Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-03-17

Al first ne thought be q can Up a
aslshbos " Phene ana tell MN his
troubles ana then an idea struck
fslni hard hat u the effect that
ne d better get busy IN The doctor
line, himelf. and that without losing
much time. or the footsteps of
Farmer Rlewett would soon be heard
as he climbed the golden stair S.
ne began drinking lard and, al
though he was il bad shape for
awhile, he came through all right
he says the lard tasted mighty good
Charles Sherman Of ,,lanavon. for
merly of the Linton neighhorhood.
was arrested Tuesday Of last week
and taken TO Aberdeen, charged
with selling Intoxicating liqour to
Indians. Mr.. Sherman strongly de
niles the charge.
Mrs. VIM haven and her eaugh-
ter Miss Rose Raven. returned
Monday from Aberdeen, where they
paid an extended visit at the home
of Charles haven a brother uf the
Emmons county pioneer Of that
name.
George Lynn returned home on
Monday 5 evening ~ t. tram. aft
en- a winter $ sojolrn al Portland.
4 Oregon He was fortunate IN get
ting across the river hy the last
train to arrive in Bismarck before
the tlood cut off communication
Mrs Lynn will remain in Portland
until the June school vacation be-
gins. Same old George no change.
Tins. of course. refers Is personal
appearances not &c pocket book
Last week the United States sa,-
preme court decided ease which is
of great importance TO the people
of North Dakota The legislature
passed law greatly reducing the
rates for hauling ignite coal. The
case was taken to the big Washing
ton court. on appeal. The decision
declares the right of the state To
regulate coal and other rates, The
contention of the railway companies
4 was that the rate was cunllscatorv
The state claimed that no single
commodity rate should he taken into
consideration. but that the profit of
the companies on all their traffic
within the state should be consider
ed. The latter won The law greatly
reduces trelghts On Ignite. and
makes it possible to ship tins fuel TO
the eastern part of the state in COM
potion with anthracite and hitumln-
Gus coal.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank McConvile
of the Dale neighborhood, We're in
Linton Tuesday and took the Mil
waukee train for a visit at Garland,
5. d., not far from Akron, Iowa
This is Mrs. McConNllle's first trip
out OF Emmons county farther than
Pollock SINCE she settled here a
quarter-century ago. Early settlers
may remember the ladv's big pedes-
trlan effort twenty-five years ago.
She is niece of Joseph Clark of
Dale and a daughter of Mr.. Hale
strap, who resided near Dale. and
who died a good many years ago
AS we remember it. Mr.. Halestrap
and his daughter, on their way To
| North Dakota, arrived at the then
Terminus of the Milwaukee railway !,
at Ipswich. from which place they
We're to travel by team sent for them
from Dale But, through some mix
up OF dates. they We're delayed, and
concluded to jog leisurely along the
highway i'm the direction of Dale UNI
| Ill they met the rig. But owing to
the misunderstanding regarding
dates. the team did not start, and
/ they made the entire trip of seven
Itv-tiye or eighty miles perhaps
more by the winding road OH foot
i Surely Mrs. McConvilie would have
4 been entitled TO make her first
lpleasurc-trip from the county in a
\ special train.
| Ben Corbin was up from lammons-
| burg the other day. He relates a
istow respecting the 'trot-llne lost
| by the two Linton Peters at the
lmouth of Beaver several months
Iago While boring in the river. re-
Gently, the surveyors found the line.
1t was wound around their drill or
auger, or What-you may call-lt: the
dingus used in performing the bed
a of the Big Muddy The string had
grown from the size of a clothes line
Is that Of a hawser Attached to
it, hooks were twenty three live and
/ healthy catfish and sand-eels, and a
pair IF l5en,s Old socks The fish
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