Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-12-16

broken, while his jugular vein was
cut in some manner. He was thirty
five years old, and had resided at
Fairdale three years
White Hurley and Erwin Van
Sleek were picked up by the Fargo
police, recently. and released the
following morning, on promise
that they would hike to the Mime
sofa tall timber and go to work.
They had been taken up on a
charge Of drunkenness Hurley had
mounted w-bank and was sing
ing, In the Good Old Summer
Time. when found by the officers
of the law. One ear was frozen
stiff, Notwithstanding the counter
Irritating effect Of bottle of alco-
hol and a can of tomatoes which
were found upon him.
Two more meat-dealers at Fargo
subscribed to a plea of guilty in
court to the effect that they had
been selling oysters which contained
too much water. They walked up
to the captains office and paid their
forty-dollar fines almost cheerful
ly. A third dealer had narrow es-
cape. He happened to guess that
a prospective customer was one of
Prof. Ladd's men. and when the
visitor told him that he wanted to
purchase some oysters the dealer
promptly informed him that they
were not for sale. The scheme
worked.
Following the announcement of
the candidacy of Marshall and Gron-
ma for the senatorship, Attorney
General Miller, when asked by Bis
marck Tribune reporter as to the
prospects of his being candidate
for the United States senate, spoke
as follows: While | have given the
matter some consideration | have
not fully decided whether or not l
will be candidate. am awaiting
developments, and there are certain
things which might turn up that
would lead me to direct my energies
in other directions than toward the
senate.
1t is noticed that the Hon. Fred
Mclean, of Langdon. who not so
many moons since accepted an edi-
torial position on the hybrid Fargo
News, with the old-time democratic
war-cry. is now suing the News COM
pany presumably for unpaid salary.
The publication in question will
never be successful financially or
we'll edited until it succeeds in
draining Tom Marshall's barrel, and
lsecures the editorial services of
Packard, of Valley City. As for
Kush,' he is on his home base, and
all he will have to do 10 win out will
be to resurrect his old-time jack
rabbit ranch. Braddock News.
Lorenz Arms, farmer, publishes
| the following in the Wimbl edon
News AS a number ef bulldogs in
wade the territory tributary to
Wimbledon, have decided to kill
every one that comes on my prem
| Uses. A bunch of these dogs chased
and killed a nine-months-old calf for
me last Sunday, and having once
tasted blood. they are liable to kill
more stock for somebody. After
these blood-thirsty devils get hold
| of something. there is nothing that
will disengage them short Of killing
them. A person even is not safe if
| he encounters a bunch Of them on
the road to town. The dog-owners
who noticed blood on the neck Of
their dogs last Sunday should kill
them. My gun is loaded and ready
| for them
| 1t is an easy matter to quibble and
find fault with the work of the pub
lie schools, says the Devils Lake In
ter-Ocean, and to compare present
results with what they we're in the
good old days" when the three Rs
were exalted and lot of other
things greatly neglected. Take the
matter of writing, for example In
the good old days" no one ever
Thought Of teaching child to write
until it was we'll along in years.
but now ten-year-old boy or CIR
can write with comparative ease anc
correctness. Children in the public
schools now get instruction along
numerous branches that were never
heard of in the old time countr,
school, and graded schools were few
and far between in that day. Yes
we are progressing; and the public
schools are keeping UP with the
procession, admirably
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