Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-07-07


home for the feeble minded at Graf
ton. Where they all rightfall1 tie-
long.
In recen, schooi election at VIZ
lendale Grant Shepard WAS pit,,a rs
a candidate against hlS wifcand Won
pN q close margin Of nine votes.
The )ickey County Leader renlatks,
in commenting on the election. that
tins Is the first tame that Mr., Shep-
ard has ever been guilty of heating
his wife. but, as this is hie first
otlense, il can be overlooked
For the months of April and
May the Farmers Creamery Com
PAM Of Washhurn made .oal
pounds of butter and pad ITS
patrons S2.91l.ll for butter faI
-sooal pounds of cream Nas Vrtls-
cred during the month If MAY tiy
IL farmers The cream shipped m
averages from til To &, cans per
week
The ladies' of Darlington roccntiv
proved themselves adopts at the
gentle game of politics In the
school election just passed they put
up two of the leading ladies of the
city as candidates for directors and
kept the matter entirely secret until
election day As a result. in Ahat
was expected would hc VERY lupt
election. l2o votes were cast. - Of
them by women, and the lady candi
dates led the men by ~ votes or
more
| The Verona Independent hands
out some scry timely advice which
farmers will do we'll to take note of
In recent issue ii says There is
no question but that the hay crop is
gong to be light, but ii is not too
late yet To sow a catch crop To be
cut for hay \ few acres of mlllrt
will help out wonderfully. and even
corn planted NOW Will make good
fodder. Every famer should take
energetic steps To get catch crop
for hay into the ground, and not
depend on the straw stack for win
ter feeding :
Editor Hager in the Walsh County
Record. Now that the preliminary
skirmlsh is over, this paper viii
give its heartiest support tothe men
who have been selected in the pri
mary We have stood for the nom
inatlon of insurgents, believing that
| this faction of the party best repre-
sentcd the policies Of progress and
reform, but from now on until the
polls close in November we will
know no faction but will support
| the republican ticket As soon as it
is known what men have been NOM
mated. the ticket will be placed at
| the head of our editorial columns.
| We will need solid front i'm order
| to redeem the state from mdefnocratic
| domination in the governors chair
John Burke has sat in the governor S
chair for two terms and has appoint
ed to office many democrats. His
past elections have been due to fac
tional strife and party dlscord, but
we have learned that strife and dis
cord result i'm nothing but net
loss to the republican party. Let's
get together and all pull for the
selection of the republican ticket
nominated at the polls to-day
The Wahpeton Globe Gazette says.
Writers Of the metropolitan press
have seen in the mad rush for GOV
ernment lands i'm the far west an in =
dication of that long anticipated
movement of back to the farm :
| The conclusion is altogether erronc-
Gus. Outside Of few urban adj
| venturers who hope to realize On a
/ homestead right by filing aud later
selling to some bona iide settler those
claimtakers are largely the advance.
guard of civilization who are eyer
1 seeking a farther west. The fact
| that this is the last advance move
ment which can be made on thls
! continent has perhaps acccntuaf cd.
| the movement Of the last scar or
| two, and has induced thousands If
agricuturists 10 sell their higher
| priced lands in the older ';ites, that
! they may take advantage II a last
opportunity If taking government
lands in this country and the l)omIn-
1 ION Of Canada 10 the north. The
number If those Who Will forake
| other caIlings to become tlllers Of
| the soil is but a small percentage qf
! those who hase moved west 90
| INTO any agricultural community mi
! isichland county and goil mlll find M
The depleted farnllies Of DE farm
homes one Of the sources Of tins eH
! odus t. the vest he same facts
are even more apparent lnths farfp-
ing districts Of older state such 81
Iowa. But probably not laore than
/ FIVE per cent ofthose who Iease these