Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-03-19
Cloyd Kurtz, H. W. Batter. H. o.
Batter, A. I. Cell, Chris. Winterton.

tWO.woekS' trip to Kansas and Col.
orado. While absent they attended
the wedding Of Miss Rena Bieber. at
Colby, Kansas.
Harvey Smith came down from
Burr Oak precinct last evening to
attend the committee meeting; but.
the N. p. train being . couple OF hours
late, he did not get here until the
meeting had adjourned.
Wanted-To hire by the day, April
LIST, gane-plow, four head Of horses,
with harness. for blowing on S. ! Of
Sec. !, Twp. ia, Rye. IS. Send price
per day in tirst letter. Address Geo.
L. Flaherty, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The sale by Jacob Jangula OF his
personal property, last Saturday, was
the biggest thing in the auction line
that has taken place In many months.
Everything brought q good price.
Ben johnson was the auctioneer.
The Milwaukee passenger.train now
arrtvesat 1905 p. m. and departs at 3:l5
p. ma handy arrangement for peo-
pie down the line who want to come
to Linton to spend few hours doing
business and return by the same train.
L. A. Weatherby has received :
letter from "Syb' Flanagan stating.
that he would not return to Linton to
play base ball the coming season, as
he has made a contract with ball
club at Vancouver, B. c., to play
there.
Otto Schaap, horsc.buyer, OF Hol-
land. Mich, and brother-in-la law Of
Clerk Of Court Rocks, was in the Hull
aud Hague neighborhoods last week,
and succeeded in purchasing . car
load of good horses, which he shipped
Saturday.
Napoleon Homestead, March 18th:
Mr.. b. G. McElroy, Of the Homestead
formerly of Lintonl goes to Bismarck
to-day to bring his wife home from
the hospital, she having recovered
from the operation undergone about
three weeks ago.
William Baker, Ut Menoken, form
erly of ''the Williamsport country"
recently purchased the fine herd Of
some sixty head Of cattle belonging to
d. H. Yeater, who. with Mr.. Vie,
purchased the +. H. Cotton general
storeSin Braddock.
The many Linton friends Of Joe
Clark, of Dale, are sorry to learn that
he has had severe siege Of sickness
this winter. Several weeks ago be
was attacked by pneumonia, and for
about three weeks he was seriously III.
He is slowly recovering.
~ will be ready by the first OF
April to manufacture ia Linton the
double-air-space cement block, the
block agreed upon by builders as being
the best 50 far made. will be able
to supply the county demand and that
Of adjacent neighborhooda Will fur.
nish blocks or will take contracts for
putting up cement-block buildings
Elmer FOgle.
P. j. Wittmayer's announcement
as candidate for register of deeds
appears in this weeks Record. Mr..
Wittmayer has made . careful and
Woodworking officer, the fees paid In
to his office more than paying its ex-
penses. So fer no one has been named
as possible opponent OF Mr.. Witt
mayer at the primary.
Last Friday dire caught in the resi-
dence Of Tom Kelly, on his land
adjoining the former Williamsport
townsite on the west. Before the
fire was put out considerable damage
vas done to the hoEse. Part of the
building was formerly on Mr.. Kelly's
homestead claim in the eighties
while 1t was still q ''clafm"-a. few
yards from the old Williamsport-
Bismarck road.
A new International Harvester
Company ''autobuggy," received last
Tuesday by the Bazaar folks, attracted
considerable attention on the streets,
yesterday, on account Of its being so
radically different In appearance from
any automobile so far seen here. 1t
looks like a horse-drawn two-seated
covered buggy, with high cushion
wheels capable Of clearing any OBJ
struction in the roads In these parts.
The Bazaar is agent for these ma
chimes.
Aberdeen American, March 18th:
The transfer Of Miss Nellie Irwin, for
merly in the U. s. internal revenue
Office ia this city, to the Portland,
Ore, Office comes Is most gratifying
testimonial Of her ability, and. while
her many friends here are sorry she
will not return to this city, they feel
that congratulations are In order. The
new position carries 90 increase 10
salary as we'll as more responsibilities.
} miss Irwin is sister Of Mrs. L. A.
! Weatherby, of Linton.
People up from the country about
eight miles south Of Hague say that
bad blood exists down there between
several neighbors. First, two men
: got into . fight and one was badly
used up. The curtains Of the win.