. The teacher
has been expecting more desks for the
past two months, but IS dtsappoint.
ed and says to his pupils-wh0 are
crowded three into Z seat, and last
Friday four were obliged to sit 10 one
seat or stand: 1.-THE new desks will be
here some time before school is out. y
| Communicated.
Last Friday Sheriff Jones and Dep
uty Kyes went down to Hague and
seized some joy oil which, as is alleged,
was being kept for sale by Nicholas
Goebel and Herbert Gailey-principal-
~ to noted legal light from Linton
who, until few weeks ago, when .
pair Of broRans few up and busted his
coat-tails, was in the habit Of going
down there to get drunk. The papera
in the proceedings were sworn out by
the Rev. G. s. Lane, the noted teet0-
taller and all-around philanthropist
"Evidence" was procured scarce
ly enough of 1t to keep the average
bling pig spotter drunk for week.
A farmer correspondent writes Ia
the Record as follows: The writer,
while driving about the county, has
noticed good many bridges that are
getting TO be in bad shape. The dirt
Of the approaches has been worn away
by the many teams and vehicles paas.
ing over, and this dirt, converted into
dust, has been blown off, until the
heidnes. At both ends. are from two n