Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-05-05
Judge Winchester is in srratjv IN.

helu court at Blllsport
Miss Emma Berger Of Herrejd.
one OF the leaders in the aberdeen
American automobile contest. was
IN Linton day or two last week in
the interest ofsubscriptions for that
paper. She was quite successful
here. Miss Berger was introduced
to Linton people by Mrs. j. A. Lang
a friend and former Herreid neigh
Dor.
Another of the early 'Billsport''
old-tlmers has been in Emnons|
county week or so visiting friends.
We refer to Peter Bartholomew
About fourteen years ago he moved
to his former home near Menominee
WIS. where he is now residing. Mr..
b. Is the man who in the early DAYS
Killed seventeen wild-geese with the
shot from two barrels of a gun
This is no yarn. but an actual his
torical fact which can be verified by
several of the old nelghbors of Mr..
B. The geese were killed from a
blind.
Mrs. Sarah Parker died in Linton
Thursday of last week, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Leah Carmichael. The
funeral services We're conducted bv
the Rev. l.. A. Loveace. The in.
terment took place in Linton Gene
terry. Deceased was eighty years Of
age. She was born in the first log
cabin erected i'm what is now the
tiourishing city of Jacksonville, Hi
nols, where she grew to womanhood.
Her death was due to old age, in
complication with heart trouble,
with which she had suffered many
years. She was the mother of
fourteen children, eight of whom
are living. The deceased was of a
kind and generous disposition and
had no enemies.
The Rev. John G. Bunge returned
last Monday from Wisconsin. Mr..
Bunge has resigned his position as
pastor of the Linton Lutheran
church and will leave next week
with his family for Lacrosse, Wis,
where he has bought eighty acres
of land and where he will engage in
diversified farming The Rev. Henry
Wiegand, of LeSeuer Center, Mime
sofa, will succeed Mr.. Bunge as pas
tor of the Lutheran church here.
Mr. Bunge has been preaching fiji
teen years, three years of which
have been passed in Linton. Next
Sunday he will preach his final ser
mon in Linton. Mr.. Bunge is am
able, educated gentleman and good
neighbor, and all regret that he has
decided to leave. Mr.. Wiegand is a
married man, and his family will
accompany him to Linton.
Bob Buchanan, of the valley of
that name. and who used to be
steer farmer for Don Stevenson in
1.-The good old days" will soon be
scooting around the country in a
new automobile. And surely no
people are better entitled to such
luNuries than those who hung on to
North Dakota and made their living
from its crops and grass through the
long and dreary years when the rail-
roads, telephones, telegraphs, auto
mobiles, ETC., were things of the
future. The pioneers who stuck to
the farms of this county are GER
tainly worthy of the comforts that
have come to them as they go down
the hill OF life Seven new autos
will soon be frisking around the
Hazelton country. The new ma
chimes are for George Zirbes. l.. III.
Briggle, A. f. Dutton, w. j Pettis,
j. j. Kalberer, S. +. Brindle and
Frank Goughnour. Hazelton auto
lists are fortunate in having large
mileage of good, level roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. s. Lane re-
turned last Friday from their ex-
tended eastern trip. Mrs. Lane was
absent eight weeks and Mr.. Lane
three weeks. They visited relatives
in New York and Pennsylvania and
had most enjoyable trip. They
visited Washington City, Phlladel-
phia, Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Bing-
hamton, Niagara Falls, Detroit and
many other eastern points. among
them several of historic interest
| They placed their son Theodore at
school in Wyoming Seminary at
| Kingston. Pa, school attended by
his father many years ago. Mrs.
Lane is much improved in health,
and she has rallied we'll from the
almost fatal injuries received ln the
| Northern Pacific wreck west of the
Missouri river last January. Mrs.
Lane and Theodore saw President
Taft at Washington. They also took
the beautiful ride down the Potomac
,ivar 70 the tomb of Washington at