Emmons County record., 1910-08-18
AROUND THE STATE.

>AAS ~ ~ ~ - - I'LL ~ i l4 4 III,
Ihe Little Missouri river is lower
than It has been for number Of
Years and is only ankle deep in many
i places.
i Farm loans To the amount Of $3.50
900 We're approved at the recent
meeting of the state board of school
and university lands
] The Wolford Farmers Elevator
! onlpans reports a net earning of
'o2 per cent on a capitalization of
soc, for the past year.
lhe Citizens State Bank of Stree
ter has been organized, with n c.
Young, c. l.. Merrick and X. N.
Wylle among the incorporators.
The portion of Williams county in
the Vicinity of Williston is being
boosted as the future home of a
great sugar-beet industry, owing TO
the big irrigation plant there.
Dave kohn, business man Of
Dickinson. was struck 10y lightning
short time ago and instantly killed
The deceased was out riding when
Killed. with his wife by his side.
The latter was not injured.
The first North Dakota census re-
turn announced is that of the city
OF Mlnot, in the following message
from Director Durand Washing
ton, u. G.. Aug. l3. Minot CITY .
Population thirteenth census, G, ,lSS.
twelfth census, ,2177; eleventh cen
sus, 80.
Senator Simpson, of Dickinson,
went east again last week % resume
work on the Russell case. 1t now
goes To the supreme court Dan
Russell, the claimant, keeps hotel
at Merosc. Mass. and is accepted
by his fellow townsmcn as the CO.
heir to the real estate over which
they are lighting
a mad-dog scare is running its
course at Wimbledon. and five dogs
SAID 10 have been suffering from
rabies have been killed. Ed Flewell
was so badly bitten by one of the
ANIMALS rs to necessitate his removal
to the Pastcur institute at Mime
apols. where the usual treatment
is being administered.
The state board of university and
school lands recently passed a reso-
luton declining to make any more
municipal loans from funds under
their control until there is more
money in the treasury, large sums
having recently been loaned on
farms. The ruling will probably
continue for about two years.
Chas. Brady, an ex-mayor of Ant
Ter, who was last winter charged
with giving false weights in an ele-
vator of which he was in charge.
was recently found guilty BY jury
and was sentenced by Judge Burr to
pay fine of $50 and costs. He was
given a ten-days stay of sentence
IN which to ask for a new trial.
/. j. Haugeberg, at Washburn,.
caught Very peculiar fish in the
Missouri last week, known as an all
llgatorgar fish. The skin of this
fish is Very tough, like the alligator,
and the head is long, with several
sharp pointed teeth. They are not
eatable, and they destroy other fish.
MIR Haugeberg has the one he
caught preserved in alcohol.
Bert Draston, a farmer residing
west of Northwood, recently came
near losing his life through the feed
mill belt becoming cntangled and
smashing the mill with such force
as to shatter it to pieces, one of the
pieces striking Draxton onthe head,
Iinflicting a serious wound. The
wounded man drove i'm his auto to
town, where the wound was dressed
Walcott Reporter: An exchange
is again agitating the scheme of
naming all country roads, as streets
number the houses along the roads.
The plants. a good one. At present
country roads have no designation
except as incidentally fall to them,
and it is often difficult for strangers
to find their way without making
frequent inquiries
NJ G. Blachett of Minneapolis is
Interesting Fargo business men i'm a
new flax-twine manufacturing in
venton for which it is claimed that
as good a quality Of binding twine
can be manufactured as the average
now on the market The capacity
of the proposed plant is said to be
| five tons per diem, and twenty men
| Will be given employment. Waste
tiax straw can be utilized.
Auditor j. A. McGregor of Bill
lings county spent Sunday in Bis