Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-02-06
THE STORY OF ST. VALENTINES DAY
ease was pneumonia. The children
we're four or five months old.

ease was pneumonia. The children
we're four or five months old.
The Rev. S. H. Hover arrived in
Linton Friday and remained until
Monday morning. He is now In charge
OF Methodist church at Berthold,
this state. His family is at James
town, but will soon go to Berthold to
reside.
Hullites in town OF late say there
are more sick folks down that way
than for long time past. Lagrippe
is the prevalent disease. John Tim
mer, who is now slowly improving,
was SO bad at one time that DIR.
Shockey was called In.
Mrs. Chas. Adsit, OF Bismarck. was
In Linton, Tuesday, en- route to the
Dale country to visit her relatives
the SCOTS, Freemans and Achesons
She was accompanied by her children:
Olive, Walter, Hollis and Alta. Mrs.
Adsit's brother, Mark Scott, clme to
Linton after the travellers.
jeff. Woodmansee, who was in the
livery business at Steele when North
Dakota was discovered, but who now
dwells mid the rum, riot and rascal
ity of the Capital City, and who once
upon time rode astride hoss as a
prairie-chicken colonel on the govern
or's staff, visited old-time friends in
Linton this week.
The masquerade ball in the opera.
house last Friday night was one of
the most successful-if not the most
successful-everh held In Linton. In
addition to the many masked dancers
on the floor, the stage and the gallery
were filled with spectators. Miss
Ethel GRAPHICAL won the prize given
by Druggist Flaherty for the best
costume.
A hard-fought land-contest case be.
gan in Linton Thursday of last week
The land in dispute is between Dale
and Westtield. The contestant is
Reimer Rypkema and the contestee
Miss Mary Thomas The hearing was
before Clerk of Court Rocks, while
Frank Irvine pounded the typewriter
machine. Attorney Armstrong APP
peared for contestant and the reverend
Lane for contestee.
The n. p. mail service is going from
bad TO worse. Several times the past
week the train due here at 7:2O p. M.
has not arrived until midnight. If
the memhers Of the Bismarck Com
meIcial Club would stop feeding and
playing billiards for an hour or two
perhaps they could find time In
the interest of better service-to use
that tremendous ''inflooence' we read
SO much about in the Tribune.
John Baker was down from the
Hazelton country last Thursday.
With him was his brother Will, for
merly of this country, but for several
years resident of Rnrleigh county
He was also accompanied by Messrs
l.. T. and w. H. Dinger, old friends
of his from Hecla, S. D., who had
been visiting him for week or SO
The Bakers and Dingers were former
ly neighbors in Missouri
Joe Burdick is negotiating for .
sub-contract to supply from fifty t
eighty carloads Of stone for Tom For.
tune, of Bismarck, who has big con
tract for furnishing rock with which
the federal government is doing some
rip-rap work in the Missouri rive
about nine miles above Mandan. l
Mr.. Burdick secures the contract j
will enable him to use the large guam
tity of refuse rock that lie has gOtteI
out while auarrying stone for building
purposes.
The Braddock News suggests
change in the mail service that woult
give that town Linton pouch t
transfer at Mofiit, says the Messenge
Of the latter place. 1t seems that TIN
desired end could be accomplishe'
without even that. We have a petit
tion IN for Linton Bismarck poucl
service at Motif, and. when that !
secured. mail from Braddock to Lir
ton could be put off at Motif and g
down i'm the Mottit pouch. 1t woul
mean the saving Of considerable tim
between the two points.
Asan aftermath of the Brush Horn
case. heard in this city last week b
Commissioner Wallace, says the Al
, erdeen American, charges have bee
4 filed against w. p. Squires. superil
, tendent of the Martin Kenel ayr
cultural school, on the Standing Roc
reservation. The Indians appeare
before the agent and filed the charge
which, among others, include improl
!. er conduct, incompetency and harsl
ness. The papers have been sent
Washington for action. Mr.. Squir'
D charges Brush Horns with attemptii
to kill him.
Two Lintonites got into an arg'
ment the other day AZ 10 the wealth.
Of recent winters. One claimed thu
IS the thermometer had marked fort
y below. or lower, i'm the last three wi
Q tiers. The other disputed this. The
. concluded to obtain the figures fiu
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