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

The Palladium thinks Bismarck is
long on blind pigs
At Mimic fishing through the ice is
popular amusement.
At Minot each pupil in the schools
has an individual drinking cup.
Many North Dakotans are headed
Tor the old country for the holidays.
| Pleading the unwritten law, Pete
Hanson escaped punishment at Oakes
for shooting man.
The Mall refers to the fact that
raising hell in the streets mnst be
stopped in Edgeley.
A Bowhells man wore his wife's belt
around his neck several days in belief
that it was his necktie.
Rabbit hunting is favorit pastime
In the western part OF the state, es-
pecially since the snowfall
| In some towns girls who lotter On
the streets are threatened with prose-
cution and the reform school.
Some Of the democrats appear to he
after the scalp OF Editor Wilson, Of
Bathgate, the state oil inspector.
| The price Of prison twine has been
fixed by the penitentiary board for
this year at tritle less than that OF
last year.
| In some of the towns of the state
the baseball fans are planning balls
this winter to raise funds for the next
years team.
| Many of the towns of the state will
arrange this winter for a series Of reg
ular market days during the next
spring and summer
A preacher told the Glendale Leader
story about kettle that had fire
underneath and ice on top-and it
wasn't cold day, either
The McClusky Independent insists
that the people Of Turtle Lake circu-
late petition requesting the school
board to purchase water-pail.
In Morton county there is family
In which there are nine boys; but the
mother is not entirely without help.
Incidentally there are five girls.
Some Canadian emigrants-hea
for their old homes in South Dakota
tired OF a trip across the country and
took train at Kermit for the balance
Of the journey.
The Congregational minister at
Copperstown breaches in his own
church In the mornings and In the
Baptist church in the evenings, while
the later organization has no pastor.
The Bismarck Commercial club had
its annual banquet Wednesday night
and the evening was pleasantly and
protitably spent. The clubis ina very
thriving condition and is doing good
work.
Near Max Herman Harka took an
aged horse out to a big snow-drift u
shoot him. He shot the equine three
times in the head and walked away.
At night the horse was back at the
barn munching hay.
Some people oppose Editor Spears
of Mandan, for clerk of the house OF
representatives because Morton coun-
| ty has the commissioner Of agrtcul.
ture and two of three members of thf
railroad commission.
The wreck of the Northern Pacific
train at Mckenzie the other day was
a remarkable one in that, while the
train was making good time, there
were no serious injuries, though al
the coaches went in the ditch.
The Kenmare Journal tells about q
cat that was taking siesta In the fly
wheel OF a engine at the electric plant
| When the wheel started it went too
rapidly for the cat to escape, and !,
remained there for sixteen hours-til
the engine stopped.
After many years of free insertion
Of resolutions of coincidence and cards
of thanks, the iron has entered the
soul Of the editor Of the Fairmount
News and he announces they will bt
charged for-as they should-in every
well-regulated family journal. Fargo
Forum.
A Moorhead man has invented
potato-bug exterminator. The con
trivance consists in part of pan int
which the bugs are brushed by revolv
ing wire- fans. We predict that tw'
applications OF Paris green will b'
found far more effective. Grand Fork
Herald.
Many North Dakotans are prepar
Ing for their annual winter trips south
This is not an indication that Nortl
Dakota winters are unusually severe
but rather that North Dakota peopl
are so prosperous that they can vel
afford outings which are denied to tn
residents OF less-favored states.
Devils Lake Journal: A few OF tn
loitizenS who were fortunate enough t