Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-08

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The North Dakota state central
republican committee meets at Bis
marck to-day at . y m, for the
purpose of organization of the new
committee and for the transaction
of such other business as legally falls
within its scope
An Indian bearing the name of
Joseph Iron Heart. who lived about
1 fifteen miles east of Fort Totten.
went to Devils Lake recently and
loaded up with fire water. On his
return home his team ran away. and
he was thrown out or fell out of the
4 buggy and his neck was broken.
Vida, the tiftecn-year-ol daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer George. iv-
ing near Bowman. was recently bit
ten by a rattlesnake. In going
through fence she stepped on "A
sage brush under which the reptile
was coiled, the rattler biting her on
the ankle The girl had the presence
of mind to bind her shoe lace tightly
above her ankle, and this fact prob
ably saved her life Though she was
very sick. she recovered.
Ole Wagseth, living live miles
southwest of Dogtooth, was recent
| ly killed by driving over a high en-
| bankment only half mile from his
home. He was going home from
Mcintosh, and, as it was very dark
on account of the smoke blown east
from the western timber fires, he
failed to see the road Thc wagon
and team must have turned over
several times in the descent. One
| of the horses was also killed.
The campaign against the houseily
is on. says the Omcmee Herald. The
| agitation is stronger than it has ever
been before. Secretary (,rassick,
of the state board of health, reports
| that one fifth of all the deaths that
have occurred in North Dakota since
Jan. lst have been of babies less
| than one year old, and he declares
that the househy is the greatest de-
stroyer of infant life Death to
I flies J" should be the slogan until
winter sets in.
An old man was picked up in
half-starved condition in a hay stack
a short distance southwest of Gran
| vile, by a farmer. who at once mott
fled the authorities. The old man
was brought to town and given some
food and new clothes, and after he
had had couple of days rest Mar
shall Martin put him at work clean
ing up the streets 1t appears that
he had been shipped out with a rail
road crew, and. being unable to
make good, he was turned adrlft.
The Standard Oil man at Ashley
sold a quantity of gasoline to Ashley
dealers, in the place of kerosene, on
a recent trip. The discovery of the
mistake was made when the lamps
were filled and lighted at Laminle s
furniture store. There was no ex-
ploson; but the lamps did not work
just right, and an examination re-
vealed that they were filled with the
dangerously inllammable stuff. of
course it was all mistake, but il
was a mistake that might easily have
caused the loss of lives and destruc
tion of much property.
While drilling we'll for III. b
King, a quarter Of mile west OF
llurd, Rottineau county, the drlllers
struck strong flow of natural gas
Arrangements are being made by
the people of IIurd to pipe the gas
into town to be used for heating and
lighting purposes. Some time ago
w. H. Glider, a half-mile south of
I1urd, struck a flow of gas in his
we'll, and, while it was not very
strong at first, it has been gradual
ly increasing its force. and at the
present time he is arranging to pipe
it into his house for light and heat.
The five-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willits, west Of HanSboro,
drank some strychnine water that
had been prepared for fly-poison,
and came Very near dying. HIS
mother had just mixed the poison,
and in an instant, while her back
was turned, the little fellow drank
a portion Of it, The parents at once
gave the boy cream. which caused
him to vomi; bat he was taken
with violent commissions at short in
tervals He was hurried to town,
and physician worked several hours
over him before he was out of dan
ger.
Or. Norton of Mimic recently re
ceived a hurry-up call TO the farm
of John Wyot, few miles from
town. and arrived none too soon He
found Mr.. and Mrs Wylot in dan
gerous cndition 1t was clearly a