Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-12-17
BRADD0CK BREVITIES

From the News, Dec. lOth.l
Wm. Olson is completing the new
residence OF Oscar Johnson, south of
town, this week.
| Frank Barta was up from kintyre
Monday lie reports business good
down at the metropolis.
This week l.. NJ. Doerschlag and
Clerk Sammy Moen purchased . quar-
ter of land north OF town from q.
Feltheim.
Postoffice Inspector John Lucie in
spected the Braddock office during
the first Of the week, and found every
thing regular.
A brief personal note from Dugald
Campbell states that they are settled
for the winter at Eugene, Oregon, and
that all are we'll.
During the storm last week tbs
small son of Mrs. Cox fell on 4 hot
stove and received painful burns ON
the face and hands
Mr.. koenig, brother-in-law OF
Henry Bibelheimer, arrived with his
family from Underwood Monday and
is the guest Of the latter.
Bert Tallman and family have
moved over from the Hazelton neigh
borhood and are occupying the y. IL.
Noatnr ,,l.,ra ,uoct ~ tnun
NJ. r. Kaiser, who has been en-
ployed by the International Harvest.
er Company, returned home to Brad
dock Saturday TO spend the winter.
Bobby Dickson walked in from the
farm last evening and back, a distance
OF eight miles. lie claims that 1t Is
easier to walk than to force q team
Through the heavy snow.
This week the News publishes a
statement of the financial condition
Of the Emmons County State Bank
and it is a statement that would re.
fleet credit on any town the Size Of
Braddock in the state. Look 1t over
One day last week Valentine Benz
of Motlit, sent a check that pushed
his subscription to he News beyond
the 1910 mark-and during the same
day his brother, August, called in and
did likewise. A pretty good pair tt
draw to.
Cashier II. w. Allen, Of the EN-
mons County State Bank, returned
Tuesday from st. Paul, where he hac
accompanied his mother and sister
who were returning to their home 81
i Milan, Mich, after asummer's visit at
Braddock.
Monday morning a prairie-chickeI
lost it's bearings In town, and after be
ing tired out by a pack OF yelpinK cu
dogs it found resting place on thu
News sign, from where 1t looked fo
time at its yelping torment"rs ant
then flew OFT into space.
Rural Route No. 2, running NORTH
Of Braddock, is q reasonably SURF
thing for the near future. This weel
Postmaster Shepard received blanl
petitions and other papers, and u
only now remains for the patrons o
the route to sign the petitions ant
put up their boxes.
A. II. Baird who was mentioned ID
these columns as having bought a forty
acre hay and fruit farm In the Bite
Root valley, Montana, left for tina
place Monday " begin his new life
The Bitter Root valley is good plac.
for the production Of hay, but obser
walton has taught the writer that IL
that latitude aud altitude the tryini
to grow fruit is good pastime To lie
strictly alone. In the spring time tn
SHOWS and ice linger on the mountains
whose silvery heads cluster on thu
horizon in every direction lik
punches often pins, and up to the tirs
of June every storm brings the snev
line close down TO the valley, causinl
the temperature to fall, and In man
instances the young fruit is frozeI
stiff on the trees. II it was frui