Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-07-28

animals dead 1t is a rather serious
loss to MIR. Erickson at this partj..,,|
lar time.
John NJ. Melandcr. Of this cltv
was overheated While working m
ms blacksmith shop IN tins citN last
week. Saturday night he autoed tc
Bismarck. where he renamed untq
Monday, being advised 81 his phv Il
clans not 10 work nor to expose him.
self to the heat for a, least two
weeks.
Warner, the thirtecn-year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo {. sempel.
was taken sick Thursday night last
and Friday he was taken hy his
mother to Bismarck hospital,
where his ailment was diagnosed as
appendicitis Mr. Sempcl went to
Bismarck Tuesday and Mrs. Sempel
returned yesterday. II is not
thought that an operation wiM be
necessary at this time
M. l.. kaiser returned Yesterday
from Bismarck. where he had hevn
waiting for repairs for his autonles
bile. He did not 20 to the new
towns across the Missouri river. as
he had expected TO do, owing TO the
bad crop reports that constantly
come from that district When his
repairs arrive Mike will very likely
resume the auto-livery business at
the old stand here in Braldock
Last week w. L. Best sold his
purc-brcd Perchcron stallion. Res,
to Olof lledbIad one Of the wcIl
known farmers and horscmcn Of the
Tell neighborhood Rex is one of
the best bred and surcst draft siros
on the Missouri Slope, and farmers
who believe that it costs no more to
raise a blooded colt than it costs To
raise a scrub will do well to look
him up Ilc will continue the sea
son at Shcpard's harm. Rrad,loct
Thursday OF last week the mcrctlry
stood at l0l IN the shade, lrcakiny
all heat records in the history of the
state. On Friday al $50 p m the
| lOi record was smashed To smith
Greens and the record Of 10, in the
| shade took its place in history to AID
in the gloritication of the year 1910.
These numbers ore according To the
U. s. weather bureau at Bismarck.
local thermometers registering at
the hottest hour Friday all the way
| from zero at Vie e. Long store To
| l3 at other places.
During the intense heat Friday
last Martin Eitrem, well-known
thrashing machine and steam-plow
| operator. was overcome hy heat
while bringing in an engine that the
Case company had taken back in "a
| trade. When the furnace door
was opened Martin likened the heat
unto that which the good book warns
against courting Near the VIM
Baxter farm south Of town black
objects began To float before his
eyes, but he came on in, and after
medical treatment he was able to
return home Saturday morning IL
was a narrow escape.
Saturday last l. l.. serogglns
shipped two car loads of ycarlings
milk and grain calves. called baby
beef, and Aug Benz shipped a
car of miscellaneous cattle, IN
which w. J. Mikescll had several
head, to the South ST Paul market.
from this point MIR Benz returned
Tuesday, and he is not enthusiastic
over price prospects. He did not
state what his cattle sold for, but
said the market was being flooded.
with all kinds of stuff in the cattle
line, and that it was not good. Mr.
Scroggins had been offered 9 cents
for his baby beef bu he had de-
clined the offer and had gone on 10
Chicago
The soil Of the Missouri slope IS
this season proving that as adroupht
resister 1t has no equal anywhere.
Was it otherwise, there could be no
vegetation alive whatever Twenty
years ago, when pralrle flres annual
HIS swept the country, the conditions
were the reverse the uplands we're
parched and barren Of vegetation
during dry seasons Thus, 9rotee-
/ ton Of the wild hay from prairle.
fires has given it a chance tp root
| deeply and to co.ef thc 9ro3lhd with
a solidly woven mat Of gfa- that IN
turn protects the ground from the
notwithstanding influence Of the
sun. This is a lesson learned through
observations during nears thirty
years. Protect the grass from fires.
! a prairie fire at this time would pc
about the most destructive thlAg
that could happen Vegetation Is
i extremely dry, and a IRE famed bg
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