Emmons County record., 1909-07-22
ouse near Bert Skinner 5 place

seae''ssls W 'at'V OF 500 IN the district
TO the end that satisfactory teach.
ers may be obtained.
Lost--A lady 5 gold watch. with
fob, at strasburg, July 5th. 4 lib
eral reward will be paid for the re-
turn OF same 10 Vorlander' 5 Phar-
macy, Linton. 1jlv-2a)
Fred Reamer went to aberdeen
yesterday to meet his Younger
brother. Stewart, who Is coming
from Wisconsin to spend the re-
lmainder of his vacation in Linton
The Mahara Minstres showed
here Monday night to Il big house.
This is one of the best shows of it's
class on the road. One of the end
men was whole circus by himself.
He has a mouth which, through the
work of nature aided bv art is
something immense, and would make
his fortune should he ever go down
INTO the Black Belt" and enter pol
itics.
Mrs. A. Surfing, of White Rock.
:. D., mother of Mrs George II.
Dexter, after visiting about two
weeks at the home of the latter
fourteen miles northeast of Lin
ton, returned home SATURDAY. Mrs.
surllng daughter, Miss .Ablie. who
accompanied her here, will remain
tor the summer at the Dexter home.
Mrs. Surring expects to return to
this county in short time and buy
some land.
Last Wednesday evening a game of
base ball was played on the Linton
grounds between the Fats and the
Leans. For the reason that two or
three players who We're really Leans
instead of Fats succeeded in convinc-
ing the manager of the Fats that they
We're sure-enough Fats and were al
lowed to play ON the Fat nine, the
Fats lost 10 to ). This statement
of the result is almost unbelievable,
but it is really a fact.
photographs. Have you cute
children. Ii you have, then you
should have their pictures taken
while they ARE cute. Don't trust
to luck when having your pictures
taken. a four-leaf clover or rab
bit + foot may bring you good luck
i'll some things; but good photo
graphs are the result of skill and
painstaklng care on the part of the
photographer Call and let us show
You samples. We guarantee to
please Smith Studio.
Curtis seeley had a circus all to
himself last Monday. He was NOW
ing hay and stopped to get drink
OF water. The team, thinking the
weather too hot for them to be out
exposing themselves to the rays of
the sun, started for the stable. On
the way they ran the mowing-ma-
chime ovr some big stones and broke
the machine up considerably Luck
lily, neither Master Curtis nor the
horses We're injured in the least, ex-
cept that Curtis was scared out of
year 5 growth, which he needs if he
is to be as tall as his dad.
Grandpa Tracy writes from
Dale, under date of July 18th, to the
editor If the Record we met with
the surprise of our lives, the latter
part Of the week, when there APP
peared at our place, unannounced,
my only brother, Selden Tracy, and
my only living sister, Mrs. Mary Ge-
rould who came all the way from
Pennsylvania to visit us in our west
ern home. None but those who have
experienced a like surprise can APP
preciate our feelings as we grasped
their hands. after a separation of
nine years. My brother is eighty
years Of age, and yet he accom-
plshed the journey of sixteen hum
dred miles with seemingly little fa-
tigue.
The Boys Band gave concert
on Broadway Saturday evening.
They had a large audience, and they
received much praise for the charac-
ter of their playing The boys, un-
der the leadership of Dr.. Smith, are
building up a tirst-class musical or
ganization 1t is impossible to give
too much credit to the late Prof.
Smith and his SON, DIR. Smith, for
the energy and enthusiasm displayed
in keeping a band going in Linton.
Within the last seven years there
has not been time when Linton
was Without band, and home band
music has been available during
that time for Memorial Day, Fourth
of July, baseball games, etc. Some
of the members of the band are
hardly as big as the horns they blow.
X. f. Flint, state dairy commits
sioner. and f. II. Pierce, his depu-