Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-05-26
AROUND THE STATE.

Having succeeded in organizing a
bail nine. Driscoll Will now tackle
the Grassland proposition.
The infant son of B. Malstad an
immigrant travelling from Neva to
Portal IN an open stock car. died
from the exposure incident to the
! trip.
James w Foley the Bismarck poet
! and humorist and contributor 10
many of the leading periodicals Of
the country, is meeting with much
success all over the state in his read
lngs Of selections from his own
4 works.
Even the Grand Forks Herald, that
sees nothing but disaster following
the operation of the tariff declares
that large proportion Of the auto
mobiles that are brought into the
state this year are being sold to
farmers.
A newly-horn infant was recently
left al the Fargo police court, with
instructions that it be given to
Mayor Lowell The gift was de
clined, and the little one is being
looked after by the Associated Chari-
ties organization
Plans are on foot for the mobiliza-
tlon of the North Dakota national
guard at Fargo on the slst day of
July. when they will participate in
the statefair ceremonies prior to
their departure for the annual en-
campment at SPARTA, Wis.
Charles Clark. a lineman employed
near Fried, Stutsman county,
suffered the fracturing of both legs
when he fell from a telegraph pole.
the other day. He was at the top
of the pole working with .the wires
when he in some manner lost his
balance and fell to the ground.
Despondent because of disapoint
;, ment in love, Miss Pearl Crawford.
who is employed in one of the hotels
at Mlnot as a waitress, attempted
suicide with carbolic acid. The
| girls home is at Devils Lake. where
her father is blacksmith. The
girls face is badly burned, but she
will recover.
i Suffering from mental derange-
ment, Mathew Rockford, home
4 steader living six miles from Column
bus. this state, committed suicide
by shooting. one day last week.
Rockford was about forty-tive years
of age and very eccentric. He had
at one time been an inmate of the
jamestown insane asylum.
| Many cities throughout the state
are disappointed over the results Of
the federal census now drawing to
a close. In judicious padding at the
time of the taking of the state cen
sus in 1905 is now showing up, and
on the face of the returns many
lplaccs will show but little or no gain
over the figures of that year.
Militia boys making surveys in
4 Oak Grove, Fargo. in connection
with their studies in military map
making, We're mistaken by residents
of the neighborhood for railway
surveyors who would locate line
that would necessitate cutting down
many trees, and much CONSERVATION
resulted until an explanation was
given
lellcans are gathered IN large
numbers on the shores of Des Lacs
lake, near kenmare, this year. For
several years few pelicans have
frequented North Dakota. and it is
out of the ordinary for that bird to
make its nest in that latitude Even
those best acquainted with its habits
are at loss to account for its
choice of breeding place in this
section.
Katie llettler, a servant girl EN-
/ ployed in the family of NJ Fork
/ ner of Langdon, was severely burned
4 about the hands and face while en-
deavoring to rescue the two year-old
4 daughter Of the Isordners from a
fire which started by gasoline eA-
4 plosion The little one would have
4 lost its life but for the heroism of
i Miss Hetsler.
H w. c. laucks, formerly cashier Of
the Anamoose National Bank of
H Anamoose, has been arrested at
\ Helena. Mont, on a charge Of mis-
! appropriating Sd. l4l from the
i North Dakotat institution named
i He is said to have fed to Montana
after he abstracted the money,
where he filed on land under the
name of G. ] Houck He claims to
have made the money good
Andrew Mahlhotf, of Aurora
[ school district, Knrleigh county. was