Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-02-20
THE STATE.

School patrons at Moffit, Burleigh
county, want consolidated school on
the ground of economy and improved
efficiency.
1t is proposed to build an electric
road out OF Dickinson to connect with
the new towns south of there ON the
Milwaukee.
The friends of o. j. Olson, OF the
state land department, are pleased
with the reception his announcement
of his candidacy for state auditor met.
Three Ward county young ladies
who have just become possessed OF
farms have named them, respectively,
the Shamrock, the lonedale, and the
Rosemarycot.
A former resident of Grano, Ward
county, writes from the Pacific coast
expressing regret that he ever left
North Dakota-has found drawbacks
he never anticipated.
ltinerant eyesight specialists are
about the country north of Bismarck,
but they don't say anything about
their being supplied with proper ere
dentials according to law.
The devil in the Pioneer Office II
Hansboro was too strenuous in
the washing of last weeks forms, and
one was pied just when there was a
lot OF rush work in the office.
The fire department at Mohall is
tickled over the adding of fire q.
gine to their equipment, and the town
now has adequate fire protection-civ.
ic enterprise which is to be admired
A cheeky catalogue house has sent
hundreds of circulars over the state
asking farmers how much wheat they
have on hand personally and the
amount on hand in their community
Forum.
To prevent the possible spread of
smallpox the village authorities Of
Sheldon have ordered all dogs to be
kept in confinement for period of
thirty days. CANNES running at large
will be shot
Bishop Stanley, Of Fargo, assisted
by many priests, recently dedicated
and blessed the new parochial school
building at Bismarck, just completed
at cost of $4,000. Many visitors
from out of town were there
The school teacher at Center, .ulss
Olive Ward, travels ten miles to full
fill her duties, acts as her own janitor,
builds the fire to warm the youngsters
when they arrive and sweeps and
dusts the school room-and the
manly ducks who form the school
board of the district are after the man
who had the audacity to suggest the
employment of janitor.-Forum.
| While Mayor Smyth, of Bismarck,
was climbing hill with his automo
bile, recently, the drive-chain broke
and the auto ran down the hill back
ward, upsetting and rolling over and
over, smashing against bank at the
foot of the hill. The mayor was thrown
out and badly injured, but is able to
be around, though the worse for
wear. He marvels that he escaped
alive.
One of Laporte's Hereford cows at
Russell dropped calf during one OF
the recent cold days. in clump Of
cane by the river, with nothing but
the sky for shelter and the snow for q
bed Although the weather was
around 30 below zero the calf is alive
and we'll, having had only the tips OF
its ears frozen. and is now safely hous-
ed in the barn. 1t was about two days
old when found
Devils Lake Journal: A report was
published in one of the leading Boston
newspapers some weeks ago to the ef-
feet that the entire state of North Da-
kota was snOw-bound and that the
Northern Pacific trains were snow
bound between jamestown and Man.
dan If the people of Boston were
given the correct idea of the cOndi-
tions existing in North akota it is
barely possible that there would not
be enough people left in the city to
support the paper which has SO indus
triously "knocked North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald.
George Armstrong, Mckenzie
county farmer who lived near Alexan.
der, was killed recently by falling
tree The unfortunate man lived only
couple of hours after the accident
Armstrong and man by the name OF
Peterson were cutting wood about
three miles from the Banks ranch
A tree upon which they were working
lodged and was thrown in different
direction from the one in which they
thought it would fall. Anderson was
struck upon the back OF the head and
died from concussion of the brain.
r. c. Michaelson. Russell's town
marshal. last week made fifteen
mile trip into the country to serve q
summons on a party. On arriving al
the home of the defendant he was hor.