Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-07-30
AROUND THE STATE.

all for Tom Marshall.
Near Belden settler broke forty
acres OF land with two horses and a
COW.
II is said that Tom Hall, OF Fargo,
is to be secretary of the next railway
commission.
The McClusky Gazette thinks there
was enough beer sold there july 4th
to start river.
The Journal objects to the kind OF
language used by some of the young
men at Monango.
The Grand Forkers anticipate lot
OF improvements with the advent of
the street.car line.
In some Of the smaller towns the
vags who decline to work are being
put on the rock pile.
The sidewalks in the business sec.
tlon OF LaMoure are being widened
from eight to twelve feet.
1t Is understood that Grand Forks
IS making a quiet spiel to outdo the
Fargo state fair this year.
1t dosen't take much of an excuse
for Grand Forks to take fall out of
Fargo. around state-fa time.
The cost OF the primary election in
ward county, according to the bills
before the commissioners, aggregated
50, 500
Mtnot gets Governor Folk, of Mis-
souri,, and Governor Johnson, OF Mime
sofa, among it's next winter lecture
course attractions.
The Palermo Standard objects TO
seeing weary little horses goaded to
furnish amusement by throwing some
alleged brOncho-buster.
The railroads are getting ready for
livestock shipments from west ern
North Dakota, and expect large ship
ments early next month.
G. II. F0rman, for whom the county
seat of Sargent was named, recently
celebrated his eightieth birthday. He
is a pioneer of that section.
Some farmers may have reason to
kick ON the yield, but 1t looks as il
none will have cause to complain Of
the price uf wheat this year.
Some OF the papers are calling at
tention to the fact that weeds can be
destroyed the use OF moving ma
chimes either modern or ancient.
Out In Williams county where the
irrigation water flows in the ditches--
the farmers just smiled when the hot
weather came and turned on more
water.
The bogy man will get automobile
drivers who travel faster than eight
miles an hour In Valley City, accord
Ing to the latest edict Of the city
fathers.
A Fargo dentist, in order to keep
his arm in shape for pounding in
teeth illing has taken to making ce-
ment blocks for cottage aud lamp
ing them in by hand.
The primary law shows how il can
bunch the officers. Cass, Ward and
Morton each got three state officers.
A convention might have made "a
more equitable distribution Forum.
At Wahpeton IN a fight with the
umpire, Pitcher Finnigan's neck was
twisted so badly that 1t was thought
he was seriously injured, but he had
so much rubber in 1t he came out all
o. k.
Slipsbod farming methods were
shown up during the hot wave. Grain
on fields that were properly prepared
suffered less than where the grain had
just been thrown in-any old way.
Forum
Out OF three burglars recently ar
rested in Omaha, an investigation
showed that two nf them had been
mama boys" and had worn Lord
Fauntleroy hair-cuts in their early
youth. Forum.
The supply Of city water at Cissel-
ton went short during the hot days
and the mayor stopped everybody from
using 1t to sprinkle lawns with. For
a time there was weeping and gnasfl-
ing OF teeth, but nobody died.
Jakey Rergh found an old rusty gun
at Neville the other day and tried to
extract am old shell which IL contained
When the shell let ~ it took two oi
Jakey s fingers along with IL, and the
doctor patched up the injured hand
the best lie could, but it isn't so much
of . hand at that. Forum.
| Automobile owners and sportsmel
will watch with considerable interest
the outcome of a suit in the diStric,
court in Trail county, brought b,
Hon. O. j. SOrlie against Louis lie
yoir, To recover damages because the
defendant used Sorlie's hunting dol
as n target when il barked al his pass
ing automobile.
Garret Van Donie appeared II
Oakes the latter part of last week ant
has been performing oil sorts Of quee
pranks. One morning after his ap
pearance in the city he was found b!
n..o. r., ,I,a ha nvapd ~ thu