Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-06-11
AROUND THE STATE.

tic StdHuiTu OlI 20. SlttlnS up ana
taking notice.
Pope's directory gives Fargo a
population of $4,000 and Grand
Forks l2.5OO.
The democratic Devils Lake Jour
nal doesn't see much hope for the in
sursents at the primaries
The Bowman County News figures
that Little and Johnson are the two
high men in the senatorial race.
Candidates for state offices are
paying more attention to the north
western and the western counties.
The farmers appreciate the activity
of Congressman Gronna in securing
SO many rural mail routes Forum.
\ Wyndmere boy kicked because
his mother put Il larger mustard
plaster on his brother than on the
kicke;
c. \. johnson candidate for COVER
nor. gets some nice homo endorse
ments from all three of tho Minot
papers.
The anti-incorporators won out in
the mass meeting at Napoeon-an
the deal will be given another chance
later on
Aberdeen jobbers are invading
North Dakota territory and took !;
trip over the new line of the Milwall-
kee with a special train. Grand
Forks Herald.
a union band of forty pieces, made
up of musicians from Mayville. Port
land and Roseville, will play at the
two days celebration at Mayville.
July ; and 4
\ Harvey woman got gay and
spanked a neighbor's boy She was
arrested, and on account of the large
number of spectators the trial was
held in the opera house.
Matt Murphy, of Sanborn, is the
only democrat i'm Barnes county to
file a candidates petition with the
county auditor. He is candidate
district.
INSTEAD of fly paper lady who
has had experience is reported as
saying, have pots OF mignonette
about your house. You'll have few
flies in the rooms where there's plen-
ty of mignonette."
Prof McGee, of Mahpeton, while
out shooting gophers. laid his coat
over one of the Great Northern rails,
the day being warm. a train came
along and ran over the coat, and
there was no more coat.
The mayor of Maxbass refused to
stop Sunday ball games. He hold
they were played at hours that did
not conflict with church services or
Sunday school. and the amusement
was clean and wholesome
Five hundred thousand small pike
We're dumped into Spiritwood lake
recently, and ,Jimtown disciples of
Walton are already smaclling their
lips in anticipation of the fish they
will be catching in two or three
years.
a petition containing more than
200 signatures was presented to the
city council at Valley City request
ing that body to call an election to
vote on the question of that city
adopting the commission form of
government.
North Dakota county judges are
Obliged to work overtime in some
counties issuing licenses for the crop
of June weddings, already heading
out, and haven't any time left to
shake hands with their friends before
| the primaries.
| \ demented woman made an at
| tempt to commit suicide recently by
throwing herself in front of a passen-
ger train on the Cooperstown branch
| near Binford The train was stopped
| i'm time to save her life. which was
undoubtedly miracle. as it was run
ming at a high rate of speed at the
time
The discovery of an embryo insur-
| rection is reported at the state peni-
lentiary, and 'murderous looking
4 knives taken from the supposed
| ringleader. Also map of the state
/ containing score or two of towns
/ on which locations were noted, which
are supposed to have indicated LAY
outs for safe burglaries or other
deviltry.
In the Mandan Abstract company :
weekly bulletin appears the transfer
Of a tract of seventeen thousand
four hundred and eighty acres o1
a.!d from he Northwestern Improve
ment company to A. ID. Clarke & Co
This land lies in the central part o.
Morton county, with Almont as tho
central point. The consideration j.
mere than fifteen dollars an acre.
The country is in excellent shape
In campaign years there is generally
let up in business affairs abon'
Jane ! till after the quadrennia
political spasm is over. There are NJ
Indications OF such action this year