Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-08-26

purpose of finding market for
their crop.
1t is now said that the new N. p
line which is being built down the
river will be completed in time to
move the big crops that are being
harvested in southwestern Morton
and western Emmons.
Among the exhibits at the Palermo
fair was copy of the Ulster county
(New York; Gazette of Jan. 4,
1900. The paper was i'm mourning
on account of the then recent death
of General Washington.
For weeks. through sunshine and
rain, the body of Andrew johnson
laid in grain-field a short distance
from Barlow, until the steady gnaw
of the reaper ate its way into the
field and disclosed his last resting
place.
w. H. Beasel, of McHenry county,
a professional dog-trainer, has the
questionable honor of being the first
of his profession to cough up twen-
Hty-five simoleons to the Golfers of the
state to appease the majesty of the
fractured game-law.
A thunderstorm near Cando, re-
Gently, killed wo horses and knocked
their driver senseless, and also de-
stroyed the fine barn of Blose &
Brightbill. This is the same farm
on which barn was destroyed in a
big wind-storm three years ago.
James Mcclure was found moan
ing and groaning under the south
bridge at Fargo recently. He
claimed to have been thrown from
the bridge by three assailants whose
robbery of an old man he had inter
rupted. When found he was clasp
| ing the hat of one of the ruffians.
The prairie-fire season is near at
hand, and before long some of the
residents of the state will be won
dering, as they view the smoking
ruins of their property, why they
didn't pillow fire-breaks and protect
themselves from disaster before it
was too late. Grand Forks Herald.
Wells county has the honor of be-
| ing the first county in the state to
take systematic measures for the
stamping out of tuberculosis. Re-
cent investigation has shown that
There are in that county between
|thirty-five and fifty families who are
afflicted with the disease, and the
inauguration Of the campaign is the
result of the discovery.
State Senator Joe Irwin, who re
Gently returned from Ashland, Ore
gon, says he will again take up his
residence permanently at Park Riv
Ter. His family is still at Ashland
but will follow in a short time. He
believes that North Dakota suits
him as we'll as any place on the Pa
|cific slope, and that in many respects
lit is ahead of that country.
| d. C. Mcleod, who farms about
one thousand acres a few miles
northeast Of Crary, is believer ir
diversified farming, stock-raising
planting and rotation of crops
AS an example of profit on sheep. he
has Just sold this seasons clip of
wool at 20 cents a pound. The cliI
averaged rs pounds to each sheep
or So. 90 for each head for wool alone
In addition, there is fair increase
lin the flock each year and the sale o1
mutton amounts to considerable
l|item
William, the fourteen-year-old sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith, OF
4 Oxford. Towner county, was killec
by the discharge of a shotgun whll'
he was working in a bayfield,. HI
was raking hay, and in the middle
cf the forenoon knocked off worl
long enough to go to the house for
lunch. Upon returning to the fiel'
he carried gun on the hay-rake. III
had not been back to work long be
fore the gun was accidentally dis
charged, the charge entering hi
right side and killing him instantly
He was literally disemboweled. II
was alone in the field; but Rober
Kennedy was working short dis
tance away. Willie at once starte
4 Ito drive to him for assistance, hole
ing himself on the rake by the pow