Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-06-04
HAZELTON HAPPENINGS.
From the Republican, May ssth.l


caller i'm HaZelton Saturday
Uncle John" Kurtz celebrated his
birthday at the home OF Mr. and Mrs
III. A. Armstrong last Sunday Among
those present were Messrs and Mes
DANES j. |. Roop, S. Y. KlrtZ, George
h. Brock, j. b. Brock, and Mrs Roop
The new baseball diamond south
west of town is being rapidly put into
shape by volunteer help, and will be
one of the best in this part of the
state when finished. The boys put in
their spare time counting blistcrs on
their hands, caused by the too strenl-
Gus use OF the shovels.
l}. c. Talbot shipped his household
goods and stock to Lethbridge, Can
ada, Monday, at which place he eX-
poets 10 make his future home. Mr..
Talbot has half-section of land i'm
that vicinity and expects to make good
up there. If he doesn't. North Dako-
ta will get him again. We bank on
the latter proposition.
Mrs Dan Williams, OF Painted
| Moods. was i'm town last week, visit
| ing Mrs. W. L. Yeater, an old friend
Mrs. Williams Was one of the original
..old settlers CT Emmons, the town
CT WilliamspOrt being named in homol
of her husband Mr.. and Mrs. viii
lianls were the first couple married in
this county. and are we'll known to al
| the older residents of this section.
| j. b. Brock will move to Linton In
the near future He has purchased q
small tract OF land north of that place
and i'm the future intends to let some
Of the younger fellows handle the big
| farms. Mr.. Brock had one of the best
4 improved farms in this section OF
the country and has many warn
| friends who will be sorry TO see hin
| leav,, Hazelton; but We are glad he
will continue to hold forth i'm Emmons
county.
Some of the candidates are get
| ting bad attack of cold feet. In
Kirldei' county would-be representative
John Storey has quit killing driving
horses, and in this county his run
ming mate had a strong disinclinatiol
TO file his nomination papers. Since
the Minot convention the people WIZ
were insurgents have apparently crawl
ed into a hcle and pulled the hole il
after them AT least YOU can't se'
either the insurgents or the hole
On Friday night, at the home o
John Gates occurred what might hay
proved very bad affair Will
Mrs. Gates is attending her mothe
in South Dakota, Mr.. Gates was ei
to attend the incubator and broOdel
and in some manner the heat regnl;
tor dropped over the lamp of IN
, brooder. causing it to explode an
setting the house on fire. E'y hal'
. fighting the flames We're extnguishct
. but not until the brcedar. one hun
dred and forty-five chicks. conside
, able clothing and a large hole in III
floor had been burned.
Some time ago it was rumored Fhi
: W. NJ Mathews and others Were I
open a new bank at this place. an
J the Yeater building ON Main stree
was being fitted up for that plrpos
A vault was ordered and the bnildiE
I lapanted and officers for the new j
e stitutiCn chosen Ii was felt by
\ number of local parties that. at II
i present time. second bank was n,
u a necessity and yesterday the q
e ficers of the Bank OF HaZelton al
. Mr. Mathews got together and a de
4 was closed whereby the Bank OF Haze
!. ron takes over the building, all m
4 terial ordered by the new concern. al
q looks after other matters involved
$ the starting Of the new venture. NJ
d Mathews agrees not to have an inte
!, est in the banking business in tn
e county The Bank OF Hazclton "