Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-09-02
HAzELTON HAPPENINGS.

lFrom Republican, August 2.th
Several farmers have been seed
ing winter rye this week. 1t is "A
crop that is coming into general
favor in many par IS of the state
1t is reported that prairie chick
ems are being shot. contrary to the
statutes made and provided, in the
country north of here Who's the
game-warden9
Levi Chapman's new Buffalo Pitts
separator and engine arrived here
Saturday night. 1t is a fine looking
outfit, and great things are cxpetc-
ed of it this fall.
Miss Frances Patterson, of linton,
stopped off here last Friday on her
way home from the Seattle exposi-
ton, to visit with Miss olga Pcrras
and other friends.
Men are plentiful around here
these days, and the Hotel de Stock
| yards has a large number of guests
who have established mulligan'
headquarters there.
The official rain-gauge at the dem
onstraton farm registered a fall of
2.S inches after the rain, Monday
morning. 1t was one vf the heaviest
rains ever recorded i'm Emmons
county.
A. y. Benson and Roy Hewitt.
| farming near Hazelton, suffered the
1 loss Of a valuable horse because of
the animal being struck by lightning
during Monday storm. The horses
were insured
Emmons county's school census
has not been sent TO the authorities
at Bismarck, thus delaying the Au-
gust apportionment of school money
for the entire state. There are but
three other delinquent counties.
Some black rust is reported in the
late wheat i'm this neighborhood, but
it is not known to what extent the
grain has been damaged. Late grain
has also suffered from the extremely
hot weather, and last Saturday S
wind shelled out some that was over
ripe.
Charles Gontka was i'm from the
Hartford country Tuesday after
noon, and reports very heavy storm
there Monday morning. 1t rained
SO hard that potatoes ON icvei ground
were washed out of the hills. Some
bridges and culverts were washed
out and other minor damage done.
Lightning did considerable dam
age in the Pleasant Valley neighbor-
hood Monday morning j. Albaugh
| lost two milch cows that were i'm the
pasture near barbed- wire fence.
| Several telephone poles on the rural
line were badly splintered. but the
| line was not put out of commission.
Henry Barto has sold his farm,
consisting of half-section of land,
with fine buildings and other I'M
provements. and expects to move to
his new home in the Ozarks this fall
We did not learn the name of the
purchaser, but understand the con-
sideration was i'm the neighborhood
of S25 per acre.
John Wray returned Saturday
night from four-days' trip to Min
neapolis, where he had very pleas
ant visit with some friends whom
he had not seen fer years. While
there he purchased another feed
grinder, roller pattern, for use In
his feed mill, there being times
when one machine is Inadequate
to supply the demand for ground
feed.
George w. Gilman has purchased
the Fred Kaiser property, in the
west end, consisting of a new house
and barn and three lots, and will
move in from the farm in the not
very distant future. We under
stand that Mr.. Gilman. who is an
all'round creamery man Of years
experence. is to take charge of the