Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-03-26
AROUND THE STATE.


The Loerch land agency at Steele
doesn't seem to be bit afraid to
use generous amount Of newspaper
space.
The numerous fires occurring in
many of the towns of the state is
causing some of the towns to dust
OF their fire apparatus.
Many of the farmers in Towner
county have paid most of their store
bills this winter from the eggs they
have sold to their local merchants.
According to the newspapers up
north, Col. G. B. Little is making
considerable headway there as can
didate for the United States senate.
jamestown Alert: Alexander Nc
Kenxie is not candidate for nation
al republican committeeman. The
insurgents are practically without a
war cry now.
General Manager Pennington. OF
the 500, announces that as rapidly as
possible the 500 line will be equipped
with telephone service to supplant
the telegraph.
Some editors have crossed their
wires on the election OF state senat-
ors. They begin the boosting of
candidates in districts where there
was no election for senator this
year.
Large as the number of consigned
horses is at the coming big sale at
Dickinson, 1t is feared that the sup
ply will not meet the demand. as
many new settlers sold their horses
before leaving the east.
Mandan independents National
Committeeman Mckenzie says he
will not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion to his present position. This
will be sorry news to the ''insur-
gents" as to fight that gentleman
was about their only excuse for ex-
istence.
New Rockford Transcript: There
are two ways of getting into news
paper" purchasing an interest and
purchasing an interview There is
still another way. pulling the wool
over the EDITORS eyes and getting in
for nothing. This is very popular
form of entry-especially with the
politicians.
1t is thought by many North Dako
tans that, IL soldiers monument is
to be erected anywhere, that a com
mittee of which part shall be G
A. r. veterans should be in charge
The old Fort Abercrombie cemetery
was vacated in 1877, and the re
mains of seventy-six soldiers were
taken from there and buried by the
government at Fort Abraham Lin
| coin.
Bottineau Courant: THE objec1
of the progressive republican move
ment is to preserve and perpetuate
the republican party in North Da
kota," says the call to arms recently
issued by the insurgent committee
at Fargo. We presume this can best
be accomplished by filling the state
house with democrats-as the in
surgents helped Burke to do by
electing him governor.
The investigation of the public
printing Office in Washington would
be greatly simplified IL the mer
chants more generally patronized the
home print-shop. 1t looks rather
cheap for firms to have their envel
opes printed by the government
when the home printer plugs the
year round in an endeavor to bring
trade to those self-same merchants
Don't it?-New Rockford Transcript.
A local woman appeared before a
Judge, in Grand Forks. recently
asking for warrant for the arrest
of her husband, whom she charged
with stealing her false teeth. Judge
Mclaughlin, on hearing the woman's
story. made a trip to East Grand
Forks, and there located the man
( and i'm few minutes the missing
grinders were in his possession, and
later were returned to the rightful
owner. 1t seems that the couple had
had row, and that the husband
who was worsted, stole the teeth in
order to break even.
Prof. Ladd has the -four millers
in dilemma. The millers have al
ways contended that durum whea,
was inferior, and in buying it have
made the price about twenty cents
less than ordinary wheat But they
have been mixing durum with com
mon wheat in the making of -four
in some cases as high as thirty 10
forty per cent. But when Prof. Ladd
demands that they label the product
accordingly, they say it is an njus
tice, because the mixture does no,
hurt the grade of the -four The
arguments to the producer of the
wheat and the consumer of the floul
do not hardly coincide.