Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-22
AROUND THE STATE,

In less than a Year the federal
government will quit running OPP
position to the job-printers, and will
print no more names on its enyel-
opes.
fhe McC!usky Independent SAYS
the state needs more people like
burke IN the state capitol building.
i they get many more like Salary
Grab John, the taxpayers money
VIII be converted into gubernatorial
salaries and expenses Forum.
The n F. Railway Company is
nov running trains between Mott
and Mandan via the river route to
annonball and the west. The SER
vice for the present is confined To
construction trains, although it will
not be long before a passenger train
will be running
Some half-in intoxicated fellows at
Devils Lake got Loo fresh in a res
tanrant With some ladies who We're
accompanied by young man. He
proceeded to lick the entire outfit.
and he did such a good job that he
won the commentator of all the
decent people of the town
We have had democratic COVER
nor for four years, says the lsdmore
Herald News. and there We're many
thing he was going todo: but there
4 cne thing be has not done. and
that is to lower our taxes. One Of
The important things to the people
of t;iis state is the matter Of taxes,
and. II MIR. Burke is unable to do
anything toward keeping our taNes
down. why mol Try the other feIeN ,
-iil a ibe local passenger train
VA al'ol' 10 pail oul from he
kAtfa depot, recently, Iialyor I.ois-
land Il pros porous farmer ul that
ntlgh3etheod. walked from one Of
the eisNatais % the depot, adj the
JlA'@ 10 king At the passenger train.
atea i fast wtsl-baunc freight came
up behind HIM, killing him instant
~ The engineer of the passenger
train saw the danger the man was
in and blew the whistle but that only
tieadcnet! the noise of the ON coming
train The unfortunate, man never
knew what hit him. He was badly
crushed his left arm was broken
and his skull crushed The body
WAS draggd about sixty feet HAL
vor Roisland was a man about fifty
one years old. He leaves a wife and
eight children. The oldest daughter
is married. 1t is sad affair, and has
cast a gloom over the entire COM
lnunity.
The democrats in their past cam
paigns IN this state have been doing
a lot of bowling about morality and
putting moral men into office, but
strange to say that so far as the cam
paign for Governor is concerned at
present, they do not have a word to
say. There is good reason for this
G. A. johnson, republican candidate
for governor, has a record, both
public and private, which cannot be
assailed by any man or set of men.
He is known as man who gives his
spare moments to his family and his
business career has been honest and
straightforward. He has shown a
splendid business ability, and by
honesty and perseverance has ac-
quired nice property, while yet
only a young man. These things
being true, is there any reason to
doubt that he would be "A good
governor We say that in all fair
ness that G. A. johnson is entitled
to every republican vote in the state
at the coming election Look up his
past record and you will agree with
us. Edmore Herald News.
The exceedingly low water of
Devil S Lake at present. and the
constant lowering of the water of
the axe year after year, is caus-
ing fear that this the largest lake in
North Dakota will, within a few
years. become dry According to
the report of the bureau of fisheries,
which made thorough investiga-
| tion Of the lake in 1907, the lake is
at present l4:} feet from a bench
mark which was established in 1883,
at the shore of the lake. and is rap
| idly falling, having fallen one-half
foot during the time they were
| making their observations. a period
of seven weeks. Within twenty five
years the lake has fallen ten feet and
| has iluctuated four feet under the
changes of the weather. and is at
| the present time at the lowest stage
ever known 1t was the opinion of
the bureau Of fisheries that this con
stant fall was due to great extent
TO the fact that the country was cul-
tivated, and that such cultivation
| took In the ranid euannratinn nt