Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-02-03


TO North Dakota about four wears
ago. Mrs Freeman passed away at
her home at Dale in September
1908.
Mrs. Mary Axtell. mothe, of Mrs.
Abbie Sargent of Hartford and Dr.
G. l.. Downer of Chicago. died at
Hartford last Thursday, Jan. 27th.
She was buried Jan. Soth on her
homestead near Hartford. The ia
tai disease was abscess of the stom
ach. She was about seventy wears
old. DR.. Rice of Cannonball at
tended her. She came from Chicago.
about four years ago and fled ON a
claim.
The Milwaukee trains Timetable
is quite handy for people of the
country along the line. They can
come up on the train, have couple
OF hours or so in town. and return
by the same train. Last Mondav
the following Westfeld folks came
up by the Milwaukee to pay taxes
and attend to some other business
Abel Complain, John Wolf, Peter
Wolf, Lambert Van Dist. Johannes
Van der Vorste, John pohl.
In letter to the editor C. ID.
Logue writes from Moorhead. Mon
tana: We are having Jim dan
dy winter here the worst for
twenty years. old residents say. 1t
has been very cold and there is deep
snow. II has warmed up little the
last couple of days, and il will
probably be better from now ON. If
we have much more bad weather,
stock on.the range is going To suffer.
AS for hay, it cant be bought at
any price.
Judging by the following dispatch
bearing Fort Smith tArk. date. a
man who was once well and unfavor-
ably known in North Dakota, and
particularly in this part of the
Missouri Slope, but who manages to
always keep just outside of the legal
dead-line, has been having trouble
down in Arkansas. The dispatch
regarding it is as follows Ashley
Mears, the Minneapolis banker, who
was placed on trial here Tuesday in
the federal court ON indictments
charging him with the misuse Of the
mails. wbas discharged Yesterday.
The two remaining indictments
against Mears were nolle pros d by
District Attorney Washington yes
terday afternoon, after the prosecu-
ton had failed. Another indict-
ment was nolle pros'd Tuesday on
similar grounds.
The Record desires to say that.
hereafter taken-up notices sent to
the office must be prepaid. We
have had more bother with this
class of advertising thanit is worth
Frequently some one brings or sends
a notice of this character to the ma
per. Then, week or two later. an
other person will send word that
the stock advertised belongs to
himself, asks the Record to discon-
tinue the ad, and that he'll make it
all right. y Then, when, after a
long time, payment is asked. there is
sometimes dispute as to who shall
pay for the notice, and sometimes
one party to the controversy throws
off half and the party of the second
part the other half much to the
sorrow and unhappiness of the
printer. Now, as a matter of fact.
the publisher Of a newspaper has no
legal right to take out notice that
is required by law to be published
unless he receives written order
from the one whose name is signed
to the notice. Another thing. The
legal rate for publishing taken-up
notice is three dollars. even if a
hundred animals are listed in the
notice, and this, too, whether it is
published one, two or .three times.
For many years. the Record has
been publishing these notices for
two dollars, where there was but
one animal advertised, and three
dollars for a number more than one,
which is dollar less than the law
allows us. We believe that, if we.
voluntarily cut the price third, we
are entitled to prompt and full pay
ment, without being dependent
upon more than one person for
our remuneration The price Of the
notice required by law, and to be
paid by the person taking up the
estray. is part OF he atter's legal
charges. 1t is his duty TO pay for
the ad and then collect the amount
from the owner, ii he finds one. the
same as his other legal charges.
And, if no owner appears, he gets
his charges allowed when the animal
is appraised and either turned over
10 the advertiser OF sold. according