Emmons County record., 1909-07-15
AROUND THE STATE.

f,llendale had fifteen hundred Wis
llors at its first public markct-dav
doinys
lhelast bank statements published
an The state papers make a splendid
financial showing for the state.
5. \. saNrud. a Church's Ferry
butcher. on a bet Killed beef,
dressed it and had the meat hanging
up ready for customers in just four
teen minutes.
The strike at Devils Lake has been
settled by compromise. the con
tractor offering the men an advance
from 300 to So per day. which
WAS accepted
| y good many boes are reported
along the man line of the Northern
Pacific. Chief of Police Obermiller
Ireports as high as a hundred rod
lrlders going through Jamestown
daily.
Down in Richland county chari-
Yatl party met a reception decidedly
different from what they had been
anticipating. The groom turned
chemical tire-eNtinguisher on them,
Icompelllng a hasty and somewhat
! lundigniiied retreat.
Bottineau News: Give US better
roads in Bottineau county. Let out
the contracts for the work. Pay cash
| for the work done. Collect the road
taxes IN cash. Do these things and
You will be on the road the shortest
/ one to good roads.
James Calrncross, of Omemee,
has invented an automatic pillow
hitch which will raise the pillow from
the ground when it hits a stone or
other obstruction. thereby prevent
ing springing or breaking the beam,
and incidentally limiting the number
of swear words turned loose on the
ambient atmosphere.
According to the assessment list
at Bismarck. says the Grand Forks
Herald. not single resident of the
Capital City owns watch. Very
few people have any gold or silver
ware in their houses. There is no
cash money i'm the possession of any
one; and, as for stocks and bonds,
such things are unknown
/ President Hopes, of the CARING
tom Commercial Club, has succeeded
in securing the services of govern
ment expert road-builder and equip
lmcnt for road construction to DEM
onstrate good road-making to the
people of that section. Darlington
Ipeople will raise thousand dollars
to pay the expense of the work, and
a permanent road will be built for
several miles out from Darlington.
Grand Forks Herald. DIR. G. HI.
| Holt, prominent physician, was
welded the other day to one Of the
Mattresses at the Northwest Hotel,
in the Capital ity,and Bismarck So
eial circles are Mortified. The groom
lis said to belong to an influential
| Boston family and the bride is hand
4 some. The doctor took his wife to
the Seattle fair, ,on the wedding trip,
f and will locate somewhere in the
coast country. Thus the Bismarck
4 four hundred will be saved some
y diasgreeable moments.
X. n. Stevens, of Bismarck, has
returned from trip through the
/ cast, having been at Washington,
Id. G.. with his friend, w ID. Boyce,
of Chicago, who IS soon to leave for
i Africa ON a hunting and photo
graphing expedition. Mr.. Stevens
4 accompanied him to Washington to
4 make arrangements regarding pass
ports and other formallties of entry
to the African territory, and re-
Imained in Washington several days.
4 The Boyce expedition will include a
complete balloon outfit for the TAX
ing of photographs, and a contract
has Just been made witha Chicago
| bailoonist and photographer for q
years stay
The thirteen-year-od son and
eleven yeaf-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. VIM. Verzett. residing near
Jasker, narrowly escaped death
from lightning Monday noon of last
week. They had taken lunch Il
their father, who was working on q
nearby farm. and when the storm
came up. sought shelter in a small
house. Suddenly bolt of lightning
truck the house, badly shatterina
the building and hurting the stove
through the door. When the clay
Of thunder came the father turned
around and saw the son run out o.
the house, waving his hands wildly
and then falling in a heap He hur
ricd to the boys side and carried
him into the house, where he fount
his daughter lying on the floor in al