Emmons County record., 1909-07-22

ing OF cream centralized, as it is q
s~easy. disagreeable business for q
general store. However, as long as
there is no creamery in the town,
they are virtually compelled "a
purchase cream from their custom.
ers. MIR. Flint says the creameries
IN many parts of the state are paw
ing good dividends.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Helm, son-in-law
and daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. X. ID.
Coonen, of southwestern Emmons.
arrived last week to visit their En-
mons county relatives. They went
to Winona next day. Yesterday Mr..
Coonen brought Mr.. Helm to Linton.
en- route home to Cresbard, S. d.
Mrs. Helm will remain with her par
ents two or three weeks. MIR. Helm
formerly owned and conducted q
lumber-yard in Linton.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Backhaus
We're out on the Pacific coast. re-
Gently, Mr.. B. hunted up brother.
William, of Salem, Oregon, whom
ne had not seen for thirty-nine
years. William is sixty three years
old, and left the old country for the
United States thirty six years ago.
Neither brother had heard word
from the other in twenty years.
The Older brother will remain in
Linton and reside with Mr.. and Mrs.
Backhaus. Last week William and
Herman went down to the farm Of
their brother George, an early set
tier in southwestern Emmons. Will
liam was in crowd of several men.
and George was asked to pick him
out; but he was unable to do SO.
Errata. In the commissioners
proceedings, published elsewhere in
the Record. the following paragraph
is incorrect: John Swanson. for
grading road in Township l35, Range
IS, % cents per cubic yard; and
Township l36, Range IS, i! cents
per cubic yard 1t should read:
John Swanson, for grading road
in Township l35, Range Is. Is cents
per cubic yard; and Township l36,
Range 20, % cents per cubic yard.
Correction in this place, instead of
in the paragraph in the proceedings.
is made necessary by the fact that
the first and fourth pages, contain
ing the board minutes, went to press
before the error was discovered.
Ben Corbin, Jr., of Emmonsburg,
was in town the other day with
some fish for his customers, and got
to talking about fish with the edi-
tor. 1t seems that the German carp,
which the United States govern
ment made the mistake of import
ing from the kaiser's country many
years ago. and which in recent years
reached the upper Missouri. are do
ing here what they have done in the
lakes andrivers farther east lessen
ing the numbers of other fishes that
are better for food than themselves.
Ben says that. whereas before the
carp came buffalo fish were plenti-
full in the river. now very few are
caught. The carp is a great destroy
er of the spawn of all fishes.
Frank Jas-z-ko-wi-ak spell it care
fully the mechanical genius now
of Bismarck. but who in the early
davs lived in Billsport and was
called on to do all the machinery
mending in Emmons county, was in
Linton over night Thursday of last
week. One of his outfits was then at
work drilling we'll a few miles
north of Linton. Frank had driven
his homemade auto something over
a hundred miles the day he was here.
When he was asked what had be-
come Of another home made auto
that he had down here once, he said
that he had rebuilt it into we'll
drill. Frank uses an auto awhile
and then changes it into a cream
separator, thrashing- machine, or
something else in the machinery
line. according to it's size.
Last March eleven horses were
stolen from Peter Leonard, Peter
johnson and Mrs. Halsne, of the
southwestern part of Emmons coun-
ty. 1t was found that the horses
had been crossed ON the frozen Mis-
souri, to the reservation. Recently,
evidence was obtained sufficient to
justify the arrest of Ben Gillian. a
part-bIood Indian, and he was ar
rested in Lennon, S. d., where
some of the horses had been sold,
three of which are said to have been
located. Owing to the fact that the
chief witness for the state, Asa Lit
tlecrow, was not able to appear
sooner. the preliminary examination
was put off until last Friday, when
it took place before Justice Wagher.
in Linton, who held the defendant