Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-04-09
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oSe"s IeVeF COmpaan and Miss Ia.
tie Bouma.
9-Linton State Bank has real.
estate money to loan on good farm.
land, improved, five years, annual in.
terest, with privilege of paying 500
or any multiple thereof, on an,
interest paying date.
Base Ball Meeting. = To. morrow
(Friday) evening, at O'Clock, there
will be meeting in Hogue's hall OF
those living in Linton and vicinity
who are interested In having a good
baseball team this season.
Comrade Coonen came up from Wi
mona Monday, and yesterday took the
Milwaukee train for South Dakota.
He will first visit his son John at Eu.
reka, and then 20 to Cresbard to visit
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Helm.
VIM. Lapaugh and Carl Kyes. of
Elwell, Mich, arrived Friday for a
visit of considerable length with rel
atives. MIR. Lapaugh is "a brother
in-law and Carl Kyes a brother o,
Mrs. w. E. Petrie and Wallace and
Fred Kyes.
A good-sized party of old-timers
were up from the Westfield neighbor-
hood Tuesday to attend the school
land sale-Louis Dornbush, John De
Boer, Hank Gravink, Klaas Huizenga
Chas. Renskers, Gerrit Van Beck and
Gerrit Van Diest.
There was a lively prairie fire up in
the Clayton ncighborhood Monday
night. Ii started about two miles
south OF Gayton postotiice and, run
ming west, burned over about section
and half. Prairie fires have not been
many in that nefghborhood since set
Element.
Tie Ladies Guild met with Mrs.
G. A Datfinrud last Thursday. The
ladies OF the guild will furnish IA sep
per at the opera-llouse this evening,
beginning at $50 p. M, and ending
when all patrons shall have been fed.
There will also be a sale Of articles
manufactured by the ladies of the
guild.
The board of county commissioners
were In session ii couple of days this
week, with Messrs. Cleveringa, Volk
and kurtz i'm attendance. Mr.. Blu.
chanan was kept at home by three
cases of severe sickness in his family
His wife has tonsilitis, his son Will
has pneumonia, and his son Robert has
mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Brock will soon be
come residents of Linton or, at
least, the suburbs" thereof. j. B.
has purchased the buildings and ten
acres of the Carmichael farm, halt
mile or SO north of town. The wor-
thy pioneers will soon take up resi-
dence in their new home, the Record
understands.
1t was reported some time ago thai
the Westtield postoffice had been dis
continued. 1t was hard to understand
that as good mail service as tn.
Westfeld neighborhood has would bt
given up for lack of a postoffice. The
postotfice is still at Mr.. Van Beck S
but he does not want it. 1t will, how
ever, be kept in the neighborhood-so
we understand.
At least eight new buildings will
be built in Linton this year. These
buildings-all of which will be good
and substantial structures-will add
materially to the size and appearance
of the town. Besides these that have
either been begun or soon will be
begun, a number of other folks are
talking of building. 1t would ap
pear that the coming season is to
be another busy one for the masons
and carpenters.
John Meyers, Of the cigar-making
firm of Meyers Bros, near Hazelton
arrived Friday from st. Paul, where
he had been to visit his wife, who ha!
been sick in that city, little Meye.
having recently appeared upon the
scene. Mr.. Meyers was accompanied
by Fred Manning, of st. Paul, VIII,
purchased a homestead relinQuish
ment from Miss Mabel Meyers, sis
ter of John. Her mother died recent
ly, and the young lady considered j
her duty to remain at home and keel
house for the family.
Olaf Hedblad, Ole Sjerslee and An
ton Grunefelder, of the Tell neighbor
hood, were in town Tuesday. Mr.
Hedblad came to receive full-bloo'
. Hereford bull that he purchased iron
a stock breeder at Bryant, S. u. Blu
Mr.. II. was a day too soon, as the Mil
waukee freight-trai is a ri-wcekl
and does not arrive on Tuesday
Messrs. Grunefelder and Sjerslee cam
down to attend the school-land leas
ring. The people Of the Tell neighbo'
hood are rejoicing over the actual OF
GRAFTON from Braddock into thei
r country of the first rural mail-rout
D in Emmons county.
The school board held several meet
inps this week. No definite actio
was taken in hiring teachers for III
next term. except that Miss Forenc